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Can You Keep a Secret?, by Sophie Kinsella "Buddy Read" (Start date: June 11th)
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Great, CaroB! We have
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coming up. We might have to do this in June.
ok. first week in June is when we're moving, but should be ok for 2nd week on :-)
Second week is better for me too, CaroB.
Do you like your new digs?
Me to please, i'll order mine now, been meaning to get them anyway.
2nd week of June would be better for me as well, 1st week is VBS.
Great, great, Elishia & Susan!! So Monday, June 11th?
Ooh that's my birthday thats fine with me.
Oh, neat, Elishia! We'll have to have a party here, LOL!
Ooh! Another book birthday party! We started one of Psy-Changeling books on my birthday earlier this year :)Monday June 11 is great for me!
LOL! Super!
Lisa Kay wrote: "Oh, neat, Elishia! We'll have to have a party here, LOL!"lol think thats the only party i'll be having if I have my way, its my 30th but been having panic attacks for the last 2 years so have only just started going out again.
Susan (susayq) wrote: "Ooh! Another book birthday party! We started one of Psy-Changeling books on my birthday earlier this year :)Monday June 11 is great for me!"
I love that series but I've read them all to date so can't join in the buddy reads.
I keep dropping out of buddy reads. :-( My library books and netGalley books are to much time pressure! But I will try to join this one.
Glad you are out and about again, Elishia!
Great, Willa! Looking forward to your comments.
Lisa Kay wrote: "Glad you are out and about again, Elishia!"Thanks
Lisa Kay wrote: "Do you like your new digs?"Just saw that Lisa, sorry. I love where we'll be moving to! It's the move itself I'm not looking forward to, lol!
My hubby used to get them pretty bad as well Elishia. No fun at all :-( Good to hear things are changing for you!
Susan, what's VBS stand for?
Vacation Bible School :)
CaroB wrote: "My hubby used to get them pretty bad as well Elishia. No fun at all :-( Good to hear things are changing for you!"Thank you.
Ha! Elishia...I am still going through my mid-life crisis of turning 30 a year and a half ago. I'm almost 32 *sniff sniff*.
ha ha i'm not looking forward to it feel like I need to hurry and act more grown up now, keep getting asked all the time by my little cousins when i'm going to have children (the pressure lol)
This is one of my favorites! I might re-read it again (but I think I can keep up even if I don't - I might have read it ten times already). Can I join anyway?
Sure Susanne, we'll be glad to have you!
Great, Susanne! Welcome. I added you.
I will be in too! (Hopefully LOL). I just reserved the book @ my library, so hopefully it'll get here soon.
Great, Hayley! Welcome. I'll add you.
I think I am finally going to get to participate in a BR with ya'll ☺ I have never done a BR of this sort but I am going to give it a whirl. I just found out my library had it available and I put a hold on it so should be picking it up in the next day or two **YAY!!!!**
Yay! Great, Robin! Welcome to your first "buddy read."
Thanks☺ I am excited lol I have done BRs but not ones like this where we answer questions etc...I have been lurking in some of them and they look really fun. I just can't seem to get the books in time due to long hold lists at the library or something. So I am really looking forward to this one ☺
Picked up my copy today at the library ☺ Is it time to read yet LMAO Listen...do you hear it...**in it's Audrey II voice** "READ ME" ☺
LOL! Love that movie, Robin!
I love that movie too!!!!! It was the first thing I thought of when I typed "READ ME" LOLOLOLOL
I take it this one is still on for tomorrow. Do I just start reading and read as much as I can or do I read xx amount of chapters/pages? LOL I am ready ☺
Yes, as far as I know, it is still on, Robin. I'm downloading the CDs as I type. ☺ It is taking forever.
So do we read this as so many pages or chapters per day or do we just read till we are done?
Can you see the chapters, Robin? I've got this one CDs. How many chapters/pages a day do you want to read?
There's 26 chapters and a 1 1/2 page epilogue. My copy has 357 pages......OH SHOOT LK LMAO IDK...I am a newbie at this LOLOLOLOLOLETA: I am just trying to make sure I do this right and to make sure I know what the heck I am s'posed to be doing LOL
Jump in, Robin! The water is fine. ☺ So, I'm going to pick your brain for the chapter break-down. Do you want to do 50 or 75 pages a day? I'm doing another "buddy read" - so 50 is good for me. You? Is that too slow? I can do 75.
Can you look and see what chapter ends on or around 75 pages. Can you divide up the rest of the book?
Usually CaroB does this when I do the audiobook; however, she is in the middle of a big move. ☺
Chapter 5 starts on page 57 Chapter 6 starts on page 77. I have other books going on for other challenges too so 50 would be good for me too. I don't want to go too fast because I know everyone else has other reads etc going on too!!!
Okay, so then, is there a prologue?
I have a paperback copy just going to check if I have the same amount of pages as Robin.
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Can You Keep a Secret?, by Sophie Kinsella
With the same wicked humor, buoyant charm, and optimism that have made her Shopaholic novels beloved international bestsellers, Sophie Kinsella delivers a hilarious new novel and an unforgettable new character. Meet Emma Corrigan, a young woman with a huge heart, an irrepressible spirit, and a few little secrets:
Secrets from her mother:
I lost my virginity in the spare bedroom with Danny Nussbaum while Mum and Dad were downstairs watching Ben-Hur.
Sammy the goldfish in my parents’ kitchen is not the same goldfish that Mum gave me to look after when she and Dad were in Egypt.
Secrets from her boyfriend:
I weigh one hundred and twenty-eight pounds. Not one eighteen, like Connor thinks.
I’ve always thought Connor looks a bit like Ken. As in Barbie and Ken.
From her colleagues:
When Artemis really annoys me, I feed her plant orange juice. (Which is pretty much every day.) It was me who jammed the copier that time. In fact, all the times.
Secrets she wouldn’t share with anyone in the world:
My G-string is hurting me.
I have no idea what NATO stands for. Or even what it is.
Until she spills them all to a handsome stranger on a plane. At least, she thought he was a stranger.
But come Monday morning, Emma’s office is abuzz about the arrival of Jack Harper, the company’s elusive CEO. Suddenly Emma is face-to-face with the stranger from the plane, a man who knows every single humiliating detail about her. Things couldn’t possibly get worse—Until they do.
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We are planning a “buddy read” of this one. Looks like the start date is tentatively set for Monday, June 11th, PST.
Feel free to join in, answer questions, volunteer to do Discussion Questions, or just lurk. But EXPECT SPOILERS.
7 Day Chapter Breakdown - Not using?
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