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Emma

by Jane Austen

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The Count of Monte Cristo

by Alexandre Dumas

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Pro: It's Bridget Jones, of course it's amazing. Con: As so often with sequels, it puts what worked about the first one on steroids and veers into caricature at times. Pro: More Mark Darcy - he's in the first one way less than you remember. Con: Less ...more
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I really wasn't sure how to rate this book - it was very much in the vein of Jackie Collins (who I love) but more explicit on the sex front and less strong on the character front but mostly I found it sooooo weird. It's starts on the day the Oscars t ...more
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This is an odd little book and I don't really know how to rate it. Some of the advice was extremely helpful, some of it wasn't. It did get me thinking to be fair, and since it's so short I don't think anyone would ever consider it a waste of time. ...more
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My main takeaway from this biography is that Calvin Klein is an absolutely terrible person. Mostly from a business perspective, where he repeatedly screwed people over on his way to the top and tossed anyone no longer useful to him away at the earlie ...more
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It would be 2.5 stars but since it is the Queen of Crime I've rounded it up. Let's just say it's not her best and you can tell she was declining by this point... ...more
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