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Ladataan... Improper EnglishTekijä: Katie MacAlister
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Kirjaudu LibraryThingiin nähdäksesi, pidätkö tästä kirjasta vai et. Ei tämänhetkisiä Keskustelu-viestiketjuja tästä kirjasta. Improper English I Picked Up This Book Because: Random selection from my never ending TBR list, meant to read at night instead of the uber creepy book I was also reading. The Characters: Alexandria “Alix” Freemar: American in London to get a jump start on restarting her life as an author Alexander “Alex” Black: Detective Inspector “so many nicknames” of the Scotland Yard. He has the patience of a saint and I need to find a man just like him. Isabella, Karl, Daniel, Ray, Bert and other assorted neighbors and friends The Story: Alix is a study in living with all your emotions up front and ready to view. It’s rather endearing to me and Alex obviously finds this attractive. It never ceased to amuse me when their friends recognized the way Alix could pull out Alex’s emotions thus proving to be great partner for him. This book overall was fun with a small side of heartbreak. Katie has a way of writing stories that I look back on with joy. The Random Thoughts: 3 Stars Alex is insecure but determined to get what she wants - a published book. Alex is afraid of commitment but wildly attracted to her neighbor (also named Alex) who is interested in a serious relationship. There were some funny moments when Alexandra manages to get uptight Alexander to do something out of character - but I lost patience with Alex's hangups when she seemed to self sabotage over and over. Entertaining but nothing special. I loved this book. Katie MacAlister never disappoints me - realistic characters, smart funny lines, and good times. To give you a taste, here's a quote: after consulting the paracetamol package and deciding I didn't really need my kidneys as much as I needed to be able to blink without flinching, [I:] downed a couple more of the painkillers. That was followed by a half-hour's worth of yoga, most of which was spent in the Flattened Roadkill position---that's lying prone on the floor while breathing very, very carefully (moan as you inhale, groan as you exhale). 2.5 stars Fun, quick, laughable, a bit ridiculous, perhaps a nice beach read. I was held hostage by this unreliable, sarcastic, insecure, slightly crazy heroine. She dreams of being a writer but writes the most ridiculous story. It's so awful. She reads passages of it to everyone, everyone she meets on the street ! She is in England on her mothers dollar to realize her dream and prove to her mother she is 'something' (yes, she's that insecure) She moves into a apartment building filled with quirky, wonderful people who become important to her growth. One tenant becomes her focus for a romantic adventure. He is her opposite, secure, focused and conservative. They battle through the relationship, at times it becomes ridiculous with some of her comments and actions. I found this book had some very funny moments, some completely ridiculous actions, rude behavior, unbelievable romance, and yet had some great side characters. I hated how they all bent down to her rude, ridiculous behavior. I just didn't like her, couldn't cheer her on, and wished they would all just let her go. She was rude to her mother, her friends, to anyone. ei arvosteluja | lisää arvostelu
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American versus Englishman??will it be a war of wits, or a battle to find their hearts? Alix hasn't had much luck in her life, but a trip to London, a matchmaking landlady, and the handsome Scotland Yard detective living above her indicate her luck is about to change. Has she truly found her perfect man, or will the disasters that dog her steps destroy everything she's hoped for?Alexandra Freemar should be in heaven??she's just been handed everything she's ever wanted on a silver plate: a three month stay in London, the time to write the book of her heart, and the chance to finally prove to her mother that she's not the miserable failure her past indicates. Free-spirited, unconventional, and able to find the absurd in almost any situation, Alix finds that heaven isn't what it's cracked up to be when fate, in the form of a matchmaking landlady who promises to fix her up with her perfect soul mate, hands her the devilishly handsome man who lives upstairs. Her perfect man? Hardly! Her perfect man is not a workaholic, straight-laced detective inspector from Scotland Yard who wouldn't recognize fun if it bit him on his (extremely attractive) behind.Alexander Black is a man with a mission, and no one is going to distract him from that, not even the uninhibited, carefree American who personifies everything he dislikes in a woman: she belittles his devotion to work, insists on dragging him into the most unlikely of situations, exudes sexuality that makes his mouth go dry whenever he's near her, and teases him with a brashness that's utterly foreign to him. But underneath that sassy mouth and devil-may-care exterior, he senses a wounded woman who's calling out to him, and try as he might, he just can't refuse answ Kirjastojen kuvailuja ei löytynyt. |
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You either like Katie MacAlister's books or you don't. I do. I like her humor, her heroines, and the incredible supporting characters she comes up with. Her books are fun, light reads. ( )