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Just Jorie

Robin Alexander

Start date: November 1, 2013

Finish date: November 30, 2013

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Jul 07, 2016 Luce rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: family, romance, humor, re-read-again-and-again, 2016-favorites, 2016-read, 5-stars

This was a re-read - this time the audio version. It was only $1.99 because I had the kindle version so I thought what the heck. I was considering reducing the stars from 5 to 4 because i enjoyed other Alexander books much more. After the re-read I decided it deserves the 5 stars. It's LOL funny, as many of her books are, the MCs are very likable as are the secondary - well except the ones that are intentionally not likable. I loved how the relationship developed and how they worked through prob ...more

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Oct 27, 2019 Angie rated it it was ok

Shelves: lgbtq, toaster-oven-or-coming-out, sapphic-romance, ebooks, queer-ladies

Looks like I'm in the minority on this one, but Robin Alexander's cooky old ladies really missed the mark in this novel, and they basically ruined the entire reading experience. I know that's her thing--these zany old women (or previous-gen characters--I don't think they're always women), but it gets tired really quickly. And the problem is the romance in this is really lovely, but if my great aunt called me a "little shit" and a "slut" I wouldn't be hanging around with my family or believing an ...more

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Jun 28, 2016 Cheri rated it really liked it

Shelves: romance, audio, humor, lgbtq

I really liked this book. The humor was fantastic.

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While this isn't my favorite of the author's books that I've read (that goes to Scaredy Cat) I do like this one a lot. I liked it even more the second time around.

My second read is the audio version. The narrator did a good job for the most part. I wish there had been a bit more of a difference between the voices for the main characters and that Tina didn't sound so, I don't know, harsh all the time.

I probably would have gone 3.5 ...more

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Sep 21, 2017 Cab rated it really liked it

This one took me awhile to get into. I finally put it down and read a couple other things in-between. Then a few days ago I picked the book back up and I'm glad I did. At the 50% mark I was fully involved and enjoying the story. Not my favorite but definitely worth the read. ...more

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Mar 29, 2024 Aaron rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

This was damn funny! Sweet, yes. Just the right amount of tension in the story, yes. A number of people either doing the wrong things or trying to convince the main to do the wrong things, yes. But always funny; I laughed out loud more than once.

Jorie and Lena were wonderful leads, especially as Lena worked through what she couldn’t be, okay possibly could be, okay definitely was feeling (but surely it’s one-sided! They both say to themselves…). Jorie’s family was hilarious, from the no-filter s ...more

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