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Summary: Bugger
Review: Being former Singleton & big fan of Bridget Jones' Diary (book & movie...oooh, Mr. Darcy!), I bought this "Guide to Life" hoping for another gem. Humph. The best section is entitled "The Art of Conversation" & it covers about 2 pages. Is mostly gobble-de-gook & lame B&W pictures of getting mold off cheese & how to order pizza. (what Singleton doesn't already have these down pat?)
Good thing about book: Hurrah, is only 55 pages & will be over soon!
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Summary: Humph.
Review: Being former Singleton & big fan of Bridget Jones' Diary (book & movie...oooh, Mr. Darcy!), I bought this "Guide to Life" hoping for another gem. Humph. The best section is entitled "The Art of Conversation" & it covers about 2 pages. Is mostly gobble-de-gook & lame B&W pictures of getting mold off cheese & how to order pizza. (what Singleton doesn't already have these down pat?)
Good thing about book: Hurrah, is only 55 pages & will be over soon!
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Summary: Bugger
Review: DO NOT BE FOOLED. Those of Bridget fans waiting for the next installment. . . this isn't it, nor is it a springboard for what is to come. It won't tide you over to the next book. It is silly. A waste of paper and effort (v.b). Honestly. Love Bridget. Love Helen. D.N. love this book.
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Summary: A quick Jones fix.
Review: Don't be fooled! This is not a sequel to The Edge of Reason. It's just a self help book but since this is Bridget Jones it's hardly serious. I liked this book. It was very amusing for the 10 minutes it took to read through it. Unfortunately, a lot of the book just rehashes what happened in the other two books. There is some new material however. I especially enjoyed the instructional photographs. My favorite part of the book is the section on the game "Shag, marry or push off a cliff," which I've become addicted to playing. This book is a must read for Bridget Jones fans but it's not really worth buying.
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Summary: Hakuna Matata and other deep thoughts
Review: For months now I have seen a book with these luscious lips on it called: Bridget Jones's Diary and quite frankly never picked it up to look at it. Then, the other day, I did pick up a very thin little book called: bridget jones's guide to life. Quite frankly, I have never stood in a grocery store and laughed so much in all my life! Yes, I did not like the swearing (it is supposed to be funny, not insulting) or some of the morals, but there are some pretty funny things in this book that would even horrify Martha Stewart on Halloween. It is my happy privilege to admit I am a "Smug Married," keep up with my "Urban Family," and know the meaning of "Karma." All listed in the "Useful Words and Phrases for Practical Living section. What really made me laugh out loud is the section on page 4 called: To Create a Pleasingly Ordered Bedroom. This tiny book contains "Helen Fieldings" thoughts on The Fragrant Home, Cooking (or Cuisine), Accounting (very short chapter to say the least), Social and Sexual Etiquette, The Road to Healing Your Life, Inner Poise, How to Lose Weight and Feng Shui. With a certain sense of dry humor and hillarity, she explains how to put a loaf of bread in your oven so as to pretend to be baking bread. She also doesn't believe in being a slave to the tyranny of the recipe and I had a great laugh when I saw what she did to Terrine of Venison with Juniper and Pistachio Nuts. The Spirituality section had me taking out the highlighter so I could remember to use the word Hakuna Matata and re-read something about people being streams. I mean, that section of the book was actually quite thoughtful. 2/3 of the book is really funny. I do not advise this as a guide to life, but more as a way to spend only $5 for a good laugh.
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Summary: Ummm.....kinda disappointed
Review: I love Bridget Jones, and I do feel a sense of loyalty to her. However, this "Guide" was dumb- it was basically a re-hash of the highlights in the 2 "Bridget" novels. If you've never read the books, this "guide" might give you just the taste of Bridget you need to get motivated to read the books. If, however, you are a devoted Bridget fan, this book will be useless to you. Bridget gives us the finer points on ordering a pizza, along with photos, just in case the written instructions were confusing. She gives us advice on cooking a lavish dinner for guests (Hello??? Didn't we already chew this in the first novel- ala Bridget's birthday bash?!?). And, Bridget gets to play pseudo-psychiatrist with Jude, Shazzer, her Mum and her Dad- each "session" spans merely 2 paragraphs a piece and ends with Bridget and her "client" getting sloshed on Chardonnay. Yeah, okay- isn't that what she and her mates do about 5 out of 7 nights of the week? In all fairness, I wasn't exactly sure what I expected when I got this "guide", but I know I expected more than a rehash of the 2 best-selling novels. It seems to me that Fielding wants to cash in while the "Bridget Jones" movie is out, thereby striking while the iron is hot. That's fine- just please, Helen, don't recycle old Bridget material. We're hoping for something new! I did, however, give this 2 stars because I chuckled in exactly 3 places, and because I love Bridget and the joy she's brought me and my friends. But, this book isn't worth going ga-ga over.
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Summary: At Least I could help less fourtunate people
Review: I love the other Bridged's diaries, but this one.... I could just finish it at a book store. Not much significant. But it's okay. I still feel good to own this one since the part of the money goes to the less fortunate people.
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Summary: At Least I could help less fourtunate people
Review: I love the other Bridged's diaries, but this one.... I could just finish it at a book store. Not much significant. But it's okay. I still feel good to own this one since the part of the money goes to the less fortunate people.
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Summary: The profits went to charity.....
Review: In her review Stacey Mchugh said she was disappointed with this book and thought helen fielding was cashing in on the phenonema. In all fairness this book was released to coincide with Comic Relief which is a charity event which is very popular and well supported here in britain. J.k rowling also released two small books for this cause. You can hardly expect another whole novel can you? These are meant as a fun way to help contribute to a charity which helps people affected by poverty in the UK and africa.
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Summary: I agree....not that great!
Review: In response to the reviewer who slammed Stacey McHugh's review, I have to say...C'mon! Yes- it's great that Fielding pitched in and contributed something to Comic Relief- it's more than a lot of people do to help the hungry. However- are we expected to give this ho-hum book 5 stars merely based on the fact that $1.00 of each book sold goes to charity? Hardly! The 2 Harry Potter schoolbooks released by Rowling were companion guides that made her novels even more interesting. "Bridget Jones' Guide to Life" is exactly what Stacey McHugh said- a rehash of old Bridget material that we're already aware of. And no, dear Kent, U.K. reader, we don't expect a whole new Bridget book. But, we had hoped for more than what was produced. And there's simply nothing wrong with that.
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