Sue Monk Kidd and Kim Edwards
Recent (lackluster) reads:

The Mermaid Chair by Sue Monk Kidd: I loved The Secret Life of Bees and was eagerly awaiting the author's next novel. Disappointing. One mid-life crisis equals a taboo romance and revelations about a long-held family secret (which is not much of a secret and certainly not worthy of the dragging plot.) Add bits of folklore and religion, stir in poor characterization...well, there's still nothing of note here. What a letdown.

The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards: I wish the writer had let go of the notion that "more words = better story." Nothing could be further from the truth. A mother has to give birth in a blizzard. Thirty pages later with continued descriptions of snow, I tossed the book aside. I care about people, not the weather. Sheesh.

(I actually caught The Memory Keeper's Daughter as a television movie, starring Gretchen Mol. Of course it was better than the book because the movie had actual plot.)