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Summary: Very Enjoyable
Review: In "Milkrun," Jackie, a copy editor, suddenly found herself single when her boyfriend Jeremy left for Thailand to "find himself" and was started dating someone else. Jackie decided to hit the bar scenes with her friend Natalie and her roommate, Sam. Jackie wanted to prove that she was still desirable and began flirting with guys she met. She met many "potential" guys who turned out to be losers. At the same time, Sam broke up with her long-time boyfriend Marc who had problems in long term commitment. Sam, with the help of Jackie managed to get over her break up, and started hanging out in the bars too. This is the second book of Sarah Mlynowski that I read. I really like her style of writing. "Milkrun" is extremely funny, quirky and very well written. Mlynowski concentrates greatly on friendship, especially during times of need such as break ups, etc. The author understood the plight of the twenty-somethings and I think this is one of the better women literature out there. In addition, this book is well-balanced with a dose of everything; work, romance, and friendship. I highly recommend this book and Mlynowski's second book, "Fishbowl."
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Summary: Finding Yourself Lost
Review: Jackie Norris, the main character, is so likeable--I wanted to call her up and commiserate with her by page 20! What is this nonsense about finding oneself? She doesn't seem to get 'it' either. If you're lost, how do you know when you've finally been found? It is so much fun to peek into the mind of this character, I couldn't put this book down! She's witty, wry and confused--all ingredients for a fantastic read about her dating days. You'll be in stitches, seriously! There aren't a lot of complex issues, or unbelievable events, but this book was a fabulous read--truly one of my favorites by the halfway point. I found myself reading parts out loud to my friends and when I stopped, they asked for more. You won't be able to NOT like Jackie Norris-her voice is so easy to relate to and enjoy. Overall, this was an awesome book that flowed really well. My only complaint was that the ending left me wanting...more, I suppose! That's probably also a positive thing about the book. I won't miss any future books by Sarah Mlynowski. I was absolutely sad that it was over, but now I can start reading "Fishbowl". This book comes highly recommended.
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Summary: Good get over the ex boyfriend reading material
Review: I especially like her list for "How to Recover from a breakup" pg. 22, my friends and I cracked up over it.
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Summary: fun read!
Review: Milkrun had everything I like about a chick-lit book. I liked the heroine, Jackie, who's twentysomething and trying to find herself a guy in Boston (she's been jilted by her longtime college honey). I liked the jokes, with something wry and slightly self-mocking on almost every page. And, since I'm a guy, I liked the guy-reading-Cosmo-magazine espionage aspect of the novel, which is written from Jackie's very interior perspective (we know what she's thinking and why). E.g., now I know I'm supposed to insist on paying if I'm taking appealingly zany, unkempt, screwball comediennes out on dates. Or something.... I guess Milkrun probably isn't revolutionary. Every character who's under thirty is smoking hot, be they male or female. And although this worked for me, a lot of the book consists of not much more than a collection of scenes: Jackie at work in a romance novel publishing house, Jackie at a hilariously sent-up pick-up bar called Orgasm, Jackie taking Tae-Kwon-Do, Jackie getting her navel pierced. But funny scenes and a cool main character make for a fine novel in my view. And since the book just came out in mass market, the price is really, really right.
Rating: 
Summary: Mediocre at best
Review: I bought this book after reading the many rave reviews on here about it. As a fan of the Bridget Jones type of genre, I thought the premise for this story sounded cute and like a quick, fun read. It was neither of these things. I found it very difficult to identify with the main character or to care about what happened to her. Halfway through the book, I started rooting for the boyfriend who had dumped her. Near the end, I was hoping that any nice guy would steer clear of her. And speaking of the ending, I won't give anything away here except to say that the book ended very abruptly in my opinion with no satisfying resolution. I was very disappointed in the whole story. One final thing I found highly annoying were the numerous mistakes throughout the book - misspellings, words wrongly used, etc. (for example, "he motioned for her to sit on the coach [instead of couch]). The publisher needs to get some decent proofreaders. This is one of the most disappointing books I have read in this genre. For anyone looking for some great ones, I highly recommend the Bridget Jones books (both the original and the sequel) and also the excellent books by Sophie Kinsella (Confessions of a Shopaholic and Shopaholic Takes Manhattan).
Rating: 
Summary: Immature, incongruent
Review: Within 2 chapters I had to wonder if the author had ever even visited Boston. Why bother setting the novel here? The first glaring evidence of this was the name of the "bar" the protagonists visits on Newbury Street. Would NEVER happen. Boston is nothing if not stuffy & conservative.
My eyes also started glazing over at the thought of these groups of "working adults" going into bars and simply downing shots. I began to suspect the author - who had never clamped eyes on my city - was also 19 years old and holed up in a dorm someplace in Iowa.
Poorly written, not interesting, bad single-gal literature. They'll give anyone a novel these days...
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Summary: HILARIOUS!
Review: "Milkrun" wasn't my first encounter with the chick lit genre, but it was definately the best. Personally, I prefer this over Bridget Jones, which I found completely boring and hard to read. I picked up this book after not being able to continue with "Love: A User's Guide," and I'm glad that this was the alternate I came up with. Being in my 20s myself, it is so easy to relate to. And I love the author's style of writing. It's extremely easy to read and kept me entertained to the end. Sure, Jackie wasn't deep or exactly how I'd want to end up in another 5 years or so, but she was great to read about. The stream of consciousness writing was what I found interesting and made me laugh out loud, (ie. Jackie's encounters w/ Sex-God-Lorenzo). It's pretty predictable, but really sweet. The ending was fine, but could have been fleshed out a bit more. All in all, a great summer read. I finished it in 2 days while lying on the beach.
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Summary: Immature, incongruent
Review: Within 2 chapters I had to wonder if the author had ever even visited Boston. Why bother setting the novel here? The first glaring evidence of this was the name of the "bar" the protagonists visits on Newbury Street. Would NEVER happen. Boston is nothing if not stuffy & conservative.
My eyes also started glazing over at the thought of these groups of "working adults" going into bars and simply downing shots. I began to suspect the author - who had never clamped eyes on my city - was also 19 years old and holed up in a dorm someplace in Iowa.
Poorly written, not interesting, bad single-gal literature. They'll give anyone a novel these days...
Rating:
Summary: Good read
Review: Jackie is working at Cupid but still did not meet with Fabio. She is heartbroken but still funny. I liked her roomate Sam too.
Easy and fun to read. I recommend it.
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Summary: Is this for real?
Review: You know what the book's about, so I will simply tell you my reaction to it: Can girls really be like Jackie and still find the perfect guy?? If so, I will abandon all my rules and philosophies to dating, and be my real (and neurotic) self. It worked for Jackie!
She dates countless men after being brutally left by her boyfriend of three years, Jeremy. He is the classic [male-prostitute], when Jackie actually has to count the number of condoms left in the box to decipher how many girls Jeremy has slept with. She does this because he is just that incredibly sketchy (...).
I have one objection to this novel; what happened to Timmy? Timmy you will learn is one of the many men that Jackie dated, but deemed not boyfriend material due to his bad sex skills. What a pitty, he was sensitive, sweet and hot... an unlikely combination.
The ending of this book was an extremely pleasant surprise. It is happy, but not in the way you would imagine. I won't give it away, but I will say that it will make you want to know what's up with Jackie after her vacation...
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