Remember the how you felt about your first crush? Your first broken heart? Your first time? Chick lit, the go-to reading material for many of us girls, channels all those nostalgic emotions into romance-driven plots that are as easy to read as they are addictive. Although much of the genre can be pretty formulaic—girl meets boy, girl falls in love with boy, boy hurts girl, boy redeems himself through “the big gesture”—we still find ourselves coming back to the same heart-tingling tales because we find parts of our own personal love stories in them.

Chick lit is the ultimate in summer reading because it is light, unpretentious, and peppered with cathartic kilig moments (some of which you may have already experienced yourself). Series are especially ideal because they keep the story moving—from one phase of the protagonist’s life (and the wildly comical foibles that came with it) to the next.

Earlier this month, we gave you our 10 beach book picks for summer 2010. To top off that list, here are two Summit Books series that fit the bill perfectly—be sure to add them to your chick lit collection! And to keep you company at the beach this summer, Female Network is giving away these Summit Books (and more!) all month long.