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146 ratings, 3.38 average rating, 14 reviews
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published
2002
by Warner Books
binding
Paperback, 288 pages
isbn
0446678112
(isbn13: 9780446678117)
description
Amanda is the kind of girl you love to hate: rich, thin, blonde, and vicious enough to be Satan's own PR agent. Melanie and Fran, Amanda's charming, w...more
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British Chic Lit-This was a nice break from some of the stuff I have been reading lately. Amanda is actually a friend of the main character Melanie. Actually, I wouldn’t call Amanda a friend since she doesn’t treat Melanie or Fran (Melanie’s best friend) like anything but mere acquaintances. If even that. Amanda is marrying a longtime friend of Mels, Frasier. But every one thinks Amanda is marrying him for his family status and money. Mel lives with a flatmate, Linda who is very stran...more
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I couldn't finish this one. It got on my nerves, and it was too slow to begin with... so I just stopped reading it. The main character is moody and kind of self-loathing. And she had a potty mouth from what I can remember. I was thinking it would be good, if I could just skip to a later part. I just couldn't get through it.
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This is one of the books that accidently fell into my lap. I was working at Borders and engaged in the delightful activity of stripping magazines. A copy of the book are a giveaway with the British Edition of Cosmo. I "borrowed" (stole) it and was delighted. The British are so much classier than us silly Americans.
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Read in January, 2001
After Bridget Jones, I searched high and lo throughout the entire genre (lighthearted fluff about British twenty/thirty-somethings looking for love in the big city) for something as funny. Nothing is, to my knowledge, but this is worth reading if you like that sort of thing.
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Read in March, 2005
recommends it for:
Happy ever after
Melanie's "friend" Amanda is getting married to Allistair, a Scottish Laird, for dubious reasons. Melanie was in love with Allistair in university. Her friend Nel and Allistair's brother Angus decide to break up the wedding. Allistair realizes he's made a mistake, wants Mel.
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Read in January, 2007
In London, middle class and Sloane Rangers mix it up with the usual results. Quite enjoyable. It becomes evident that January was a month of mostly fairly undemanding reads for me!
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Read in February, 2008
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I really liked this "chick lit" book. I love the way the British talk and their humor. If you want a book that makes you laugh out loud...this should work for you.
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This went fairly unnoticed in the "chick lit" revolution of BJD and such, but I think it's really funny. Lots of drunk british women sleeping around and smoking.
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Not my usual kind of book but written from by a british comedian it is funny. So if you're relaxing on the beach this is something you'll surely enjoy.
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Read in January, 2000
i really luvd this book, it woz defo a laff a minute book. i ave read otha Jenny Colgan books, so far none are as funny as this one
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I loved this book until the end. And then I was just plain irritated. Wrong ending!!!!
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Read in March, 2005
I took it out of the library because it had the name 'Amanda' in the title... ;)
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Read in February, 2008
fun, light read with some laugh-out-loud moments.
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