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Book Review: American Wife « ReviewsbyLola's Blog — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 01:32:51 +0000

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By: isabelle

isabelle — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 04:24:31 +0000

oh god! i havent read the whole thing.. but i just figured out it was george bush and laura bush! eww… that just ruined it 4 me right there! all those romantic, steamy scenes gone! hopefully ill be able to overcome that try to not think fo those two… of all people!

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Tuesday Thingers: Popular This Month « The Book Lady’s Blog — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:50:03 +0000

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By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 16:19:36 +0000

I enjoy your review. Of course, now reading your review, I agree with it more than I agree with my own. Completely agree with you on the ‘cheating’ concept. I did find myself at several points in the book thinking that she could have come up with a better story than what actually happened.

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Sat, 06 Sep 2008 13:01:14 +0000

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BTT: What’s Hot? « The Book Lady’s Blog — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 15:12:42 +0000

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By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 22:00:47 +0000

Thanks for forwarding the review, Nicole. I agree with pretty much everything she said.

By: nicole

nicole — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 15:39:38 +0000

I’d be interested to know what you think of Michio Kakutani’s review—if her assessment is accurate it seems like it would be pretty frustrating for the reader to have the book go downhill toward the end.

I didn’t read Prep but I did read The Man of My Dreams and didn’t love it but did stay up all night finishing it. The premise of this one didn’t appeal to me so much, because while I sort of like Laura I wouldn’t really want to end up reading a novel about how awful George is, and I was afraid it might turn out like that.

By: Anna

Anna — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:23:16 +0000

This book is on my TBR list. I’ve only read a couple reviews of it, and I liked how honest and balanced yours is. I agree with Devourer of Books in that those steamy scenes will be disturbing if I can’t get Dubya and Laura out of my head. Ew.

By: marie

marie — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 16:53:45 +0000

A very balanced review! Thanks for letting me know you wrote it.