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Summary: See Jane Date, and Date, and Date...
Review: See Jane Date by Melissa Senate was the first or second book in the Red Dress Ink series that I read. I remember how excited I was to discover this new imprint from Harlequin. See Jane Date has actually remained one of my favorites from the series to this day, nearly 3 years later!
Meet Jane, a 20-something-year-old gal living, dating and working in Manhattan. Having been single for a while after her last boyfriend dumped her unceremoniously, Jane is in a slight pickle: she had to find a date for her cousin's wedding, since everyone in her family was under the impression that she had a boyfriend. With both parents dead, it was understandable that Jane felt a lot of pressure in her family.
After a few disastrous (but fun to read!) dates, Jane thinks she may have found the perfect man. After a few amazing dates with a doctor who suddenly stops calling though, she realizes she may be back to square one. At the same time her job has become very stressful. She is forced to edit a memoir from childhood nemesis Natasha (fondly referred to as "the Gnat" out of earshot by Jane and her friends). At the same time she is trying to placate her Aunt Ina and various cousins that everything is fine in her life.
And then everything begins to crumble, and Jane begins to discover surprising new things about herself, Natasha, and her family. Will Jane begin to keep all the balls in the air that she is juggling, or will things turn into a disaster? Find out by getting yourself a copy of this funny yet surprisingly touching book.
I absolutely loved See Jane Date. I feel Melissa Senate captured the angst that accompanies pleasing your family and trying to meet a decent and eligible man in the city. Jane as a character is funny, endearing and about as realistically flawed as you can get. I found myself really moved near the end of the book as a matter of fact, and not many books do that to me.
Definitely a 10/10 star read, I highly recommend See Jane Date to any woman who has found herself on a date from hell, is having family and/or and work issues, is trying to better herself, or just looking for a great read with both laughs and substance. This is definitely a chick lit book not to be missed!
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Summary: goal in life -- a date?
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Although I enjoyed this novel a lot, I had some trouble understanding why Jane was always fretting over dates. She was an interesting, well-rounded character as far as chick lit goes, and the story had a lot of depth that kept me interested. But Jane definitely had a self-confidence problem, and I got sick of hearing her want a date. Enjoy life! A boyfriend isn't the gold at the end of the rainbow.
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Summary: Chick Lit at its best!
Review: There wasn't anything out of the ordinary about it but THAT'S what I liked! The heroine was REAL and I LIKED her. She had the everyday problems that most single women go through and she was easy to identify with. She also had an interesting job at Posh and her relationship with her friend/foe "The Gnat" held my interest as well. I found myself curious about what would happen at her blind dates and was rooting for one to work out!I'd recommend this book. It's a nice story. Also, I really liked the ending, which doesn't happen too often.
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Summary: Swift Read -- And Survival Tool!
Review: Sometimes you're just in the mood for fluff. "See Jane Date" is a quick, fun jaunt with another city-girl tripping into the gutter of dating, and a handy companion for a day at the beach. Maybe it was because I was alone, or maybe it was my lilting laughter carrying on the wind, but "See Jane Date" seemed to make me quite approachable. Unfortunately, it first attracted the daybreak set of hairy, transplanted - (that is, both the foreign-import and hair-plug variety) - beach studs who were insistent on making conversation over that ever original, "Hey mermaid, watcha readin'?" pickup-line. Just as Jane was about to go off on some smug bridesmaid banshees, I found her quite useful in pummeling Vlady's meat hook as he attempted to pick stray lint from my navel. When Claudio interrupted Jane's anti-cheapskate rant with an offer to comb my hair with a seashell, it worked as a nice shovel to fling sand into his eyes. By the end of the book, "See Jane Date" did land me with one of my own. Content and smiling with the haze of romantic possibility, I rescued a surfer with an irrational fear of seagulls by tossing my finished book into the air like a crouton to intercept the gull's nosedive for his Quizno's meatlover hoagie. We shared his pickles, and I recommended my book to Suzy, who was feigning a nap during the second sweep of "Jogging-Speedo-Man." Overall, "See Jane Date" is a must-read for any beach babe.
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