The following blog entry was written by Jessica Livingston, Associate Editor of Know Your World-Extra Magazine.

If books are food for thought, then what I read is definitely junk food--Bridget Jones's Diary, The Devil Wears Prada, The Nanny Diaries, and the like. If a book has a plot that centers around finding love while still finding time to go shopping (two of my favorite things, by the way!), I just eat it up.

They're not Shakespeare. Most don't even have original plots. In fact, give me the set up for any of these "chick lit" books, and I could tell you how they end. A girl from small town, U.S.A. moves to the big city (usually Manhattan). Her job is horrible, but luckily she has a best friend to fall back on. And then there's that guy who seems so mean at the beginning of the story. Well, he comes to her rescue, and they fall in love. Predictable. Clichéd. Maybe even trite. Doesn't matter. I cry every time.

There's just something about that happy ending. When I sit down to read, it's nice knowing that the story won't end in death or tragedy (except for some scorned lovers here and there). They're quick reads, and when I finish, I'm happy.

Maybe they're not the meatiest, but these books are always what I'm craving. And in this world clogged with Dickens and Steinbeck and Melville (oh my!), it's nice to read something that's light, but just as satisfying. And in my opinion, there's always room for dessert.