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Milkrun
by
Sarah Mlynowski (Goodreads Author)
"Milkrun" -- a novel about drinks, dates and other distractions -- is the fun and compelling story of hyperactive 25-year-old Jackie Norris. Her luck with dating is analogous to riding the bus: intending to take the express, but finding herself on the painfully long local. In "Milkrun," we see Jackie doing the Singles Scene: going to bars, meeting men and making up her own...more
Mass Market Paperback, 352 pages
Published
September 1st 2003
by Red Dress Ink
(first published December 1st 2001)
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This was very much standard chick lit, with nothing special to recommend it in my opinion. I was curious about Mlynowski because she seemed to get rave reviews from goodreads and amazon readers. This was her first book, and maybe she got better with subsequent ones, but the main character got on my nerves with her cluelessness and her obviously bad decisions. The overuse of exclamation points also got me. The one thing I actually liked about the book was the question the main character asked her...more
I can't help that I'm totally drawn to speak-your-mind and outright funny female leads so I wish that would already explain why I loved this book.
But just in case, here are the other reasons:
- Jackie, the 24-year-old copy editor for romance novels, gets dumped by her longtime boyfriend but does not turn into the World's Most Pathetic Ex-Girlfriend. What she does instead is spend her first night of freedom in a bar called Orgasm. And flirts with her ex's best friend!
- Every character in the book...more
But just in case, here are the other reasons:
- Jackie, the 24-year-old copy editor for romance novels, gets dumped by her longtime boyfriend but does not turn into the World's Most Pathetic Ex-Girlfriend. What she does instead is spend her first night of freedom in a bar called Orgasm. And flirts with her ex's best friend!
- Every character in the book...more
Feb 12, 2011
Nenia Campbell
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it's so hard to find a down-to-earth chicklit heroine who comes across as genuine, but sarah mlynowski has it down pat. i enjoyed reading her other book, fishbowl, so much, that i immediately decided that i HAD to read all of her other books, too. so you can imagine my delight when i found this book at the used bookstore for a dollar. oh, boy. best dollar purchase i ever made towards chicklit. first off, all of the friends in this book are people that you KNOW. the man have issues, but they're b...more
“Milkrun” è un altro di quei libri che hanno giaciuto per molto nella cartella dei to-read e che finalmente sono riuscita a leggere.
Jacklyn, Jack, ha 24 anni ed è una editrice in una casa editrice che si occupa in prevalenza di romance. Mentre legge scene molto piccanti deve curare l’ortografia e la punteggiatura. Il suo ragazzo storico Jeremy le ha chiesto di trasferirsi con lui a Boston salvo poi mollarla per un lungo viaggio in Tailandia per ritrovare se stesso. Jackie di nuovo single cerca u...more
Jacklyn, Jack, ha 24 anni ed è una editrice in una casa editrice che si occupa in prevalenza di romance. Mentre legge scene molto piccanti deve curare l’ortografia e la punteggiatura. Il suo ragazzo storico Jeremy le ha chiesto di trasferirsi con lui a Boston salvo poi mollarla per un lungo viaggio in Tailandia per ritrovare se stesso. Jackie di nuovo single cerca u...more
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I would probably give this a 2.5/5. I did enjoy reading it, and it's the perfect beach read, but I can see why others wouldn't like it. The protagonist, Jackie, has her faults - she's selfish, self centered, kind of immature, and scatterbrained, for instance - but she also has her positives. Most notably, she's hysterical. She's definitely one of those high energy people who are always on the run, whose mind is always running, with her mouth not far behind. There were parts of the book where I l...more
Another Chick-Lit book. In this one a girl named Jackie is dumped by her boyfriend via email. The description sounded promising. Jackie knows what she really wants and sets out to find it, only the problem is that she doesn’t.
There were too many scenes at the club. So many in fact that sometimes I felt like I was reading the same chapters over and over again.
The book was good, but Jackie spends too much time focusing on men. Too much time pining. For once I’d like to read a chick lit book that i...more
There were too many scenes at the club. So many in fact that sometimes I felt like I was reading the same chapters over and over again.
The book was good, but Jackie spends too much time focusing on men. Too much time pining. For once I’d like to read a chick lit book that i...more
One of my guilty pleasures is Chick Lit... and this is a prime example of it. It is by no means amazing or life-changing... but it's good for the purpose of simple reading and laughing out loud. Almost every woman could relate to this book due to the fact it's about dating, the doubts you have while dating, and the aching and longing for that one that got away (or you wish would go away). And since this book embraces all of that, I absolutely loved this book. Granted, I read this book when I was...more
This book was... just okay. I did not really care for the ending, and the main character was a bit annoying at times. She did NOT portray the mental wellbeing of a 24 year old woman, to say the least. It was entertaining at times - a few good laughs - but overall, not my cup of tea. Maybe if I were still a teenager, I would be able to connect with the lead character therefore actually enjoying the read. Also, I hate repetitive authors. I swear if all the repeats were removed from this book, it w...more
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My first book by this author and I was not disappointed. I enjoy chick lit and have been increasingly frustrated by all the dismal examples of this genre out there. Milkrun was fun, entertaining, fast paced and believable. I got a little annoyed with the lead character as she tripped in and out of some stupid dating encounters - but then reminded myself that heck, havent we all done similar stupid things?! Especially after having our hearts broken. LOL The first person narration worked really we...more
Not classic literature or anything, but definitely relatable and enjoyable. some of her thoughts on the matter were so true and it helped to read them... Also liked how the ending was more open instead of clean cut (though I predicted every bit of the ending way before, Mlynowski definitely doesn't know how to foreshadow without making everything completely obvious.) Still, I like it, and I wouldn't mind reading more from her, even though she is a bit of a guilty pleasure and I probably should b...more
Aunque no ha estado mal no va a ser una de mis favoritas para este 2013.
El título de Milkrun lo he visto traducido al español fomo Safari en Boston y la verdad es que no iría muy desencaminado.
La novela nos presenta a Jackie una chica que tras romper con su novio se obsesiona con buscar pareja para así demostrar al ex que lo ha superado... Vamos que no puede estar sola.
En una divertida y rápida comedia el lector vivirá los quebraderos de cabeza de la protagonista y todos los problemas que la rod...more
El título de Milkrun lo he visto traducido al español fomo Safari en Boston y la verdad es que no iría muy desencaminado.
La novela nos presenta a Jackie una chica que tras romper con su novio se obsesiona con buscar pareja para así demostrar al ex que lo ha superado... Vamos que no puede estar sola.
En una divertida y rápida comedia el lector vivirá los quebraderos de cabeza de la protagonista y todos los problemas que la rod...more
Milkrun was a fun and easy read. I mostly enjoyed that this book was written in a believable point of view. The main character, Jackie, is in her mid twenties and is trying to find her true love. I found this book appealing because it seems that every guy to crosses her path she must wonder if they are "the one". This is defiantly a book for any girl of any age.
For the first quarter of the book, Jackie talk about her ex-boyfriend, Jeremy. Jeremy unexpectedly moved to Thailand to "find himself"...more
For the first quarter of the book, Jackie talk about her ex-boyfriend, Jeremy. Jeremy unexpectedly moved to Thailand to "find himself"...more
A while back I bought myself a few second hand American Chick Lit novels from Amazon because, recently, I’ve been getting more and more into novels by American writers. I knew I wanted to buy one of Sarah Mlynowski’s novels, particularly after I enjoyed her teen effort Gimme A Call. I settled on her debut novel Milkrun, and after Danielle recommended I read it, I picked it up one lazy Sunday. Milkrun is a fairly old Chick Lit novel, a decade old in fact, originally coming out in 2001 but it’s st...more
The story follows Jackie who was recently dumped via email. She had just moved to a new city, Boston, to follow this guy and now she was single and on her own in a new city. With no to few friends, a new job and not sure which direction she is going in her life. The book follows Jackie as she tries to date and figure out what she really wants to do with her love life. Some of her dates end up being pretty amusing and how she reacts to situations keeps her human and interesting. Part of the story...more
I am totally willing to read a dumb piece of chick lit and be charmed by it, but this was just a little too brainless. I wanted to like it I really did, but the main character is a copyeditor and yet there are blatant usage mistakes (and not intentionally chosen ones.) And the author is Canadian, but the characters are from Connecticut, and they keep saying they "went to university together" they only people I know from CT who say that - went to college in Europe.
Ha! The Beginning of the love for Sarah Mlynowski!. Pity, I still can't spell her last name properly but I somehow manage to Google and figure out what her latest is. Milk run, I have read many times because it was hilarious and a definite mood fixer. Whoever borrowed my book and never returned it, I curse you! :P Bring it back and if you are too scared to return it, keep it in my doorstep and RUN!
The title only makes sense because of the blurb on the back, nowhere in the book does it explain what it means. It is used once as a chapter title. The puns and sentences were the entertaining part, the plot was expected. My second favorite thing was the not quite conventional ending, a bit of uncertainty, not a happy ever after. Seems like it has been set up for a sequal.
This was a chicklit book about a girl in her early 20s, living in back bay in boston. she drinks a lot, goes out a lot..dates... when i was in my early 20s i lived in boston and drank a lot. no, i didnt date as much as this girl did, but still. memories.. lol. the main character was a bit annoying. actually, her friends were too. but, probably realistic given their ages. pretty good, not great book. try it out!
What can I say about this book? It was okay, a nice entertaining read. It made me chuckle, so that's a plus. I was kinda hoping for more at the end of it, not that I wanted to read more of it. I was hoping she would end more of a stronger individual, but in the end she still appeared to me as being exactly the same way as she started. So I probably won't be rushing out anytime soon for anything else by this author.
Poor Jackie! Why can't she find
a boyfriend that sticks? Why is
her job so tedious? Why doesn't
she have any friends? And why
does she constantly talk to herself
and ask herself questions?
a boyfriend that sticks? Why is
her job so tedious? Why doesn't
she have any friends? And why
does she constantly talk to herself
and ask herself questions?
I really enjoyed this book. I liked the writing style ~ funny and sarcastic. The character is very quirky and I felt at times I was sitting next to her with a glass of wine and listening to her go on and on (but in a good way!). There are lots of typos ~ very ironic given what Jackie does for a living.
This book took me so long to get through! I have enjoyed other Sarah Mlynowski books, but just could not get into this one. I thought the main character was a bit annoying and I really couldn't wait to be done with it. But I am willing to give Mlynowski another shot and have started reading Me Vs. Me.
This is another story of a 20 something English major single in the big city. It was pretty funny though and definitely relatable in some parts. The ending was a little tidy and too good to be true-she gets the promotion, the guy and a European vacation, but hey sometimes those are good.
This was a quick and entertaining read. Nothing too spectacular, but humorous enough at points for me to want to try and remember quotes. My favorite "A drink's a drink, not to be wasted, but to get you wasted." Comments like that in the inner monologue of the main character were great. I recommend this book for any woman who enjoys the simplicity of chic lit (and to you Jackie, because the main character is named after you and she runs into this crazy girl named Amber which I find hysterically...more
I love Sarah Mlynowski's Magic in Manhattan series and her novel Fishbowl. But this book fell a bit flat for me. Maybe because I did not like the heroine Jackie all that much. I understood her plight and need to play the field after hearing about her boyfriend's possible shacking up with women on his trip to Thailand, but how she went about it was not acceptable to me. And her thought process was annoying. I know some women jump to conclusions quickly but having her believe someone should be eng...more
When first reading through this piece of writing. I wasn't expecting much besides the various assortments of cliched love stories of a girl. But this particular story gave hilarious insights on a girl's over thinking, a brilliant comedy and overall a good read. :)
The book wasn't terrible by any stretch of the imagination but the main character did bug me quite a bit. She came off as very whiny to me and downright annoying at times. Mylnowski does detail a few humorous dates which are fun to read, but other than that the book leaves less than to be desired. Also, the setting got quite boring. It was either a night at the club or a night at her apartment, and not much else.
I really liked this book - it was funny without being totally over-the-top, and the main character was so cute and quirky. It's not a lifestyle I've ever led, having married young, but Mlynowski made me feel a familiar with it anyway.
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Sarah is the author of BRAS & BROOMSTICKS, FROGS & FRENCH KISSES, SPELLS & SLEEPING BAGS and PARTIES & POTIONS—all in the YA ‘Magic in Manhattan’ series, as well as GIMME A CALL and the upcoming TEN THINGS WE DID (AND PROBABLY SHOULDN'T HAVE). Along with Lauren Myracle and E. Lockhart, she also wrote HOW TO BE BAD.
Sarah’s five novels for adults, MILKRUN, FISHBOWL, AS SEEN ON TV, MO...more
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