Says she talks to angels/ They call her out by her name.

EATING WITH ANGELS
SARAH-KATE LYNCH

Chick lit, yes. Predictable, no.

Centred around a moderately happily married, slightly overweight restaurant critic in her mid-thirties, it deals with her great love for food, her losing battle with weight, and her warped relationship with her mother -- pretty standard fare for this genre of writing. But, about a hundred pages in, the book takes a sharp left from this all-too-predictable path.

Not that it's a life-alteringly new perspective or anything, just that it was a pleasant surprise to see a mainstream chick lit story shift gear, even if it's for a tiny little bit.

Lessons learned:

1. Beware of abandoning a book too early: surprises are everywhere.

2. Chick lit is good. But chick lit that cleverly combines food, Venice, and dysfunctional families is SO much better.