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Names My Sisters Call Me
by
Megan Crane (Goodreads Author)
Courtney, Norah, and Raine Cassel are as different as three sisters can be. Norah, the oldest, is a type A obsessive who hasn't forgiven Raine, the middle sister, for ruining her wedding day six years ago. Raine is Norah's opposite, a wild child/performance artist/follow-your-bliss hippie chick who ran off to California. The only thing the two have in common is their abili...more
Paperback, 336 pages
Published
April 11th 2008
by 5 Spot
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Megan Crane has written another warm yet fun chick lit about love, family, and a women's identity.
Imagine getting engaged and wanting both your sisters to attend your engagement party...except that one has been estranged for six years since she ruined the other sister's wedding day and took off with your secret boyfriend. And when you decide to track her down, not only does she make you second guess all your accomplishments, but the fact that you see you ex makes you second guess your soon-to-be...more
Imagine getting engaged and wanting both your sisters to attend your engagement party...except that one has been estranged for six years since she ruined the other sister's wedding day and took off with your secret boyfriend. And when you decide to track her down, not only does she make you second guess all your accomplishments, but the fact that you see you ex makes you second guess your soon-to-be...more
You know, I had been looking forward to this book for a long time. When I finally got it in my hot little hands, I wasn't, exactly, disappointed. It wasn't a bad book. It just wasn't as good as I would have liked it to be. The only character that I really enjoyed was Lucas. I got the attraction to Matt, but not to the extent that the main character took it. I certainly did not get the Matt/Raine relationship and I thought Raine was the least developed of the characters. It wasn't just that I did...more
May 13, 2008
Jackie
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Recommended to Jackie by:
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Here's another winner from Megan Crane (author of Frenemies, Everyone Else's Girl and English As A Second Language). This is the story of the Cassel girls: conservative, Type A Norah, free-spirit Raine and quiet baby of the family
Courtney. Six years previous to the start of the book, Raine "ruined" Norah's wedding and then disappeared--with Courtney's boyfriend. But time has healed at least Courtney's wounds enough that now that she's grown up and
about to get married herself, she wants her fami...more
Courtney. Six years previous to the start of the book, Raine "ruined" Norah's wedding and then disappeared--with Courtney's boyfriend. But time has healed at least Courtney's wounds enough that now that she's grown up and
about to get married herself, she wants her fami...more
I liked this book. I enjoy the way Megan Crane writes. I do get a little frustrated with her characters, especially the main ones, because I want them to have more of a back bone. I know that I was a bit wishy washy when I was younger and then when going through the "horrible" relationship I was even worse because my self-esteem took a real beating, so I understand. It is just now that I've grown-up a bit and evolved or really begun to love myself again - ok, it's been about 7-8 years now, I gro...more
there was a lot going on here for a book with so few central characters, but families can be complicated at the best of times, let alone when you have such different characters all fighting to find their own way of going through life.
None of the three sisters to me were particularly likeable, either too controlling, attention seeking, or a bit of a doormat.....
a few cliches along the way, but not a bad story
None of the three sisters to me were particularly likeable, either too controlling, attention seeking, or a bit of a doormat.....
a few cliches along the way, but not a bad story
I read a book previously by the same author and hated it in a this-is-just-stupid kind of way, so I figure I'd give her another chance to redeem herself. You know how it is, just because the first book you happen to pick up by an author is crap, the rest of their stuff maybe good (or viceversa). In fact, the viceversa effect has happened on me twice that I can think of right now (Picoult and Harmel come to mind). Anyway, this book was still dumb, but not as bad as the first one. In this one, you...more
The lipstick on the cover should’ve been my first clue. Or rather, the lipstick, lip gloss and Burt’s Bees-like lip balm because Oh-ho-ho isn’t it funny how women’s personalities are wrapped up in their make-up choices? Gee, thanks, cover artist, for being so insightful about my gender!
Let’s not judge the book by its cover – No, let’s judge it on all the other clichés written inside.
Because I was moving, I wanted to know whether or not to put this in the Goodwill box. I’d acquired the novel at a...more
Let’s not judge the book by its cover – No, let’s judge it on all the other clichés written inside.
Because I was moving, I wanted to know whether or not to put this in the Goodwill box. I’d acquired the novel at a...more
This is a book that appears outwardly as a light, easy way to pass a few hours, it gives the impression of being a beach read. But the plot, at its core, is about family dynamics, and more specifically, about the bonds of sisters. That phrase right there, "the bonds of sisters", would be enough to make me roll my eyes and ignore this book, trust me. But, if you have sisters that you love, that you have complicated relationships with (and really, if you have a sister and you don't have a complica...more
Here's the thing about sisters, don't ever open your mouth unless it's your own. I know this because I am a sister.
Wow. Wow. Wow. Did I ever love this book. Family dynamics are always a favorite, but this time the love story wasn't some side step. It was a true mix of life and all the steps it takes you. I loved every minute of it.
I could relate to Courtney on so many levels, and it's why I had no problem almost hating her when I thought she was about to ruin something she couldn't even see. Ne...more
Wow. Wow. Wow. Did I ever love this book. Family dynamics are always a favorite, but this time the love story wasn't some side step. It was a true mix of life and all the steps it takes you. I loved every minute of it.
I could relate to Courtney on so many levels, and it's why I had no problem almost hating her when I thought she was about to ruin something she couldn't even see. Ne...more
I only got half-way through this book. I know I wanted some light reading, this is a bit much. I find the author's writing style somewhat flighty. The main character's relationship with her fiance is hard to digest. No one's relationship is that sticky-sweet... Maybe she is trying to accentuate the contrast between all the characters, but they seem more like caricatures of what they really are. I couldn't finish it.
What did I think? If I had written this review last week, I would have said it's not worth reading. I had stalled. I didn't even know if I would finish it at all. Something made me pick up the book again and, under the guise of reading that last pages to see what happens (surely I'm not the only one who does this?), I actually started reading again.
It's a story of sisters (obviously) and love. It's a story of loss and joy, discovery and anger. Now, I don't have sisters, but it seems to me that...more
It's a story of sisters (obviously) and love. It's a story of loss and joy, discovery and anger. Now, I don't have sisters, but it seems to me that...more
Oh chick lit, how I love thee. This book made me very thankful that my sisters are not insane nasty people (love you Heidi & Tobie!). The sisters in this book were very disrespectful and mean to each other, and sabotaged each other and each others' weddings for no real good reason. I mean weddings are fun (especially with buffet and open bar!) They also fought over guys, which is just plain ridiculous. Hos before bros, especially when sisters are involved.
This book also made me realize that...more
This book also made me realize that...more
Aug 19, 2012
Diana
rated it
5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
fans of chick lit and family dramas
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I don't really have much to say about this. I really enjoyed the story, but I especially love reading about familial relationships... I liked the discussion the book has about what different kinds of love mean. True Love vs. First Love, parental love, sisterly love... If you are born into a relationship, that love is very different than the kind of love you fall into. And the love that is warm and comforting, even if it's not as exciting as the scary and sometimes hurtful love, can be the best t...more
I love Megan Crane, the first book i read from her I remember really liking, but this one was just ok for me, it was funny, and had interesting moments, but it didn't knock my socks off, or blow me away, and the ending kinda feel flat for me, due to its predictability.
This book is about three sisters, all of which are completly different and have completly different personalitys. First theres Norah, who is the oldest and the overachiever, and who can't let go of a six year grudge against Raine,...more
This book is about three sisters, all of which are completly different and have completly different personalitys. First theres Norah, who is the oldest and the overachiever, and who can't let go of a six year grudge against Raine,...more
In the pages of this delightfully charming and true-to-life book about sisters and the ties that bind them, as well as the secrets and betrayals that separate them, I came to feel what it must be like to have sisters.
I only had one, and she was so much younger that she didn't feel like a sibling. But despite my own experience, I could connect to these characters and almost feel what they were feeling.
"Names My Sisters Call Me" was all about disappointments, misunderstandings, misconceptions, and...more
I only had one, and she was so much younger that she didn't feel like a sibling. But despite my own experience, I could connect to these characters and almost feel what they were feeling.
"Names My Sisters Call Me" was all about disappointments, misunderstandings, misconceptions, and...more
Wow this was unexpected. I really enjoyed 'I love the 80s' earlier this year by the same author and that was a bit of a guilty pleasure - light and easy to read with lots of erotic bits. I was expecting more of the same, but I was wrong.
This really centres on sibling/family relationships and it took me a few days to get into it as I wasn't sure I fancied reading about that (I have enough trouble dealing with my sister in real life without having to read about difficult sibling relationships dur...more
This really centres on sibling/family relationships and it took me a few days to get into it as I wasn't sure I fancied reading about that (I have enough trouble dealing with my sister in real life without having to read about difficult sibling relationships dur...more
It is the story of Courtney who trying to come to terms with the betrayal of her ex-boyfriend who ran off with her sister, Raine as well as reconcile with her estranged sister whom she have no contact since the fateful day. All these was because she is trying to come to terms with before her engagement with Lucas.
I find the story alittle pathetic especially the character of Raine who to me, is rather "unstable". Of the three sisters; Norah who is rather hotheaded, Raine and Courtney who is the...more
I find the story alittle pathetic especially the character of Raine who to me, is rather "unstable". Of the three sisters; Norah who is rather hotheaded, Raine and Courtney who is the...more
If you don’t understand how a woman could both love her sister dearly and want to wring her neck at the same time, then you were probably an only child. ~Linda Sunshine
True , isn’t it. This is exactly how Courtney feels for her two elder sisters. Norah and Raine are her older sisters who don’t see each other eye to eye . It been six years since they even saw each other. Now , when Courtney’s longtime boyfriend Lucas proposes to her , she feels the need to have the Cassel family rounded up for he...more
True , isn’t it. This is exactly how Courtney feels for her two elder sisters. Norah and Raine are her older sisters who don’t see each other eye to eye . It been six years since they even saw each other. Now , when Courtney’s longtime boyfriend Lucas proposes to her , she feels the need to have the Cassel family rounded up for he...more
I’ll be the first to admit that there’s something about dysfunctional families that are really attractive and fun to read about. Maybe it has to do with the fact that when I’m reading about another family’s problems, it makes me think that maybe my family is quite normal after all. That is until I realize that Courtney’s family eerily resembles my family. The more I read about her family, the more I saw the characters in the book come to life as people in my own family.
What I enjoyed most about...more
What I enjoyed most about...more
I often wanted to throttle Courtney, the main character, for letting her passive-aggressive sister Raine trample all over her. I also often wanted to smack her upside the head for obsessing over her brooding ex-boyfriend, especially since her new fiancee was clearly the right guy for her. (I think that I've reached an age where I just can't stomach female characters falling for the "bad boy" anymore. I'm really over it.)
However, I still ended up enjoying this book. Courtney's flaws made for an a...more
However, I still ended up enjoying this book. Courtney's flaws made for an a...more
I really did not enjoy this book. I got trapped in the thought that hopefully the book would get better, and then I was close to the end, so I finished it. I read all the way to the end hoping the characters would die a fiery death.
The only characters I semi-liked in the book were the fiance and the mother. The rest of the characters were flat, and very annoying, therefore really unlikeable. This isn't the kind of unlikeable as a villain in a book, but just more of a hate towards the characters....more
The only characters I semi-liked in the book were the fiance and the mother. The rest of the characters were flat, and very annoying, therefore really unlikeable. This isn't the kind of unlikeable as a villain in a book, but just more of a hate towards the characters....more
Sep 17, 2008
Wendy
rated it
3 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Anyone looking for upbeat and lighthearted chick lit.
I've decided I like Megan Crane a lot. Reading her books is like spending time with a friend.
On vacation with my family and picked this one up for the ride. So far so good.
Yet again, I am in love with another Megan Crane book. She has such a grip on childhood vs. adulthood relationships.
I really enjoy her interpretation of sibling relationships and she has a great acknowledgment about that in the back of this book. There is a definite bond between sisters, no matter what the age difference. In this book, they are more like old war buddies, nursing some of the same wounds and regaling tales of woe and battle.
I can't decide if Megan's intention was for us to immedia...more
I really enjoy her interpretation of sibling relationships and she has a great acknowledgment about that in the back of this book. There is a definite bond between sisters, no matter what the age difference. In this book, they are more like old war buddies, nursing some of the same wounds and regaling tales of woe and battle.
I can't decide if Megan's intention was for us to immedia...more
I enjoyed this book more than I expected to. It has more depth than I thought it would, based in part on the cover art. At times, one of the characters (Raine) was incredibly annoying to the point of being frustrating to read about, but thankfully she only shows up in relatively small doses and isn't the main character. I liked Courtney, the main character, and seeing how she matured and learned more about herself. The family dynamics seem very realistic. I would compare this author to Emily Gif...more
I admit to being somewhat vain in purchasing this book. It's about a trio of sisters, and the middle sister's name is Raine. Being the middle sister named Raine in my own family, I couldn't resist the urge to buy this.
That being said, of course the girls in this book don't resemble my family in the slightest, but it was still a lovely book that explored the special kind of relationship sisters have. I really enjoy books like that, even if they do make my miss MY sisters. This book is getting sen...more
That being said, of course the girls in this book don't resemble my family in the slightest, but it was still a lovely book that explored the special kind of relationship sisters have. I really enjoy books like that, even if they do make my miss MY sisters. This book is getting sen...more
Flat. That is the best way I can describe this book. About 99% of the story was just flat for me - no fireworks, no passion, no thrill that made me want to continue turning the pages. Just duty-bound for my book club challenge to finish the book. Towards the end it gets a bit more heated as Courtney finds her spine and begins to speak up, but the rest just was a monotoned narrative of a life that was unremarkable. When I read, I want to get away from the banal and feel excited, or scared, or thr...more
While I occasionally enjoy light reading I have to say this book was much lighter than I had hoped. The plot had decent potential but the characters were very rough and unbelievable. The writing was painful and I only finished the book because I am cursed with curiosity and wanted to know how it ended. I felt it was very predictable and the character sketches were so stereo-typical that you had to stretch your imagination too far in order to enjoy the few semi-humorous scenes injected into the b...more
The most difficult thing about this book is that it's full of assholes. The main character Courtney, is engaged to a fantastic guy who adores her and yet she finds she has mixed feelings for her douchebag ex Matt. Her oldest sister Norah is an uptight, bossy know-it-all who is still upset about what happened at her wedding 6 YEARS AGO. The other sister Raine is a selfish, self-absorbed drama queen who abandons her family because she's a "free spirit". She's not, actually. Just an asshole. And Ma...more
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Megan Crane is a New Jersey native who had great plans to star on Broadway, preferably in Evita, just like Patti LuPone. Sadly, her inability to wow audiences with her singing voice required a back up plan. Accordingly, she graduated from Vassar College and got her MA and PhD in literature from the University of York in England. She wrote her doctoral dissertation on AIDS literature, mostly so she...more
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