<![CDATA[Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason]]>

false <![CDATA[Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174113080m/363752.jpg 363752 49 Fans of Helen Fielding's Bridget Jones's Diary will recall that at the end of that sly and funny version of Pride and Prejudice, singleton heroine Bridget landed her Mr. Darcy at last--Mark Darcy, that is. Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason picks up four weeks later, and already the honeymoon is over. In addition to discovering that the man of her dreams votes conservative, left-leaning Bridget is also feeling just a mite uncomfortable with the realities of sharing bed and board with another person: <blockquote> V. complicated actually having man in house as cannot freely spend requisite amount of time in bathroom or turn into gas chamber as conscious of other person late for work, desperate for pee etc.; also disturbed by Mark folding up underpants at night, rendering it strangely embarrassing now simply to keep all own clothes in pile on floor. </blockquote> But all of these problems pale to insignificance with the arrival on the scene of Rebecca, a beautiful, man-hunting arch-nemesis with "thighs like a baby giraffe" and absolutely no girlfriend code of ethics when it comes to poaching another woman's man. Before long, Rebecca's manipulations, Bridget's own insecurities, and a string of misunderstandings (starting with a naked Filipino boy in Mark Darcy's bed and ending with a suggestive valentine from Bridget's dry cleaner) result in "128 lbs. (good), alcohol units 0 (excellent), cigarettes 5 (a pleasant, healthy number), no. times driven past Mark Darcy's house 2 (v.g.), no. of times looked up Mark Darcy's name in phone book to prove still exists 18 (v.g.), 1471 calls 12 (better), no. of phone calls from Mark 0 (tragic). Fortunately, Bridget has plenty of other problems to distract her. Her mother has returned from a trip to Kenya with a young Masai in tow--to her father's consternation; her best friends Jude, Shazzer, and Tom are all trapped in dating hell themselves; her apartment is in shambles thanks to a dotty carpenter; an unreliable ex-boyfriend has just reentered her life; and now someone is sending Bridget death threats--could it be Mark Darcy? If Bridget Jones's Diary was a modern riff on Pride and Prejudice, its sequel borrows several themes and devices (not to mention a section heading) from another Austen novel, Persuasion. And as in Austen's fiction, here the journey is the destination. A happy ending for Bridget and her pals is a foregone conclusion; how they get there, however, will have you on the edge of your chair--if you haven't already fallen off of it laughing. --Alix Wilber 8140 1999 Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason total:15972|5:2054|4:4349|3:6152|2:2754|1:663| 15972 52293 17942 760 5 3 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Nov 03 07:52:20 -0700 2007 Mon Nov 19 15:40:17 -0800 2007 1 1 false false Fri Jun 27 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 28 20:04:46 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 28 20:04:46 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 2 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Fri Nov 21 15:00:40 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 21 15:01:31 -0800 2008 1 4 0 false false Wed Feb 18 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 19 09:23:45 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 19 09:51:54 -0800 2009 Bridget Jones's Diary for the second time, I turned my attention to Bridge Jones: The Edge of Reason, by Helen Fielding, which I'd never read before. I have to say that with both books, there were definitely laugh-out-loud moments, although there were more with Edge of Reason than D...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2001 Fri Sep 18 10:09:18 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 19 02:22:17 -0700 2009
As hysterically funny and original a novel Bridget Jones was, the continuation of Bridget's story--her search for love as a symbol of h...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Mar 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 09 06:22:57 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 11 00:38:09 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false true Mon Aug 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 28 18:33:15 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 03 23:05:04 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Oct 30 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 12 23:52:06 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 25 21:03:47 -0700 2009
In this continuation of her diary, Bridget again recounts the ups and downs of the single life, coupled by the indifference shown to her by Mark Darcy, her now established boyfriend. "...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Oct 06 19:11:10 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 06 19:19:40 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 2 false false Fri Aug 17 16:13:49 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 17 16:14:50 -0700 2007 4 1 false false Thu Apr 03 17:39:17 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 03 17:41:13 -0700 2008 1 1 false false Sun Feb 24 10:15:15 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 24 10:17:44 -0800 2008 2 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Wed Aug 12 01:15:43 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 12 01:15:43 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Thu Aug 14 11:01:35 -0700 2008 Sat Nov 22 09:50:21 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Fri May 22 14:30:37 -0700 2009 Sat May 23 08:48:39 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri Jan 09 07:04:37 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 09 07:04:37 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 03 13:59:55 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 03 14:14:16 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Jul 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue May 26 22:13:56 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 21:51:39 -0700 2009 1 I have listed it as a romance again, and though its another year in the ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Aug 22 12:29:43 -0700 2008 Sat Dec 06 14:11:57 -0800 2008 1 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue May 30 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Wed Jun 25 14:29:47 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 26 13:12:03 -0700 2008
The Plot: Bridget Jones is back (just a mere month or so after the first book ends) and seemingly happy now that her and Mark Darcy are all lovey-dovey. Things start to crumble in dear Bridge's life however, when his coworker Rebecca...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=363752