Last week was chick lit time! Time to get my dose of mush and all things girlie! So, that’s how I picked up Bridget Jones’s diary by Helen Fielding, and completed it over the weekend. And, let me tell you, I absolutely LOVED it! 
Bridget Jones is this 30-something girl, obsessed with the idea that she should find a decent boyfriend and get married soon, or else she will die lonely. She is obsessed with her weight and lives on a perpetual diet, noting down calories for everything she eats in her diary. She notes down the number of cigarettes smoked and the alcohol units consumed every time she writes in her diary, and adorably excuses herself when the calories or alcohol consumption is a bit high. She has a bunch of close friends with whom she shares everything.
Bridget Jones’s diary is – as the name suggests – the diary maintained by Bridget for a year – in which she goes through many highs and lows. I loved the character of Bridget, her obnoxious mother, her friends, et all. I loved the wit and humour of Fielding in the book, especially the ‘emotional f***wittage’ part and the way Bridget’s mother calls her up every time with the same kind of expression – ‘Oh, hello, darling!’ I could almost hear the ‘Oh, hello, darling!’ in my mind.
All in all, I found it immensely likeable and would recommend it to chick lit and mush lovers who haven’t read it already. Rating: 4 stars.
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I was reading this book for the OT ’09 Challenge. With this, the count is 5 down, with 5 more to go. The stopover this time was England.
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Song on my mind, that sprung out of nowhere. For old times’ sake:
