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127 ratings, 3.08 average rating, 21 reviews
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by Warner Books
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Hardcover, 336 pages
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0446531103
(isbn13: 9780446531108)
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The bestselling author of The First Wives Club delivers a modern-day battle of the sexes-dished up with scathing wit, hilarity, and plenty of attitude...more
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Read in August, 2007
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Kate Jameson has outgrown her Brooklyn gang: Bina, Bunny, Barbie and Bev, aka the Bitches of Bushwick. While the Bs still go for French manicures and (gasp) matching furniture, Kate has embraced the urbane life. She has a Chelsea apartment and a neat job as school psychologist at Andrew Country Day "in the best neighborhood in Manhattan." But when Kate meets bad boy bar owner Billy Nolan in her natal borough, she instantly wants to get Br...more
Kate Jameson has outgrown her Brooklyn gang: Bina, Bunny, Barbie and Bev, aka the Bitches of Bushwick. While the Bs still go for French manicures and (gasp) matching furniture, Kate has embraced the urbane life. She has a Chelsea apartment and a neat job as school psychologist at Andrew Country Day "in the best neighborhood in Manhattan." But when Kate meets bad boy bar owner Billy Nolan in her natal borough, she instantly wants to get Br...more
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Read in August, 2008
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no one, its awful
Don't get me wrong-- fluffy chick lit can be great fun, but this bit has no redeeming qualities whatsoever. The book is poorly written, full of repetition and cheesy banter, with flat characters and absurd plot developments. Not only that, but the main character is such a stuck up snot that for the first few chapters, I actually thought she setting up to get taken down a notch. She's not. We're actually supposed to sympathize with her self-righteousness. When I was done with it, I tossed it in t...more
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Read in June, 2008
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someone looking for a book they did not need to think about.
I picked this up at the villa in PV since it was raining. The fact that someone willingly left it at a villa in PV ought to say that it was not that great. Fine, very light, but I felt it was poorly written. I found myself wondering if Olivia forgot that she already written that exact portion?
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This book ends with the two main characters hearing The Hokey Pokey at a wedding and "Dumping Billy" tells the "heroine" that "This is what it's...more
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This book ends with the two main characters hearing The Hokey Pokey at a wedding and "Dumping Billy" tells the "heroine" that "This is what it's...more
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Read in October, 2008
This is a relatively fun read...strikes me as a good candidate screen-play for a nice 'girl' movie. Not much depth to any of the characters--seem to all fit stereotypes. That said, it was still interesting enough all along. Although the characters were pretty shallow, not all of the plot turns were predictable. The ending is a bit too neat, but we can still have little-girl dreams even when we are big, right?
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Read in July, 2008
The book was an easy read; however, the main character, Kate, drove me crazy. Through almost the whole book she is constantly acting like she's better than everyone else and never listens to anyone. If you can get by that major flaw of hers its a fairly good read. There are several funny sections but overall it was an average book.
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Read in September, 2008
I started this book around 11pm last night and forced myself to put it down after reading the first 20 chapters. I picked it up again this afternoon and just finished it. It is one of those you just don't want to put down. It is a cute, light-hearted story about love and loss and moves very quickly.
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This is what I call perfect chick-lit vacation reading. Fun, romantic, but the writing still makes you feel like your reading something that is at a base level supporting the brain cells you have.
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Read in July, 2008
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Fans of Chick Lit
This was cute. It had a really sweet premise and I thought it ended nicely. I may be getting over my chick lit phase because the endings are becoming really dull...
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Read in January, 2006
This is one of the girly books that woman read that makes you want to believe that the love of your life is out there... That being said, it was a cute book. HHMM... Love!
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Author of "The First Wives Club" can't go wrong, right? More cutesy chick lit than empowering feminist tale... easy read, though...
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Read in October, 2008
Luchtig vrouwenboek, graag gelezen in oktober maar nu in november ben ik al haast vergeten waarover dit boek ging. Tja.
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I thought this was pretty average "chick lit" It isn't bad, but it isn't all that great. It has it's amusing moments.
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I was looking for a quick, light read. This was too light for me.
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Read in June, 2007
More drivel from an author who was talented but then got successful.
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