false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173558448m/303838.jpg 303838 1 Twenty-six-year-old Nicci Bradford doesn't exactly love her job fixing the grammar in company brochures, or living in Boston, or going on awkward fix-ups with men she barely knows. What she does love is Kung Fu movies...especially the ones starring Jackie Chan. Their timeless and inspired wisdom offers her a philosophy of life. The problem is she doesn't have much of a life to philosophize about. But Jackie Chan is also a pretty good action hero. And when opportunity-and risk-present themselves in unexpected ways, it's up to Nicci to follow her hero's example, focus on her goal, and strike... 1055087 3 6 2003 Coffee And Kung Fu total:174|5:26|4:41|3:66|2:30|1:11| 174 563 234 46 5 1 false false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2003 Tue Jul 24 20:19:09 -0700 2007 Tue Jul 24 20:19:09 -0700 2007 Coffee and Kung Fu is the chick lit book to which I compare all other chick lit. Funny, engaging, light reading - but featuring a protagonist I didn't cringe about identifying with. As Nicci navigates work and romance, she turns for guidance, not to martinis with the girls, but to the wisdom of ...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Aug 14 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Sat Apr 14 13:50:30 -0700 2007 Sat Apr 14 13:50:44 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Tue Feb 24 11:57:11 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 24 11:57:46 -0800 2009
Parts I liked very much- the author's analysis of life via Kung Fu movies (which are popluar with a certain male czuk), grandpa's way of analyzing everyone by their shoes, the gentleness of Ethan (he reminds me of a friend of mine), and the way sme...more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jan 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 06 08:37:48 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 08 18:34:26 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false true Mon Jul 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 28 07:43:30 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 28 07:56:14 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Dec 05 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 03 17:50:31 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 05 11:26:18 -0800 2008 Snake & Crane Arts of Shaolin, Jackie Chan slams c...more...]]> 2 1 false false Tue Aug 12 09:01:34 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 07 10:21:21 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 12 09:01:34 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Aug 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 06:20:49 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 04 18:10:27 -0700 2009
Overall, the story was really well written. The book started out very light and fun. The ending was serious and heavy. The author did a great job of blending these two extremes and weaving several sub-plo...more...]]> 1 0 false false Sun Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2004 Sun Feb 08 04:59:58 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 08 05:02:23 -0800 2009 more...]]> 1 0 false true Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Dec 11 20:24:54 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 11 20:25:30 -0800 2008 1 0 false false Tue Jun 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 04 09:52:31 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 18 10:44:50 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Sep 25 08:23:42 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 25 08:23:42 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sat Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Sun Aug 05 20:03:05 -0700 2007 Sun Aug 05 20:05:19 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon May 05 17:14:24 -0700 2008 Mon May 05 14:49:56 -0700 2008 Mon May 05 17:14:24 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Mar 18 01:45:57 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 19 10:22:59 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jun 26 11:23:24 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 26 11:25:46 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Mon Apr 23 11:14:26 -0700 2007 Tue Apr 24 06:31:15 -0700 2007 more...]]> 2 0 true false Sun Oct 05 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 12 15:49:37 -0700 2008 Sat Oct 04 04:54:02 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Thu Jun 05 09:31:33 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 03 15:54:54 -0700 2008 Wed Feb 04 16:05:43 -0800 2009 WWJCD?
This is a fast and funny read. It's a girly book - heartwarming and uplifting. ]]> 5 0 false false Wed Sep 19 12:41:01 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 19 12:41:53 -0700 2007 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=303838