After reading and enjoying Amanda's Wedding, I wasn't sure how Talking to Addison would measure up. I was hoping for a fun, light novel, which I did get, but then there was a bonus -- Talking to Addison was HYSTERICAL! This book probably has the most real comedy in it that I've ever read. I don't think I've ever laughed so hard in my life. The timing was perfect! The characters were so fantastic and goofy. I loved every...
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I love British authors - and I thought I'd give this a whirl. I was not disappointed, although at times I was scared! This story has some darkness about it that I am not used to reading in brit chick books!! Nevertheless, it was hilarious and I was laughing out loud - and as I've said before, I LOVE when books make me do this!! If you like brit chick lit, you will like this book, but I would say it is not your "typical"...
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Much, much naughtier than my usual read, still TALKING TO ADDISON was a sublimely droll peek into the life of Holly Livingstone and Friends. The dialogue is quick paced, very British, sarcastic, witty and utterly coarse, lewd, vulgar and bawdy. An eccentric and highly amusing bit of farce that kept me laughing throughout. The reader will meet some bizarrely enchanting characters as well as learn when a kiss is NOT just...
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Jenny Colgan writes funny,funny stories. Let's get this straight - these aren't complex stories of love and redemption, with 550 pages of twists and turns. These are basically short, funny morality plays. I like how she tackles "nerdom" (or, anorak-dom, if you use the Brit term)and dares to make not one, but two, of the "romantic leads" out-and-out geeks (OK, good looking ones, and in the case of one of them, he can dance...
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I stumbled on this book during a trip to the UK last year. I've since loaned it to all my friends, and they have all given it rave reviews. I loaned it to literary friends, technogeek friends, and the reviews from them have all been great. The narrative has a wonderful cadence to it, with laugh out loud moments. It's sit-com style humor is reminiscent of Bridget Jones, but without the more irritating neurosis of Bridget. Talking...
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