- Mass Market Paperback: 352 pages
- Publisher: Red Dress Ink; 1st mmpb edition (Sep 1 2003)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0373250355
- ISBN-13: 978-0373250356
- Product Dimensions: 16.8 x 10.7 x 2.5 cm
- Shipping Weight: 141 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (147 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,266,386 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From Publishers Weekly
For readers who have not yet tired of the Bridget Jones genre, this entertaining debut represents it with both humor and substance. Twenty-five-year-old Jackie Norris lives in Boston and has been on her own since receiving a breakup e-mail from her boyfriend, Jeremy, who traveled to Thailand to "find himself." Adhering to the first of her five steps of breakup recovery, Jackie slips on a new pair of knee-high black leather boots and jumps back into the dating scene. The men she encounters are, much to the dismay of any female reader, utterly recognizable: the hunk with groping hands, the sensitive poet who can't afford to move out of his ex-girlfriend's apartment and the guy whose sexual performance is practically over before it begins ("Four minutes is a music video. Four minutes should not be sex"). But in spite of it all, Jackie maintains a refreshing level of optimism. Mlynowski is acutely aware of the plight of the 20-something single woman she offers funny dialogue and several slices of reality, including a chapter of e-mails sent by Jackie's circle of friends as they attempt to decipher the male psyche. Any woman who's ever been bored by an unfulfilling job (Jackie copyedits romance novels), jealous of a roommate who has it all together (Jackie's roommate has a full-time boyfriend and regularly cleans her bathroom) or thoroughly perplexed by boy-speak will find something to enjoy here. Mlynowski may not be able to provide all the solutions, but she certainly makes the problems fun.
Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
--This text refers to the Paperback edition.From Booklist
Jackie Norris' jaw drops when she gets an e-mail from her boyfriend, Jeremy, telling her that he's seeing someone else in Thailand, where he has gone to "find himself." A harried 24-year-old copyeditor at a romance publisher, Jackie decides to be proactive and speed up the process of getting over Jeremy by dating other men. But the men she meets are disappointing: a handsome stud she went to high school with is both rude and a lousy kisser, and it turns out that the good-looking intellectual is still living with his girlfriend. Meanwhile, Jackie's roommate, Sam, separates from her longtime boyfriend and goes from being a devoted girlfriend to single girl extraordinaire, making Jackie envious. The only good guy in Jackie's life seems to be Jeremy's friend Andrew, but just as Jackie starts to fall for him, Jeremy reenters her life. Though at times annoyingly neurotic, Jackie is a likable heroine, and twentysomething singles will relate to her frustrating search for love in a big city. Kristine Huntley
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Good Time,
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This review is from: Milkrun (Paperback)
This is the second book I've read from this author and once again, an enjoyable time. It was a fast read and quite interesting. The author does have a tendency of repeating things and over explaining, but either way, I enjoyed it quite the same.
1.0 out of 5 stars
Not very hip or hilarious,
By A Customer
This review is from: Milkrun (Paperback)
I picked this up hoping that it would be a good read...but it wasn't. The writer dumbs down her audience with explanations for EVERYTHING....(we know what you are talking about). And she repeats everything. The character is very immature and annoying.I am 24 and of average maturity for my age....this character was more like a just-out-of-high-school-18. I did finish it however, hoping there was some great ending...but nope, just a predictable one which i would've expected. I wouldn't waste my time reading this, there's far better "hip-chick lit" out there.
5.0 out of 5 stars
my favorite book ever,
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This review is from: Milkrun (Paperback)
i read this book right after i'd recently had issues with my own now ex-boyfriend, and i was shocked at how much i could relate. milkrun was probably the first chick lit book i ever read, and it has definitely been the best so far; i have continued to read all of sarah mlynowski's other books, which were also very good, but milkrun is still by far my favorite.
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