Rating:  Summary: Boring! Save yourself the trouble! Review: This book is just a poor imitation of the Bridget Jones' Diary genre. I couldn't make it past the first fifty pages.
Rating:  Summary: A disappointment... Review: Before buying this book to read, I read the reviews on Amazon[.com] and thought the book looked promising. I was wrong! The book, while decent, is not good. Jackie Norris, our heroine-du-jour, is a 24 year old copyeditor who has just received the dreaded "Dear Jackie" breakup via email. A good start to the story, and easy to relate to. However, the story became so predictable as I read further that I began noticing all the gramatical errors in the book (can you believe they misspelled Phoenix as Pheonix) rather than becoming more involved in the story. The book is 281 pages and could have been told in 180. The author has Jackie rambling thoughts throughout the book that add nothing to the book and only leave Jackie looking as insecure and unsure of herself. I enjoyed the other characters in the book much more than I enjoyed the confusing Jackie. Overall opinion - A cute book I might have enjoyed while in high school, but as a 20-something myself found it mildly entertaining and entirely too wordy.
Rating:  Summary: Cute, Funny Review: I was interested in reading this book since the writer comes from Montreal, as do I, and I reside in Boston. It was very cute, pretty funny, I could relate to the type of humor Mlynowski uses. Definitely for a 20-something group. Congatulations to the author on her first book.
Rating:  Summary: Cracked me up Review: I read this book on a "sick day"- it was a very quick read. This book, taking place in my own city, was familiar to me and made me laugh out loud many times. Jackie and her friends reminded me of my own. Many of her insecurities and mistakes were all too familiar, but she was still able to wade through them to find what was best for her. It will be one of my favorite twenty-something-single-grrl books.
Rating:  Summary: An easy read, but not that great... Review: This book was added to my fluff reading list, and it wasn't that great. The main character is a neurotic twenty-something bent on having a boyfriend. And you guessed it... she works in journalism as an editor. She isn't entirely happy with her career, so much of her life revolves around finding a boyfriend. The book does have some humorous moments, but it just wasn't captivating. Interestingly enough, the plot was set in Boston instead of England like some of the other books in this genre for young professional single women.
Rating:  Summary: Jackie isn't Bridget and thank you, Sarah! Review: Oh, please, spare me the quickly written review of any novel involving a single woman since the publication of Bridget's adventures in boyland. Not all single women are named Bridget and not all tales can be measured against one experience. I'm single and I don't tire of reading about the diverse trials and tribulations of what we women encounter; how we mend from dating disasters; how our friends rally to our aid, which is a constant because there is the pre-dating the guy advice, the during the dating advice and the break-up advice. Jackie is part of our lives' rich tapestries and her adventures are lush, humorous and oh-so-familiar because they aren't about Bridget they are about us! Must read and a quick cloud lifter--you'll laugh too often to feel that dink of dating depression.
Rating:  Summary: Good book Review: Not the best book in the world, but still good and I would recommend reading it.
Rating:  Summary: Milkrun is adorable! Review: This book is a big favorite of mine. So far it is in the top of it's class compared to all of the other "life at twenty-something" books out there. REALLY funny!
Rating:  Summary: The most boooring book of its kind Review: If you loved our dear Bridget jones. If you adored shopaholic's adventures. If you enjoyed reading Jane Green, Isabel Wolf and the likes, please, refrain from purchasing/reading/coming near this book. It's boring, and the female character pretends she'd clever and she's not(and the irony is, she works as a book editor!!!!!She should have edited her own life then). What a waste of my precious time, I took this horrible thing to my holidays and can't say it ruined them but close. It's just very sad when you're stuck with a bad book. Anyway, you've been warned.
Rating:  Summary: Funniest Book I Have Ever Read Review: Bar none, this book is hilarious. I have never laughed out loud while reading a book like I did with Milkrun. The trials and tribulations of the singles/dating scene are exposed in this very funny book. The book is a quick read, so if you need a good laugh, pick it up.
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