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Literary Wedding Readings

To start off with, I hope that you won't feel fooled by the somewhat nonsensical heading of this article, I just couldn't resist to try and get a pun in there. The kind of "wedding readings" actually contained below is some suggested romantic reading for this summer, reading that will hopefully entertain you as well as give you some perspective in regards to your wedding planning - whether you are getting married this year, in ten years or even not at all.

With that said, on with my book recommendations for this summer.

This Charming Man by Marian Keyes

The true queen of "chick-lit", Marian Keyes is at it again with a novel about how one mans marriage becomes the heartache of four women. One of the primary characters is Lola who discovers that her fantastic boyfriend, a politician named Paddy, is getting married with someone else. Heartbroken she flees Dublin and heads for the countryside.

Grace is a journalist and old friend of Paddy's and, as she has a hard time getting over him, she wants to write about his wedding. Another woman who is having great difficulty forgetting her first love Paddy is Grace twin-sister Marnie, although she ought to be happy with her existing marriage and two daughters.

Finally we have Alicia, the woman who's honor it is to actually be marrying the desirable Paddy. As our cunning plot-maker would have it she is having mixed feelings whether he is "the one" or not.

Does that sound confusing at all? It probably is.

Plotting, love and drama - could you imagine something more entertaining to read at the beach this summer?

Lust for Life by Adele Parks

This story is about Bella who secretly gets married with Stevie when she is only a teenager. However, after bickering about things like paying the bills and cleaning the house, their marriage soon breaks apart. Bella left Scotland for London, where she met the wonderful Philip - and before she knew it she was married to two men at the same time. The two men not knowing that the other existed.

When her marriage to Philip is at its best and she finally has managed to leave her "old life" behind her, her sister happens to meet the love of her life - who of course turns out to be none other than her other husband Stevie!

This suddenly makes her discover that old love never rusts...

Shopaholic ties the knot by Sophie Kinsella

Sophie Kinsella's series about Rebecca the shopaholic has become most popular. In this book she is finally getting married to her boyfriend Luke, and naturally this is the perfect excuse for going berserk with her credit card. "You only get married once" being her reason.

Luke's mother is planning a posh wedding in New York, while Rebecca's parents are making plans for a simpler garden wedding at home in England. As Rebecka is completely unable to decide what she wants, the parallel plans continue until complete chaos is imminent.

This is the perfect, easy going book to be reading at the beach. If you also have a tendency to overspend on your shopping you will certainly be able to relate to Rebecca's character. The book is humorous, easy to read and impossible to put down.

Bergdorf Blondes by Plum Sykes

The Bergdorf Blondes is perhaps the ultimate chick-lit novel, written by Vogue editor Plum Sykes. She is a classical it-girl and one source of inspiration for the bitchy character Emelie in "The Devil wears Prada".

The main character in the book calls herself as "Moi" and she spends her time shopping, getting her hair dyed in the exactly right shade of blonde, hanging with her unreliable heiress/friend and sipping champagne.

When her engagement goes up in smoke she panics, but the wedding bells are soon ringing from another direction when she realizes that the in fact are many "Mr. Rights" out there.

It is easy to be skeptical towards a plot like the above mentioned one, but the Bergforf Blondes is actually a charming read. Before you know it you wouldn't mind becoming a Bergforf princess yourself - slacking in bed half the day and getting lots of free clothes from from designers just in order to bee seen wearing them.

Imagine if your greatest concern in the world was that Vera Wang is offended that you wont let her design your wedding dress! Granted, if Dostojevskij is your cup of tea, this book may annoy rather than entertain you.

Henry Poole