Summer reading 2012: 50 books that aren't 'Fifty Shades of Grey'
(Simon & Schuster)
19 of 31
'The Next Best Thing: A Novel' by Jennifer Weiner
Release date: July 3, 2012
Why to throw it in your beach bag: Weiner's work -- including books like "Good in Bed" and "In Her Shoes" -- always feels like a step above chick lit with her humor and engaging style. And her latest "gal against the odds" story is no different as it follows 23-year-old Ruth Saunders who heads to LA with her grandma in hopes of making it as a screenwriter. Six years later, her sitcom gets picked up, but is Hollywood all she dreamed it would be?
-- Jen Harper, Zap2it
Jun. 22, 2012
Why to throw it in your beach bag: Weiner's work -- including books like "Good in Bed" and "In Her Shoes" -- always feels like a step above chick lit with her humor and engaging style. And her latest "gal against the odds" story is no different as it follows 23-year-old Ruth Saunders who heads to LA with her grandma in hopes of making it as a screenwriter. Six years later, her sitcom gets picked up, but is Hollywood all she dreamed it would be?
-- Jen Harper, Zap2it
