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  <title><![CDATA[Mercury in Retrograde: A Novel]]></title>
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  <default_description>From the Page Six reporter, a debut novel&#160;in which the lives of three New York&#160;women intersect when they move into the same Soho apartment building.</default_description>
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  <original_publication_month type="integer">6</original_publication_month>
  <original_publication_year type="integer">2009</original_publication_year>
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      <name><![CDATA[Paula Froelich]]></name>
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  <read_at>Tue Nov 17 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This fun story focuses on three young women who live in the same apartment building in New York city. There lives are in chaos of one form or another. Dana is a divorced lawyer who is having difficulty in getting on with her life. Other than work the only place she ever goes is to Weight Watchers me...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78125069">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[A contemporary novel set in New York City when Mercury goes into retrograde and cuts a swath through the lives of three women, who in normal circumstances would Never meet. Penelope Mercury is an entry level reported for an Enquirer type tabloid aspiring to move from covering stories on the gritty s...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66791434">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Thu May 28 14:08:51 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu May 28 14:09:28 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[have to admit, I was a little skeptical of a book with a main character named Lipstick, but Paula Froelich won me over with this juicy, fun read that's perfect for anyone who's ever lived in New York, worked a crappy job, had their family expect too much of them, or had relationship troubles. In oth...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57649738">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[those who like lighter fiction]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Fri Jun 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Jun 22 18:34:25 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[It was odd when I received the ARC for this title because it had an entirely different cover than the one you see pictured here. What they did for the promotional copy was to use quotes from the blurbs different writers wrote about the title. Clever but confusing for me because when I saw the cover ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60710371">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="64092209">
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  <read_at>Sat Jul 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Jul 19 09:52:54 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[If you're a devoted follower of the New York Post's Page 6, you'll probably devour this semi-entertaining, albeit predictable, tale of twentysomethings in the city.  Sloppy syntax, shallow characters, and a story that doesn't get started until almost a third of the way through, however, will test ev...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64092209">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Aug 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Aug 24 22:18:49 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Despite a mildly formulaic feel and a very happy but a little too pat ending, I was surprised at how thoroughly I enjoyed reading this book. Three down-on-their-luck women end up in the same SoHo apartment building and rebuild their lives largely through their helpful and often hilarious interaction...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68784664">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="62168595">
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  <date_added>Sat Jul 04 20:02:41 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Jul 04 20:16:26 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I was one of the lucky winners of a free copy of this book through Goodreads.   The book got better as it went, and had some very funny parts.   The three plot lines tied loosly together, as these very different women came to help each other as friends do.  In the end their lives, while connected, w...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62168595">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="54814261">
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    <body><![CDATA[Paula's one of the funniest people I know, and Mercury in Retrograde is full of the sort of too-ridiculous-to-be-true-but-they-ARE anecdotes that, when told by the author, result in direct incapacitation of one's ability to breathe. If you haven't laughed that hard in a while, consider it a medical ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/54814261">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Sun Jun 07 13:12:30 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[A great beach read is how I would sum up Mercury in Retrograde. Sometimes fluffy is just the ticket. I liked the vulnerability of the characters and there were many times that I laughed out loud at the characters’ predicaments – especially Penelope’s career foibles at the New York Telegraph an...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58768948">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="59498832">
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  <read_at>Tue Jul 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I saw Paula Froelich on <em>Real Time with Bill Maher</em> a while back and really liked her spunk and wit. Based on that, I looked forward to reading her first novel. Unfortunately, I was a little disappointed. Though a bit of that spunk and wit does come through in Froelich's writing, much of the story is ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59498832">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="65554158">
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  <read_at>Mon Jul 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I didn't really enjoy this one. It was a book club selection for summer, and it was appropriately light.  And I like light chick-lit as much as anyone. But I just didn't think it was that interesting or well-written. I didn't find the characters particularly real. It was a lot of fluff. It was writt...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65554158">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="60880450">
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    <name><![CDATA[Lexi]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Kingston, RI]]></location>        
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      <rating>3</rating>
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  <date_added>Tue Jun 23 21:00:49 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Jun 24 08:51:35 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Yet another NYC chick-lit name-dropping frothy book.<br/>Not terrible, but it is what it is.<br/>Not as good as Tatiana Boncampagni for the same flavor, quite like Lauren Weisberger, but infinitely better than the loathsome Candace Bushnell, whose whore-oines have been inexplicably misunderstood a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60880450">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="65009747">
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    <name><![CDATA[Laura]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sun Jul 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a very frothy novel about 3 women in NYC who end up in the same apartment building and become friends. The author works for the Page 6 column of the NY Post, so the book is full of name dropping, designers, etc. There were a few very funny moments surrounding the title character Penelope Me...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65009747">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="76796952">
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    <name><![CDATA[rebekah]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Nov 05 06:35:54 -0800 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[It was a piece of crap. BUT, I secretly enjoyed it cuz I need something easy  to read during my challenging workouts. Three chicks, separate lives brought together by one hipster apartment building in Manhattan. There were actually a few glimmers of funny but overall, just another smarmy chic lit bo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76796952">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="54937520">
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    <name><![CDATA[Linda]]></name>
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  <read_at>Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[  Wonderful new format to read!  I liked this book form start to finish because the antices of the women characters made me laugh.  Paula writes realistic <br/>&quot;fiction&quot; when it comes to describing relationships, the fickle world of work, and women's ideas regarding relationships with men...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/54937520">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="64023463">
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    <name><![CDATA[Alexis]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Sacramento, CA]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Thu Jul 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Jul 18 16:16:56 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Jul 23 20:48:29 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Apart from the Swedish descent's character's last name being spelled Karllsen...(should be Karlsson--hello, Danish is &quot;-sen&quot; Swedish is &quot;-sson&quot;.  Someone dropped the ball on the research there.  Sorry off my &quot;-sson&quot;, soapbox now!)...it was the normal path of life is mes...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64023463">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I often enjoy books that incorporate aspects of living in New York, so I was excited to win this book in a First Reads giveaway. It's a fun, light read. The escapades of the three main characters reminded me a bit of Bridget Jones. Perfect to read while relaxing on the beach or by the pool!]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A cute litttle chic lit book about three gals in New York who meet because they live in the same building. They all have drama as their carefully planned lives start falling apart. But of course everything works out in the end. Good, lighthearted read.]]></body>
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