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Summary: Way Too Far-Fetched
Review: I realized that this book is fiction, however, even tales that aren't true have to have a grain of believability, and this book just didn't have it. Nobody is in that many right places at the right time, with such an abundance of well-informed, clever, useful "friends." The characters were so unrealistic and the book so ridiculous that I could barely finish it. Not to mention there were some serious problems with the author's timeline (Who, exactly, in 1987 drank Starbuck's coffee?). I suggest saving your time, and money, and letting this book pass you by.
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Summary: Ladies with options
Review: I really enjoyed this book. It is fast and easy reading and really makes you wonder about the stock market...
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Summary: Very light reading, I was skimming by the end
Review: I started out liking this book. But it wore thin towards the end. The chapters are short, a page and a half, and each is some event, that is resolved there and never mentioned again. Such topics as unemployment, homosexuality and domestic abuse are give a few paragraphs. I also felt that the author made the Metodist Ladies act in ways that it hasn't been my exerience that religious people would behave, especially older women.
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Summary: New Friends
Review: I stumbled across Ladies With Options while browsing for an audio book to listen to while communting to work. This book is an absolute delight. In fact, the book is so engaging that there were times when I'd reached the office and sat in the parking garage listening rather than interupt a point in the story! When the book was finished I felt like I was missing old friends. Can't wait to see the movie version and eagerly await Ladies With Prospects.
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Summary: A HILARIOUS PAGETURNER!
Review: I took this book on a business trip with me and could barely stand to put it down when I needed to! So I carried it around with me in my briefcase and read at every opportunity.....in restaurants, at gas stations, etc. This was a truly great read...entertaining, not too serious. The author did a great job of storytelling by making the story flow into itself...it just kept going, and going, and going...until suddenly you were finished! I would recommend this book to anyone that likes a good enjoyable read! Good airplane or vacation book too!
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Summary: I couldn't put it down
Review: I'm the type of reader that has to get hooked within the first ten pages, or forget it. I picked up this book in the airport as a "time-killer", but found myself turning page after page. Cynthia Hartwick's writing is superb! I read this book in two days and lent it to a girlfriend. Definitely get it!!
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Summary: I couldn't put it down
Review: I'm the type of reader that has to get hooked within the first ten pages, or forget it. I picked up this book in the airport as a "time-killer", but found myself turning page after page. Cynthia Hartwick's writing is superb! I read this book in two days and lent it to a girlfriend. Definitely get it!!
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Summary: An Enjoyable Lark with the Larksdale Ladies
Review: If you'd like to relax, smile, and even giggle out loud, join the Larksdale Ladies in their quest to save for retirement. Hartwick introduces us to a group of unique, quirky, lovable ladies (the Almost All Methodist Ladies Group) who care about each other and have fun making money. Set in Minnesota, the values of "middle America" abound, from the descriptions of the muffins, rolls, and other goodies shared at gatherings, to the handling of a "smuggler" in their midst. Sophia (our narrator) shares her own felings about her "ordinary" life and helps us know and understand the "Ladies". So, sit back, relax and enjoy. I wonder when we might hear about what the Ladies are up to next??
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Summary: A Ton of Fun!
Review: If you've ever imagined that the only type of investors making it big in the early 80s with IBM and Microsoft were Wall Street stuffed suits, think again. In this enjoyable tale set in Minnesota, a group of middle class women put their savings into some risky stocks and hit the jackpot, to the tune of 14.5 million.Sophia, the daughter of one of the investors, serves as their attorney and the group confidante, allowing the readers to peek into the personal lives of each woman. Anecdotes range from perking up married sex lives to assertiveness training at work and everything in between. And when the ladies have an opportunity to save the town from financial ruin, they jump at it! Ladies with Options is a wonderful novel, and I look forward to hearing more from Cynthia Hartwick. And if you like this novel, I bet you'll love the Southern Sister mystery series by Anne George (starting with Murder on a Girls' Night Out).
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Summary: Very much a fun book...
Review: Imagine yourself a middle-aged housewife of a nondescript town in Minnesota. Imagine yourself being 14.5 million dollars richer. "Ladies with Options" is a humerous and well-written story of a group of 4 houswifes, 2 librarians, and one grad student turning $ into a fortune enough to rival Bill Gates' on the stock market. Told from the perspective of their lawyer, and daughter of one of the housewifes, the story is both unbelievable and funny. What would you do if all of the sudden you had a couple extra million to spend at leisure? That's what the book's about, of course. The book is just so very fun to read, with a touch of romance and characters that seem real. The escapades of these ladies are hillarious. You'll be amazed at what a bunch of old ladies can do when they put their minds to it. I recommend this book to everyone. It's positively delightful, and you won't regret reading it.
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