Voice on the Radio: Fictional DJs

On the radio we heard November Rain
                  That solo’s really long but it’s a pretty song
                                     We listened to it twice cause the DJ was asleep
–Regina Spektor

Radio DJ Berry Lambert  lives her life shrouded with superstition in the novel With A Little Luck by Caprice Crane. She avoids black cats and cracks in the sidewalk, her father is a professional gambler who considersBerry to be his best good luck charm, and after two failed relationships she’s sure her next one will surely disappoint her cause after all things happen in threes. When she meets fellow DJ Ryan Riley, their on-air battle turns romantic, but the last thing Berry wants is to fall for Riley since he is number three. While waiting for the bottom to drop out, Berry just might lose the best thing she ever had.

In Life Unexpected — The Complete First and Second Seasons we meet 15 year old Lux who has decided, after years of being in and out of foster care, to file a petition for emancipation. However, she’ll have to get her birth parents’ permission first. Nate Bazile and Cate Cassidy are in for a big surprise when Lux shows up at Nate’s bar and then Cate’s radio show. Although, both are willing to sign over their rights to Lux, the court has a different idea: to grant them temporary custody. Nate has some growing up to do if he wants to be a father to Lux and Lux has tuned into her mother’s radio station when she needed comfort not knowing who Cate was. Everyone will need to change in order to become a family. 

Charlie All Night by Jennifer Crusie had more romance than I usually read, but it was still an interesting story. Allie McGuffey has been dumped and demoted from her prime time slot by the radio DJ she produced into a star. Enter temporary DJ Charlie Tenniel Allie’s new project for the night time hour and if Allie can make him famous and also get over her ex at the same time what could go wrong? Charlie is only doing a favor for dad, whose friend owns the radio station, and has no intention of becoming famous or getting involved in any romantic entanglements, but there’s just something about Allie.