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Book Fanatics of Farmingdale

Looking for a good book? Read everything your favorite author has written. Look no further! We have created a virtual reader's advisory service called Book Fanatics of Farmingdale (BFF)! Click here to fill out a form and a staff member will respond via email within 72 hours.

 

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Novelist Plus

Using NoveList Plus, you can search among hundreds of thousands of popular fiction and readable nonfiction titles, and also retrieve author read-alikes, book lists, book discussion guides, and more.

 

What Do I Read Next?

What Do I Read Next? includes over 134,300 recommended titles, more than 74,500 plot summaries, and awards information from 568 awards, all to help users uncover new reading adventures, find long-remembered favorites, and discover award-winning titles. Users can search by genre, subject, author, title, and series.

A monthly highlight page lets users see selections of award winners, upcoming titles, and titles that revolve around different subjects each month.

 

Adult Readers' Advisory

chick lit

 

Anderson, Sheryl J.

Killer Heels

C. 2004

All Molly Forrester wants is one big story to redirect her journalism career away from the sex/relationship advice column she writes for Zeitgeist magazine and and back to serious news. But she didn't expect to trip over it, especially when 'it' is the bloody body of a co-worker.

 

         
 

Bacus, Kathleen

Calamity Jane

C. 2006

When Jayne mistakenly drives away from a parking lot in the wrong car, finding a body in the trunk throws her into an even bigger pickle: romance with the sexy park ranger who must help her survive!

 

         
 

Cabot, Meg

Queen of Babble

C. 2006

While most bartenders are discrete and know how to mix drinks, Lizzies the exception. No sooner has the first cork been popped at a wedding catered by her best friend than the bride is furious, the groom is in disgrace, and the Chateau Mirac is in trouble. 

 

         
 

Cabot, Meg

Queen of Babble in the Big City

C. 2007

Lizzie Nichols struggles to find a New York City apartment with her seemingly reluctant boyfriend, fantasizes about her ideal job, and inadvertently endangers her boyfriend's career.

 

Book on CD

         
 

Carlson, Melody

These Boots Weren't Made for Walking: a Novel

C. 2007

Willing to make the necessary sacrifices - even skipping the occasional latte - to ensure career success, 31-year-old Cassidy Cantrell "invests" in a chic pair of boots, certain they'll make a spectacular impression and help seal the the deal on a long-anticipated promotion from her Seattle employer.

 

         
 

Collins, James

Beginner's Greek

C. 2008

When Peter Russell finally meets the woman of his dreams he falls as madly in love as you can on a flight from New York to LA. Her name is Holly. She's achingly pretty with strawberry-blonde hair, and reads Thomas Mann for pleasure. As Pete sits next to her, he falls deeply in love, and asks for her telephone number. Later that night in his hotel room, he discovers that the page from her book that contained her telephone number is gone.

 

         
 

Gold, Robin

The Perfectly True Tales of a Perfect Size 12

C. 2007

Delilah White's perfect New York life is about to take a tumble...but change is good, right? Right?? Delilah White, televisions semi-famous (to her own shock) and completely endearing Domestic Diva, likes herself just the way she is: a perfect size twelve.

 

         
 

Hale, Shannon

Austenland: a Novel

C. 2007

Jane Hayes is a seemingly normal young New Yorker, but she has a secret. Her obsession with Mr. Darcy.

 

         
 

Hopkinson, Christina

Cyber Cinderella

C. 2006

A woman Googles her own name and finds true love in the bargain in this intelligent, funny, and heartwarming debut novel. Discovering a website devoted to her and the lifestyle she's certain she's not living, she searches for the for the mysterious admirer.

 

         
 

Jewell, Lisa

Roommates Wanted: a Novel

C. 2007

Please write and tell me why you should live here. Toby Dobbs received a big Victorian house with too many bedrooms to count as a wedding present from his father, but his marriage is over within a month. Very alone, and very lonely, Toby posts an advertisement seeking the "Unexpectedly Alone" to become his roommates.

 

         
 

Kinsella, Sophie

Confessions of a Shopaholic

C. 2001

Becky Bloomwood is bored to death writing for Successful Saving. So, with a handsome credit line from her bank, she liberates herself the best way she knows how - by shopping! Think of it as an investment, she tells herself. But, soon she is buried in bank notices and cursed VISA bills.

 

         
 

Margolis, Sue

Gucci Gucci Coo

C. 2006

The acclaimed author of Original Cyn finds fertile ground for her wicked wit in this ferociously funny new novel about babies, sex, celebrity...and daring to date a gynecologist.

 

         
 

Markhan, Wendy

Love, Suburban Style

C. 2007

Fed up with her moody teenage daughter, Meg Addams decides what they both need is a good dose of suburban wholesomeness. But when they leave Manhattan behind for Meg's humble blue-collar hometown, they find it crowded with wealthy strangers and upscale boutiques.

 

         
 

Matthews, Carole

The Chocolate Lovers' Club

C. 2008

Forget diamonds, chocolate is a girl's best friend. Some women are addicted to shopping, others can't get enough of champagne. Some like to curl up with a good book, and others want a night out on the town. But there's just one thing Lucy Lombard can't live without, and that's chocolate - rich, creamy, sweet, delicious chocolate.

 

         
 

Matthews, Carole

With or Without You

C. 2005

Lyssa Allen is devastated when her boyfriend, Jake, announces that he wants to move out after they've spent months fruitlessly trying to conceive a child. Frustrated with Lyssa's growing obsession with having a baby, he finds passion in the arms of Neve, an athletic, ambitious colleague at his advertising firm. 

 

         
 

Maxted, Anna

Running in Heels

C. 2002

To say that Babs has been my closest friend for sixteen years is rather like saying that Einstein was good at sums. We were blood sisters from the age of eleven. But now Babs, noisy and as fun as a day at the beach, is getting married.

 

         
 

Palmer, Liza

Seeing Me Naked

C. 2008

Elisabeth Page is the daughter of Ben Page, yes, that's right, THE world famous novelist. And yes, she's also the sister of Rascal Page, world famous novelist is his own right. So what does Elisabeth do? Much to her family's disappointment Elisabeth is a pastry chef. And a pretty damn good one, at Beverly, the hottest restaurant in LA.

 

         
 

Potter, Alexandra

Me and Mr. Darcy: a Novel

C. 2007

Dreams come true in this hilarious, feel-good fairy tale about life, love, and dating literature's most eligible bachelor! After a string of disastrous dates, Emily Albright decides she's had it with modern-day love and would much rather curl up with Pride and Prejudice and spend her time with Mr. Darcy

 

         
 

Strohmeyer, Sarah

The Sleeping Beauty Proposal 

C. 2007

A wickedly funny fairy tale for modern women from Sarah Strohmeyer, the "laugh-out-loud funny."

 

  
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