Book Description:

American gals are taking liberties - and pursuing happiness on their own terms -- in this star-studded story collection featuring the nation's red-hot women writers.

They've declared their independence!

Jennifer Weiner (In Her Shoes) learns "The Truth About Nigel" -- and the trouble with falling for an incognito Hollywood actor. Lauren Weisberger (The Devil Wears Prada) sends a single New Yorker on a backpacking trip halfway around the world -- where she sees her love life back home with new eyes -- in "The Bamboo Confessions." A harried mom with a hit novel crosses the pond in "My Great Brit Book Tour" by Adriana Trigiani (Lucia, Lucia), and turns a crumbling talk show appearance into a sweet success. Also uniting their talents in this free-spirited anthology are:

JULIANNA BAGGOTT • CINDY CHUPACK • LYNDA CURNYN • QUINN DALTON • LAUREN HENDERSON • JUDI HENDRICKS • GRETCHEN LASKAS • CLAIRE LaZEBNIK • CHRIS MANBY • SARAH MLYNOWSKI • MELISSA SENATE • JILL SMOLINSKI • NANCY SPARLING • LAURA WOLF

I'm going to start a bookring, because it's on many wishlists!
Also I am going to ask all the bookcrossers who signed up for my bookring "Irish girls about town" aswell, maybe they're interested too.

bookring participants:

1. Anemonefish - Germany - international shipping
2. tabyorky - UK - shipping within UK or within Europe
3. Flicki - Germany - shipping within Europe
4. Sorgin - Spain - within Europe
5. em64 - Finland - international
6. Scholly - Germany - international shipping
7. nikel27 - Germany - international
8. Aramena - USA - international shipping
9. jennytsk - USA - ship within US/Canada
10. doris - Canada - shipping within Canada or USA
11. ellymae58 - USA - international shipping
12. portable-solace - USA - shipping within US
13. alsgal - USA - shipping within USA
14. sweetpea0678 - USA - shipping within USA
15. fizzfred - USA - international
16. SandDanz - USA - shipping within USA
17. Tamster33 - USA - international
18. back to me, allbookedup - Austria

Sent off to "Anemonefish" today. Hope you'll enjoy the book!!

Just arrived by mail with a really nice letter ;-) Greetings from Hamburg!
Will start reading soon! Thanks to allbookedup.

29 November: I will not manage to read the whole book soon, so I will send it off without having read all the stories. Some of those I did read are quite funny and entertaining though.

3 December: Will bring it to the post office today!

Received in the post today. Will read this book after the one I am reading and then pass on to the next person.

Started reading this book.

Liked quite a lot of the stories in this book and would definitely read more books by some of these authors.

Posted book to Flicki.

Yay! Got this book in the mail today! I'm hoping to get 'round to it soon - after the other bookrings on my heap.

Nice one! :) I was a bit bored by the first short stories but then it got fairly interesting. Reading this book is probably a good idea to get a short overview on contemporary American woman writers. At least for those who are into light literature.

There's one story I found really amusing, so I'll copy that one and send the book on to Sorgin tomorrow!

Wieder mal vielen Dank für den Bookring, allbookedup! :-)

I received it last week, and I'm already reading it, so it'll be finished soon.
Thanks for sharing this book with us, Allbookedup!!

The book arrived today, will start reading it later today. Gracias, Sorgin & Danke, allbookedup!

I haven't read short stories for a while. Some of the stories I liked a lot, some were ok and only a few were a bit boring. This is a great way to get to know new authors and there are a couple of authors whose books I'm going to look up at the library.

I have already pm'd the next one in the list for the address and once I'll get the address will mail it.

RELEASE NOTES:

Mailed to Scholly. Happy Reading!

Just arrived today. Will read it soon- after a few other rings...