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Swimming Upstream, Slowly
by
Melissa Clark (Goodreads Author)
After too many vodka tonics at her best friend's baby shower, twenty-seven-year-old Sasha finds herself having a ladies' room epiphany. How quickly life can change, she thinks to herself: one minute she's writing a master's thesis about a TV comedy show for kids–and the next, the program actually gets optioned with her as the star. But Sasha’s awe at the twists of fate pro...more
Paperback, 240 pages
Published
September 12th 2006
by Broadway
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I saw this sitting on a shelf at the library today, and I picked it up because the cover is pretty. After reading the back, I became intrigued, and sat down to read a few pages. I liked it enough to check it out, brought it home at around 5pm, and finished it at 8pm, fifteen minutes ago.
Basically, the protagonist, Sasha, hasn’t been laid in over two years. So, it’s a pretty huge deal when she learns she’s knocked up. Basically, there’s a condition called “lazicum spermatozoa,” which loosely tran...more
Basically, the protagonist, Sasha, hasn’t been laid in over two years. So, it’s a pretty huge deal when she learns she’s knocked up. Basically, there’s a condition called “lazicum spermatozoa,” which loosely tran...more
Here's an interesting idea (or horrifying, depending on who you are~like me, just as a for instance):
Let's just say you're a woman (with me so far?), haven't had sex for a few years, and suddenly find yourself pregnant. Impossible, you say. Not so, says Melissa Clark, or rather her novel Swimming Upstream, Slowly does. It’s a premise for much thought, to say the very least. The book itself is also quite entertaining, if light fare (and every now and then~even a bit more now than then, we need so...more
Let's just say you're a woman (with me so far?), haven't had sex for a few years, and suddenly find yourself pregnant. Impossible, you say. Not so, says Melissa Clark, or rather her novel Swimming Upstream, Slowly does. It’s a premise for much thought, to say the very least. The book itself is also quite entertaining, if light fare (and every now and then~even a bit more now than then, we need so...more
I had such high hopes for this book, I really did. But as soon as she gave us the "technical" term for Sasha's problem - specifically "Lazicum Spermatozoa" I started to laugh. Really? REALLY? You expect us to believe in something so obviously made up?!
The basis of the story was good - she gets knocked up from lazy sperm - any one of her previous 8 boyfriends could be the father. I felt sorry for Sasha having to deal with this at the beginning of her career as a TV star for kids, and felt badly t...more
The basis of the story was good - she gets knocked up from lazy sperm - any one of her previous 8 boyfriends could be the father. I felt sorry for Sasha having to deal with this at the beginning of her career as a TV star for kids, and felt badly t...more
Just picked this one up at the library while browsing. Its the first book for this author, and I enjoyed it. It was short, mildy humorous, and the story line unexpected. I'll look forward to anything else that she writes...
really cute book, kinda disturbing with all the talk about lazy sperm but a good read all in all :)
Feb 04, 2009
KaTe
marked it as to-read
I never finished this book, the character was immediately engaging but the overall premise was too far fetched.
I went into this expecting that it wouldn't be that good based on a prior review.
I was pleasantly surprised! I was prepared for the stupid medical condition name, so I was able to over look that and really get into the story.
It was a cute and funny look at a very unexpected pregnancy- 2 years after the last time she had sex. I completely fell in love with a couple of characters and totally hated a few too.
And I got my happy-feel good ending too.
I was pleasantly surprised! I was prepared for the stupid medical condition name, so I was able to over look that and really get into the story.
It was a cute and funny look at a very unexpected pregnancy- 2 years after the last time she had sex. I completely fell in love with a couple of characters and totally hated a few too.
And I got my happy-feel good ending too.
Stupid, silly, & pointless - and I loved every minute of it. This is the kind of book that you read just to take your mind off of your own life. It is a unique story & I don't know if I would have enjoyed it so much if I were in a more serious mood but I wasn't & I really liked it. I wanted to keep reading it to find out what happened & I kept finding myself reading "just one more chapter" before bed. Fun little book. :)
I thought this was a fun, clever, warm read. Sasha Salter has to retrace her past love life in order to move to a future decision. It almost reads like a mystery novel. Great characters. I found myself cheering for the protagonist, Sasha, as she wades her way through her past. I laughed a lot, too.
for me, this was a little hard to swallow. The girl is impregnated by old sperm...so it could have been any number of men that knocked her up. This story follows her tracking down the men, and getting a sample from them to find who her "baby daddy" is. Not the best read ever, but not complete crap either.
The reviews I read of this book intrigued me. As some of the other readers felt, the medical term Clark created for lazy sperm brought you out of the book. Overall, it was a good story with likable characters and fun to find out how all the men fit into Sasha's life.
This one is so-so. The storyline is OK, but the basic premise is so far-fetched that it takes away from the OK storyline. Kind of predictable, not very deep...
Just an average book. Thankfully I got it free from someone!
Just an average book. Thankfully I got it free from someone!
Great recommendation, Keli! This one had me laughing. I loved it.
I read this also for book club- super short read with a hilarious plot.
Fun quick read. I finished it in less than 2 days so that's a sign.
Not the best chick-fic ever, but kept me entertained.
A very fun read. Very creative idea!
FUN, Fun, book!
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Carlamccauley
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Nicole
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Melissa Clark is the author of "Imperfect" and "Swimming Upstream, Slowly." She created the animated television show, "Braceface" which starred Alicia Silverstone and ran for 5 seasons on ABC Family. Melissa teaches writing and literature at Otis College of Art and Design and The Writing Pad.
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