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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. This is the 3rd JC book I've read and it never failed my expectations. The characters are alive and like one of us, they might be your next door neighboors. The way JC wields characters and scenes (especially the ones not restricted to the bed) is always a breath of fresh air. She lets the characters speak and it made me feel the characters' frustrations and agitation. I love this book! 5 stars! (  ) yurioujo | Oct 11, 2009 |  This book was a light (with a tinge of darkness), funny, sexy read and I really enjoyed it. It all starts with a dog! Quinn falls in love with a mongrel dog she names Katie. This small dog ends up being the catalyst that changes Quinn's life and the people around her. Her boyfriend, "perfect" Bill, hates the dog and takes Katie to the pound behind Quinn's back. This event spurs Quinn to break up with Bill, move out and buy her own house. Bill, who seemed so perfectly nice, takes a downward spiral. But it's believable. Bill is a control freak who acts normal as long as he gets his own way, but when he is thwarted, he displays progressively worse, obsessive and possesive stalker behavior. Quinn's love interest is Nick, her ex-brother-in-law and best friend, who is commitment-phobic. They are very attracted to each other and the sexual tension is high. Crusie's specialty of crisp, snappy dialogue and quirky characters in a small town atmosphere are all present here. (Grade: B+) (  ) reneebooks | Sep 7, 2009 | One of Crusie's weakest efforts, with a pretty typical woman-in-jep plot. Her writing still sells it. (  ) MuseofIre | Jul 10, 2009 | I liked this novel, but the psycho ex-boyfriend and the animal abuse really put a damper on things. I found them overly distracting and disturbing. I know things like that happen every day, and Crusie did a wonderful job displaying the downfall of the ex-boyfriend. I just don't want to read about it when I'm needing a good escape novel. Still, Crusie can't be beat when it comes to humor and wit. She's a wonderful writer. (  ) quillmenow | Apr 2, 2009 | A lot of people have a lot of good things to say about JC. I read her website content fairly regularly, I love her essays and her blog. Yet I've never picked up a book by her until now. I'm not one for murder mysteries and suspense most of the time, adn a lot of her books seem to be ehaded that way. In Crazy For You, I found one that wasn't. And I loved it. She is as funny as people say (and humour is difficult to passon), but what I loved most of all was the ex-boyfriend and his pathological development. He was a real person, not some cardboard villain. We got to feel for him and with him and see him clearly headed towards his own doom. It was amazingly powerful, in my opinion. I loved it. kikilon | Mar 31, 2009 |  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com (ISBN 0312971125, Mass Market Paperback)High school art teacher Quinn McKenzie's life is perfectly normal--and it's making her insane. She's living with Bill, the nicest guy in Tibbett, Ohio, and he's crazy about her. Really crazy. Quinn is already having serious doubts about the future of their relationship when Fate intervenes, in the form of the scrawniest, squirmiest scrap of a dog you'd ever want to lay eyes on. She figures if the dog has the good sense to detest Bill on first sight, she ought to pay attention. And besides, there's Nick Ziegler, local mechanic and totally unsuitable love interest. Of course, that only makes Nick all the more appealing, not to mention his phenomenal aptitude between the sheets, and against the wall, and in the car, and... But getting rid of Bill is harder than Quinn ever expected. In fact, Bill was the last person she would have thought would try to hurt her. Thank God Nick is as capable with a two-by-four as he is with an automobile engine! Jennifer Crusie's second contemporary romance is a smash--literally! You'll laugh while you're tucking the covers around you a little tighter. --Alison Trinkle(retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:57:57 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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