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Summary: Great & fast summer read
Review: I really enjoyed reading this mystery/romance. This is my first Jane Heller book to read and I enjoyed it so much, I am now in the middle of Female Intelligence. I think that we have always fantasized about what it would be like to live like a "celebrity" and this book lets you sneak a peek into the world and realize that the grass may not always be greener on the other side. There were many LMAO moments & a definite page turner!
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Summary: Good for a quick read to kill time waiting at the doctors
Review: This story is more or less cliche with the expected plots, I have found little "depth" to this book: little ugly duckling find prince-charming. After trying to fight crime with her beau, she regain her self-esteem and find herself not so 'ordinary' afterall. However, I do enjoy the writer's sense of humour. Her "poignant" descriptions with American culture stereotyping makes it easy for readers to visual her writings. The book is targeted for the lazy readers and with little room for one's imagination (supposingly the juicy enjoyment of reading). Read this book when you are bored to death and would want anything that does not require much attention to kill time with.
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Summary: The Name of the Game
Review: is purely fun. In this "over-the-top" spoof on what's in a name, the nursery school teacher finds a lot about being the wrong Nancy Stern. And that there is more than glamour and excitement to life. Charming, implausible, witty, sexy, and it is like the characters have a politically correct filter over everything they say and do, fun meets up with honesty and the results are predictable in a totally off the wall sort of way. A delightfully irreverent beach read, Jane Heller really packs a lot in the dialogue of her characters.
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Summary: Cute....
Review: This story was very cute and fun but a little predictable. Nancy Stern begins receiving invitations, flowers and phone calls that are far too exciting and glamorous to be for her, when she realizes that another Nancy Stern has moved into the building. She finds it funny then annoying and finally one day takes a phone call from a man for the other Nancy Stern and goes on a date with him. Pretending to be the more glamorous Nancy Stern was fun, but she soon begins to fall for the guy and she must tell him who she really is. More incidences of mistaken identity pull her into the middle of a murder, a jewel theft investigation and she realizes that the man she has been dating has also been dishonest about who he really is. This is a fast, light read - very cute!
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Summary: Good Idea But Poorly Written
Review: I was really dissapointed with this book. When I finished the book I put it down and just shook my head. The idea behind the story was good and had a lot of potential but the author did not deliver. Most of the story was contrived and there were far too many happy coincidences. The author asked you to beleive far too much without questioning motive. I found myself saying "why didnt he just tell her that???" or "what could have possibly prompted her to do that?". The characters were very thin and didnt really change much by the end of the book. There was far too much time spent on unimportant characters and sub-plot lines and not enough on the characters and storyline that was the focus of the book to begin with. The main conflict was not even brought into the mix until the middle of the book! In some of the best mystery/crime books I have ready you know exactly why you are reading the book by the second chapter. By the end of the book I was bored and found it distressing that after the mystery was solved and everthing was all A-OK there were still a few chapters left to talk about the heroine's daily life again. But the thing that bugged me the most was that after all was said an done with they just tell you who the major domo of the crime group was and there was NO reason to suspect him. It was just cassually thrown in there like a "oh and by the way, guess who was incharge of this whole thing... isnt that amazing. who whould have thunk it?" So, I give this book a really big thumbs down. I found much more pleasure in the Janet Evanovich series.
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Summary: Who said teaching Pre-School wasn't exciting?
Review: Nancy Stern is a pre-school teacher who thinks she has no life. She goes to work, spending everyday with 4 year olds and coming home to an empty apartment. Her only excitement is on weekends when she reads a good book or spends time with her best friend and co-worker, Janice. Until one day, Nancy begins to receive invitations to prestigious social events, gifts and phone calls from important people. What is going on? These can't be for ordinary pre-school teacher Nancy Stern! "Name Dropping" mixes the every day life of a pre-school teacher with the suspense of an Agatha Christie novel. Just when you think that the novel is going to wrap up the story, a twist happens and Nancy is off on another adventure in her new, exciting world. A place that contains a woman with the same name as her living in her building and a new boyfriend that seems to be bringing some excitement and stability into her life. This is a book I couldn't put down and couldn't wait to read the next chapter to find out what happened. Jane Heller's "Name Dropping" takes you on a ride that you won't forget.
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Summary: Great Start! kind of loss me on the Finish though
Review: Well I loved this book from the beginning it seemed like I was in for a Terrific Read and then it started to (in my impression) take up unnessecary pages. I can't spoil it for some readers but it does get to a point where you don't understand why "Bill" is being so evasive and then you all of sudden get the excuse for it and it is like watching a bad Soap Opera, I could have called that one a mile away. I just wish that some time they (authors, directors) would throw a twist at you that you didn't see coming but makes Perfect, Credible sense. Overall it was a Fast read and I would recommend it to others especially if you are looking for a nice "light, quick and funny" read.
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Summary: Easy and predictable
Review: Very easy read. If you want something that will only take you about four hours to get through then this is the book for you. It's kinda predictable, but still well written.
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Summary: Summer reading at it's finest
Review: Is there anyone as witty and brave as Nancy Stern? The teacher Nancy, I mean. The other one is a snot. Our heroine, Nancy Stern, is a pre-school teacher for rich kids. She's bored with her uneventful, but rewarding life, when another Nancy Stern moves into her apartment building. This other Nancy has a glamorous life as a celebrity interviewer. The mix-ups begin and suddenly Teacher Nancy starts receiving phone calls, mail and flowers meant for Glamorous Nancy. The fun begins when Teacher Nancy pretends to be Glamorous Nancy on a blind date. The intrigue begins when Glamorous Nancy is murdered by thugs who ransack her house. No spoilers here, but nothing is as it appears in this book. The plot sounds unrealistic but it works under Jane Heller's deft touch. A light murder mystery, a sweet romance and enough plot twist to make you re-read several passages. This book is worth reading just for the dialogue.
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Summary: I Had Hoped for Better
Review: This book was billed as being a good read for people who like Susan Isaacas. Not even close. I found this book to be both slow and obvious, not intriguing in the least. I finished it to find out "whodunnit" and was exteremely disappointed in how that was revealed. Jane Heller took a fundamentally good idea for a story and wrote it very poorly.
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