fjbetts Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 Hi Everyone I have just joined this forum. I enjoy reading in my spare time. My favourite authors currently are Carole Matthews and Lucy Diamond. I would like some recommendations or suggestions on authors similar to those! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Martian Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 Hi, welcome! I'm sure someone who knows those will be along at some point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 Hello and welcome to the forum! I've not read anything by Lucy Diamond or Carole Matthews, so I can't really say... But I think they are chick-lit authors? My personal favorites from said genre are Sophie Kinsella and Lucy Dillon off the top, off the top of my head. We also have a thread on favorite chick-lit authors here, you can check it out if you wish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjbetts Posted August 26, 2016 Author Share Posted August 26, 2016 Hi, welcome! I'm sure someone who knows those will be along at some point. Hello there! Thanks for responding to my post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjbetts Posted August 26, 2016 Author Share Posted August 26, 2016 Hello and welcome to the forum! I've not read anything by Lucy Diamond or Carole Matthews, so I can't really say... But I think they are chick-lit authors? My personal favorites from said genre are Sophie Kinsella and Lucy Dillon off the top, off the top of my head. We also have a thread on favorite chick-lit authors here, you can check it out if you wish Hello there. Thanks for responding to my post. I am going to check out the authors you suggested and have a look at the thread on chick-lit! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athena Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 Welcome here . I haven't read anything by Lucy Diamond yet. I read two books by Carole Matthews but I didn't like them. I do like chick-lit in general though, some of my favourite authors are Sophie Kinsella, Melissa Nathan, Chris Manby, Scarlett Bailey, Susan Hatler (ebook only, minus one of her series. I prefer paperbooks but for Susan Hatler I make an exception and read e-books). Individual books / series (not by aforementioned authors) I liked were for example: Melanie Rose - Could It Be Magic? Melanie Rose - Down to Earth Julie Cohen - Girl from Mars Sinéad Moriarty - Emma Huntington series Helen Fielding - Bridget Jones series Sarah Webb - Take a Chance Other authors I like are Belinda Jones, Erica James, Veronica Henry, Melissa Hill, Lisa Jewell, and more. But I don't know how they relate to the authors you mentioned, so I'm not sure if any of this helps at all. I do have two books and a novella on my TBR by Lucy Diamond, maybe I'll be able to narrow things down once I've read one of those (I don't know when though, since I have a big TBR). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjbetts Posted August 27, 2016 Author Share Posted August 27, 2016 Welcome here . I haven't read anything by Lucy Diamond yet. I read two books by Carole Matthews but I didn't like them. I do like chick-lit in general though, some of my favourite authors are Sophie Kinsella, Melissa Nathan, Chris Manby, Scarlett Bailey, Susan Hatler (ebook only, minus one of her series. I prefer paperbooks but for Susan Hatler I make an exception and read e-books). Individual books / series (not by aforementioned authors) I liked were for example: Melanie Rose - Could It Be Magic? Melanie Rose - Down to Earth Julie Cohen - Girl from Mars Sinéad Moriarty - Emma Huntington series Helen Fielding - Bridget Jones series Sarah Webb - Take a Chance Other authors I like are Belinda Jones, Erica James, Veronica Henry, Melissa Hill, Lisa Jewell, and more. But I don't know how they relate to the authors you mentioned, so I'm not sure if any of this helps at all. I do have two books and a novella on my TBR by Lucy Diamond, maybe I'll be able to narrow things down once I've read one of those (I don't know when though, since I have a big TBR). Hello Athena. Thanks for the response. I have read one book by Melissa Nathan. Can't remember what it was called though, thought it was very good. Thanks for giving me some suggestions. I've never heard of Melanie Rose or Julie Cohen. So going to take a look at those. I love the Bridget Jones films but couldn't get into the books, not sure why? I can recommend 'The Beach Cafe' by Lucy Diamond. Its worth a read! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athena Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 I can recommend 'The Beach Cafe' by Lucy Diamond. Its worth a read! That's good to hear! I own that one . I was planning on read the novella A Baby at the Beach Café for the upcoming read-a-thon next weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesilbeach Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 Hello! I read The Beach Café a few weeks ago. It was my first book by this author and I thought it was pretty good. As you enjoyed that, I'd recommend Jenny Colgan, particularly her more recent books from the last five years. Also, you might like to try Abby Clements and Michele Gorman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjbetts Posted August 28, 2016 Author Share Posted August 28, 2016 That's good to hear! I own that one . I was planning on read the novella A Baby at the Beach Café for the upcoming read-a-thon next weekend. That sounds good. I've just read about that. Its the short story follow up. I am definitely going try and read that next. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjbetts Posted August 28, 2016 Author Share Posted August 28, 2016 Hello! I read The Beach Café a few weeks ago. It was my first book by this author and I thought it was pretty good. As you enjoyed that, I'd recommend Jenny Colgan, particularly her more recent books from the last five years. Also, you might like to try Abby Clements and Michele Gorman. Glad you enjoyed it. I think it is one of her best ones. Thank you for the suggestions for authors to try next. I have heard of Jenny Colgan, will have a look at some of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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