cheerful books

I am still really feeling like we need a cheerful book to break up all the emotionally difficult books that we read. Personally, I "enjoy" the emotionally difficult books, but I do take breaks and read different stuff myself. So I am thinking our book group may need a break as well. I found what look like to be two good lists of lighter reads. Has anyone read any of them to give us some feedback?

List one

Happy Book Club Books
Titles Suggested for Cheerful Book Club Discussions

Hissy Fit by Mary Kay Andrews
The Feast of Love by Charles Baxter
Industry of Souls by Martin Booth
Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
Bet Me by Jennifer Crusie
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie
The Persian Pickle Club by Sandra Dalla
Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dun
Walking Across Egypt by Clyde Edgerton
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
Wait till Next Year by Doris Kearns Goodwin
Gods in Alabama by Joshilyn Jackson
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
A Girl Named Zippy by Haven Kimmel
Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons by Lorna Landvik
Patty Jane's House of Curl by Lorna Landvik
Handling Sin by Michael Malone
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
Beginners Luck by Laura Pedersen
Dreaming Water by Gail Tsukiyama
Girl in Hyacinth Blue by Susan Vreeland
The Passion of Artemisia by Susan Vreeland

I have read Ella Minnow Pea, Secret life of Bees, and No. 1 Ladies detective agency. I tried Memiors of a Geisha, but did not like it or finish it. Any thoughts about the other suggestions?