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ROMANTIC FICTION

A quiz for those of you who enjoy a light, contemporary, romantic read. If you get stuck with any of the answers, you can find all the books mentioned listed on the EnCompass database, under 'Romantic Fiction'. Good luck!

 

 Question 1.
Which film star from the 1980s did the heroine of Jenny Colgan's 2001 novel travel across America Looking For...?

Matt Dillon

Andrew McCarthy

River Phoenix

Kevin Bacon

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 Question 2.
Who wrote the book Straight Talking, featuring 'single and still searching' Tasha and her three best friends Andy, Mel and Emma?

Jane Green

Tilly Bagshawe

Maria Beaumont

Anthony Capella

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 Question 3.
And which novelist, creator of the bestselling books Career Girls, Monday's Child and Tuesday's Child, was the Conservative Party's parliamentary candidate for Corby and East Northamptonshire in summer 2007?

Helen Fielding

Katie Fforde

Emma Gold

Louise Bagshaw

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 Question 4.
Which book by Anna Davis features taxi-driving Katherine, who has the 'black cab equivalent to a lover in every port - and an inability to commit to any of them'?

The Shoe Queen

Cheet

Taxi Driver

Melting

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 Question 5.
Who wrote the book Have Love Will Travel, about Jane Darling, whose Complete Misery Checklist begins: '1. Polyester tartan uniform; 2. 'Hello My Name is Jane' badge; 3. Job in Edinburgh's Tourist Office during the festival'?

Lucy Sweet

Lucy Sugar

Lucy Spice

Lucy Sour

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 Question 6.
What was the title of Lisa Jewell's 1999 novel which followed the lives and relationships of four friends in London?

Larry's Party

Ralph's Party

Lulu's Party

Pippa's Party

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 Question 7.
Who penned the novel Ready or Not?, about a girl with pre-wedding jitters? Mind you, what girl wouldn't think twice about marriage when her fiance gets his eyebrows shaved off just in time to look horrendous for the photographs...

Thea Wolf

Fiona Walker

Gemma Fox

Chris Manby

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 Question 8.
Which of Sophie Kinsella's books was the first to feature the life and dilemmas of financial journalist Becky Bloomwood?

The Undomestic Goddess

Can You Keep A Secret?

The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic

Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood

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 Question 9.
Jessica and Carol, two childhood friends, are both engaged to be married. Secretly afraid her fiance is going to chicken out, Carol insists on a double wedding, but Jessica is appalled at the idea. The title of the book is Double Wedding. Who is the author?

Patricia Highsmith

Patricia Scanlan

Patricia Cornwell

Patricia Duncker

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 Question 10.
Lynsey Dixon never plans anything. She has no commitments and no responsibilities apart from her job at a London talent agency. After keeping her calm head in a crisis, Lynsey is offered an exciting transfer to Los Angeles... Which novel by Alison Bond?

How to be Happy

How to be Famous

How to be Rich

How to be Talented

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