Recommend me books/movies

I decided to ask my family to give me wish lists for upcoming birthdays/Christmas as I am off to ConVergence in early July. This is mostly for the kids, of course, but my sister made a request that I might have a little trouble with.

She likes the novels of Joshilyn Jackson, who has just put one out called "A Grown-Up Kind of Pretty." Except that reading the synopsis leads me to believe that it's not going to be on sale at a SF convention, even one as multi-media as ConVergence.

So what I'm looking for is books/films that are like Joshilyn Jackson's work, but would be on sale where I'm going to be buying. (I understand that the Sookie Stackhouse series is also about quirky Southern women, but is it otherwise similar in a pleasing way?)

Thanks in advance for your consideration!