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I just love Bridget Jones! Loved the books, and I really enjoyed the movie. Some funny stuff!!!
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I don't know if I've ever identified more with a fictional character. Bridget Jones is a slightly older, much skinnier, equally eccentric single girl and we're practically the same person. Why did I wait so long to read this gem?! It was love from page one. The diary starts on January 1 and takes readers all the way through the year and all through her exploits, beauty and dieting struggles, dating catastrophes and more. It's zany and hilarious and I can relate on so many levels. Her parents are a little nuts (specifically her mom), her friends are all married or dating, and her coworkers are insufferable (save her super hot boss!), no wonder she drinks so much! A fantastic read, I can't wait to read the rest in the series and to watch all the movies. Why did I wait soo long in my life! Wonderful screwball English comedy!
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This certainly wasn't a novel but, what's worse, it wasn't even a credible diary. Who records their mishaps while cooking and running late in their preparations? Perhaps if this were written in the phone-texting age, I could imagine someone constantly chronicling their every move, no matter how pressing the situation or how inane and empty the commentary, but as it is, this book serves as a frightening precursor to a new generation of books with no established atmosphere, characters, dialogue, or insight. Fielding would be better off looking into a crystal ball and telling people their fortunes than writing another non-novel.
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In the woefully crowded pantheon of Jane Austen re-imaginings, Bridget Jones’s Diary is often forgotten about nowadays.
To be fair, a great deal of this is probably because as much as the story sketches the familiar outlines of Pride and Prejudice, its timeliness in relation to the late nineties in cataloging all of the most vapid indignities of being a women in her early thirties — that is, a white woman with a Cosmo subscription and a comfortably middle class income — is generally where the commentary resides.
And while much of Bridget’s insecurities still resonate just as much today as they did then, the stories inability to rise above them hasn’t.
Social pressure is the ticking time bomb here, rather than the search for security that permeates Austen’s work, and Fielding’s epistolary style better situates us in Bridget’s headspace but at times that space can be awfully tedious.
I choose to believe Bridget is an unreliable narrator (or somewhat forgetful) as some of the dialogue here is genuinely bad: People don’t say these things, let alone say them to other people. Natasha is probably Fielding’s greatest victim with her limited page-count, non-existent characterisation, and atrocious word-vomit that’s intended to prove she’s too opinionated and high-strung for Darcy.
The Wickham and Darcy of the story, Daniel Cleaver and Mark Darcy, are almost as poorly served as Natasha. With Pride and Prejudice as your template, I was expecting a little more drama related to these two and its actually laughable how unimportant it all is. Fielding obviously can’t have Cleaver run off with Bridget’s younger sister (whose also a minor) without drastically changing the tone of the story, so she has Julio (he has maybe two lines) be the catalyst for Darcy’s heroics at the end.
Bridget Jones’s Diary is a sometimes fun, oftentimes sincere portrayal of a woman’s neuroticism and insecurities, I just wish it was a little more concise when it came to its storytelling and a lot more expansive when it comes to its main romance.
Also, the book can be placed on the much vaunted list of Books that are, in fact, Not Better than the Movie.
To be fair, a great deal of this is probably because as much as the story sketches the familiar outlines of Pride and Prejudice, its timeliness in relation to the late nineties in cataloging all of the most vapid indignities of being a women in her early thirties — that is, a white woman with a Cosmo subscription and a comfortably middle class income — is generally where the commentary resides.
And while much of Bridget’s insecurities still resonate just as much today as they did then, the stories inability to rise above them hasn’t.
Social pressure is the ticking time bomb here, rather than the search for security that permeates Austen’s work, and Fielding’s epistolary style better situates us in Bridget’s headspace but at times that space can be awfully tedious.
I choose to believe Bridget is an unreliable narrator (or somewhat forgetful) as some of the dialogue here is genuinely bad: People don’t say these things, let alone say them to other people. Natasha is probably Fielding’s greatest victim with her limited page-count, non-existent characterisation, and atrocious word-vomit that’s intended to prove she’s too opinionated and high-strung for Darcy.
The Wickham and Darcy of the story, Daniel Cleaver and Mark Darcy, are almost as poorly served as Natasha. With Pride and Prejudice as your template, I was expecting a little more drama related to these two and its actually laughable how unimportant it all is. Fielding obviously can’t have Cleaver run off with Bridget’s younger sister (whose also a minor) without drastically changing the tone of the story, so she has Julio (he has maybe two lines) be the catalyst for Darcy’s heroics at the end.
Bridget Jones’s Diary is a sometimes fun, oftentimes sincere portrayal of a woman’s neuroticism and insecurities, I just wish it was a little more concise when it came to its storytelling and a lot more expansive when it comes to its main romance.
Also, the book can be placed on the much vaunted list of Books that are, in fact, Not Better than the Movie.
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Tikiu, kad retas/reta nėra girdėjęs/girdėjusi apie Bridžitą Džouns. Prieš beveik tris dešimtis metų sukurtas šis kūrinys, kuris turi ekranizaciją (2001 m.) su nuostabiaisiais britų aktoriais Renée Zellweger, Colin Firth ir Hugh Grant❤️ Puikiai filmui parinkti aktoriai, jau kiek kartų žiūrėčiau filmą vis žaviuosi aktorių aktoriniais sugebėjimais bei britišku akcentu, o dar kaskart žiūrėdama vis pasijuokiu ar paliūdžiu.
Atrodytų, Bridžita paprasta, bet, iš tiesų, ne iš kelmo spirta vienišė, kuri vis papuola į juokingas situacijas. Dirba leidykloje, turi daug nuostabių draugų..., bet jai iki pilnos laimės reikalinga antra pusė.
Pirmąkart šį kūrinį perskaičiau prieš kokius keturiolika - penkiolika metų. Tuo metu mažai buvau patyrusi gyvenime bei save būčiau priskirusi prie tų merginų, kurios į gyvenimą žiūri per daug pro rožinius akinius, tad kūrinys nepaprastai patiko ir būčiau įvertinusi tik aukščiausiu balu. Antras įspūdis jau nebebuvo toks geras. Atrodė, kad Bridžitai terūpi vien su kažkuo būti, svoris, pasižymėdavo vos ne kasdien kiek išgerdavo, o jau kokio ji naivumo, nors jai jau virš trisdešimt... Šįsyk ir lėtai skaitėsi, o pabaiga baigėsi kaip pasakoje. Gyvenime knygos tikrai daugiau niekada neatsiversiu, bet ekranizacija šįsyk daug geresnė, kurią būtinai dar nekartą žiūrėsiu.
Atrodytų, Bridžita paprasta, bet, iš tiesų, ne iš kelmo spirta vienišė, kuri vis papuola į juokingas situacijas. Dirba leidykloje, turi daug nuostabių draugų..., bet jai iki pilnos laimės reikalinga antra pusė.
Pirmąkart šį kūrinį perskaičiau prieš kokius keturiolika - penkiolika metų. Tuo metu mažai buvau patyrusi gyvenime bei save būčiau priskirusi prie tų merginų, kurios į gyvenimą žiūri per daug pro rožinius akinius, tad kūrinys nepaprastai patiko ir būčiau įvertinusi tik aukščiausiu balu. Antras įspūdis jau nebebuvo toks geras. Atrodė, kad Bridžitai terūpi vien su kažkuo būti, svoris, pasižymėdavo vos ne kasdien kiek išgerdavo, o jau kokio ji naivumo, nors jai jau virš trisdešimt... Šįsyk ir lėtai skaitėsi, o pabaiga baigėsi kaip pasakoje. Gyvenime knygos tikrai daugiau niekada neatsiversiu, bet ekranizacija šįsyk daug geresnė, kurią būtinai dar nekartą žiūrėsiu.
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Gawd, this book was criminally hilarious. I sat in the doctor's office waiting room literally snorting into my Nine West handbag (there's something really metal about being a minimum wage worker who chooses to buy labels instead of food) as I cradled my Kobo in my lap, with Bridget Jones and her life of ridiculous shenanigans all over the black and white screen. Needless to say, the people I waited with were unimpressed. They are probably not the first to wonder why someone like me would carry anything as elegant as Nine West.
Sometimes I wonder that, too.
Honestly? I took off a star because I was highly disappointed with the rushed and nonsensical ending. But the rest of this book? Pure gold. A little warning, though: this is not a shiny, polished tale of the stereotypical (and in real life, extremely rare) uptown and sophisticated south-English thirtysomething. It's an incredibly and often shamefully honest portrayal of a woman who likes sex and cigarettes and drinking and her foul-mouthed friends. It's not The Young Victoria. It's modern Britain, like nobody wants to see it.
Sure, it's a little ham-fisted in places. I won't say it doesn't idealize relationships, and get a little bizarre here and there. But who cares? I picked this book up expecting to be entertained. It exceeded those expectations.
Good job, Helen Fielding.
Sometimes I wonder that, too.
Honestly? I took off a star because I was highly disappointed with the rushed and nonsensical ending. But the rest of this book? Pure gold. A little warning, though: this is not a shiny, polished tale of the stereotypical (and in real life, extremely rare) uptown and sophisticated south-English thirtysomething. It's an incredibly and often shamefully honest portrayal of a woman who likes sex and cigarettes and drinking and her foul-mouthed friends. It's not The Young Victoria. It's modern Britain, like nobody wants to see it.
Sure, it's a little ham-fisted in places. I won't say it doesn't idealize relationships, and get a little bizarre here and there. But who cares? I picked this book up expecting to be entertained. It exceeded those expectations.
Good job, Helen Fielding.
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I don't understand the hype...
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I surly can’t be the only one that instantly heard Zellweger’s voice whilst reading this book?
It feels like one of them novels that is so synonyms with the movie.
I always like story’s narrated through diary entries, as it gives a great sense of realism.
Told over the course of a year during the mid-90’s also it also gave me a real nostalgic rush with the likes of Blind Date and Noel’s House Party were referenced.
Even a mention of a Dalek made me chuckle!
It’s been ages since I’d last watched the movie, so could easily distance any comparisons between the two.
I soon found myself slipping into Bridget’s life with ease and all the characters felt so familiar to me.
Such a fun read!
It feels like one of them novels that is so synonyms with the movie.
I always like story’s narrated through diary entries, as it gives a great sense of realism.
Told over the course of a year during the mid-90’s also it also gave me a real nostalgic rush with the likes of Blind Date and Noel’s House Party were referenced.
Even a mention of a Dalek made me chuckle!
It’s been ages since I’d last watched the movie, so could easily distance any comparisons between the two.
I soon found myself slipping into Bridget’s life with ease and all the characters felt so familiar to me.
Such a fun read!
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5 stars
Goodreads description: Meet Bridget Jones—a 30-something Singleton who is certain she would have all the answers if she could:
a. lose 7 pounds
b. stop smoking
c. develop Inner Poise
"123 lbs. (how is it possible to put on 4 pounds in the middle of the night? Could flesh have somehow solidified becoming denser and heavier? Repulsive, horrifying notion), alcohol units 4 (excellent), cigarettes 21 (poor but will give up totally tomorrow), number of correct lottery numbers 2 (better, but nevertheless useless)..."
Bridget Jones' Diary is the devastatingly self-aware, laugh-out-loud daily chronicle of Bridget's permanent, doomed quest for self-improvement — a year in which she resolves to: reduce the circumference of each thigh by 1.5 inches, visit the gym three times a week not just to buy a sandwich, form a functional relationship with a responsible adult, and learn to program the VCR.
Over the course of the year, Bridget loses a total of 72 pounds but gains a total of 74. She remains, however, optimistic. Through it all, Bridget will have you helpless with laughter, and — like millions of readers the world round — you'll find yourself shouting, "Bridget Jones is me!"
This was amazing!
I love British books (I mean I loved the ones I read lol) because they're humor is so unique. It literally made me laugh out loud more than a few times.
I loved this book also because I watched the movie and it was as funny as the book so I just decided to read it. Its ratings are meh but I suggest you give it a try and not look at what everyone else is saying because everyone is different and you might end up liking it!
Bridget Jones is the funniest person in the world. And that's because she's not perfect, she has her flaws and as small as they seem to us they make her very anxious and paranoid. And I think that every one of us is like that.
I could relate to her, even though I'm way younger and tbh my life isn't that exciting, mostly because the book is so unbelievable yet very realistic.
But, I liked it mostly for its humor. The scene that is funniest to me both in the movie and the book is when she slides down the fireman pole. My cheeks hurt because of how much I laughed.
I liked that it was written in a form of a diary and not as a usual novel because something different is usually a fun thing. I love books like that and it reminded me a bit of Confessions of Georgia Nicolson series by Louise Rennison (Oh, she's a British writer, too!), a book series that I absolutely adore.
I'm definitely gonna be reading the second book because I need more of Bridget Jones.
This book is very light, funny and fast-paced. I read it in a very quick time because it was so interesting (but also it's not too long, so...). I recommend it to everyone out there even if you don't like chick-lit and romance because I bet y'all love a good comedy. All in one, a perfect book for summer!
Goodreads description: Meet Bridget Jones—a 30-something Singleton who is certain she would have all the answers if she could:
a. lose 7 pounds
b. stop smoking
c. develop Inner Poise
"123 lbs. (how is it possible to put on 4 pounds in the middle of the night? Could flesh have somehow solidified becoming denser and heavier? Repulsive, horrifying notion), alcohol units 4 (excellent), cigarettes 21 (poor but will give up totally tomorrow), number of correct lottery numbers 2 (better, but nevertheless useless)..."
Bridget Jones' Diary is the devastatingly self-aware, laugh-out-loud daily chronicle of Bridget's permanent, doomed quest for self-improvement — a year in which she resolves to: reduce the circumference of each thigh by 1.5 inches, visit the gym three times a week not just to buy a sandwich, form a functional relationship with a responsible adult, and learn to program the VCR.
Over the course of the year, Bridget loses a total of 72 pounds but gains a total of 74. She remains, however, optimistic. Through it all, Bridget will have you helpless with laughter, and — like millions of readers the world round — you'll find yourself shouting, "Bridget Jones is me!"
This was amazing!
I love British books (I mean I loved the ones I read lol) because they're humor is so unique. It literally made me laugh out loud more than a few times.
I loved this book also because I watched the movie and it was as funny as the book so I just decided to read it. Its ratings are meh but I suggest you give it a try and not look at what everyone else is saying because everyone is different and you might end up liking it!
Bridget Jones is the funniest person in the world. And that's because she's not perfect, she has her flaws and as small as they seem to us they make her very anxious and paranoid. And I think that every one of us is like that.
I could relate to her, even though I'm way younger and tbh my life isn't that exciting, mostly because the book is so unbelievable yet very realistic.
But, I liked it mostly for its humor. The scene that is funniest to me both in the movie and the book is when she slides down the fireman pole. My cheeks hurt because of how much I laughed.
I liked that it was written in a form of a diary and not as a usual novel because something different is usually a fun thing. I love books like that and it reminded me a bit of Confessions of Georgia Nicolson series by Louise Rennison (Oh, she's a British writer, too!), a book series that I absolutely adore.
I'm definitely gonna be reading the second book because I need more of Bridget Jones.
This book is very light, funny and fast-paced. I read it in a very quick time because it was so interesting (but also it's not too long, so...). I recommend it to everyone out there even if you don't like chick-lit and romance because I bet y'all love a good comedy. All in one, a perfect book for summer!
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“I will not fall for any of the following: alcoholics, workaholics, commitment phobics, people with girlfriends or wives, misogynists, megalomanics, chauvists, emotional fuckwits or freeloaders, perverts.”
Days it took to read the book: 1 (v.g), Times I laughed out loud: 7, times I re-watched the lake scene from Pride and Prejudice: 5, Times I thought maybe I should get my colors done: 2
I read this book for the first time back in 2009 and since the new movie (thankfully not based on the terrible, terrible "Bridget Jones: Mad about the boy" book) came out, I thought I'd give it a re-read.
Bridget is a 30-something Singleton with a few extra pounds, a mother going through a mid-life crisis, and a bunch of dysfunctional friends who are looking for love, a better career, and the perfect diet. Let me start by saying how much I love Bridget Jones. She is more on the ditzy side, always losing her things and forever lost in daydreaming but still comes out as a genuinely nice person. I think this is the important thing with characters like Bridget (or Becky from the shopaholic series). They might appear selfish, shallow, and deluded at first glance, but they are loyal friends, witty and funny in their own way, and just plain nice.
The structure of the book is loosely based on Pride and Prejudice and I really like how Fielding adapted in modern times Jane Austen's formula of girl meeting douchy guy and falling for him, girl realizing that douchy guy is very douchy, girl finding better looking, richer, nicer guy and staying together forever. Daniel was the right amount of sleazy and charming and Mark Darcy was an adorable dork with very poor social skills, just like I would expect Mr. Darcy to be today.
This is the perfect beach book meant to be enjoyed while drinking a bloody Mary.
Days it took to read the book: 1 (v.g), Times I laughed out loud: 7, times I re-watched the lake scene from Pride and Prejudice: 5, Times I thought maybe I should get my colors done: 2
I read this book for the first time back in 2009 and since the new movie (thankfully not based on the terrible, terrible "Bridget Jones: Mad about the boy" book) came out, I thought I'd give it a re-read.
Bridget is a 30-something Singleton with a few extra pounds, a mother going through a mid-life crisis, and a bunch of dysfunctional friends who are looking for love, a better career, and the perfect diet. Let me start by saying how much I love Bridget Jones. She is more on the ditzy side, always losing her things and forever lost in daydreaming but still comes out as a genuinely nice person. I think this is the important thing with characters like Bridget (or Becky from the shopaholic series). They might appear selfish, shallow, and deluded at first glance, but they are loyal friends, witty and funny in their own way, and just plain nice.
The structure of the book is loosely based on Pride and Prejudice and I really like how Fielding adapted in modern times Jane Austen's formula of girl meeting douchy guy and falling for him, girl realizing that douchy guy is very douchy, girl finding better looking, richer, nicer guy and staying together forever. Daniel was the right amount of sleazy and charming and Mark Darcy was an adorable dork with very poor social skills, just like I would expect Mr. Darcy to be today.
This is the perfect beach book meant to be enjoyed while drinking a bloody Mary.
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A quirky but lovable Bridget is trudging through her 30’s with a lot of well-intentioned advice from friends, family, and Cosmo.
Although this book is delightfully hilarious, it hits on feelings on insecurity and the impossible standards women face: wanting to be independent but also craving companionship and connection, being aloof labels one as an ice queen but show interest and you are desperate.
This book is set in a time before cell phones, and I would love for someone to modernize this classic.
A perfect and relatable read if you are looking to pick up some light summer reading!
Major trigger warnings if you suffer from disordered eating.
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Although this book is delightfully hilarious, it hits on feelings on insecurity and the impossible standards women face: wanting to be independent but also craving companionship and connection, being aloof labels one as an ice queen but show interest and you are desperate.
This book is set in a time before cell phones, and I would love for someone to modernize this classic.
A perfect and relatable read if you are looking to pick up some light summer reading!
Major trigger warnings if you suffer from disordered eating.
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JantA Town Like Alice
FebtBirdsong
MartCaptain Corelli's Mandolin - Louis De Berniere
AprtWar and Peace
MaytThe Woman in White
JuntAtonement
JultThe Shadow of the Wind
AugtJude the Obscure
SeptUlysses
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NovtA Fine Balance
DectGerminal
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I am not Bridget Jones!
My classmate beside me opened a cool notebook with a red leather jacket and a heart sculpted in the middle. I asked her what she's writing in her notebook while my professor keep on talking about carbohydrates, ruminants, and whatever scientific words with -lysis in the end. Because everyone is bored and so do I, I kept on sneaking her notebook and she kept on hiding it. Sorry, playing inside the classroom is illegal but my rules, my rules!
So I asked here face-to-face, as if I'm Boy Abunda and she's Tony Gonzaga talking about Piolo Pascual. n video>n Oops! Okay, back to her. So I asked her if that was her diary and she said yes. Okay, so yeah, it was her diary and my curiosity wanted to jump so high. So when she lean beside her friend, I open her notebook and, Voila!, I can't understand her handwritten. Stupid and I remembered... Bridget Jones's Diary.
What's with this book that everyone is reading it, I find it corny, boring and I can't relate a thing, and my friend said because I'm a guy not a girl like Bridget. So I asked her that not all girls are like Bridget and she tweeted me, "My weight (and body) = frustrations in life". I got her point but she's not that fat and she had an average height of a Filipina. She's cool and a total geek. Maybe she should improve her inner poise to boost her confidence. Does it include confidence? Never mind.
So Bridget Jones's Diary is like a normal diary of a frustrated girl who wanted to change and keep her New Year's resolution intact on the first page of her diary. I think everyone doing this but Bridget wanted to change and of course she wanted a boyfriend. This is not a daily dose of everyday writing, somehow... Bridget only write some interesting events in her life. Unlike me, who keep my everyday course in my stupid journal which en up to be a daily to-do list. Ugh! I'm not really good in keeping.
Not all books ended happy ending. Well, I don't know with Bridget but I think she got what she wanted in the end except some excess fats she got from too much eating and if all girls can memorize calories of each food like Bridget's ABC, I find it cool but weird. Do all girl conscious with their sizes and do they really keep track of their boyfriends? Okay. Sorry, I think I just read Bridget's private notebook. Uhum!
Next stop... looking for a copy of the movie. Some reviewer and friends said that the movie is better than the book. Here I go again, raiding pirated CDs and illegal videos online. For those like Bridget, there is always a way (and time?) to look (and dispose?) for Mr. Perfect (Mr. Right?). For people like me... I don't have any idea. Just keep believing and do not mind your size. Click! Click! Smile!
My classmate beside me opened a cool notebook with a red leather jacket and a heart sculpted in the middle. I asked her what she's writing in her notebook while my professor keep on talking about carbohydrates, ruminants, and whatever scientific words with -lysis in the end. Because everyone is bored and so do I, I kept on sneaking her notebook and she kept on hiding it. Sorry, playing inside the classroom is illegal but my rules, my rules!
So I asked here face-to-face, as if I'm Boy Abunda and she's Tony Gonzaga talking about Piolo Pascual. n video>n Oops! Okay, back to her. So I asked her if that was her diary and she said yes. Okay, so yeah, it was her diary and my curiosity wanted to jump so high. So when she lean beside her friend, I open her notebook and, Voila!, I can't understand her handwritten. Stupid and I remembered... Bridget Jones's Diary.
What's with this book that everyone is reading it, I find it corny, boring and I can't relate a thing, and my friend said because I'm a guy not a girl like Bridget. So I asked her that not all girls are like Bridget and she tweeted me, "My weight (and body) = frustrations in life". I got her point but she's not that fat and she had an average height of a Filipina. She's cool and a total geek. Maybe she should improve her inner poise to boost her confidence. Does it include confidence? Never mind.
So Bridget Jones's Diary is like a normal diary of a frustrated girl who wanted to change and keep her New Year's resolution intact on the first page of her diary. I think everyone doing this but Bridget wanted to change and of course she wanted a boyfriend. This is not a daily dose of everyday writing, somehow... Bridget only write some interesting events in her life. Unlike me, who keep my everyday course in my stupid journal which en up to be a daily to-do list. Ugh! I'm not really good in keeping.
Not all books ended happy ending. Well, I don't know with Bridget but I think she got what she wanted in the end except some excess fats she got from too much eating and if all girls can memorize calories of each food like Bridget's ABC, I find it cool but weird. Do all girl conscious with their sizes and do they really keep track of their boyfriends? Okay. Sorry, I think I just read Bridget's private notebook. Uhum!
Next stop... looking for a copy of the movie. Some reviewer and friends said that the movie is better than the book. Here I go again, raiding pirated CDs and illegal videos online. For those like Bridget, there is always a way (and time?) to look (and dispose?) for Mr. Perfect (Mr. Right?). For people like me... I don't have any idea. Just keep believing and do not mind your size. Click! Click! Smile!
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