Journal Entry 1 by AkitaLover from Meriden, Connecticut USA on Monday, October 03, 2005

Received this in a book box, but I'm not into chick lit. I'm going to set this book free. 

Journal Entry 2 by AkitaLover at Middlesex Hospital Behavioral Health, 103 South Main St. in Middletown, Connecticut USA on Monday, October 03, 2005

Released 6 yrs ago (10/3/2005 UTC) at Middlesex Hospital Behavioral Health, 103 South Main St. in Middletown, Connecticut USA

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Journal Entry 3 by editorgrrl from New Haven, Connecticut USA on Tuesday, October 04, 2005

Fat mass-market paperback found on a bench outside:
Middlesex Hospital Behavioral Health
103 South Main St., Middletown
I followed these directions.

Formulaic (there are two guys that Lucy doesn't like at the beginning of the book, and you just know she'll end up with one of them), but I still couldn't put this book down. I read it all in one day, even though it's huge. Lucy & her friends are the kind of people I'd love to drink with after work.

From Publishers Weekly
Lucy Sullivan, the eponymous heroine of Irish writer Keyes's second offbeat romantic comedy to be published in the U.S. (after Watermelon), fancies herself simultaneously miserable and happy. A 26-year-old Londoner, Lucy is the kind of woman who thinks that any man who's decent to her must be Mr. Wrong. But when she visits a fortune-teller with a trio of mismatched friends, a marriage is predicted for the near future. When the fortune-teller's prophecies for the other three come true in peculiar ways, even disbelieving, boyfriendless Lucy begins to suspect that, somehow, wedding bells will ring for her. The identity of the lucky man will come as no surprise, though Lucy remains oblivious until the very end, but there are many eligible bachelors on the scene, among them Gus, Lucy's sexy but unreliable new lover; Daniel, her oldest friend; Chuck, a handsome American; and Adrian, the video shop man. The attendant mayhem includes drunken meals at ethnic restaurants, flamenco dancing accidents, blind dates gone wrong and many delicious confessions and revelations. As Lucy says, "I was still at that stage in my life when I thought that weekdays were for recovering from the weekend," but more often than not, her weekdays are as full of exhausting fun as her weekends. Surprisingly for a comic novel, the book also takes on the serious themes of clinical depression and alcoholism, handling both with sensitivity and humor. Throughout, the effervescent narrative is fueled by witty repartee; though its outcome may be predictable, its sentiments are heartfelt, and its progress is sprightly. Fans of Bridget Jones will be delighted. 

Journal Entry 4 by editorgrrl at Elevens, 140 Pleasant St. in Northampton, Massachusetts USA on Tuesday, October 04, 2005

Released 6 yrs ago (10/3/2005 UTC) at Elevens, 140 Pleasant St. in Northampton, Massachusetts USA

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On a big, empty shelf at:
The Elevens
140 Pleasant St., Northampton, Massachusetts
(413) 586-9155
http://elevensmusic.com

(I was there to see Mark Mulcahy. He's about to leave for a tour of the UK, so I thought it would be appropriate to release an Irish book. I found this book on my way to the show, and I've already read it.)

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