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Lucy Parker At It Again

March 16, 2017 by faintingviolet 7 Comments

First, a note: read this in as few sittings as possible. Lucy Parker’s writing is best in long drinks not short sips. I should NOT have read this before bed over a series of nights, but I just didn’t want to read Grunt by Mary Roach, nor can I do audio before I sleep. Next: If you are a contemporary romance reader, or someone who wants to flirt with reading the genre run out right now and get your hands on this, its predecessor Act […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: Act Like It, Contemporary Romance, faintingviolet, Lucy Parker, Pretty Face

faintingviolet's CBR9 Review No:14 · Genres: Romance · Tags: Act Like It, Contemporary Romance, faintingviolet, Lucy Parker, Pretty Face ·
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We’re all so much alike, and yet so utterly different.

November 23, 2016 by ingres77 16 Comments

For the first 100 pages or so, this book was a literary Krispy Kreme doughnut: utterly devoid of nutritional value, but glazed in pure happiness. And then, like the best junk food, my joy immediately turned into regret, and my proverbial teeth felt like they were rotting out of my skull. Act Like It is about a man (Richard) and woman (Lainie) who star in stage production in London. He’s a celebrated actor (emphasis on the last syllable), she’s a budding young star. He’s a […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: Act Like It, acting, Lucy Parker, propinquity, theater

ingres77's CBR8 Review No:96 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: Act Like It, acting, Lucy Parker, propinquity, theater ·
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Cute, but not my fave.

October 31, 2016 by narfna 1 Comment

Everybody here has been losing their minds over this book since it came out, so I knew I would read it eventually because I am a sheep and do what I’m told. BaaaAAAaaaAAAAaaAaAA. ANYWAYS. This book was great. Nothing earth-shattering or revolutionary, just straight up cute romance featuring hate-to-love protagonists. My only real complaint about it is that it wasn’t long enough. I needed at LEAST fifty more pages of them being in that stage right before actually falling in love with each other. This book […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: Act Like It, contemporary, Lucy Parker, narfna, romance

narfna's CBR8 Review No:140 · Genres: Romance · Tags: Act Like It, contemporary, Lucy Parker, narfna, romance ·
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Please don’t kick me out…

October 20, 2016 by Lynn 7 Comments

So everyone loves this book. Everyone. It’s been all over CBR. And it popped up as $2.99 or something the other day on Amazon, so I downloaded it. And… I didn’t much care for it. Can I still be in CBR? I mean, it was okay. There were a few funny moments, and I laughed a few times, but I expected lots of snark and banter and wit and… I don’t know. It just didn’t blow my skirt up. Lainie is an actor in a […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: Act Like It, Lucy Parker, The Mama

Lynn's CBR8 Review No:50 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: Act Like It, Lucy Parker, The Mama ·
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Jumping on the bandwagon here.

September 12, 2016 by scootsa1000 1 Comment

Can I just write that I agree with everyone else, and that this is the new Act Like It? Or do I need to say more? How about, if you like (or think you might like) Contemporary Romance, that picking this one up is a no-brainer? This book is witty, filled with delicious and snarky conversation, admirably romantic, and just the right amount of steamy. I mean, jeez. This book makes a night spent sitting on a couch and holding hands while watching ER and eating […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: Act Like It, CBR8, Contemporary Romance, sally thorne, Scootsa1000, The Hating Game

scootsa1000's CBR8 Review No:44 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: Act Like It, CBR8, Contemporary Romance, sally thorne, Scootsa1000, The Hating Game ·
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“He did not smile back, and somehow I feel like he’s been carrying my smile around in his breast pocket ever since.”

September 4, 2016 by faintingviolet 2 Comments

Earlier in the year the Cannonball Read Romance readers loved Act Like It by Lucy Parker. Parker is new on the Romance scene, and delivered a high wire act of a Contemporary. I rated it at 4.5 stars, and I might end up rounding it up to a 5 eventually, since I probably like it just as much as When a Scot Ties the Knot. When Malin, baxlala, and Beth Ellen sang the praises of The Hating Game by Sally Thorne and compared it favorably […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: Act Like It, Contemporary Romance, faintingviolet, sally thorne, The Hating Game

faintingviolet's CBR8 Review No:57 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: Act Like It, Contemporary Romance, faintingviolet, sally thorne, The Hating Game ·
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