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published
April 28th 2008
by Little, Brown and Company
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Hardcover, 320 pages
setting
The United States
isbn
031601477X
(isbn13: 9780316014779)
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As a little girl, Jane has no one. Her mother, the powerful head of a Broadway theater company, has no time for her. She does have one friend—a handso...more
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Read in January, 2008
recommends it for:
romantics who border on the creepy side
OK, I finished. I didn't know I could roll my eyes that hard. I'm pretty sure a dude was watching me on the Metro as I closed the book multiple times, tried to refrain from making noises of disgust, and rolled my eyes at every paragraph. Seriously, they took a tolerable (if sort of creepy) book and then KILLED IT in the last 50 pages. Oh god.
Yeah. Well, hey James Patterson and person whose name will be tiny on the cover but probably wrote most of the book, I gave 1 star to JD Sa...more
Yeah. Well, hey James Patterson and person whose name will be tiny on the cover but probably wrote most of the book, I gave 1 star to JD Sa...more
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Read in August, 2008
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Sundays at Tiffany's is the first book I have read by James Patterson and <insert co-author here> AND THE LAST! What promised to be a delightful and charming book--admittedly judged by the premise, what if your imaginary friend from childhood was real?--was an abysmal disappointment.
Was my disappointment due to the book's lackluster prose of a ninth grader? No, I have often found myself moving beyond vanilla prose when gripped by a good narrative. However, see what I mean by la...more
Was my disappointment due to the book's lackluster prose of a ninth grader? No, I have often found myself moving beyond vanilla prose when gripped by a good narrative. However, see what I mean by la...more
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This was a fairly short and predictable read. I finished it in a matter of hours but that's just the way I go about reading any book I start. Unless I must put the book down, I'd rather try my best to keep reading (keep the movie reel spinning).
I enjoyed the book for the idea behind it but I felt it lacked a lot of development and the style of writing felt very... I don't know, junior high-ish? I don't find that to be a big factor in my thoughts of the story however I do find that no...more
I enjoyed the book for the idea behind it but I felt it lacked a lot of development and the style of writing felt very... I don't know, junior high-ish? I don't find that to be a big factor in my thoughts of the story however I do find that no...more
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Read in April, 2008
recommended to Susan by:
armchairinterviewsrecommends it for: anyone who loves a good romance
Picture this, you are an eight year old child and you have an adult imaginary friend of the opposite sex. When it is your ninth year birthday your imaginary friend tells you it’s time for him/her to go and that you won’t remember them tomorrow. Yet, you never forget your friend. One day you see him/her in your city when you’re an adult and the imaginary friend hasn’t changed one bit. Well this is what James Patterson and Gabrielle Charbonnet Sundays at Tiffany’s is all about.
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Read in June, 2008
I picked this book randomly from the description online and added it to my list of books that I wanted for my birthday. Luckily, I have a very nice family that buys nice books for me. Unfortunately, the description was ill-fitting.
Very sentimental, childish and predictable. The only way I can describe this book is by saying that it's so bad, you're slightly embarrassed to be caught reading it. I know that Patterson is renowned for his action thrillers, so I'm going to give him th...more
Very sentimental, childish and predictable. The only way I can describe this book is by saying that it's so bad, you're slightly embarrassed to be caught reading it. I know that Patterson is renowned for his action thrillers, so I'm going to give him th...more
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Read in February, 2009
I was aware that I was not the audience for this book going in. I don’t read a lot of formula fiction, though I did when I was younger, but someone in my book club chose it and I decided to keep an open mind.
I did. I felt high minded about it too, and secretly hoped that it would be a fluffy, fun read. Suffice it to say, mind’s shut. I hope never to read something so ridiculous and poorly written again. This is a “story” of a lonely girl who later falls in love with her imaginary f...more
I did. I felt high minded about it too, and secretly hoped that it would be a fluffy, fun read. Suffice it to say, mind’s shut. I hope never to read something so ridiculous and poorly written again. This is a “story” of a lonely girl who later falls in love with her imaginary f...more
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Read in February, 2009
Let me start by saying I love romances with a supernatural twist, usually. Having had imaginary friends as a child I thought this book was right up my alley. I was sooooooooo mistaken. It was a little creepy. It was so syrupy sweet that I thought I was going to go into sugar shock. It was probably one of the silliest stories I have ever read. And the ending... all neatly tied up in the last twenty pages. Boring! The only good thing about it is that it only took me a few hours to finish.
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Read in May, 2008
recommends it for:
Nicholas Sparks Fans
This is a novel to buy Mum for Mother's Day! It's filled with the instant gratification of a Mills and Boon combined with the sigh-worthy love story of 'The Notebook'. If you made me do a blind read on this one, I would never believe it was written by a man....much less a thriller author!
Now, I can't tell you too much without giving it away so I'll let the novel's byline do the talking: What if you're imaginary friend was your one true love? Think about it. What a cool concept! I mu...more
Now, I can't tell you too much without giving it away so I'll let the novel's byline do the talking: What if you're imaginary friend was your one true love? Think about it. What a cool concept! I mu...more
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Read in August, 2008
I have to say I am truly disappointed in this book. I think it takes a lot to make me unsatisfied with a read but this book just didn't do it for me. James Patterson has written a few softer novels like Sam's Letters to Jennifer and Susan's Diary to Nicholas. Both of those books were fabulous and very quick reads. I loved them. I thought Sundays at Tiffany's would be the same but it wasn't. It was a quick read but the plot was WEIRD. I am not giving anything away here but the main character fal...more
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Read in July, 2008
I'm the sort of person who thinks that only Jane Austin can write romance novels because I don't like the 'mushy stuff' but every now and then I pick up a love story anyway, just in case I'm missing out on something.
I think James Patterson is a wonderful author, and I've enjoyed what I've read of his so far. So I bought this book thinking, 'hmm, lets see if he can write romance too' Turns out he can.
Now some of it was just a little weird, I mean 'her imaginary friend from childhood b...more
I think James Patterson is a wonderful author, and I've enjoyed what I've read of his so far. So I bought this book thinking, 'hmm, lets see if he can write romance too' Turns out he can.
Now some of it was just a little weird, I mean 'her imaginary friend from childhood b...more
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Read in May, 2008
recommends it for:
Romantics
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Read in January, 2009
How can I begin? Sundays at Tiffany's was delightful. It embodied everything I enjoy about reading James Patterson. His stories have such an incredible beat and flow to them. It is like reading a song. You get so caught up in the story that before you even realize it, you are three quarters of the way through. For me, this is when the anxiety hits. This is when I realize that I am almost to the point where I have to wait for another James Patterson story to take me away.
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WHY did the author have to put in that one scene??? what is the POINT? ARGH!
*sigh*. This did not live up to my expectations at all. The first half of the book is adorable, and reading about the imaginary friends was exciting, but then...boy meets girl...and it goes downhill. I personally got just a little sick of hearing a) how amazing Michael was, b) how low Jane's self-esteem was, c) how horrid Vivienne was and d) how horrid Hugh was! It was like James Patterson had four ideas lef...more
*sigh*. This did not live up to my expectations at all. The first half of the book is adorable, and reading about the imaginary friends was exciting, but then...boy meets girl...and it goes downhill. I personally got just a little sick of hearing a) how amazing Michael was, b) how low Jane's self-esteem was, c) how horrid Vivienne was and d) how horrid Hugh was! It was like James Patterson had four ideas lef...more
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I think this book is LAME! I rolled my eyes throughout the story...interesting idea, but it pans out badly!
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Read in March, 2009
This is one of those books that I am not supposed to like for a variety of reasons. One being that it is a mass marketed author which I seem to have a prejudice against. There is no real reason for this mind set, I just seem to have it. Secondly, it is a really sappy sort of love story and I think that kind of book is just for girls. (I know, I know, another unreasonable mind set, but I felt like I should be under a umbrella at the beach behind a pair of Ray Ban Sunglasses) And finally, it is wr...more
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Tabby Boyce
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Pre-AP English 10
12 December 2008
Sunday’s at Tiffany’s by James Patterson and Gabrielle Charbonnet
New York is definitely a foreign place to me. Never have I ate ice cream in the St. Regis Hotel or browsed the selection of jewelry at tiffany’s, but through the eyes of nine year old Jane, James Patterson lets me see this huge place in such a peculiar way.
Jane is the protagonist of this novel. The story takes place in two time...more
Dr. Baltz
Pre-AP English 10
12 December 2008
Sunday’s at Tiffany’s by James Patterson and Gabrielle Charbonnet
New York is definitely a foreign place to me. Never have I ate ice cream in the St. Regis Hotel or browsed the selection of jewelry at tiffany’s, but through the eyes of nine year old Jane, James Patterson lets me see this huge place in such a peculiar way.
Jane is the protagonist of this novel. The story takes place in two time...more
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Read in February, 2009
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Read in June, 2008
What can I say, this book had potential to be decent... and it failed miserably!!! The first half of the book was ok, nothing special, but light and easy.... but the second half, when I didn't think it could possibly get any worse, then it did!!!! I ended up finishing the book just to see what happened... The dialogue was cheesy at best, and at times the dialogue and plot were almost unbearable....
As for the two star rating, like I said the first half of the book was decent.. If I...more
As for the two star rating, like I said the first half of the book was decent.. If I...more
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Read in June, 2008
recommends it for:
lonely high school girls
If one reads the very long list of Patterson's work listed in the front of the book, one would think this guy was as great as all the reviews on the first page claim he is. Sure, if you read on a high school reading level and you don't need much of a brain challenge. Ok, so the story of a childhood imaginary friend becoming real and rescuing the unloved girl in adulthood is cute, but I think this story has been said before. Summer after 8th grade, I wrote a bunch of short stories on my Smith-Cor...more
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