And, Sarah, if you want chick-lit written with a British style of humor, you could always check out my first two books!

This is what happens when people try to avoid work on Saturdays (which used to be reserved for goofing off). It’s really odd that chicklit is a fairly mature genre (subgenre, style, not a clue any more) yet there isn’t a place to separate the wheat. I’m becoming so selective in my reading that I rely upon recommendations from people I trust. Which is a shame because if my TBR stack dwindles, then I’m not sure what will hold the house up.

Seriously, I think that a critical site about chick lit books is extremely necessary, even if it prompts the kind of hysterical “debate” that AAR and Mrs. Giggles and the new blogs seem to prompt. But there must be intelligent discourse, else how to, as another commenter said, separate wheat from the chaff?

Although I’m primarily a crime fiction proponent I do like myself a good dose of well-done chick lit if I can. But AFAIK, I’ve only found a select few writers — mostly British — whom I think do the trick. So where would I go to get critical reviews so I can, potentially, expand my reading and make my TBR explode more than it already does? That’s the question.