BB&MB Part 20 - CHICK vs CHIC LIT

I was surprised to see a section called "Chick Lit" in the bookstore the other day (pix below). I thought it is just a casual ref to that genre, you know. I guess there is more to chick lit than I thought. I always want to call it chic lit anyway - a feminist that I am - I think my version carries more weight to the books - not so frivolous in a way (at least to my personal logic).



Anyway.

I finally completed a book this year. And BB&MB is actually my usual Books, Books & More Books post.

Actually (feeling sheepish here) .. I didnt really finish the book as in "I read every page in the book". I sort of flipped the pages (the faster technique than speed reading) - so I know what the story is about. Not that my intention is to cheat, mind you; but I call this book the generation gap book.

This is what I mean - the book is written by a 22-year old (young?) author (not that I would hold her age against her, mind you) - the story is about a wanna-be play writer in NYC trying to make a go in the bad theater world in the Big Apple. The heroine sounds like a woman with cotton wools stuffed in the cavity where her intellectual brain should be. She partied; desperately trying to meet the right guy. Duh? Get a life. A serious life, that is.

I decided to cut short my pain in trying to finish the book and spend my (precious) time on better things instead; because the book got no substance and the language would make any English teacher cry foul. Coincidently, I wonder if this is all there is to chick lit. I will put this in the Chick Lit section; definitely non-chic lit material.


ps - let's hope I pick up a better book next time..

*****