Best Spring Break Reads

Whether you’re hitting the sand and surf this Spring Break or relaxing at home, a great book always makes for a nice escape from reality. For the next seven days, out with your boring textbooks and in with stories of lust, love, humor and embarrassing moments. What girl doesn’t like to read about that? Take a break from academics and engage your mind in something a little more fun. And hey, it’s still reading! The top Spring Break picks are in, and trust me, you won’t want to put them down.

• Bridget Jones’s Diary is a laugh-out-loud novel about a thirty-something female, Bridget, living the single-life in London. Always career-oriented, she suddenly realizes she may have missed her prime dating years focusing on work. With her parents nagging her for grandchildren, Bridget puts herself into the dating scene and meets the arrogant, yet charming Daniel Cleaver and the ever so perfect, Christmas sweater-wearing family friend, Marc Darcy. As the plot thickens, along with her embarrassing antics, will she choose the good guy or the bad boy to hold her heart?
• Jemima-J is a phenomenal book about an overweight woman trying to find love while balancing life and work at the same time. She works as a talented news writer for a London paper but is overlooked by all of her peers, except for Ben. Ben is sweet and handsome, but keeps Jemima in the “friend zone.” Thinking Ben will never come around and sick of the dating pool her city has to offer, she joins an international dating site and posts an airbrushed picture of herself. A beautiful American man strikes her fancy and wants to fly her to the States in three months time. Within three months Jemima transforms her body to the airbrushed photo and heads to America. But once she arrives will she be happy with her new life or will she try for Ben’s attention just one more time?
• Can You Keep A Secret? is written by the same author as the Shopaholic series, Sophie Kinsella. The story revolves around Emma Corrigan, a terrified flier who spills her life-story to the man sitting next to her on one unfortunate airplane flight. She tells the unknown man her deepest secrets and finds herself hoping she never bumps into him again. Then comes Monday morning at work and in walks the CEO of her company, Jack Harper. Emma takes on a state of shock and mortification as she realizes the man on her flight was the famous Jack Harper. Jack quickly remembers Emma and is intrigued by her honesty and ignorance to his status, and decides he wants to meet with her. Will Emma allow herself to fall for someone who already knows every detail about her life, or will she run away from potential love out of embarrassment?
• Something Borrowed is the story of two best friends, Rachel and Darcy. While Darcy is the model bodied, designer clothes-wearing beauty, Rachel is your average thirty-year-old intellectual woman. The two have been friends since childhood, but one big problem arises, Rachel falls in love with Darcy’s fiancé. As the story progresses, he falls in love with Rachel and decides to call of the engagement. The big dilemma is how to break the news to Darcy, or will she just happen to find out?
• He’s Just Not That Into You is a fun read with a lot of interesting (and true) pointers. The book contains every break-up line you’ve ever heard and the real meanings behind them. A New York Times Best-Seller, the book takes a no-excuses approach to the inner-thoughts of guys. No need to be strung along by a man, this will show you all the signs that point out why he’s just not that into you.

Don’t waste your break wondering what to do, grab one of these books and enjoy some wonderful entertainment. Each of these novels is bound to please, so go ahead and pick one up!

Sources:

Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding. Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated. May 01, 1999

Jemima J: A Novel About Ugly Ducklings and Swans by Jane Green. Broadway Books. June 01, 2001

Can You Keep a Secret by Sophie Kinsella. Random House Publishing Group. February 16, 2005.

Something Borrowed by Emily Giffin. St. Martin's Press. April 15, 2005.

He's Just Not That Into You by Greg Behrendt. Simon & Schuster. January 06, 2009.