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Anna and the French Kiss (Anna and the French Kiss, #1)

Stephanie Perkins

Start date: July 1, 2012

Finish date: August 1, 2012

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Jun 11, 2012 Booknut 101 rated it it was amazing

Shelves: can-t-get-enough-of, down-to-earth-stories, favorites, books-i-love-dearly, forever-re-read, romance, british-references

Labelling this book: BEST BOOK I HAVE EVER READ AND WILL EVER READ. I got this bubbly, slightly-teary feeling that I associate with awesome chick-flicks whilst reading this book. It literally had everything - humour, romance, the magic of Paris, school shenanigans, heartbreak, friendship, culture problems (like ordering soup instead of bread and grapes - oh, and that oui (yes) is spelt o-u-i and not w-e-e!) and of course sorting out the muddled, tangled feelings of a quirky film-and-disinfectant Labelling this book: BEST BOOK I HAVE EVER READ AND WILL EVER READ. I got this bubbly, slightly-teary feeling that I associate with awesome chick-flicks whilst reading this book. It literally had everything - humour, romance, the magic of Paris, school shenanigans, heartbreak, friendship, culture problems (like ordering soup instead of bread and grapes - oh, and that oui (yes) is spelt o-u-i and not w-e-e!) and of course sorting out the muddled, tangled feelings of a quirky film-and-disinfectant-crazed girl named Anna.

Anna's dad is kinda like a cheesy version of Nicholas Sparks - a writer of books to do with three things. 1.) Soppy romance, 2.) Heartbreak and 3.) Cancer or heart disease. He decides to send her away from Alabama and to the City of Love - to France - to the School of America in Paris (SOAP).

Needless to say, Anna is horrified.

She is horrid at languages, scared of being alone and a clean freak on top of it all. But when she meet Etienne St Clair (a British-American-French masterpiece :D) Anna's French-catastrohpy starts to sunny up.

Touring the beautiful sights, nibbling on croissants, downing many cups of coffee and sneaking into movie theatres as well as laughing a whole lot, Anna finally feels like something is turning out right in her messed-up life. But it will take a lot more than a wish made on a star to help Anna keep close to her what matters most. Can she balance her family, her friends and her confusing relationship with St Clair? And will she ever get her kiss in the most romantic city in the world?

A real treat of a book that will have you laughing hard at the cute friendship between Anna (Banana) and St Clair, crying when Anna's heart breaks and feeling full of happiness in those moments where she feels that sense of belonging in her loveable group of mix-mashed friends. France and Stephanie Perkin's story-writing magic will have you caught and in awe of this tantalising tale of a girl named Anna who attend the French non-magical equivalent of Hogwarts and found herself a Darcy! ...more

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Jun 27, 2012 Pang Clearing Series, Will Come Back!! xD rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: favorite-match-made-in-heaven, i-wish-this-happen-real-to-me, sweet-beta-hero, f-a-v-o-r-i-t-e-romance, secretly-in-love, friends-to-lovers, friendship-i-impressed, my-book-best-friend, young-adult, supportive-couple

Giddy! Giddy! I’m giddy! Bwaahahaaa..
Étienne St. Clair… Je t'aime…

This book is dreamy and AMAZING!

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*sigh* I’m dreaming up toward the romantic city.
with a cute, cute boy by my side..

English accent.. French kiss.. *cheeks blush*

Étienne.. is dreamy and adorable and Anna.. is awesome. This book made me smile. Made me laugh. Made me shy. Made me hurt. Made me almost cry…

This book made me happy and giddy!

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It was like my dream that I want to study abroad and meet cute guy. Oops. xD Just a little dream w ...more

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Jan 04, 2013 Diana rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: romance, favorites, contemporary, i-own, perfect-boys, in-love-with-writing-style, fav-authors

Neverím!
Túto knihu som si dlho odkladala, pretože som mala menší strach, že sa mi nebude páčiť. Aj napriek pozitívnym recenziám.
A tak jeden deň, keď ma kamoška nechala na 5 minút samú, som sa pozrela do mojej knižnice a povedala som si: ,, Hmm. Prečítam si aspoň stranu. Nech viem, na čo sa pripraviť. ´´ Nakoniec som prečítala celú prvú kapitolu. Keď kamoška odišla, ku knihe som sa automaticky vrátila a nedokázala som sa od nej odtrhnúť!! :) Mala som sa učiť, mala som robiť aj iné povinnosti, a ...more

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Oct 12, 2012 Kami rated it really liked it

Shelves: 2012, favorites

I really enjoyed this read. The main character I found very relate-able and I found myself routing for her. I loved the personalities of all the characters and i was very happy with the ending. I would definitely recommend this book to my friends. I believe this book is suitable for most ages. I intend to read more from this author. She did a wonderful job. I also loved that this book takes place in Paris, I took 2 years of french and i loved hearing about her struggle with the language.

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Sep 30, 2012 Bonny Bon Bon rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: romance, loved, favourites, reviewed

Although I don't usually find short guys attractive whether they're in real life or in a book I loved Etienne and his name. I really hope someone picks this and turns it into a movie soon. ...more

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