Arabella Weir 'Does my bum look big in this?'

"Jacqueline M Pane is an ordinary woman in her thirties, and like all women, knows that life would be perfect if only she had a small bum, sticky-up bosoms, a Prada handbag, and didn't grow a moustache once a month. Will strike a chord in the hearts - and bums - of all women."

Jill Mansell 'Perfect Timing'

"Poppy realises that she can't go through with her wedding to Rob, Bristol's most eligible bachelor, after she meets the gorgeous Tom on her hen night. She jilts Rob and moves to London in search of Tom. She lodges with a good-looking young artist and starts her new life. She finds Tom and thinks that her dreams have come true but as with all good books (and with life itself) things aren't always as simple as they seem."

Josie Lloyd & Emlyn Rees 'Come Together'

"Utterly original, funny, perceptive and spot on the nail, Josie Lloyd and Emlyn Rees's collaboration is the first romantic comedy to be told from both the man and the woman's viewpoint - in alternate chapters. Following the fortunes of Jack and Amy who unfold their story, which in time-honoured romantic comedy tradition involves dates, drink, misunderstandings, shouting matches, best friends, true love and undisguised lust, so the reader is taken on a sharp, witty and touching tour of single life today."

Helen Fielding 'Bridget Jone's Diary'

"Based on her hugely popular diary in the Independent newspaper, Helen Fielding has written a wonderfully funny book about a year in the life of a single girl on an optimistic but doomed quest for self-improvement. A good holiday read!!"

I picked this book up in a charity bookstore for 25p, not realising what a little gem it would be. I have now seen the film, which was very enjoyable, and am looking to get the video!

Helen Fielding 'Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason'

"She's back! Good ole' Bridget Jones... A character who has inspired a whole lifestyle choice from a much emulated novelist. More musings on the mysteries of life from a very astute, very capable (i.e. booze, fags and forbidden food) embodiment of what it is to be a 'not all that old, not all that attached, and not all that bothered' (no, really!) woman of today.

Read this book, snigger to yourself on public transport, call an emergency summit meeting in Cafe Rouge (to discuss if Ms. Fielding is best mates with Mr. Hornby), but maybe don't write a letter to your elderly Aunt..."