A wonderfully funny and warm introduction to the quirky inhabitants of a small town located on the breathtakingly scenic northern tip of Califor...
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Nov 16, 2011
Leah
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This is a fun one. It's light, quick, easy, and somewhat comfortingly formulaic. So if that's what you're in the mood for, this is a good choice. The small coastal town of San Andreas is a place for retirement and tourists. But the quiet life there isn't always so quiet.
Nothing like painting your house neon purple and green to make a statement to the city council. And that's exactly what divorced Tassy Morgan does when she can't get permission to knock down her beach shack—which is in More...
Nothing like painting your house neon purple and green to make a statement to the city council. And that's exactly what divorced Tassy Morgan does when she can't get permission to knock down her beach shack—which is in More...
Jul 29, 2011
Scottie
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I received this book as part of a Goodreads “First Reads” giveaway.
It has been awhile since I have seen a novel with cover art that so clearly illustrates the main setting of the story. It projects an image of a breath-taking, picturesque spot that is slowly falling apart. It seems so appropriate that the main character is a painter, when the cover seems like a scenic image that she might have created. While I was drawn to the cover art, I found that the storyline never fully cap More...
It has been awhile since I have seen a novel with cover art that so clearly illustrates the main setting of the story. It projects an image of a breath-taking, picturesque spot that is slowly falling apart. It seems so appropriate that the main character is a painter, when the cover seems like a scenic image that she might have created. While I was drawn to the cover art, I found that the storyline never fully cap More...
Aug 05, 2011
Kjirsten
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I won a copy of this book on the Goodreads giveaway. It was a nice book with some interesting and quirky characters. The descriptions of the town were good and I really enjoyed the descriptions of the people in the town and how they reacted to the main characters and situations. The "free range toddler" made me laugh out loud. For me, this is a great book to read on a summer day.
Sep 15, 2011
Mayda
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In Tassy Morgan’s Bluff, author Jim Stinson has created some likable and unforgettable characters. Set in San Andreas, California, protagonists Lincoln Ellis, lawyer, and Tassy Morgan, artist, find themselves adrift in life, but drawn together. Linc, newly widowed, and Tassy, divorced, find themselves mostly on the same side with a common goal, yet occasionally at odds with each other. Throw in a dilapidated beach shack ready to fall down the bluff, a determined Tribal Chair for the Narowa Na
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Jun 29, 2011
Christie
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A not-unpleasant way to kill some time. I picked it up because I knew it was set somewhere on the Northern California coast; not Mendocino, as it turned out, but Trinidad (fictionalized as San Andreas). That, and the fact that the romantic protagonists are fiftyish, are the book's main charms.
Jul 29, 2011
Pat
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First time reading this author. Great characters...looking forward to a sequel.
Sep 12, 2011
Martha
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I won this book in a Goodreads Giveaway! I think this book deserves 3 1/2 stars, but that was not an option, so I stuck with 3. I must say that I enjoyed the book. It was a light book, and would be a great book to take to the beach. However, I thought the characters were not given enough depth and that their emotional struggles could have been detailed a little more. The true lead character of the book was the quaint little town. It sounded like such a wonderful town that I would love to visit o
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Dec 30, 2011
Jill
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I recieved this book in the goodreads giveways. It was a sweet book but didn't have "the adrelaine" read. I started this book about 1 1/2 months ago and while the writing was good and the plot was a different I struggled with the desire to get back to it as quickly as possible. Love the characters Linc and Tassy but struggled with her past and her families past made me sad, but the truth be told there are stories out there just like that. I would try another book by Jim Stinson.
Aug 30, 2011
Darlene
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I won this book through Goodreads First Reads. The characters in this book were really fun to get to know, but there wasn't much to this book. It was a nice read with moments of laughter and light heartedness, but all in all there just wasn't much to the book. Jim Stinson has a promising writing style and I look forward to the growth in his novels to come.
Dec 18, 2011
Nari (The Novel World)
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I found this book to be incredibly stale and unoriginal. Although the small-town quirks and gossip was amusing at times, I felt that overall, the plot of the story was lackluster and the town was full of oddball stereotypes to compensate for a plot full of lawyer jargon and zoning and construction babble.
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Sep 28, 2011
Nedra
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I won a copy of this book on the goodreads giveaway. It had some interesting characters , I love the small town and gossip was funny. Over all plot was full of zoning and construction talk that it made me yawn.
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