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    <body><![CDATA[I decided to take a break from historical fiction on my last couple of days on vacation, and I gave this book a try.  Reading this one is akin to watching a train wreck—you know what is going to happen, it slightly sickens you, but you can’t really turn away.  As the back cover eloquently puts i...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57935793">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[At first I found this book amusing, but as the story developed I began to chafe at the self indulgence and self absorption of both Margaret and Letty. Letty's e-mails were entertaining, but the consumerism (is that spelled right) and &quot;keeping up with the Jones&quot; attempts soured me. And as f...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50975417">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Letty and Margaret are childhood friends from California.  Letty is a stay-at-home mom who keeps in touch with her best friend through amusing emails detailing her struggles to keep up with the LA &quot;Joneses.&quot;  Margaret as moved to NYC and has quit her job to write a novel.  The story detail...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22150634">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Painful to read because the protagonists did everything wrong, but at the same time ripe with irony and humor. When Margaret quits her job as a teacher to write a novel, her dillusions of granduer inevitably lead her down a path of self destruction. At the same time, on the other side of the country...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49740389">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I don't remember anything about this book!  I just wrote in my journal that I had read it, and that it wasn't nearly as good as, &quot;Drowning Ruth&quot; which is a book I really enjoyed by the same author.  I read another of her books earlier this year or late last year, and didn't like that one e...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55053493">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Margaret has some of the same procrastination techniques that I do, which is a little bit scary for me! The history between Margaret and Letty was interesting, I think everyone has a friend who has always just been there, whether you are truly compatible or not. It was a little hard to watch things ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55945909">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A novel about two women whose friendship changes over time as each deals with hurdles--money, love, writer's block--that the other doesn't share. Fast read, wittier than I thought it would be. Author Schwartz writes that one character, also a writer, has to pause in her work for a &quot;restorative ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76772592">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I loved this book. It was a great easy read although for a long time I was scared that the central character was in large part based on me !! It is witty and grounded and a total chick book. Not great literature but a great read.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was an ok read.  One where you despise the characters because of their faults.  I typically like books that uplift or send an uplifiting message. It is good to step outside of your comfort zone, occasionally]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was not so good.  It drug on and on.  It was so hard to get into.  And then it seems that when something actually started to happen, it ended.  And it ended kind of dumb in my opinion.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was so depressing, two people with no common sense making a mess of not only their own lives but the lives of their families.  American culture at it's worst on display.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I can't say that I loved this book....I found the characters extremely flawed.  Though I tried hard to hate them, I found myself getting really tangled up in their messes.  In my own way, I started to identify with them --worried about finances, worried about jobs, worried about success.  Because of...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34538293">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I love Christina Schwarz.  My favorite of her 3 that I've read.  The characters are written so funny and the twist at the end is great.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a hard book for me to get into but there's a good lesson buried in it.  You just have to keep reading to make it there.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Read Drowning Ruth a number of years back and loved it.  This novel was very enjoyable, as well.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I may God!  These women are pathetic.  Don't waste your time on this one.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I had this book in hand for a number of weeks and just couldn't bring myself to read it.  I'm sure it's well written.  I just couldn't do it.  A tragic tale of betrayal and getting caught up in the nastiness of life?  No thank you.<br/><br/>I do want to read it some day, though.  Just when I'm a l...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59014567">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was well written but never really worked as a novel.]]></body>
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