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Summary: I'll tell you wierd!!
Review: I always knew I was slightly odd but then I read and identified with Anna K and wow I'm freakishly wierd. I thank Pamela Ribon for writing such a wonderful book. I got me inspired to write which I don't think I'm any good at but I've gotten complements. I'm nowhere as good as Pamela nor will I ever be. This book is great. I loved it from the momet I started reading it and I couldn't put it down. I don't think I sleep till I finished it.( finished in 2 days) It was great. Again Everyone needs to read this not only women but men too.
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Summary: Living up to expectations
Review: I have been reading Pamie.com for 4 years now, so I was a little apprehensive about reading this book. I worried that a lot of it would be reprints or modified versions of stories I already knew. I didn't expect to be on a plane to Ireland, giggling like a freak while reading as fast as I could so I could get to the next page to giggle some more. My boyfriend kept looking over at me, enjoying watching me enjoy myself so much. I kept interrupting whatever he was reading to say, "Ok, just read this one section, then I won't bother you any more." But of course I kept bothering him, cause there were so many funny parts. It's just a funny, smart, moving, sad and altogether wonderful first novel. I can't wait for #2.
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Summary: Could not put it down!
Review: There I was at 3:30 in the morning knowing I should be asleep, and yet I kept saying to myself "one more page". I loved this book! You end up feeling Anna K is your best friend. I started rooting for her relationship with LDobbler, I got angry at Tess (and I called her lots of names out-loud while reading), and I had to keep from crying through all the sections about her dad. (they make you realize how much your own dad means to you) Its a book that touches you.I've been reading pamie.com for a while, and am happy to say that I thought the book was outstanding. Buy it, you won't be sorry.
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Summary: A truly hilarious beach read
Review: This book is not going to change the world, and it is not by any means perfect. It was, however, interesting enough to keep me up far past my bedtime to finish it, and funny enough that trying to suppress my laughter succeeded in waking up my boyfriend, sleeping beside me. It is a rare thing, I find, that I book will genuinely make me laugh out loud, and if for no other reason, I recommend this book.
The plot is hackneyed by this point in the development of chick lit, featuring Girl Who Cannot Get Over Ex-Boyfriend Who Has Moved On And Is Clearly Wrong For Her Anyway, along with another reliable trope, Mysterious Internet Stranger Who Just Might Be The One, and for good measure: The Big Lie That May Get In The Way Of True Happiness. But most of us are not reading these books for original plotting. We are reading these for escapism, which this provides nicely.
The writing is excellent - the author's comic background shows clearly in the perfect timing of the jokes. The characters range from charming to dull, but I found none of them offensive. And as I mentioned, it can be laugh-out-loud funny, which is a great pleasure. I completely recommend this book to round out your summer reading.
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Summary: I don't understand why everyone liked this book...
Review: As a writer of novels and journals alike, I can immediatly point out Ribon's big mistake. She wasn't writing a novel here, she was writing a background story to go around the showcase of her favorite journal entries! She didn't seems to be writing the story for the sake of Anna, but for the sake of showing off her own journal and funniness. The actual story here is weak, just a casing for the journal entries, which Ribon clearly wrote her story around so that they would fit into the "plot". I didn't appriciate her assuming her readers would be fooled into seeing this as a novel, and you know what? It wasn't even that funny, guys! The humor was low brow and tacky. So, that's my opinion.
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Summary: The next wave of novels - blog chick lit.
Review: An early entrant to the blogging world, and now an early entrant to the world of semi-autobiographical rehash. Sure, we've all written blog entries that we feel are so clever that they deserve a greater audience. It just felt weird paying for something I had read already for free. As I read the book, sometimes I felt that the book was being written so fast that details were left out. At times the book would be so specific, then it wouldn't. It left me feeling like movies where there are only got two hours to tell the story so we can enter "suspension of belief" land. That being said, it was an engaging read, and didn't disappoint. The scene in the bar where a man tells her what he wants to do to her is one of the single greatest "wish that was me" moments I've read. I had say, "Wow" on that one.
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Summary: Best chic lit I've read all summer!
Review: Every summer, my guilty pleasure is to stock up on these single girl/chic lit sort of books to read while sitting on the beach. This summer was no exception. This book has quickly surpassed any other chic lit I've read so far this year. The character of Anna is somebody I felt I could really relate with. The development she goes through is incredible. You laughed with her, you cried with her, your heart broke with her. Anna grows by the end of the book. She has learned from her experiences and from her mistakes and is a better character because of it. If you have ever kept an online journal (guilty), or read somebody else's (again, guilty), you will enjoy this story. Anna puts up some stories on a website for a friend. When she discovers that she has unsolicited fans, she feels the need to add more daily stories. She elaborates on stories, making it sound like relationships that have been over for quite some time are currently intact. Her web of lies she has spun in her online life eventually begins to effect her real life. Anna suffers terrible loss, learns how to let go, learns how to care about others, and all in all, grows significantly as a person. She is so likeable and so real that you just can't help but to root for her. Go figure - good writing in reading that I purchased expecting no redeeming qualities whatsoever. Great book for the beach!
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Summary: MAKES ME WANT TO MEET THE WRITER
Review: I could not wait to get home from work to finish this book! It made me laugh from page 1... the barbie entry! If you do not find that first entry in this book hysterical, or do not relate to it then stop reading. This book is not for you. I connected with the main character Anna K like an old and dear friend. It is very apparent that the author put her heart and soul into this book and it shines because of it. I have read just about every single girl in her 20's book there is and this one rises above the rest. It still had the much of the same formula but not so much that it will blend in with the hundreds of others I have read over the years. This one will stand out and will be handed down to my group of girlfriends who like to read until it is torn and dog earred. I loved the book, I loved the characters. I even cried once at the end when Anna K tells her sister she missed dad... and I am not even Premenstral. GET THIS BOOK.
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Summary: I had so much fun with this book!
Review: Pamela Ribon is my new best friend. Well, not really. But reading the book was the most fun I've had in a while (it's hard to have fun when you get your wisdom teeth out). She writes with a bite, but a bite on the funny bone. She is so funny! I found myself laughing out loud in these huge caws, I must have sounded like a crow. Buy it, read it, and laugh your you know what off. review by live-diary .com
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Summary: laugh out loud funny
Review: I picked up this book in a train station when I was just killing time. I read the first entry and laughed out loud. The entire hour and a half on the train was spent reading this book. Some of it was hilarious other parts made me want to cry. Once I finished reading I needed more which is how I found the author's on-line journal @ pamie.com. I definitely recommend it!
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