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LIBRARY NEWS <br /> SUMMER READING REAL WOMEN READ FICTION! <br /> FOR THE WHOLE I the term "Chick Lit"seems to have first been used in 1995 by Cris <br /> FAMILY 1 Mazza and Jeffrey DeShell in the title of their collection of post- <br /> feminist short stories: Chick-Lit: On the Edge: <br /> member that reading is to <br /> New Women's Fiction Anthology. When Bridget <br /> e completed by August 7. Jones's Diary made its way across the pond in r�!° � <br /> The last day to use Lakeside 1998, Chick Lit really began to flourish and it's + +MPG'*R- <br /> Amusement Park tickets is August no wonder. According to the New York Times fi- ; . <br /> 12. Book Review (5/23/2004) women make up 80% <br /> WE ARE LOOKING FOR of fiction readers. So what is "Chick Lit" <br /> anyway? <br /> HOMEWORK CENTER A November 2003 article in Writer magazine <br /> indicates that book editors and literary agents <br /> VOLUNTEERS have defined it in many ways, but "Chick Lit" <br /> e Youth Services usually features a strong, single, female heroine. <br /> /VW 40 <br /> Department needs additional "Chick Lit"is often set in the world of dating, <br /> volunteers for the Homework but there may not be a male character at all. It <br /> Center. We are looking for adults or might be a coming-of-age story, a looking-for-Mr. Right story, a what-are- <br /> high school students who would be friends-for story, or a what-is-the-meaning-of-life story. In all cases, "Chick <br /> available from 3:30 - 5:00 PM one Lit"is witty and humorous—even if there isn't always a happy ending. <br /> Thursday, The fact that these novels explore the personal identity of the heroine <br /> day per week, Monday <br /> beginning September 7. makes them popular with young women entering the real world for the first <br /> Volunteers are asked to monitor time. A newer trend aimed at an older audience features a divorced or <br /> students and help them to complete widowed heroine facing a similar identity crisis. <br /> their assignments. We are If you are a woman looking for a little "Chick Lit"we recommend these <br /> particularly interested in volunteers books and authors: <br /> with mathematical skills. Breathing Room by Susan Elizabeth Phillips <br /> Please contact the Youth Shopaholic (and its sequels) by Sophie Kinsella <br /> Services Desk at 303.335.4821 if Jemima J (and others) by Jane Green <br /> you would like to help. So 5 Minutes Ago by Hilary DeVries <br /> Out of the Blue by Isabel Wolff <br /> In Her Shoes by Jennifer Weiner <br /> Home Before Dark (and others) by Susan Wiggs <br /> Room Mating Season by Rona Jaffe <br /> LOUISvII.I.E PUBLIC LIBRARY Must Love Dogs by Claire Cook <br /> 950 SPRUCE STREET Men in Kilts by Katie MacAlister <br /> 303.335.4849 From Here to Maternity by Kris Webb <br /> MONDAY - THURSDAY Bergdorf Blondes by Plum Sykes <br /> 10 AM - 8 PM Something Borrowed by Emily Giffin <br /> FRIDAY & SATURAY Night Swimming by Robin Schwarz <br /> If you are a man looking for the other perspective, try a little "Lad Lit:" <br /> 10 AM - 6 PM Love and Other Recreational Sports by John Dearie <br /> Love Monkey by Kyle Smith <br /> August/September 2004 <br />