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The Rosie Project (Don Tillman, #1)

Graeme Simsion

Start date: January 2, 2015

Finish date: January 3, 2015

Discussion: 2015 Challenge Prompts

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2015 Challenge Prompts

Prompt 25: A book you were supposed to read in school but didn't
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Mar 08, 2017 Krissy rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: audiobook, lawlz, 5-motherfucking-stars, pgs-300-399, book2film, cover-color-red

I really enjoyed this book and the audiobook narrator, Dan O'Grady, did a fantastic job! ...more

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Mar 10, 2015 Piepie | The Napping Bibliophile rated it really liked it

Shelves: romantic-happy-endings, read-in-2015, read-in-2019

I flew through this book in a couple of days! It was, in a word, hilarious. Don is in love with Rosie - who at first glance does not under any circumstances appear compatible to his requirements - but doesn't know how to compute that emotion and how to proceed from that step. He has rigid daily and weekly schedules, and Rosie is everything he is *not* looking for. In the end, however, she is perfect.
The story of a man who tries to learn all he can about romance and sex, "The Rosie Project" is a ...more

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Dec 17, 2013 Beth Given marked it as shelved

This book reminded me a LOT of what I've seen of the show "Big Bang Theory." Don, a super-smart professor with absolutely no understanding of social situations, uses a questionnaire to weed out faulty candidates for "the Wife Project" (i.e., finding a suitable woman to date and, ultimately, marry): smoking, vegetarianism, and arithmetic errors are all enough to be "deal-breakers" to Don, so why should he waste time dating people who don't measure up? I guess I have a similar "deal-breaker" crite ...more

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Aug 01, 2014 Linda rated it it was amazing

Shelves: book-group-reads

I fell in love with Don and Rosie! Such a cute, hilarious story! Can't wait for book 2 :) ...more

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May 16, 2014 Kimberly rated it it was ok · review of another edition

This got fantastic reviews but I had a difficult time liking the characters. After 100 pages I gave it up.

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Oct 07, 2016 Beth rated it really liked it

So, I didn't really care for this book the first 3/4 of the way through, but it was an easy read so I kept going. Then, I rather fell in love with it for the last part. It was a sweet story from a perspective that deserves to be told, and a cute, easy read to boot.
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