For those ladies out in GC-land who are looking for some hysterical, grrl-power type of books, I HIGHLY recommend Jill Connor-Browne's Sweet Potato Queens series:
"God Save the Sweet Potato Queens"
"The Sweet Potato Queens Book of Love" and
"The Sweet Potato Queens Big-Ass Cookbook and Financial Planner"
The Sweet Potato Queens series has a highly Southern flavor but it is THE anti-"Southern Belle Primer." Just hilarious.
I also highly enjoyed Susan Jane Gilman's "Kiss My Tiara: How To Rule The World as a Smartmouth Goddess." With a title like that, what girl could resist???