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a rather 'fat' book, the money goes to charity so that's good, Took me a little while to read but as it is a collection of short stories it was easy to pick up and put down and pick up again.
Some of the stories didn't grab me, others did, Is mainly though aimed at women rather than men and teens but that is who the book is aimed at.
Loads of funny, sad and interesting quirky stories by some famous others rather unknown authors, I have some of the other books in the series and am looking at sinking my teeth into them at some point.
Over thirtyfive women from the global Alist of contemporary writers request the pleasure of your company for a Girls' Night In.
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Indulge in sexy stories of facesucking, lipsmacking lust discover the perils of email romance and Brad Pitt lookalikes wallow in poignant stories of heartache and lost love enjoy the dirty details of disastrous dates and curl up with tender tales that promise that love is out there, somewhere.


And by buying this book you can help make a positive change in the lives of children caught up in the horrors of war.
Proceeds from Girls' Night In will go to the charity War Child, and will fund education and communications projects for children in wartorn countries across Africa.


So take the phone off the hook and enjoy Girls' Night In the ultimate allnight chickflick, KerryI was on holiday in Portugal and it was left in the villa so I picked it up and read it.
Perfect holiday read for by the pool, as some stories really made me chuckle, Rating.stars.

The book has an interesting collection of stories, I really enjoyed the pot luck of different writing styles, Most of the stories kept me interested and some I even hoped would become actual stand alone books, I would so read them.


An easy and light read, ideal holiday read! Stars:/even though my CAWPILE says

I'm not going to elaborate on this book much.
I was disappointed. It's a collection of short stories about women hence the girls' night in title, I expected light and fluffy i'll read a couple each weekend, Nope. I liked one maybe two and honestly I don't remember which they were, Some were interesting, some I did not understand, It took memonths to read, That's too long. yes, I should have DNF but I really hate doing that

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Enjoyment:slow to read couple of good shorts but very alike A light holiday read, served in tasty bitesized chunks : This book is therd in the series called "Big Night Out".
The authors are the usual Girl's Night In suspects, plus heaps of celebrates amp rock, . . such as Bob Geldof, Jamie Oliver, Donna Hay, Maggie Beer amp many many more! Will start reading it sooon! short stories not always with a happy endings
some were good
some were weird

overall entertaining but not riveting I loved it! I loved these anthologies and would eagerly await the new one each year.


It's so great to have some of your favorite writers exploring short form work and creating contained stories.
I particularly liked Jessica Adams' addition,

Good fun short stories, perfect if you wanna read a little before bed, but get annoyed at getting sucked into a page turner that keeps you up.
Just limit yourself to one story a night though! Heartwarming, unique short stories with star authors Marian Keyes, Sheila O'Flanagan, Adele Parks, Melanie La'Brooy, Kathy Lette and more that each take you on a journey.
Definitely not what i expected, There were a couple of stories that were OK, but so many thatI didn't like that I can't remember the ones that I did.

Pretty sure there was one that glorified a suicide, and there were definitely plenty of cringey moments and horrible people and not enough fun chick flicky stories that I had expected from such a cover and title like "Girls Night In".
Surely with a title like that there should be stories I would like to read on a girls night in, but nope.

Really the only reason I'm giving this two instead of one is because there were a few stories I actually liked but they were sprinkled in among all the others that I didn't that this book is really probably not worth anyone's time.
quite sweet, and it's for a good cause,
I found this book in the common bookshelf of my vacation resort, I thought it'd be a light, um trashy read perfect for the beach, sun and reading with

friends similarly engaged around you.
I read most of it aroundauthors contributed to this book and I must have read aroundwell overpages, IIRC but while it had its up moments, a lot of the stories were rather sad and depressing and not the fluffy, cheerful reads I had in mind.
Would not recommend if in mood for light romance but would totally recommend if just looking for an assorted bunch of short stories by women for women about real women.
So, pretty much any other time of the year,

The one thing I hold issue with is that a lot of the stories begin with a partner leaving our protagonist for one reason or the other an affair, they're no longer in love, mostly an affair.
Something that felt quite tedious when you're reading it in a go, I can remember reading the first first Girls Night In release when I was at university and living onminute noodles and peanut butter on toast.
My nan had bought it and then decided it wasnt really for her shes not keen on short stories, I think she was swayed by the wonderful line up of names.
She passed it on to me and my house mate Claire and I ended up both reading it, She was a reader too, one of my few reading friends and during the time we lived together almostyears,years in a dorm on campus and thenyear in our own place we spent countless hours discussing books wed read, books we loved, books we were recommending to each other and books wed heard about.
Its probably what cemented our friendship as we had little else, if anything, in common,

Since then theres been several other releases, some featuring male authors by invitation, This is a best of collection, a coming together of stories from the previous volumes, Im not sure what happened to my copy of the original I suspect Claire may have ended up with it when we divided up our belongings! However I was pretty sure it wouldnt matter that Id probably read some of these before after all thats a decade and many, many hundreds of books ago.
Turns out I was right, Theres very little in here that I remember, other than the story by Nickola Earls, There are plenty of some old favourite authors: Marian Keyes, Fiona Walker, Cathy Kelly, Liane Moriarty, Monica McInerney and Sophie Kinsella, to name just a few.
Names that have adorned my bookshelves for almost two decades in some cases, Names that are still autobuys,

I have to admit that like my nan, Im not really a short story person, I like to sink into a novel, to get involved and the often cryptic endings of short stories can leave me confused and unsatisfied.
However there were some really brilliant ones in here Cecilia Ahearns The End which is a story told backwards about a breakup, Isla Dewars The Alma Club about a group of successful women and the hairdresser that changed and shaped them, Wishing Carefully by Marian Keyes and Mothers Group by Liane Moriarty.


Despite the size of this collection, it was a very quick read, each story flying along because theyre only a few pages.
I read it in two sittings but it would be very easy to snatch a story here and there would make a great book for public transport or perhaps for bed time.
It also supports a worthy cause, with all the proceeds going to War Child, A good collection of Short Stories by some talented authors, I was however disappointed with this collection, as I didn't think it was good as it could have been.
It is however a perfect read for the beach although it is a little bulky in size or a bus or train journey.
loved reading all these little stories, . . they all pretty much made me laugh : Disappointing, The writing was good but the stories were not, Some had weird endings and left me perplexed, And sometimes wanting more as if the story wasnt complete, They were not happy chick stories but could be quite depressing, I would give this book a miss, I've had the second Girls Night In for years, and so picked this up when I found it, To be honest, I think they started to get the hang of it with the second one, which has much more variety than this compilation.
I was starting to wonder how many ways you could tell the jilted lover / all men are bastards / finding true love story.
Not that any of them are poorly written particularly, just this is a big book with limited variety, A good one to do into occasionally, rather than read cover to cover, In and Out
Dougie, Spoons and the Aquarium Solarium
The Power of Two
The Truth is Out There
Rudy
I really liked some of these stories, while others didn't do much for me as it often goes with short story collections.
Overall it was a pleasant book, good for some bedtime reading, but without a wowfactor that would have led me to give it higher.
Some great stories, a couple that I skipped cos they were pretty ordinary IMO, Great intro to some authors I hadn't read before :
Some entertaining stories, but some were very average, Wondering whether that's a reflection on the usual work of some of these authors,
In and Out Freya North,/
Dougie, Spoons and the Aquarium Solarium Jenny Colgan,/
The Power of Two Fiona Walker,/
The Truth is Out There Marian Keyes/
: Heartwarming, empowering!
Rudy Lisa Jewell,/
A Swimmer's Tale Stella Duffy,/
: Didn't care for neither the narrator nor the flowery writing,
Post Haste Isabel Wolff/
Cassandra Cathy Kelly,/
Access All Areas Jane Owen/
The EMale of the Species Wendy Holden,/
Love on the Underground Jessica Adams,/
Fairweather Friend Patricia Scanlan/
: To be fair, I had read this before in another series and I was so tired of the Girls Night In's theme by then.

Something Different Clare Naylor,/
The Itch Polly Samson,/
Morro Alecia McKenzie./
Flung Adele Parks./
Pull Me in the Pullman Carriage Helen Lederer,/
The Plain Truth Claire Calman/
Mr Charisma Yasmin Boland,/
The Sun, the Moon and the Stars Pauline McLynn/
The Shell of Venus Victoria Routledge,/
Man with a Tan Anna Maxted,/
Storm Clouds Sheila O'Flanagan,/
Caravan Rosalyn Chissick./
The Seven Steps from Shag to Spouse Tiffanie Darke,/
Lip Service Karen Moline,/
Saving Amsterdam Chrissie Manby/
A Form of Release Daisy Waugh/
Hurrah for the Hols Helen Simpson.
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No Worries Sarah Ingham,/
Re: The World Amy Jenkins,/Jessica Adams is an astrologer and author, Her books includeVision, Handbag Horoscopes and Astrolove Penguin and Essential Astrology for Women HarperCollins, Her recent bookAstrology: Your Five Year Horoscope Guide, was abestseller in America and Australia, Jessica has worked as a team editor on the Girls Night In and Kids Night in series, for Penguin and HarperCollins, with contributors including J.
K. Rowling, Stella McCartney and Nick Hornby, She is the Editor of The Holiday Goddess Guide to Paris, London, New York and Rome HarperCollins, Jessica lives in Australia and her astrology has appeared everywhere from VOGUE Japan to GQ Great Britain, Jessica Adams is an astrologer and author, Her books includeVision, Handbag Horoscopes and Astrolove Penguin and Essential Astrology for Women HarperCollins, Her recent bookAstrology: Your Five Year Horoscope Guide, was abestseller in America and Australia, Jessica has worked as a team editor on the Girls' Night In and Kids' Night in series, for Penguin and HarperCollins, with contributors including J.
K. Rowling, Stella McCartney and Nick Hornby, She is the Editor of The Holiday Goddess Guide to Paris, London, New York and Rome HarperCollins, Jessica lives in Australia and her astrology has appeared everywhere from VOGUE Japan to GQ Great Britain, sitelink.