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Forget About It
by
Caprice Crane (Goodreads Author)
Jordan Landau is having a bad life. At twenty-five, she is attractive, smart, funny and talented. But all that doesn't keep her mother from calling her fat, her boss from stealing her ideas, and her boyfriend from cheating on her. Day in and day out, she sits back and watches as everyone walks all over her.
Then one day while riding her bike home from a particularly awful...more
Then one day while riding her bike home from a particularly awful...more
Paperback, 368 pages
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August 27th 2007
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The premise of this book is unique. I loved how Jordan saw her opportunity to make changes in her life and took it, even though her method wasn't the best.
I didn't like Jordan much until she started faking amnesia. I mean she was basically a doormat. I felt really bad for her and wanted her to do something about it. I mean her family life, love life, and work life were abysmal. All she had going for her were best friends, Cat and Todd.
The good things about this book are that all the characters...more
I didn't like Jordan much until she started faking amnesia. I mean she was basically a doormat. I felt really bad for her and wanted her to do something about it. I mean her family life, love life, and work life were abysmal. All she had going for her were best friends, Cat and Todd.
The good things about this book are that all the characters...more
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May 06, 2008
Linda
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5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Everyone who enjoys a good laugh out loud read.
Recommended to Linda by:
My friend Rachael
I just finished reading Forget About It By: Caprice Crane. I loved this book. This book kept my interest from the beginning to the end. I was sad when the book ended I didn't want it to end at all. This was the first book I've read by this author and it will not be the last. If this book is on your TBR or TBB list you should move it to #1 on the list. I definitely look forward to reading more books by this author. I recommend this book to everyone who enjoys a good laugh out loud read that will...more
Feb 23, 2011
Febrianti
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2 of 5 stars
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actually first time i interested in this book because on the covet stated "best chicklit"
first time i read, the pace is so slow. The timeline also not really clear.
The book tells about Jordan, girl that not quite assertive that she lead people around her to "bully" her. Then someday when she had a very bad day, while she ride her bicycle, she hit a car's door then she decide to pretend to have amnesia to repair messiness in her life.
theme taken is quite different. but i don't really like the w...more
first time i read, the pace is so slow. The timeline also not really clear.
The book tells about Jordan, girl that not quite assertive that she lead people around her to "bully" her. Then someday when she had a very bad day, while she ride her bicycle, she hit a car's door then she decide to pretend to have amnesia to repair messiness in her life.
theme taken is quite different. but i don't really like the w...more
You can read the summary to see what the storyline is.
I mostly liked the tone, the pace, the New York setting, although I thought the set-up dragged too long. Jordan's got a crappy life because she doesn't stand up for herself, we get it.
I liked Jordan's wit and creativity, and I loved Travis and his lighthouse. What I didn't "get" despite the neglected/emotionally abused childhood, is why a woman with so much going for her, would be quite so passive. The bad guys were a little too bad; they nee...more
I mostly liked the tone, the pace, the New York setting, although I thought the set-up dragged too long. Jordan's got a crappy life because she doesn't stand up for herself, we get it.
I liked Jordan's wit and creativity, and I loved Travis and his lighthouse. What I didn't "get" despite the neglected/emotionally abused childhood, is why a woman with so much going for her, would be quite so passive. The bad guys were a little too bad; they nee...more
Gahh this book! I had heard some really good reviews about it which is why I read it but now I regret doing so!
When an author writes a book I very much believe that everything from the beginning to the end is important for progression of the story.
However I'm so confused with this one. The first chapter is called "My first marriage" and then the protagonist goes on about how she married her best friend Todd when she was seven years old. Already in the first paragraph itself she has revealed a f...more
When an author writes a book I very much believe that everything from the beginning to the end is important for progression of the story.
However I'm so confused with this one. The first chapter is called "My first marriage" and then the protagonist goes on about how she married her best friend Todd when she was seven years old. Already in the first paragraph itself she has revealed a f...more
This book kept me flipping the pages non stop, a very humorous story, Jordan is someone whom I can relate to well enough. I feel we have so many things in common.
Quotes I love in the book:
"Know the hazards of lending and borrowing with friends."
"I learned to accept my family for who they were and understand that, though they might be limited in certain areas, they all had good qualities that I could appreciate."
"I felt something, like my brain was itching."
"Something strange was going inside m...more
Quotes I love in the book:
"Know the hazards of lending and borrowing with friends."
"I learned to accept my family for who they were and understand that, though they might be limited in certain areas, they all had good qualities that I could appreciate."
"I felt something, like my brain was itching."
"Something strange was going inside m...more
You can read the summary to see what the storyline is.
I mostly liked the tone, the pace, the New York setting, although I thought the set-up dragged too long. Jordan's got a crappy life because she doesn't stand up for herself, we get it.
I liked Jordan's wit and creativity, and I loved Travis and his lighthouse. What I didn't "get," despite the neglected/emotionally abused childhood, is why a woman with so much going for her would be quite so passive. The bad guys were a little too bad; they nee...more
I mostly liked the tone, the pace, the New York setting, although I thought the set-up dragged too long. Jordan's got a crappy life because she doesn't stand up for herself, we get it.
I liked Jordan's wit and creativity, and I loved Travis and his lighthouse. What I didn't "get," despite the neglected/emotionally abused childhood, is why a woman with so much going for her would be quite so passive. The bad guys were a little too bad; they nee...more
I loved this author's first book and hated her third...this one started off with an amusing premise, but I hated how extreme the lead character's doormat personality was. When she faked amnesia and began fighting back in this passive aggressive manner, there were a few good moments and laughs, especially at her slimy ex boyfriend's expense. However, her second bout of real amnesia put the book in the realm of just not plausible and I had to keep myself from cringing. All of the characters were c...more
Akhirny selesai juga baca buku ini. Hehehe udh lama dibaca tp br sekarang selesainya.
Ok ceritanya cukup santai tidak terlalu beratlah. Cerita ini menceritakan kehidupan dari seorang perempuan yang bernama Jordan Landau. Jordan memiliki 2 sahabat baik yaitu Todd dan Cat. Mereka sudah bersama-sama mulai dari kecil hingga sampai sekarang. Pada masa kecilnya Jordan pernah menikah dengan Todd (ya mksdny menikah main-main gtu..). Mereka bertiga merupakan sahabat yang saling melengkapi.
Awalnya Jordan t...more
Ok ceritanya cukup santai tidak terlalu beratlah. Cerita ini menceritakan kehidupan dari seorang perempuan yang bernama Jordan Landau. Jordan memiliki 2 sahabat baik yaitu Todd dan Cat. Mereka sudah bersama-sama mulai dari kecil hingga sampai sekarang. Pada masa kecilnya Jordan pernah menikah dengan Todd (ya mksdny menikah main-main gtu..). Mereka bertiga merupakan sahabat yang saling melengkapi.
Awalnya Jordan t...more
I was drawn to this book by some sort of inexplicable force. I read chick lit from time to time. It tends to come in waves; sometimes I love them and sometimes I hate them. I'd never read anything by Caprice Crane before and about one sixth of the way into this one I promptly scurried over to Paper Back Swap and ordered 'Stupid and Contagious'. Basically, her voice is really enchanting. It's the perfect blend of pop culture and enough traditionalism to keep it from sounding too dated too soon. S...more
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Jan 26, 2010
Christina Rumbaugh
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4 of 5 stars
Recommended to Christina by:
Caprice Crane's website ;)
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I wish I could give this book 4.5 stars. I more than "liked it," but wouldn't necessarily call it "amazing." It was a very clever tale of Jordan Landau, a 25-year-old ad agency employee (almost the lowest rung on the ladder), who hated her boyfriend, her mother, and her boss. So one day, while riding her bike down the crowded, rainy streets of NYC, she's hit by a car. In the hospital she has a flash of brilliance. Why not just fake amnesia? Now was her chance to reinvent herself. With the help o...more
I'm slowly coming to find Caprice Crane is one of my favorite Authors. She writes the same genre fiction as I do and a friend suggested her books. Since I was just getting back into reading again after a long stretch in limbo, when my friend told me that Crane's voice was so similar to mine she thought she WAS reading my book, I knew I had to pick her stuff up.
This is the second of her books, I'm reading them all in order, and I can see that she's managed to maintain her strong writer's voice wh...more
This is the second of her books, I'm reading them all in order, and I can see that she's managed to maintain her strong writer's voice wh...more
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After enjoying Crane's other novels, I am disappointed my this sopomore effort. The protagonist is a weak doormat who believes that she needs to fake amnesia to get a life do-over. Granted, she gets a clue at the end and learns that all she has to do is speak up and things are different. Unfortunately, it takes around 300 pages for this revelation to take place.
She chooses Travis in the end...Really? I mean, come on. Her rationale for turning down Todd is so high school that I'm su...more
After enjoying Crane's other novels, I am disappointed my this sopomore effort. The protagonist is a weak doormat who believes that she needs to fake amnesia to get a life do-over. Granted, she gets a clue at the end and learns that all she has to do is speak up and things are different. Unfortunately, it takes around 300 pages for this revelation to take place.
She chooses Travis in the end...Really? I mean, come on. Her rationale for turning down Todd is so high school that I'm su...more
Nov 28, 2009
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I have just read this book and i liked it. It's interesting but i don't understand one thing. Why Todd is not mentioned anymore at the end of the book? I just wanna say that he helped Jordan and he loves her and in the end he is the trash? i would have wanted other end... Jordan is alone waiting for Travis at the beacon (or lighthouse... i still study english)... He doesn't come and Jordan is staing disappointed but Todd comes and he convices her to go home... She waits for him a couple of weeks...more
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I’ve been wanting to read Forget About It for ages. Absolutely ages. I absolutely loved the sound of it, but I only got around to buying the book with an Amazon voucher a few weeks ago. I don’t really know what held me back from buying it before. Probably because there were other books I really wanted to read and also because I’ve never read one of Caprice’s books so I wasn’t entirely sure she was my kind of author. I finally took the plunge though, and bought myself a cheap second hand copy and...more
Dia seorang perempuan yang pasrah. Pasrah ketika ibunya selalu mengejek bobot tubuhnya. Pasrah ketika adiknya selalu memanfaatkannya. Pasrah ketika sang bos mengambil keuntungan dari ide-idenya. Pasrah ketika sang kekasih memperlakukannya dengan buruk.
Pasrah tapi tidak iklas diperlakukan seperti itu. Itulah Jordan. Dalam hati dia ingin melawan. Hanya saja, dia tidak cukup punya nyali untuk melakukannya. Dia butuh alasan untuk berubah. Alasan untuk memunculkan perempuan seperti apa dia sebenarny...more
Pasrah tapi tidak iklas diperlakukan seperti itu. Itulah Jordan. Dalam hati dia ingin melawan. Hanya saja, dia tidak cukup punya nyali untuk melakukannya. Dia butuh alasan untuk berubah. Alasan untuk memunculkan perempuan seperti apa dia sebenarny...more
Gosh, my thoughts about this book are kind of all over the place. To start with, I have two things to say: (1) If you have read and enjoyed another Caprice Crane book, pick this one up, you'll enjoy it, BUT (2) If you haven't read any Caprice Crane, don't start with this one. Stupid and Contagious and A Family Affair are both better.
Crane has the sort of writing style where you can just zip through the pages. It has lots of dialogue, good pacing, action and humor and not too much time self-refle...more
Crane has the sort of writing style where you can just zip through the pages. It has lots of dialogue, good pacing, action and humor and not too much time self-refle...more
This is the first time I’ve read a Caprice Crane novel. I was thoroughly entertained and enjoyed Jordan’s story immensely. I liked that with Jordan, any reader can relate to her as we all have walked in her shoes at some point, whether it’s the toxic family or the lousy love connection or the less than satisfying career or maybe all areas, even. So, here we have a heroine who sheds new light on being a doormat. I even began to feel a little frustrated with her that she allowed this treatment for...more
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Okay so perhaps it isn't the most stimulating read for you intellects out there but its sure to emit a chuckle or perhaps even a lol here and there.
I read it on vacation and was really happy with how quickly it flowed and easy it was to put down and pick back up. Jordan is some one I think everyone can relate to, we all have some aspect of our lives that we wish we could forget or something from our past that we wish we could do-over. Sure some aspects may be unbelievable to some. Her mother and...more
I read it on vacation and was really happy with how quickly it flowed and easy it was to put down and pick back up. Jordan is some one I think everyone can relate to, we all have some aspect of our lives that we wish we could forget or something from our past that we wish we could do-over. Sure some aspects may be unbelievable to some. Her mother and...more
This book isn't life-changing, it probably won't make you run out and fall in love with the next guy you meet, but the main character is somewhat interesting, her romantic exploits are easily relatable and the ending is satisfying. Unfortunately, I never really warmed up to her enough to really care about her plight. It is not that she's a terrible character, it's just that her voice is a little off-putting. I also found her mother and her younger sister to be somewhat unbelievable as characters...more
This was a very interesting idea for a book and I really enjoyed the story. The first few chapters set up the book and described how bad her life was so it took me until about page 50 to start getting into it. As with most "chick-lit" her life is bad because she lets herself get treated badly which is super frustrating. I did really like how the author let her learn her lesson in a non-goofy, "now I'm ok because I got a man" way. It was a great summer read but I probably wouldn't read it again.
I liked Ms. Crane's style of writing, the narration in first person perspective went alright, which can sometimes get boring. I felt related to Jordan in the story, plainly because of the doormat syndrome. She was too humble-from getting cab-stolen to cheated. And I guess, that drove her to do THAT THING, which eventually lead her to serious trouble. What I didn't like, though, was how she friendzoned Todd. In my opinion, they deserve to be together, not with Travis or Dirk. Still, a good read.
What a hysterical read! Hysterical doesn't even do it justice. Maybe "freakin hysterical." I was laughing out loud so many times and wanted to read so many excerpts to my hubby and he actually found some of them funny. I kept telling him he had to have read the few parts before to really get it.
I feel the exact same way that Jen Lancaster does, "So clever I wish I had amnesia so I could read it again for the first time." THIS IS SO TRUE! It would be awesome (and pretty cool) if I could erase my...more
I feel the exact same way that Jen Lancaster does, "So clever I wish I had amnesia so I could read it again for the first time." THIS IS SO TRUE! It would be awesome (and pretty cool) if I could erase my...more
It was good, I enjoyed it. However, there was one point, towards the end of the book where I just stopped and said, "No it didn't! This is a joke, right?" But it wasn't and that upset me. I won't spoil it, but I would be wary of reading this just for that one point. Those who have read this book easily know what I'm talking about and I'm sure many of them feel the same when. It's a suspension of belief too great for even me. Other than that, I really enjoyed the book!
kalau dibandingin ama novel caprice sebelumnya (yg stupid & contagious), aku 5x lipat suka novel "forget about it" ini..
well, karena aku kurang ngerti sih ama jalan cerita novel dia sebelumnya.
dan, "forget about it" asik dibaca.. jalan cerita awalnya emang rada2 silly gitu, walaupun aku emang iba skalian kesel juga ama sikap jordan yg lemah, gampang banget dimanfaatin org2, terutama pacarnya sendiri. eh keluarganya malah terkesan jahat gitu. ckckck, kayak lagi ngebaca novel ibu tiri dan anak...more
well, karena aku kurang ngerti sih ama jalan cerita novel dia sebelumnya.
dan, "forget about it" asik dibaca.. jalan cerita awalnya emang rada2 silly gitu, walaupun aku emang iba skalian kesel juga ama sikap jordan yg lemah, gampang banget dimanfaatin org2, terutama pacarnya sendiri. eh keluarganya malah terkesan jahat gitu. ckckck, kayak lagi ngebaca novel ibu tiri dan anak...more
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