Bridget Jones

Another Gore in the Lit Game-And Kristin, Sadly, Is No Vidal

Sammy's Hill , by Kristin Gore. Miramax Books, 368 pages, $23.95.  read more »

Kate Reddy is Bridget with brains, a woman-not a girl-who knows better.

I Don't Know How She Does It: The Life of Kate Reddy, Working Mother , by Allison Pearson.  read more »

Advice for Unmarried Men Clogs Critic's Toothless Novel

The Catsitters , by James Wolcott. HarperCollins, 314 pages, $25."The Perfectibility of Man!  read more »

Bold and Brazen Italian, Not to Mention the Food

"Just when you think you've mastered the Italian menu, along comes one like this," said my companion  read more »

Exiting the 'Girlie' Pigeonhole, Entering the Misogynist's Mind

Everything You Know , by Zoë Heller. Alfred A. Knopf, 203 pages, $22.  read more »