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    <body><![CDATA[This was a new author for me.  While the book seemed to drag, the characters where terrific.  I loved the building of Julia and Fergus' relationship.  The setting on the boats was interested too.  I'm not sure I'll pick up another book by Fforde but this was a good light read when I needed it.]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Ditching her fiancé and taking a new career as a cook on a pair of hotel boats is a new departure for Julia, but even afloat her past catches up with her with the arrival of her childhood enemy, the enigmatic Fergus Grindley.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I didn't enjoy this as much as I have enjoyed Katie Fforde's other novels, but it was still a nice easy read to take my mind off studying for exams. As another reviewer said, it does pick up a lot in the last 100 pages or so.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Was okay, but the guy kept referring casual sex as &quot;making love&quot; and it bothered me.  Sounds too much like feathery stroker phrase.  Other then that it was fine.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Now I really want to go travel the English canals on a hotel boat.<br/><br/>But sheesh, what a silly woman! And yes, I know there are people like that.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The perfect book for a spring afternoon spent in the hammock in the backyard.  Liked the canal boat aspect.  Funny characters.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Another lazy, light and entertaining read.  Like watching well-made romantic comedy films.  ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Good but slow moving.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[i very much enjoyed this story!]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Abandoned halfway. Just didn't work for me. Serves me right for picking up an author purely on account of her sharing a last name with one of my favourite writers (they're cousins, apparently).]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Another Katie Fforde that just didn't hold me, I put it down and just never picked it up again. May try again. I love this author's works and especially her quirky English leading ladies. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Another cozy book by my favorite chick lit author.  This one takes a bit of getting into, but I think the last 100 pages or so make it worth it.  Good times :)!]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I really shouldn't put this book in the &quot;read&quot; category as I stopped reading it after the first 30 pages.  It just did not hold my interest.  ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[contemporary chick lit. Set on a narrow boat on the canals of England. Fun, light, but not stupid, the characters make the story.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Great summer beach read!  Love all of her books...they're like chick flicks in novel form]]></body>
    
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