My Best Friends Girl
9 journalers for this copy...
Journal Entry 1 by retromonkey from Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire United Kingdom on Friday, March 16, 2007
Synopsis
What would you do for the friend who broke your heart? Best friends Kamryn Matika and Adele Brannon thought nothing could come between them - until Adele did the unthinkable and slept with Kamryn's fiance, Nate. Worse still, she got pregnant and had his child. When Kamryn discovered the truth about their betrayal she vowed never to see any of them again. Two years later, Kamryn receives a letter from Adele asking her to visit her in hospital. Adele is dying and begs Kamryn to adopt her daughter, Tegan. With a great job and a hectic social life, the last thing Kamryn needs is a five year old to disrupt things. Especially not one who reminds her of Nate. But with no one else to take care of Tegan and Adele fading fast, does she have any other choice? So begins a difficult journey that leads Kamryn towards forgiveness, love, responsibility and, ultimately, a better understanding of herself.
What would you do for the friend who broke your heart? Best friends Kamryn Matika and Adele Brannon thought nothing could come between them - until Adele did the unthinkable and slept with Kamryn's fiance, Nate. Worse still, she got pregnant and had his child. When Kamryn discovered the truth about their betrayal she vowed never to see any of them again. Two years later, Kamryn receives a letter from Adele asking her to visit her in hospital. Adele is dying and begs Kamryn to adopt her daughter, Tegan. With a great job and a hectic social life, the last thing Kamryn needs is a five year old to disrupt things. Especially not one who reminds her of Nate. But with no one else to take care of Tegan and Adele fading fast, does she have any other choice? So begins a difficult journey that leads Kamryn towards forgiveness, love, responsibility and, ultimately, a better understanding of herself.
Journal Entry 2 by retromonkey at Cafe in the Woods OBCZ in Wendover, Buckinghamshire United Kingdom on Friday, March 16, 2007
Released 17 yrs ago (3/17/2007 UTC) at Cafe in the Woods OBCZ in Wendover, Buckinghamshire United Kingdom
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Taking to the meet up.
Taking to the meet up.
Picked up at this afternoon's meet of bookcrossers in Wendover Woods.
Adele Parks' comments say she was laughing and crying from page one. I was smirking throughout the book and finally welled up at page 403 and actually did shed a couple of tears!!
Thanks to retromonkey for sharing this, I'm going to offer it out on a ring as I think it should be recommended for reading by more.
Members currently on the ring are:
Kera -> read
Fushmush -> read
Alectoness -> read
Scotsbookie -> read
Ladkyis -> here
NikolaCarter23
Thanks to retromonkey for sharing this, I'm going to offer it out on a ring as I think it should be recommended for reading by more.
Members currently on the ring are:
Kera -> read
Fushmush -> read
Alectoness -> read
Scotsbookie -> read
Ladkyis -> here
NikolaCarter23
Journal Entry 5 by beckydore at Controlled Release in -- Controlled Release, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- United Kingdom on Wednesday, April 4, 2007
Released 17 yrs ago (4/4/2007 UTC) at Controlled Release in -- Controlled Release, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- United Kingdom
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Going to Kera.
Going to Kera.
The book arrived today and what perfect timing as I have just finished a book :) Will read this ASAP and send it on, thanks for letting me take part in this ring!
Have now finished this book - what a heart-wrenching story! I think this book was written beautifully, and you really connect with the characters.
Will be posting this book off at the end of the week.
Thanks for letting me take part in this ring
Will be posting this book off at the end of the week.
Thanks for letting me take part in this ring
Received today. It's next on my TBR pile. Thanks for sharing :D
aah, good chicklit... a very rare thing. I really enjoyed this! I devoured it in a couple of days because I was keen to see how it ended. (I must admit I couldn't stand the suspense. I read the end when I was only three-quarters of the way through the novel. I have no will power!)
It was all a bit melodramatic though. The novel had it all... adultery, terminal illness, child abuse, broken families. So many broken relationships in one group of people.
I know Alectoness IRL so maybe I'll just pass it on next time I see her. (Yay for new friends. Isn't BookCrossing wonderful!)
It was all a bit melodramatic though. The novel had it all... adultery, terminal illness, child abuse, broken families. So many broken relationships in one group of people.
I know Alectoness IRL so maybe I'll just pass it on next time I see her. (Yay for new friends. Isn't BookCrossing wonderful!)
Picked this up from fushmush tonight, prior to the screening of "Bridge to Terabithia" (thanks for bringing it along... I just notice now that it has the ingredients for a pasta dish on a post-it note stuck to the front - let me know if you want these, and I'll transcribe them to an email!)
I've got one other bookring book to read before I start on this, but I should get to it very soon.
I've got one other bookring book to read before I start on this, but I should get to it very soon.
While this was an easy read and while it did make me laugh and cry, I have to agree with fushmush about it being a bit melodramatic in parts. I just felt so sorry for all the characters, that so many bad things had happened to pretty much all of them.
I've got scotsbookie's address, so this will be in the mail later today.
I've got scotsbookie's address, so this will be in the mail later today.
Arrived safely with me today, thank you alectoness. #1 on Mount TBR
Sometimes a bit of good chiclit is what you want & this is it. As has been mentioned it's a tad melodramatic at times, if anything can happen to the characters it will!
Thank you beckydore for the chance to read the book. I've PM'd you re the next reader as there is no one of that name on the database.
Thank you beckydore for the chance to read the book. I've PM'd you re the next reader as there is no one of that name on the database.
received as part of a bookring
Journal Entry 15 by Ladkyis at Controlled Release in -- Controlled Release, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- United Kingdom on Sunday, June 24, 2007
Released 16 yrs ago (6/26/2007 UTC) at Controlled Release in -- Controlled Release, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- United Kingdom
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I am so glad I decided to join the bookring for this book. I don't usually enjoy this kind of novel but for some reason I had to keep on reading. The narrator made me want to slap her occasionally but that just shows that the writing was believable. I did find the precociousness of the little girl a bit far fetched but that didn't detract from the pace of the story or the story itself. I know I haven't given much detail about the story and that is deliberate. Read this book if you like fiction with a romantic theme that isn't pale pink and wishy-washy.
I am so glad I decided to join the bookring for this book. I don't usually enjoy this kind of novel but for some reason I had to keep on reading. The narrator made me want to slap her occasionally but that just shows that the writing was believable. I did find the precociousness of the little girl a bit far fetched but that didn't detract from the pace of the story or the story itself. I know I haven't given much detail about the story and that is deliberate. Read this book if you like fiction with a romantic theme that isn't pale pink and wishy-washy.
i received this book this morning
thank you for sending it to me i have it on my to be read pile which is going down quite fast as i am reading quite alot at the moment
thank you and i look forward to reading it
CAUGHT IN WARWICK WARWICKSHIRE UK
thank you for sending it to me i have it on my to be read pile which is going down quite fast as i am reading quite alot at the moment
thank you and i look forward to reading it
CAUGHT IN WARWICK WARWICKSHIRE UK
Journal Entry 17 by nikolacarter23 from Warwick, Warwickshire United Kingdom on Thursday, June 28, 2007
sorry the annonymous finder16 is me i wasn't signed in
so sorry but i am looking forward to reading the book
so sorry but i am looking forward to reading the book
Journal Entry 18 by nikolacarter23 from Warwick, Warwickshire United Kingdom on Monday, July 16, 2007
This book is fustrating from the first papragraph yes you do get sucked into the story but only because of the little girl. You find out by chapter 10 that the woman who is telling the story is black ok yep thats fine i dont mind but all i got coming through the whole story was its difficult for me to get a job because i'm black, its gonna be difficult for me to adopt a child because i'm black. Then to add insult to injury all the narrator seems to think about is which man in her life she wants to sleep with next which would so not happen if you had a small child you would be more worried what was gonna hurt your child in the long run
very frustrated with this book and its see through plot, i wanted to shake the narrator to shake all the soppyness and sap that she seemed to want to write about.
Not my kind of book and worse than CHICK LIT
very frustrated with this book and its see through plot, i wanted to shake the narrator to shake all the soppyness and sap that she seemed to want to write about.
Not my kind of book and worse than CHICK LIT
