Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding

Title: Bridget Jones's Diary (Bridget Jones #1) Author: Helen Fielding Genre: Chick Lit, Romance, Humor, Contemporary Published: January 1996 My Rating: 5/5 Meet Bridget Jones — a 30-something Singleton who is certain she would have all the answers if she could:  a. lose 7 pounds  b. stop smoking  c. develop Inner Poise  Bridget Jones' Diary is the devastatingly self-aware, laugh-out-loud daily chronicle of Bridget's permanent, doomed quest for self-improvement — a year in which she resolves to: reduce the circumference of each thigh by 1.5 inches, visit the gym three times a week not just to buy a sandwich, form a functional relationship with a responsible adult, and learn to program the VCR.