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    <body><![CDATA[I don't know why I loved this book, but it was so satisfying.  It was just like butterscotch pudding, creamed potatoes, wild rice soup, and a good mattress.  It was so fulfilling and comforting.  I had the weirdest reaction to this book--maybe it was my mood.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book made me want to become a writer. Sarah is the precursor of the modern day &quot;chick lit,&quot; and did it better back in the day befor she began branching out. This is also a wonderful curio of Austin, Texas back in the day. My favorite book of all time!!]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Bird is really funny, so I enjoy her writing.  Not as good as Yokota Officer's Club, but a bit of fun.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I love Sarah Bird but I got tricked into reading this romance novel about a romance...]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A friend loaned me this book and my inital thought was Sarah Bird, romance novel?  I really like Sarah Bird as an author and my friend isn't the romance novel type so I plunged right in.  I really enjoyed it and had to laugh at myself in recognition when she describes the gripes of many of the autho...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4261369">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Yes, the plot is blindingly stupid. But Sarah Bird is a comedic GENIUS. Every paragraph in this book is hilarious. Who cares that only the dumbest woman alive would be tricked by the central ruse? I have never cared so little about plot holes and deus ex machina. I laughed hard and often, and still ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/25266275">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I loved this book.  A woman goes to a romance convention as a sceptic and eventually becomes transformed by the love of a romance hero.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Cute story. I really liked that it was set in Austin and refers to a lot of &quot;landmarks&quot;. The love story is sweet, but I found it a little unbelievable at times. I think that I will definitely read some of her other books. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[YOu need to read this before you go to the conference in Dallas. There is a great description by the protagonist, who starts out as a cynical outsider to the world of romance lit, and gets sucked in during the conference...]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[totally fun!  She started the whole &quot;chicklit&quot; movement before it was what it is...I loved it...AND there IS a movie staring Steve Guttenberg and Jamie Gertz circa 1986 that is so bad it's funny. STEVE GUTTENBERG!]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is one of my favorite books--a fun, escapist read, with charming, quirky characters. I re-read it occasionally, just because it is so much fun.  ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Hi. Lar. Ious.  <br/><br/>Don't even think about that awful movie with Steve Guttenberg - just read the book.  ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Another fun read by Bird.  Don't let the awful movie from this book keep you from reading it.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Especially entertaining for anyone who has worked in the world of romance publishing]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Funny book. Lots of fun info for old Austinites. Quick read.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[One of my favorite books of all time.]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Gretchen Griner is an underpaid, underappreciated photographer for the <em>Austin </em>(that&#8217;s Texas) <em>Grackle</em>, part-time lover of Peter Overton Treadwell III (known as &#8220;Trout&#8221;), and major consumer of Cup O&#8217; Soup. That is, until she meets Lizzie Potts&#8212;otherwise known as Viveca Lamoureaux, romance writer extraordinaire. Lizzie has a plan for Gretchen&#8217;s life&#8212;and it includes Lizzie&#8217;s brother Gus. But Gretchen has her own plan, and it does <em>not</em> feature a &#8220;wispy goon&#8221; named Gus. Of course, fate also has a plan for Gretchen, and it doesn&#8217;t care what Gretchen wants. So Lizzie will give Gretchen Gus, Gus will give Gretchen the man of her dreams, and among this oddball cast of marvelous misfits, someone just may discover the secret to <em>true</em> romance.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Boring.  Didn't finish it.]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Gretchen Griner is an underpaid, underappreciated photographer for the <em>Austin </em>(that&#8217;s Texas) <em>Grackle</em>, part-time lover of Peter Overton Treadwell III (known as &#8220;Trout&#8221;), and major consumer of Cup O&#8217; Soup. That is, until she meets Lizzie Potts&#8212;otherwise known as Viveca Lamoureaux, romance writer extraordinaire. Lizzie has a plan for Gretchen&#8217;s life&#8212;and it includes Lizzie&#8217;s brother Gus. But Gretchen has her own plan, and it does <em>not</em> feature a &#8220;wispy goon&#8221; named Gus. Of course, fate also has a plan for Gretchen, and it doesn&#8217;t care what Gretchen wants. So Lizzie will give Gretchen Gus, Gus will give Gretchen the man of her dreams, and among this oddball cast of marvelous misfits, someone just may discover the secret to <em>true</em> romance.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[It is silly and good escapism. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Quirky!]]></body>
    
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