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Summary: Add This One To Your Collection
Review: After reading Ms. Crusie's latest books, I've made it my business to search out her earlier books, and I'm glad that I've done so. I've found some gems, of which this is one. This time the twist on the romantic theme is that it involves a 40 year old woman and a 30 year old man.Nina used to be the perfect corporate executive's wife, but after 15 years she realized that she wasn't happy, got divorced and began to finally live her own life. Alex is her downstairs neighbor, an emergency room doctor, and a serial dater. However, once he meets her, his life plans change and he sets out trying to find a way to convince her that she belongs in his life. Add to this mix Alex' brother Max (a gynecologist), Nina's friend Charity (who's about to write a book on her 12-man string of failed romances), and Fred (a part manic-depressive stray dog who's got a severe Oreo jones) and there are more than enough opportunities for the humorous scenes that Ms. Crusie does so well. Nina and Alex are obviously a couple who are meant for each other, but before true love can triumph each must overcome their own personal obstacles - Nina's problem with dating someone so much younger, and Alex' family pressures and mistaken goals. But the story doesn't bog down with angst, and everything is leavened with humor. And, I was especially glad to see Nina's 40 year old self taking center stage, rather than being relegated to being a secondary character. It's so refreshing to read a romance that doesn't contain a dewy twenty-something <grin>. This is a fun book, and it's worth searching out and buying.
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Summary: Add This One To Your Collection
Review: After reading Ms. Crusie's latest books, I've made it my business to search out her earlier books, and I'm glad that I've done so. I've found some gems, of which this is one. This time the twist on the romantic theme is that it involves a 40 year old woman and a 30 year old man. Nina used to be the perfect corporate executive's wife, but after 15 years she realized that she wasn't happy, got divorced and began to finally live her own life. Alex is her downstairs neighbor, an emergency room doctor, and a serial dater. However, once he meets her, his life plans change and he sets out trying to find a way to convince her that she belongs in his life. Add to this mix Alex' brother Max (a gynecologist), Nina's friend Charity (who's about to write a book on her 12-man string of failed romances), and Fred (a part manic-depressive stray dog who's got a severe Oreo jones) and there are more than enough opportunities for the humorous scenes that Ms. Crusie does so well. Nina and Alex are obviously a couple who are meant for each other, but before true love can triumph each must overcome their own personal obstacles - Nina's problem with dating someone so much younger, and Alex' family pressures and mistaken goals. But the story doesn't bog down with angst, and everything is leavened with humor. And, I was especially glad to see Nina's 40 year old self taking center stage, rather than being relegated to being a secondary character. It's so refreshing to read a romance that doesn't contain a dewy twenty-something <grin>. This is a fun book, and it's worth searching out and buying.
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Summary: A Library Journal Best Book of 1996
Review: ANYONE BUT YOU was chosen by the Library Journal as one of the five best romance novels of 1996, the only category novel so honored
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Summary: Crusie does it again! Wickedly funny!
Review: As always, Jenny Crusie is hilarious on the subject of modern romance, and as always, her humor has a sharp point on it. Nina--newly divorced, newly forty, and newly aware of just exactly how much her body has changed since the last time she had a date--meets the worst possible kind of man: the younger kind. If you haven't read anything by this wickedly funny author, you might as well order her entire backlist now and save on the shipping
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Summary: Wonderfully witty
Review: Have you ever been given dirty looks by elderly folks because you were laughing hysterically while reading a book at the county fair? No? Then you haven't read "Anyone But You"... Beyond funny, this wonderfully witty novel by the supreme Jennifer Crusie is one of her best. The unconventional love story of Nina and Alex is accented by a excellent cast of supporting characters. The most notable of these is the incorrigible Fred, who lives up to the standard set by his predecessor, Bob, the dog from one of Crusie's previous works, "What The Lady Wants".Perhaps a bit more 'adult' than her other novels, I would heartily recommend it to anyone that enjoys their romance stories with a large dose of side-splitting laughter. One warning: Do not eat potato chips while reading this book! I nearly choked to death halfway though Chapter 2...
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Summary: Wonderfully witty
Review: Have you ever been given dirty looks by elderly folks because you were laughing hysterically while reading a book at the county fair? No? Then you haven't read "Anyone But You"... Beyond funny, this wonderfully witty novel by the supreme Jennifer Crusie is one of her best. The unconventional love story of Nina and Alex is accented by a excellent cast of supporting characters. The most notable of these is the incorrigible Fred, who lives up to the standard set by his predecessor, Bob, the dog from one of Crusie's previous works, "What The Lady Wants".
Perhaps a bit more 'adult' than her other novels, I would heartily recommend it to anyone that enjoys their romance stories with a large dose of side-splitting laughter. One warning: Do not eat potato chips while reading this book! I nearly choked to death halfway though Chapter 2...
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Summary: I'm now a member of the Jennifer Crusie Fan Club!
Review: I laughed so hard while reading this book, I had people edging away from me on the bus. Nina, newly 40 and freshly divorced, adopts a basset hound, the very unperky Fred. Then she meets her sexy, younger neighbor and sparks fly. This is probably one of the most witty, enjoyable romances I've ever read. Highly recommended!
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Summary: Hmm...
Review: I wonder if Jennifer Cruise owns a dog and if that particular dog have somehow changed her life. In Anyone But You, a dog changed her life by bringing in a man. By the way in her other book, Crazy For You, a dog also changed the main character's life. Anywayz this dog called Fred brings Nina a 10-years-younger-than-her blonde cutie. He's her neighbor downstairs, in the second floor and she's on the third floor. It's funny because of the issues they go through but they're a cute couple. Especially since they were brought together by a dog called Fred.
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Summary: Hmm...
Review: I wonder if Jennifer Cruise owns a dog and if that particular dog have somehow changed her life. In Anyone But You, a dog changed her life by bringing in a man. By the way in her other book, Crazy For You, a dog also changed the main character's life. Anywayz this dog called Fred brings Nina a 10-years-younger-than-her blonde cutie. He's her neighbor downstairs, in the second floor and she's on the third floor. It's funny because of the issues they go through but they're a cute couple. Especially since they were brought together by a dog called Fred.
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Summary: My favorite Crusie
Review: It's the story of recent divorcee Nina who gets a dog to cheer up her life, and then meets her studly neighbor Alex. Now, he's thirty and she's forty, and she thinks he's just a boy toy, but he's a doctor, and a sweet one at that. I'd heard a lot about JC and she did not disappoint.
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