Friday Hops

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Q: Jumping Genres: Ever pick up a book from a genre you usually don’t like and LOVE it? Tell us about it and why you picked it up in the first place.

I'd like to say that I read books from a wide range of genres but, thinking about it, I don't really. I read anything with fantasy & paranormal in it & occasionally the odd contemporary but that's about it. A couple of months ago, however, my friend lent me a book - she'd been begging me for ages to read it & I'd been putting it off for ages. Now I'm very angry at past me for not reading this book sooner!! 

These are the types of books I usually say 'I'll wait till the film comes out.' I was just never interested in reading them, but this has got to be one of my favourite books ever now, I loved it! 

It was hilarious. 

Seriously, if you haven't already read this book, or ANY of Sophie Kinsella's ( I also recommend I've got your number) then you should. Right now. Even though the plot was very simple it had me laughing on every single page (Kinsella is a comedy genius) & it was nice because it was just an easy read :) I'll definatley be reading more in this genre in future.




Here's a little extract I found on Kinsella's website. Just to show you how awesome this book is:

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Of course I have secrets.

Of course I do. Everyone has a few secrets. It's completely normal. I'm sure I don't have any more than anybody else.

I'm not talking about big, earth-shattering secrets. Not the-president-is-planning-to-bomb-Japan-and-only-Will-Smith-can-save-the-world type secrets. Just normal, everyday little secrets.

Like for example, here are a few random secrets of mine, off the top of my head:

1. My Kate Spade bag is a fake.

2. I love sweet sherry, the least cool drink in the universe.

3. I have no idea what NATO stands for. Or even what it is.

4. I weigh 9 stone 3. Not 8 stone 3, like my boyfriend Connor thinks. (Although in my defence, I was planning to go on a diet when I told him that. And to be fair, it is only one number different.)

5 I've always thought Connor looks a bit like Ken. As in Barbie and Ken.

6. Sometimes, when we're right in the middle of passionate sex, I suddenly want to laugh.

7. I lost my virginity in the spare bedroom with Danny Nussbaum, while Mum and Dad were downstairs watching Ben Hur.

8. I've already drunk the wine that Dad told me to lay down for twenty years.

9. Sammy the goldfish at home isn't the same goldfish that Mum and Dad gave me to look after when they went to Egypt.

10. When my colleague Artemis really annoys me, I feed her plant orange juice. (Which is pretty much every day.)

11. I once had this weird lesbian dream about my flatmate Lissy.

12. My G-string is hurting me.

13. I've always had this deep down conviction that I'm not like everybody else, and there's an amazingly exciting new life waiting for me just around the corner.

14. I have no idea what this guy in the grey suit is going on about.

15. Plus I've already forgotten his name.

And I only met him ten minutes ago.

You can find the rest of the extract here.