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Feb 18, 2012

Lora rated it:

Honestly, for having a name like The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight and a synopsis promising a British boy named Oliver, this book is pretty damn disappointing. Although it does deliver on the British boy front (who, frankly, really isn't even that great), it doesn't deliver much else.

SPLFS starts off with Hadley Sullivan missing her flight to London at JFK. Granted, Hadley would rather see her dentist than attend her father's wedding to a woman she's never even met, More...

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Jan 12, 2012

Maja rated it:

...and that's why Lisa reads the vanillas and I stick with urban fantasy. This is such a Lisa book. My books have guns and bombs and spells gone wrong. Not airports and divorced parents. Yawn.

EDIT: Okay, so in the end, this was SO not a Lisa book. See? What do I know? If you want to read a real Lisa book, read Catching Jordan, but first make sure to check out her amazing review HERE. More...

26 comments like (20 people liked it)

Jan 09, 2012

Lisa O. rated it:

This is my second book of the year and the second I read during a sleepless night. The similarity ends there, unfortunately. While Split kept me up because it was so good I just HAD to finish it, this one... well, it was only insomnia. And to think I was so eager to read it. See, I'm all for vanilla romance, it's light, relaxing and cute.
But this book did not even remotely relax me.

The premise is interesting. Hadley, on her way to London to attend her much dreaded father's weddin More...

23 comments like (33 people liked it)

Dec 28, 2011

Giselle rated it:

Who would have guessed that four minutes could change everything?

Now this is what I call a plain ol' romantic love story that has everything you want and more. It's definitely perfect for this time of year when you can cuddle up near a fire and just let your heart be filled. The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight will leave you breathless and just when you think you can't take any more sweetness, you find out the reason behind this mouthful of a title and you're swept off y More...

10 comments like (21 people liked it)

Jan 17, 2012

oliviasbooks rated it:

The Fermentation Process of Mayonnaise .That would have been one of several other possible title versions for the young adult novel by Jennifer E. Smith. Its connection to the plot would have been only slightly less tangible than that of the ultimately chosen one. For both are simply examples of the fake summer research topics Yale University student Oliver wittily invents on the spot to impress the girl in the airplane seat next to his.

The big difference between the saucy title and More...

5 comments like (15 people liked it)

Jan 10, 2012

♥Rachel♥ rated it:

I've been dying to get my hands on this book from the moment I read the blurb on it. It does not disappoint. This is such a sweet and heartbreaking story at the same time. The story is sweet, in the scenes with Oliver, and heartbreaking in the ones with Hadley's dad and family drama.

Hadley is flying from Connecticut to London to attend her father's wedding. She ends up missing her flight by four minutes and is bumped to the next one. This makes things very tight, because now sh More...

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Nov 11, 2011

Aly (Fantasy4eva) rated it:

THE STATISTICAL PROBABILITY OF LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT, is a cute, fluffy fast read. It's short, sweet, bitter - all lovingly packaged into one.

Hadley is headed to her fathers wedding, but when she misses her flight, she finds herself face to face with gangly, shy, sweet Oliver, who offers to help with her suitcase. At that moment, she feels a familiar flutter at the pit of her stomach. And when their lock eyes, for some reason, she doesn't like the thought of them going their separate w More...

9 comments like (13 people liked it)

Jan 17, 2012

Reynje rated it:

2.5 stars

After all, it’s one thing to run away when someone’s chasing you. It’s entirely another to be running all alone.

As something of a sceptic (well, okay, a romantic trapped in the body of a realist masquerading as a cynic), the title alone was enough to tell me that this book would be fighting an uphill battle with me. While I like the quirk factor of the phrase ”The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight”, I’ll admit that there’s a part of me that reads that line and scoffs. Zero More...

34 comments like (23 people liked it)

Feb 08, 2012

Jasprit rated it:

3.5 stars

“Hadley presses her forehead against the window
of the taxi and once again finds herself smiling at the
thought of him. He’s like a song she can’t get out of her
head. Hard as she tries the melody of their meeting runs
through her mind on an endless loop each time as surprisingly
sweet as the last, like a lullaby like a hymn and she
doesn’t think she could ever get tired of hearing it”

The statistical probability of love at first sight was o More...

27 comments like (14 people liked it)

Jan 02, 2012

Jude rated it:

and it was

lol, I have no idea how to explain yet. It was a simple story really, sweet, the beginning of a bigger one for Hadley and Oliver; but there were so many little details and things that just made the story so great and complete. I'm smiling like a fool right now, I seriously can't wait to re-read it. It's such a beautiful book that every time I glance at it I just get a bigger smile, and I'm sure it's going to be that way for a long time.

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Feb 13, 2012

Ari rated it:

If I'll dream tonight, I'll dream of this book.

I think I fell in love.. at first sight.. with this book.
I finished reading it with happy tears in my eyes. It made me sad, it made me happy, it made my heart race even though there wasn’t too much action, but the amount of emotions per page were definitely too many for my heart to handle them properly.

This book went from the ‘must read’ shelf to the ‘most beautiful romances’ shelf in a blink of an eye. I wa More...

5 comments like (4 people liked it)

Jan 21, 2012

Melannie :) rated it:

Well I was very excited for this book, and maybe that was my mistake and it's totally my fault for setting my expectations high. I don't want to say I'm dissapointed because it wasn't terrible, it was just not as great as I hoped.

TSPoLaFS is a quick read. Hadley is going to London to her dad's wedding. He left she and her mom for another woman and Hadley hadn't forgiven him. So it's only obvious she's not happy to be going to witness her dad's especial day.

I don't really More...

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Jan 21, 2012

Sarah (saz101) rated it:

I loved The Statistical Probability of Love At First Sight... at first sight. Sweet, fun, funny, and heartbreaking, the intensity of emotion Hadley’s story provoked took me by surprise. I expected to fall in love. I didn’t expect to rant and rave* and scream and cry.

Hadley has just missed her flight. Missed it by only four minutes. Maybe it’s fate trying to give her a way out, because the last thing she wants to do is get on a plane to London where she’ll be forced to watch her Dad More...

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Feb 04, 2012

Ace rated it:

But just as she turns to walk away she hears him behind her, the word like the opening of some door, like an ending and a beginning, like a wish.

“Wait,” he says, and so she does.

Why I Read This

The title alone pulled me in. I’m actually not a fan of insta-love; it’s unrealistic and highly dramatized and nearly impossible to support. Still, I couldn’t stop thinking about this book.

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3 comments like (3 people liked it)

Jan 26, 2012

Emily rated it:

Oh, gosh... I wanted to like it, I really did.

This book is just not my cup of tea. Any GoodReaders in Aus who would like my copy? First to comment gets the book. (Hope you like it more than I did!)

EDIT: Does no one want this novel? It would like a good home! *sigh* maybe the library will take it.

10 comments like (9 people liked it)

Feb 08, 2012

Brooke rated it:

I am in love. What a precious little book!

Review to come... after some sleep and serious grinning.

11 comments like (4 people liked it)

Jan 11, 2012

Amy (Turn the Page) rated it:

I, like a lot of people, have been eagerly awaiting the release of Statistical Probability (I love the title but it is way too long to keep typing out so SP it is) for quite a while now. Early reviews were great - everyone seems to love this book - but I can't help but feel underwhelmed.

Statistical Probability is a sweet little story. It's not to cutesy, there are certain plot points that add some gravity and depth and, despite the title, it's not really about two people falling in l More...

0 comments like (3 people liked it)

Jan 23, 2012

Mith rated it:

Ah! Such a perfect, perfect feel-good book! I'm not a big believer of love at first sight but Hadley and Oliver almost convinced me!

The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight is a cute, little YA love story of two teens, Hadley and Oliver who meet at an airport due to Hadley missing her flight by just four minutes. Those four minutes change her life.

I went in this book with very little expectations, ready to file it away as yet another cheesy, predictable, writte More...

1 comment like (3 people liked it)

Jan 14, 2012

joє rated it:

When she was little, Hadley used to sneak into Dad's office at home, which was lined with bookshelves that stretched from the floor to the ceiling, all of them stacked with peeling paperbacks and hardcovers with cracked spines. She was only six the first time he found her sitting in his armchair with her stuffed elephant and a copy of A Christmas Carol, poring over it as intently as if she were considering it for her dissertation.

"What're you reading?" he'd asked, leaning a More...

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Aug 29, 2011

Aleeza marked it as to-read

this book has a british hottie named 'oliver' in it. I NEED IT RIGHT NOWWWW.

4 comments like (16 people liked it)

Jan 18, 2012

Cristina rated it:

A predictable book that reads like a romantic comedy film.
Reeal cute, and funny at times- I read this in just a few hours.

I think the most interesting part of this book it that it takes place over the course of 24 hours. But still, it's extremely predictable.

I liked this just fine, but I have to say: If you love this, and haven't read Anna and the French Kiss, you really, REALLY should. They have their, similarities, but Anna is better. :) More...

0 comments like (1 person liked it)

Feb 07, 2012

Jennifer rated it:

It's always the books I love that are the hardest for me to review. I know I'm so weird most people are the opposite. The cover is so cute but I was a little turned off by the title. I was worried this would be one of those insta~love books and I'm not into that type of romance. But thank goodness I gave this a try because it was definitely way more than that. Even though the book takes place in one day there was a great realistic build to the relationship. It really makes you think how a little More...

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Jan 10, 2012

Arlene rated it:

Rating Clarification: 3.5 Stars

In The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight we get the chance to meet Hadley who is on her way to her father’s wedding in London. After continuous mishaps throughout the day, she finds herself four minutes late to her flight… and four minutes is all it takes to change the course of events for the next twenty four hours.

The title of the book The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight is a bit deceiving when it comes to represent More...

26 comments like (14 people liked it)

Jan 11, 2012

Mari rated it:

I'm a little late starting on my reading list this year, mainly due to the fact that I finished the entire first season of Homeland in 2 days. After immersing myself in all that suspense and violence, I needed a nice, light, romantic read and The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight was just the perfect antidote.

I must admit, I've grown tired of all the YA novels where it's "our eyes met and *BAM!* we fell in love. I think a reviewer here in GR calls it insta-love. B More...

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Jan 14, 2012

Eunice rated it:

3.75 of 5 stars

This book was one of my most anticipated book this year and I was glad that it was an enjoyable read. However I wasn't totally overcome by it than what I had expected it would do. The title could be a little bit deceiving 'cause the story wasn't very much actually about it. Though there were really those swoon-worthy bits between Hadley and Oliver that made me...well swoon, I find the story focused more on how Hadley dealt the conflicting feelings she had about her paren More...

3 comments like (5 people liked it)

Jan 14, 2012

Kassiah rated it:

Check out my full review on the Fictionators!

Pretty much everyone that I know who has read this book loves it. And when I got to only page nine of this adorable book, I knew that I would love it, too.

The very first thing that I noticed about this book is the cover. Which, come on–some covers are absolutely horrible and/or don’t have anything to do with the book. But not this one–this one is sweet and fun and perfect for this book (except Hadley is a blonde). I was so exci More...

1 comment like (2 people liked it)

Jan 13, 2012

Jana rated it:

This is the first book I've read in 2012 and BOY was I glad. This is like Anna and the French Kiss except it's much MORE. A story about love, family, fate, destiny and a hot British boy. Yup, what more could you ask for in a novel, hmm?

When I saw that this actually takes place over only 24 hours, I was skeptical. Like,really? How can you fall in love in less than 24 hours? I didn't believe in love at first sight (who does?), but Jennifer E. Smith made me learn and see that it actually More...

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Sep 26, 2011

Carly added it

I love all of Jennifer’s books, and this one was no exception. “The Statistical Probability of Love At First Sight” is such a unique read in that it’s written in present tense present tense and it takes place over the course of only 24 hours. I can't think of anything else that I've read in present tense except for "Love at First Sight" and "The Comeback Season,” but it’s so natural in "Love at First Sight" that about halfway through I started second guessing myself as t More...

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Oct 02, 2011

Brodie rated it:

Hadley Sullivan is four minutes late for the flight that will take her to England to see her father get remarried. She doesn't want to go, she's never even met the woman he's about to marry and the thought of spending the next few hours at 40,000 feet above ground, with no escape, isn't exactly comforting to a girl who's claustrophobic. But those 4 minutes - a mere 240 seconds - completely change the next 24 hours for Hadley and quite possibly, the rest of her life.

Hadly is carrying More...

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Feb 01, 2012

Corey rated it:

This book is good. Maybe it's really good. Maybe it's amazing.

I don't know.

Reading is so subjective, guys, and I couldn't present a better example than this book. At first glance I thought, "This is such a Me book", but it wasn't. It so wasn't.

Admittedly, there were things I liked about this book (hence the three stars!), but there were so many things I just couldn't swallow. Maybe that's a testament to the storytelling for making me feel all these feeeeee More...

3 comments like (1 person liked it)