GallantTed reviews the latest books from the Chick Lit stable
John with the Wind by MadDogTed
Howye fokes! How is things? I’ll tell
ye, MadDogTed decided ta have go at writen somethin in the Chick Lit vane fer
the craic and his little offeren called John
with the Wind is all about a vain weather cock
called John what finds it hard ta find love cos he’s stook on top of the barn
and never gets ta meet anyone and, as a result takes ta overdosen on beans fer
ta fill the emotional void inside of him. Subsequently, he gets a pernamint
dose a the flatulince what effects his work grately cos he’s never quite sure
which way the wind does be blowen and ends up haven ta rely on his bunions fer
ta predict the weather.
But then he
meets the love of his life, Muriel the blackburd, what flies inta his lonely
life and buys him some corn plasters fer
his burthday and cures his bunions. Of course, this means he can no longer
forcast the weather cos as a further token of her affections, Muriel just loves
ta feed him beans, so he still hasn’t a clue which way the wind does be blowen.
Anyways, as a result dosen’t he lose his job and the destitute pair of love burds end up bitter, down-and-out,
fly-by-night renegades what spend the resta their lives on the rampage, brutally gorgen
the eyes outta any weathermen what crosses their path and violently knocken the heads offa any Child a
Prague statue what gets in their way.
Basically,
ya could say the the two a them completely lost the plot. Which is really what
MadDogTed’s furst attempt at a romantic novel does from the very furst word
what he wrote. Fer that reason, ya can imagine me surprise when he told me that
he’d actually found a publisher fer his odious opus. And when I sed that his novel didn’t quite embrace the sweet
romantic essince of what Chick Lit is all about he sed, “Chick Lit, me arse,
it’s Sick Lit what I do be writen, fer sure!” And I’ll tell ye fokes, there’s
no better Ted fer the job.
To Fleece A Sheep by Albear Camoo
Howye
fokes! How is things? After the grate
success a MadDogTed’s furst Sick Lit novel, John with the Wind, there was no way that me other literary
pal, Albear Camoo, was goen ta be out done and a right battle of lits enscewed
as he rushed ta get his first novel in the Chick Lit genre published.
His new
novel, Ta Fleece a Sheep, is full of passion,
intrigue, betrayal and all that sorta stuff and is all about a fierce rich but
socially inept Farmer what longs ta be
runnen with the* In Crowd* but is cursed by the mark a the agricultural
wellinton. He desperately tries ta hide his brutally boorish beginnens and
bumptiousally makes several attimpts ta launch himself inta high society, but
constantly gives his poor breeden away - like the time he bought his way inta a
reel fancy card game only ta make a holy show outta himself by spitten on his
hands every time a spade was delt.
Anyways,
one fatefull night, a fierce mysterious and glamerous woman enters his life
and he’s
fierce delighted with himself alltagather. But tragically, what our woolly-headed
frend doesn’t realize is that his new lover is really only a washed-out,
mutton-dressed-as lamb, gallopen trollop offa gold digger what’s only after his
money.
Now, I
can’t be given too much more away at this pint, but I’m not codden ya, yer eyes
will be glued ta the pages as ya enter this exciten world a thrills, spills,
glitz, treachery, fizzy sheep dip on ice
and all that sorta stuff. It promises ta be a grate read alltagather and one ya
should definitely pack inta yer suit case when yer goen on yer hollimadays.