What’s your drink of choice? Is it a small pumpkin spice latte? Then you’re lots of fun and a bit sassy. Or a medium americano? You pre...
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Dec 27, 2011
Desiree
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I have to wonder if the author actually knows anything about coffee. It bothers me when I'm reading a book about something I know a lot about (being a barista) and I see so many obvious errors, not just in the writing style or descriptions, but with the actual subject of the book. I've been a barista for over five years and, granted, I have never and never will work at a Starbucks, the basic concept should be universal. However, I didn't feel like the author had any sort of relationship with cof
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Feb 23, 2011
The Espressologist by Kristina Springer (2009): Teenage barista Jane Turner reckons she can tell a lot about someone from their favorite drink... even enough to match them with their soulmate. But when her manager promotes her talent to boost sales, her theories, and her nerves, are put to the test.
The “hook” of this book is Jane’s expert “espressology,” but any originality ends there. Despite the fact that romance plots are often formulaic and their endings predictable, this book co More...
The “hook” of this book is Jane’s expert “espressology,” but any originality ends there. Despite the fact that romance plots are often formulaic and their endings predictable, this book co More...
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Oct 09, 2010
Jessica
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The Espressologist by Kristina Springer tells the story of Jane Turner, a 17 year old barista at a popular coffee chain. Jane loves her job, works with her best friend Emily and even got promoted to assistant manager.
Jane is constantly writing in a notebook which many of her fellow employees become curious about. Jane finally reveals that she is taking notes on the drinks that people order and the type of person they are. Jane believes that a person’s coffee drink order can be very t More...
Jane is constantly writing in a notebook which many of her fellow employees become curious about. Jane finally reveals that she is taking notes on the drinks that people order and the type of person they are. Jane believes that a person’s coffee drink order can be very t More...
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Jun 17, 2010
Americanogig
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I love the concept, I have been a proponent of it for a long time: what kind of coffee someone orders can tell you something about that person whether it be current circumstances or personality. A young woman who works at a coffee shop realizes she has a talent for predicting what people will order based on their personalities and thinks that certain drinks (people) go with other drinks (persons)…and so begins a journey of matchmaking that of course goes awry. For a book based on this concept,
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Jun 11, 2010
Kate
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The Espressologist is light and frothy like your favorite gourmet coffee. The novel takes some of my favorite chick-lit elements and blends them together in this quick and enjoyable read. While the novel borders on highly predictable, I still found myself fully immersed within the novel. Springer has a lovely way of mixing humor and romance together to where it is just right.
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Jun 05, 2010
Rachael
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Working as a barista at Wired Joe’s leaves Jane Turner a lot of time to observe people. And in between taking all these orders and brewing all that coffee, Jane is struck by a stroke of genius: what if you can tell a person’s personality from the drink he or she most often orders? At first, it’s all an amusing experiment, but when she successfully matches a couple of friends based on their favorite coffee drink, Espressology turns into something more. Jane’ boss hears about Jane’s flavor of coff
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Jun 01, 2010
Jia
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Jane adalah barista di Wired Joe's (halah kok kedai kopi namanya enggak banget sih?). Dia punya kebiasaan menulis di notebooknya setiap kali pelanggan memesan kopi favorit. Dari pesanannya itu, Jane bisa melihat karakter orang tersebut.
Dari berbagai jenis karakter, pesanan kopi dan orang dalam bukunya, Jane mulai mencomblangkan orang-orang dalam bukunya. Semuanya berhasil. Sampai suatu saat, dia malah mencomblangkan cowok yang suka padanya kepada sahabatnya.
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Dari berbagai jenis karakter, pesanan kopi dan orang dalam bukunya, Jane mulai mencomblangkan orang-orang dalam bukunya. Semuanya berhasil. Sampai suatu saat, dia malah mencomblangkan cowok yang suka padanya kepada sahabatnya.
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Feb 12, 2012
Rahmadiyanti
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Anda sangat suka iced vanilla latte? Bisa jadi jodoh Anda adalah seseorang yang suka medium dry cappucino...
Berawal dari kesukaan mencatat pesanan kopi seseorang dan mengira-ngira karakter diri orang tersebut, Jane memulai profesi "tambahan" sebagai mak comblang. "Korban" pertamanya adalah pelanggan favoritnya, Gavin. Setelah itu sahabatnya, dan banyak pelanggan lain.
Derek, manajer Wired Joe, kedai kopi tempat Jane bekerja sebagai barista, melihat " More...
Berawal dari kesukaan mencatat pesanan kopi seseorang dan mengira-ngira karakter diri orang tersebut, Jane memulai profesi "tambahan" sebagai mak comblang. "Korban" pertamanya adalah pelanggan favoritnya, Gavin. Setelah itu sahabatnya, dan banyak pelanggan lain.
Derek, manajer Wired Joe, kedai kopi tempat Jane bekerja sebagai barista, melihat " More...
Oct 25, 2011
Amanda
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Also reviewed on my blog, The Vintage Bookworm (http://www.vintagebookworm.blogspot.com)
First off, this is my first book by Springer. I've wanted to try one of her books for a while, but never got around to it until now. I came upon this book on Goodreads a while back and added it to my to-be-read list, and FINALLY got around to reading it due to my A through Z challenge. =)
When I first heard about it, I thought, "Hey, this sounds like a cute, fun book." More...
First off, this is my first book by Springer. I've wanted to try one of her books for a while, but never got around to it until now. I came upon this book on Goodreads a while back and added it to my to-be-read list, and FINALLY got around to reading it due to my A through Z challenge. =)
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Jan 20, 2010
Cynthia (cynthial11)
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The Espressologist is about a high school senior that works as a barista in a coffee shop to save money to go to her favorite college. She starts noticing the kind of people that go into the store and the kind of drinks they order, she writes the names of the drinks in her notebook with a description of the kind of person that orders those drinks. After one of her friends breaks up with his girlfriend she decides to match him with another customer that she thinks will make a good match by lookin
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Aug 13, 2011
Nandina
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The book is a pretty simple quick read. I loved the idea about espressologist, matchmaking people by their drink of choice; small pumpkin spice latte, medium americano, large nonfat four-shot caffe latte, medium hot chocolate, medium toffee nut latte, or a large iced nonfat mocha, no whip.
Jane turner, 17 years-old, is a barista at Wired Joe's. Jane has a habit of writing in the notebook every time a customer ordered a favorite coffee. Jane could see the person's character by their o More...
Jane turner, 17 years-old, is a barista at Wired Joe's. Jane has a habit of writing in the notebook every time a customer ordered a favorite coffee. Jane could see the person's character by their o More...
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May 08, 2011
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Awesome! People can be match through their favorite coffee drink. Jane Turner, 17 years old barista at Weird Jo's been note down every character of the customer according to their coffee drink. Her best friend who also working with her, Em suddenly break up with her boyfriend and facing emotional problem, which is frustration. Jane came out with idea matching Em with her English classmate, Cam. Before that Jane already match her first couple, the regular customer, Gavin with Simone. The idea of
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Jun 21, 2010
Kelstar
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It's a pretty easy read and kind of a cool idea(the espressologist). It's about a girl in her senior year of high school who works at a coffee shop and starts matchmaking people by the drinks they order. To her surprise it becomes a huge hit and she's got lines around the block. It really just goes from there with many complications and her finding some love along the way too of course.
It is definitely in the teenage mind frame with the most important things being boys, friends and cl More...
It is definitely in the teenage mind frame with the most important things being boys, friends and cl More...
Feb 22, 2011
Chelsey
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The Espressologist was the perfect book to read while under the weather. Light and fluffy, a very cute read. I loved the idea of Jane keeping her notebook about different coffee orders and the types of people ordering them. Too bad I've given up caffeine, otherwise I'd want her to match me!
Overall I think the whole thing helped Jane grow as a person and a character. She finds her backbone and uses it. In regards to a certain regular hottie customer, I knew the deal behind that the w More...
Overall I think the whole thing helped Jane grow as a person and a character. She finds her backbone and uses it. In regards to a certain regular hottie customer, I knew the deal behind that the w More...
Dec 14, 2009
NCPL
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What does your favorite coffee drink say about you? Could your perfect match be found around the corner at your favorite cafe? Maybe an overpriced jolt of caffeine really is worth the calories and the empty pockets if you discover the missing piece of your heart?
Jane Turner is a high school senior who would rather spend her time making a little extra cash at Wired Joe's than actually attending class. She's been given the job of assistant manager, which makes it all the more difficul More...
Jane Turner is a high school senior who would rather spend her time making a little extra cash at Wired Joe's than actually attending class. She's been given the job of assistant manager, which makes it all the more difficul More...
Jan 11, 2010
Scott
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This could be a toss-up between a 3 or 4 star book. It's not really my venti cup of chai-tea latte. But it's also not "not really my venti cup of chai-tea latte." That is to say, I am sort of a sucker for romantic comedy that isn't to overly cutesy or girly. This is a little cutesy and a little girly, but not too much of either. In fact, it's its cuteness that ultimately won me over.
Essentially, the book relies heavily on a gimmick (its main character’s ability to match cof More...
Essentially, the book relies heavily on a gimmick (its main character’s ability to match cof More...
Apr 10, 2010
Michelle
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Jane Turner is a 17-year-old barista at Wired Joe's who keeps track of people's favorite drinks along with notes about the personality traits that match those preferences. When Jane realizes that a regular customer and a newcomer, both single, would be perfect for one another -- largely based on their drink orders -- the Espressologist is born.
The Espressologist recounts Jane's matchmaking skills as she pairs up friends and customers, even as she struggles to match up herself. Her ma More...
The Espressologist recounts Jane's matchmaking skills as she pairs up friends and customers, even as she struggles to match up herself. Her ma More...
Feb 22, 2010
Kay
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I adored The Espressologist! It is a modern-day fairytale: enchanting, funny and caffinated!
Everything I love about coffee shops is in this book! The drinks, the environment, and the perky staff. Although I have to say, reading it in Starbucks made it even more enjoyable. Short and sweet, I finished it in a single day.
Jane was a breath of fresh air as a narrator - and I felt the style was very much like my own. I swear this is just a book I forgot to write! The only thi More...
Everything I love about coffee shops is in this book! The drinks, the environment, and the perky staff. Although I have to say, reading it in Starbucks made it even more enjoyable. Short and sweet, I finished it in a single day.
Jane was a breath of fresh air as a narrator - and I felt the style was very much like my own. I swear this is just a book I forgot to write! The only thi More...
Dec 24, 2010
Kate
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The concept within this book, that people can be matched by their coffee shop drink preferences, is interesting and that's what got my attention upon checking this out from the library. However, I don't appreciate the author's execution of that concept.
The characters were both boring and immature. Jane doesn't have any problems in life other than those she creates herself, and her friends are no more intriguing.
The intermittent use of stereotypical teenage words such as " More...
The characters were both boring and immature. Jane doesn't have any problems in life other than those she creates herself, and her friends are no more intriguing.
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Jun 16, 2010
Heather
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How fun would it be to go to your local coffee shop and find love. I wonder if my husband (bold coffee of the day) and me (iced raspberry white mocha) are good coffee matches? This book is a light fun read especially if you love coffee, like me.
Jane works at a coffee shop, called Wired Joe's. She begins paying attention to what a coffee drink says about ones personality and writes them down in her notebook. One day she experiments by match-making by their coffee choices, next thing s More...
Jane works at a coffee shop, called Wired Joe's. She begins paying attention to what a coffee drink says about ones personality and writes them down in her notebook. One day she experiments by match-making by their coffee choices, next thing s More...
Jan 19, 2010
maggie
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Jane works as a barista as she is finishing her senior year of high school. With that comes the classes that are too boring to attend and the college courses she gets to take ahead of time (but still has trouble making it to them). On her down time at work she begins a journal about drinks and what type of people order them. She usually spot on with her guessing. This leads to her figuring out which drinks mean combatiblity between two people. She guesses right with those too. Once her bos
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Jul 17, 2009
Ann
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Ages 11+ (no language AT ALL (a rarity in mainstream YA), just kissing romance and a brief mention of someone getting "felt up")
High school senior Jane spends almost no time at school (she's met all of her requirements and is taking fluff courses). That leaves plenty of time for her job as a barista at Wired Joe's, a starbucks-ripoff in Chicago. Recently promoted to assistant manager, her hobby of profiling people based on their favorite drinks - and then More...
Ages 11+ (no language AT ALL (a rarity in mainstream YA), just kissing romance and a brief mention of someone getting "felt up")
High school senior Jane spends almost no time at school (she's met all of her requirements and is taking fluff courses). That leaves plenty of time for her job as a barista at Wired Joe's, a starbucks-ripoff in Chicago. Recently promoted to assistant manager, her hobby of profiling people based on their favorite drinks - and then More...
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Sep 12, 2010
Kristin
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2.5 Stars. A 17 year old high school graduate works as a barista while taking college courses. Jane writes in a journal and tracks all the coffee customers, their personalities and their favorite drinks. After analyzing her journal, she starts to play match-maker by matching her customers with one another by what they order. Once the manager recognizes what she has been doing, he uses her to promote the coffee shop by advertising, The Espressologist and her matchmaking abilities, every frida
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Mar 02, 2010
Kristin
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Ah, this is true, fluffy chick-lit. I don't read much chick-lit, so it was a nice diversion :) This is a super-cute book about coffee and love, which go so well together. Jane works at Wired Joe's and is finishing high school while taking a couple of college courses. She realizes that she is able to guess what most people are going to order before they say it, and she see a correlation between personalities and coffee choices. She jots these ideas down, and then one day she fixes up a couple bas
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Oct 31, 2010
Books4m
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Meet Jane , she works at a popular coffee shopand dual enrolls at a community college where she rarely attends class.Jane began noticing that peoples personalities matched their drink order, frappycaps for teenagers and non fat lattes for working moms, it gave her an idea to set up some of her customers on dates and suddenly espressology was born, the sciences of studying personalities by there drink order. But when her boss finds out and decides to use Jane as his new gimmick Jane's science bec
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Dec 01, 2009
Lindsay
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The Espressologist
By Kristina Springer
Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
# of Pages: 184
Age Rating: +13
My Rating: 4 Stars
Synopsis:
What’s your drink of choice? Is it a small pumpkin spice latte? Then you’re lots of fun and a bit sassy. Or a medium americano? You prefer simplicity in life. Or perhaps it’s a small decaf soy sugar-free hazelnut caffe latte? Some might call you a yuppie. Seventeen-year-old barista Jane Turner has this theory that you can te More...
By Kristina Springer
Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
# of Pages: 184
Age Rating: +13
My Rating: 4 Stars
Synopsis:
What’s your drink of choice? Is it a small pumpkin spice latte? Then you’re lots of fun and a bit sassy. Or a medium americano? You prefer simplicity in life. Or perhaps it’s a small decaf soy sugar-free hazelnut caffe latte? Some might call you a yuppie. Seventeen-year-old barista Jane Turner has this theory that you can te More...
Jul 19, 2010
Emma
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I fell in love with this book without even realizing it. I was looking for a, easy read to get my mind off of other things and I got a coffee filled adventure of romance. Normally I don’t like this type of novel. Every once in a while I will like something that gives you that warm fuzzy feeling but more often than not if it is realistic it might not be my thing, though I am open to reading anything. I ended up really enjoying this and even enjoying the pop culture references. They refer to thing
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Dec 03, 2009
Haley
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Thoughts: Ok, so if you like to sit down on the couch in front of your Christmas tree with a cup of hot chocolate or a coffee, a blanket, and a cute fun light-hearted book that will make you smile and laugh a bit, this one is for you. There was a grand total of two kisses (no sex!), and no (zero!) bad words. It’s appropriate for ages 8-14.
But I wouldn’t go higher than 14. With that in mind, I’m 18. I guess I didn’t see what was great about this book. Maybe I’m hard to please (though More...
But I wouldn’t go higher than 14. With that in mind, I’m 18. I guess I didn’t see what was great about this book. Maybe I’m hard to please (though More...
Aug 07, 2011
Shimin
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This book is about coffee and love. The girl has been observing people and their favorite drink during work, and figured out a way to match two people to be a pair of couple based on their favorite drinks. It's amazing and things just went out perfectly.
Everyone is different, but somehow we are all similar in some ways. A cup of a person's favorite coffee tells a lot about the person. By matching people's interest, which involves personality, they could work out well enough to be with More...
Everyone is different, but somehow we are all similar in some ways. A cup of a person's favorite coffee tells a lot about the person. By matching people's interest, which involves personality, they could work out well enough to be with More...
Jul 10, 2011
Reut (reutreads)
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Okay, to me, The Espressologist seemed like a cute, "frothy", funny beach read, and since according to the blurb it's "brimming with humour and heart," I picked it up.
Once I started reading, it became clear to me that I wouldn't like it. The main reason for this is that the main character, Jane, is kind of dislikeable. She's annoying, a bit of a know-it-all, and thinks she's above everyone. And because the book's told in the first-person, this tainted the entire b More...
Once I started reading, it became clear to me that I wouldn't like it. The main reason for this is that the main character, Jane, is kind of dislikeable. She's annoying, a bit of a know-it-all, and thinks she's above everyone. And because the book's told in the first-person, this tainted the entire b More...
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