Girls' Night Out

Girls' Night Out

By: Various Authors
Edited By: Carole Matthews and Sarah Mlynowski
Penguin Books Canada; http://www.penguin.ca/

This anthology of short stories includes works by bestselling writers Sophie Kinsella, Emily Giffin, Jennifer Weiner, Candace Bushnell and seventeen other authors of women's fiction. If you enjoy books by any of these authors, pick up a copy of Girls' Night Out. You'll probably find a few new authors to discover on your next trip to the bookstore.

Read this if you: Are still single and need a good laugh or if you're a bit nostalgic for your single days now that you're married.

The mood you need to be in: Ready to escape from work for a fun, leisurely read.

Read it while you're: Feeling pretty good, because the royalties go to War Child Canada.

The best part: Discovering new authors to read, like Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez and Carole Matthews.

Other books on your nightstand: Sophie Kinsella's Shopaholic series, Emily Giffin's Something Borrowed, Candace Bushnell's Sex and the City, The Nanny Diaries by Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus.

Words to live by: "I should be with someone I can't live without. Wherever that may take me." - Carole Matthews, "Travelling Light".

In a nutshell: Great read for a girl-on-the-go or a weeknight in.

By: Miranda Leigh