Tell Me Something - Adele Parks

I am not a big chick lit reader (I much prefer a juicy horror, or historical fiction), but when stuck with no book to read, I often pick up whatever is currently in the latest book displays in Asda/WHSmiths. As a result, i have read all of Adele Parks books, so quite happily picked up her latest. The plot. ~~~~~~ Elizabeth is 30 something, married and a bit aimless as far as careers go. She has only ever had one burning ambition...to marry an Italian, move over there, and to have babies. She has suceeded in marrying the Italian, and moving to his mother country, but the baby issue is coming less easily. After six years of ...  Read the complete review

Despite working in quite an academic field and considering myself more intelligent than my hair colour would suggest, I love a good chick-lit novel! I've read all of Adele Parks'other books and consider her the best author in the genre - her books draw you in with their clever plots and well-developed characters, and I've found all of them totally addictive. So I was very keen to read this new one, 'Tell Me Something', which published in Jan 09. The cover is typical modern chick-lit, with a sexy photograph featuring some desirable shoes and the title in swirly pink writing. I got hold of this from a book-swapping website, but it's available on Amazon priced ...  Read the complete review

Since Elizabeth first stepped off the plane into Italy on her very first holiday abroad when she was 14 years old, she has been in love with everything imaginable about the country. She dreams of one day marrying the perfect sexy Italian man, having gorgeous dark haired babies and living in a small and friendly Italian village. When she eventually meets Roberto, all her dreams come true. That is until they have trouble creating all those gorgeous bambinos they dreamed of. After several years of trying unsuccessfully to conceive, they make the decision to move to Roberto's home in a small village in Italy where Elizabeth has high hopes of starting afresh. ...  Read the complete review

This is the first book I've read by Adele Parks, I have heard of her as an author and found her reviews to always have been fantastic, so when I saw 'Tell me Something' on the shelves I thought I had to give it a try. The cover makes it clear it's obviously a chick-lit book. I am not a huge fan of chick-lit books, as I find them a bit samey, but they are easy read and a nice break from books with maybe a slightly heavier plot line, so I picked this one up. The cover boasts "Another gem from Parks" by Heat Magazine and a 5* rating, so I thought this is definately going to be a good one! The story is about Elizabeth. She's a 30-something ...  Read the complete review

I think maybe Elizabeth has been reading one of the same management books as I have recently. She is certainly on board with those ideas of goal setting, focussing on what you want and making it happen. When she was fourteen years old she went to Italy for the first time and was so taken with the place that she decided then and there that her life's goals would be: find an Italian man, marry said man, move to Italy and have lots of dark-haired bambini. A girl with a plan, that's what I like to see. And, a few chapters into the book, she's also managed to follow through on many of the goals. She and Roberto have been married for years, but are just now moving to Italy ...  Read the complete review