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Where Classic Gets Bitter

February 13, 2017 by Classic 2 Comments

I didn’t want to be too hard on this book, but sorry it worked my ever loving nerves. What started off as typical chick-lit turned into some hey we are all just the same Kumbaya circle thing that I just got tired of reading. The main character, Katie Brenner, should know enough at her age that no one’s life is perfect. I can’t get over she thought because people were rich that yes they must be happy and be just dancing in the fields singing. […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: chick lit, humor, My Not So Perfect Life, Sophie Kinsella, women's fiction

Classic's CBR9 Review No:55 · Genres: Romance · Tags: chick lit, humor, My Not So Perfect Life, Sophie Kinsella, women's fiction ·
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Beige Couple Has Sex

February 8, 2017 by Classic 2 Comments

This really was not that interesting. Too pretty people having hot sex though they initially loathed each other. I was bored from beginning to end when I was not disgusted by the character of Vaughn. Sidney Sinclair is an investment banker. After moving back to Chicago after finding out her fiancee was cheating on her, she is trying to dip her toe back into the dating pool. After a blah date at a coffee shop, she is asked out by a total stranger who lashes […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: chick lit, Contemporary Romance, FBI/US Attorney #5, It Happened One Wedding, Julie James

Classic's CBR9 Review No:48 · Genres: Romance · Tags: chick lit, Contemporary Romance, FBI/US Attorney #5, It Happened One Wedding, Julie James ·
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First book of the year

February 6, 2017 by caragwapa 2 Comments

This book is about wholesome American sweetheart tennis player turned warrior princess turned just plain herself Charlie Silver. After a serious injury sidelined her for a few months, Charlie decided that being seeded somewhere in the double digits was not enough. She wanted her grandslam win and would do anything to get it. Including hiring an asshole coach, revamping her image ang disappointing her Dad. So Charlie started living the glamorous life of a top seeded tennis player after her rebranding as a Warrior Princess. […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: caragwapa, cbr9, chick lit, Fiction, lauren weisberger, tennis

caragwapa's CBR9 Review No:1 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: caragwapa, cbr9, chick lit, Fiction, lauren weisberger, tennis ·
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The Title Isn’t That Great, but the Book Rocks

February 4, 2017 by Classic 2 Comments

Please note that I gave this book 4.5 stars but rounded it up to 5 stars here. This was a cute book. Unfortunately I read book #6 first, so I already knew that how this story would end up. I am still glad I read it though. The hero/heroine were great. Though I will say that James heroes all seem to be over 6 feet tall with dark hair. And the heroines always have long hair to their backs practically and wear it in a […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: chick lit, Contemporary Romance, FBI/US Attorney Book 4, Julie James, Love Irrestibly

Classic's CBR9 Review No:33 · Genres: Romance · Tags: chick lit, Contemporary Romance, FBI/US Attorney Book 4, Julie James, Love Irrestibly ·
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Very Hot Romance

February 3, 2017 by Classic 4 Comments

I liked this book. I think there were a couple of things that could have been improved upon (like Ford not being a jerk because a woman doesn’t want to go out with him) but overall liked this a lot. Hot and steamy romance scenes, with two very compelling leads. We had some interesting secondary characters, and a very nice ending showing our couple going forward. Our heroine in “Suddenly One Summer” is Victoria Slade. Victoria is a high profile divorce attorney (the US Attorney […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: chick lit, FBI/US Attorney #6, Julie James, romance, Suddenly One Summer

Classic's CBR9 Review No:31 · Genres: Uncategorized · Tags: chick lit, FBI/US Attorney #6, Julie James, romance, Suddenly One Summer ·
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Woman Keeps Shopping and is Surprised at Debt

January 25, 2017 by Classic 8 Comments

I am glad that I re-read this book, but feel disappointed overall with how the earlier books in the Shopaholic series no longer stand up. I think it’s because I have already read these books and the latest, that I just feel nothing but flat out annoyance towards Rebecca (Becky) and her hare-brained schemes to not pay her bills, to cover up when she’s in over her head, and somehow through sheer luck to get out of trouble. And then somehow is in the right […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: chick lit, romance, Shopaholic Takes Manhattan, Sophie Kinsella

Classic's CBR9 Review No:15 · Genres: Romance · Tags: chick lit, romance, Shopaholic Takes Manhattan, Sophie Kinsella ·
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