What happens
when your high school nemesis becomes the shining star in a universe you pretty
much saved? Book blogger Kimberly Long is about to find out.
A chick lit enthusiast since the first time she read Bridget Jones's Diary, Kim, with her blog, "Pastel is the New Black," has worked tirelessly by night to keep the genre alive, and help squash the claim that "chick lit is dead" once and for all. Not bad for a woman who by day ekes out a meager living as a pretty, and pretty-much-nameless, legal secretary in a Manhattan law firm.
While Kim's day job holds no passion for her, the handsome (and shaving challenged) associate down the hall is another story. Yet another story is that Hannah Marshak, one of her most hated high school classmates, has now popped onto the chick lit scene with a hot new book that's turning heads--and pages--a cross the land. It's also popped into Kim's inbox--for review. With their ten-year high school reunion drawing near, Kim's coming close to combustion over the hype about Hannah's book. And as everyone around her seems to be moving on and up, she begins to question whether being a "blogger girl" makes the grade in her off-line life.
A chick lit enthusiast since the first time she read Bridget Jones's Diary, Kim, with her blog, "Pastel is the New Black," has worked tirelessly by night to keep the genre alive, and help squash the claim that "chick lit is dead" once and for all. Not bad for a woman who by day ekes out a meager living as a pretty, and pretty-much-nameless, legal secretary in a Manhattan law firm.
While Kim's day job holds no passion for her, the handsome (and shaving challenged) associate down the hall is another story. Yet another story is that Hannah Marshak, one of her most hated high school classmates, has now popped onto the chick lit scene with a hot new book that's turning heads--and pages--a cross the land. It's also popped into Kim's inbox--for review. With their ten-year high school reunion drawing near, Kim's coming close to combustion over the hype about Hannah's book. And as everyone around her seems to be moving on and up, she begins to question whether being a "blogger girl" makes the grade in her off-line life.
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Review by
Marlene Engel
Kim Long is a legal secretary at a Manhattan law
firm, but her true passion is being a blogger for her book blog, Pastel Is The
New Black. Any free moment she gets, you can find Kim reading a book or
writing up a review. She loves the benefit of reading books before
they’re published and regularly gets e-mails requesting that she review a
book. When she receives a message requesting a review for a book by new
author, Hannah Marshak, Kim is less than eager to not only respond, let alone
review the book. Kim has known Hannah since they were kids and Hannah has
always been less than kind to Kim. Their ten year high school reunion is
coming up. Is it a coincidence that she received this request now?
Kim thinks not!
As if dealing with the drama that is sure to come
with seeing Hannah at the reunion isn’t enough, Kim is also battling her own
inner struggle at work. Every time she is near Nicholas, an attorney at
the law firm, her cheeks begin to flush and her heart does a little
flutter. The mixed signals that she gets from him doesn’t help the
matter. One minute she spies him out to lunch with a beautiful co-worker
and the next minute he’s asking her if she would like to meet up for
drinks. Kim is so taken by Nicholas that she’s even willing to give up
her ex-boyfriend/bootie call, Jonathan, for a chance at seeing what could
possibly be with Nicholas. Come join Kim and her fun group of friends as
they band together over bullies from the past and potential new loves of the
future!
Blogger Girl is such a fun book. Being a book
blogger myself, I can relate to Kim, her passion for chick lit and the perks
that come with owning your own blog. I just loved her fun group of
friends too and the bond that they share. I think everyone should have a
core group of friends that you can always turn to no matter what. I
really enjoyed this book and would definitely recommend it to others.
It’s a book that many can relate to (even if you aren’t a blogger).
About the Author:
A born and
bred New Yorker, Meredith Schorr discovered her passion for writing when she
began to enjoy drafting work-related emails way more than she was probably
supposed to, and was famous among her friends for writing witty birthday cards.
After trying her hand writing children’s stories and blogging her personal
experiences, Meredith found her calling writing “real” chick lit for real
women. When she is not hard at work on
her next novel, Meredith spends her days as a trademark paralegal. She is a loyal New York Yankees fan and an
avid runner. Meredith is the author of three published novels, Just Friends with Benefits, A State of Jane and Blogger Girl as well as the
Real Chick Lit for Real Chicks Box Set. Her fourth novel will be published
in late 2014. To learn more, visit her at www.meredithschorr.com.
