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Read this twice just before I joined the Navy (2003 to 2007). It gave me some high expectations of the type of military personnel I might be able to meet. Thing was is that I did meet some special ops members but they were more human than how Mark made them (superhero in my eyes).
A good Spy vs. Spy book. Almost felt realistic. So I don't know if it's a little non-fiction with some fiction. Could be that way. Either way, it was a good suspense.
I have read this twice 10 years ago. After I re-read it, I gave it to a friend. I was in the Navy at the time and it was during a deployment, so he appreciated the hand-me-down book. He also ended up liking the book too.
I have read this twice 10 years ago. After I re-read it, I gave it to a friend. I was in the Navy at the time and it was during a deployment, so he appreciated the hand-me-down book. He also ended up liking the book too.
2013.
This romance Brit lit. is cute, funny at times and sexy. I've read this book numerous times that I've lost count. It's a light and quick read. I enjoy the characters a lot - mostly Nick. Libby is someone that I can see myself being friends with.
Libby Mason is a 27 y.o. looking for her Mr. Right. Only problem is that her idea man isn't so easy to find. She has very high expectations for Mr. Right. She wants someone wealthy to sweep her out of her small flat apartment. She expects the man to pay when taking her out on dates. And thinks that his friends would be the same fun good natured friends she has; thus allowing her to feel comfortable around them.
So it's no wonder that Nick feels inadequate. A struggling writer with a VERY small apartment (a one room bedsit) and is living '"on the dole" (unemployment checks). He can't afford to always pay for their dates and his friends are blue-collar, left-wing friends. So because of this she feels having just a no strings attached relationship while she waits for Mr. Right is great. Otherwise Nick's financial flaws, he's really great. He makes her laugh, great in bed and her friends and brother love him. But Nick thinks she deserves better so ends their fling - blaming it on his commitment-phobia.
She then meets this rich financier Ed McMahon. He's older than Libby and more "sophisticated." He's a little snobby and thinks her friends aren't so grand. Ed and his friends makes Libby's self-esteem decrease. And he's not a great lover in bed. But hey, so what? He's rich. Right? He can buy her a 1,500 pound wardrobe. Hesays he'll still love her if she's fat. (This might have been said jokingly after he bought an insane amount of food for her because he doesn't know what she likes. Nike does.).
So despite all his flaws, she agrees to marrying Ed. Being engaged isn't what she'd hoped for (no surprise there), especially considering Libby doesn't love Ed and still has feelings for Nick.
Of course the end of this is predictable. But Libby does change and grow at the end. She learns from her mistakes of wanting a man to give her a rich sophisticated life and high expectations of the Mr. Right.
Mr. Maybe is by far the best Green book. This is a favorite Brit lit romance. Jemima J is good but I only read it once.
This romance Brit lit. is cute, funny at times and sexy. I've read this book numerous times that I've lost count. It's a light and quick read. I enjoy the characters a lot - mostly Nick. Libby is someone that I can see myself being friends with.
Libby Mason is a 27 y.o. looking for her Mr. Right. Only problem is that her idea man isn't so easy to find. She has very high expectations for Mr. Right. She wants someone wealthy to sweep her out of her small flat apartment. She expects the man to pay when taking her out on dates. And thinks that his friends would be the same fun good natured friends she has; thus allowing her to feel comfortable around them.
So it's no wonder that Nick feels inadequate. A struggling writer with a VERY small apartment (a one room bedsit) and is living '"on the dole" (unemployment checks). He can't afford to always pay for their dates and his friends are blue-collar, left-wing friends. So because of this she feels having just a no strings attached relationship while she waits for Mr. Right is great. Otherwise Nick's financial flaws, he's really great. He makes her laugh, great in bed and her friends and brother love him. But Nick thinks she deserves better so ends their fling - blaming it on his commitment-phobia.
She then meets this rich financier Ed McMahon. He's older than Libby and more "sophisticated." He's a little snobby and thinks her friends aren't so grand. Ed and his friends makes Libby's self-esteem decrease. And he's not a great lover in bed. But hey, so what? He's rich. Right? He can buy her a 1,500 pound wardrobe. Hesays he'll still love her if she's fat. (This might have been said jokingly after he bought an insane amount of food for her because he doesn't know what she likes. Nike does.).
So despite all his flaws, she agrees to marrying Ed. Being engaged isn't what she'd hoped for (no surprise there), especially considering Libby doesn't love Ed and still has feelings for Nick.
Of course the end of this is predictable. But Libby does change and grow at the end. She learns from her mistakes of wanting a man to give her a rich sophisticated life and high expectations of the Mr. Right.
Mr. Maybe is by far the best Green book. This is a favorite Brit lit romance. Jemima J is good but I only read it once.
✔ The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams 5★♥
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Book 2
(Audio read by Martin Freeman)
(Library audio) (hardcover/kindle own)
This book was as good as the first book in the series. The "philosophy" and stuff that the Hitchhiker's Guide Book has to say about the universe is good. I especially liked the few paragraphs about a drink - gin and tonic.
"It is a curious fact, and one to which no one knows quite how much importance to attach, that something like 85 percent of all known worlds in the Galaxy, be they primitive or highly advanced, have invented a drink called jynnan tonnyx, or gee-N-N-T'N-ix, or jinond-o-nicks, or any of a thousand or more variations on the same phonetic theme. The drinks themselves are not the same, and vary between the Sivolvian "chinanto/mnigs" which is ordinary water served at slightly above room temperature, and the Gagrakackan "tzjin-anthony-ks" which kills cows at a hundred paces; and in fact the one common factor between all of them, beyond that fact that the names sound the same, is that they were all invented and named before the worlds concerned made contact with any other worlds.”
The story is good and now I'm even more curious as to what the "Ultimate Question" is to the "Ultimate Answer of life and everything" being 42. So I look forward to reading more. Surprises me that I'm liking this because thus is my first "space travel" books that I've read.
I have the first audiobook with Stephen Fry and I really enjoyed it more than the book. It's a bummer that he only did the first book. But Martin Freeman still did a good job with the second book. And I will try the audiobook with Martin in the third book while reading along.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Book 2
(Audio read by Martin Freeman)
(Library audio) (hardcover/kindle own)
This book was as good as the first book in the series. The "philosophy" and stuff that the Hitchhiker's Guide Book has to say about the universe is good. I especially liked the few paragraphs about a drink - gin and tonic.
"It is a curious fact, and one to which no one knows quite how much importance to attach, that something like 85 percent of all known worlds in the Galaxy, be they primitive or highly advanced, have invented a drink called jynnan tonnyx, or gee-N-N-T'N-ix, or jinond-o-nicks, or any of a thousand or more variations on the same phonetic theme. The drinks themselves are not the same, and vary between the Sivolvian "chinanto/mnigs" which is ordinary water served at slightly above room temperature, and the Gagrakackan "tzjin-anthony-ks" which kills cows at a hundred paces; and in fact the one common factor between all of them, beyond that fact that the names sound the same, is that they were all invented and named before the worlds concerned made contact with any other worlds.”
The story is good and now I'm even more curious as to what the "Ultimate Question" is to the "Ultimate Answer of life and everything" being 42. So I look forward to reading more. Surprises me that I'm liking this because thus is my first "space travel" books that I've read.
I have the first audiobook with Stephen Fry and I really enjoyed it more than the book. It's a bummer that he only did the first book. But Martin Freeman still did a good job with the second book. And I will try the audiobook with Martin in the third book while reading along.