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3.71 AVERAGE
3.71 AVERAGE
http://www.anurseandabook.com/2015/01/the-little-beach-bakery-by-jenny-colgan.html
Everyone knows my favorite genre is chicklit (especially love English chicklit), but I had never read Jenny Colgan before. I'll be fixing that soon.
The Little Beach Street Bakery follows Polly's journey to a dirty, falling down apartment (the only one she can afford) after her husband puts them into bankruptcy pursuing his "dream'. He goes home to his mother to lick his wounds, and she heads to a downtrodden island that is barely reachable by car.
She has to work just to make the apartment clean enough to live in. She has to deal with an angry landlady who gets mad if she bakes in her own apartment. She has to deal with an injured bird. But she shows the strength that you really only see in women, that ability to keep trying no matter what each day brings.
The things I liked best about this book were the plot twists and turns, Polly doesn't make all of the right decisions, a few times she acts like a perfect jerk (yelling at an old woman, sleeping with a married man), but through it all, she is perfectly human.
The road to her happy ending was not smooth, and I actually wondered if it was going to happen, but like all the best chick lit books, true love prevailed! I don't know why I like this so much in my books, because I'm pretty cynical about these things in real life. Reading is my escape......
Everyone knows my favorite genre is chicklit (especially love English chicklit), but I had never read Jenny Colgan before. I'll be fixing that soon.
The Little Beach Street Bakery follows Polly's journey to a dirty, falling down apartment (the only one she can afford) after her husband puts them into bankruptcy pursuing his "dream'. He goes home to his mother to lick his wounds, and she heads to a downtrodden island that is barely reachable by car.
She has to work just to make the apartment clean enough to live in. She has to deal with an angry landlady who gets mad if she bakes in her own apartment. She has to deal with an injured bird. But she shows the strength that you really only see in women, that ability to keep trying no matter what each day brings.
The things I liked best about this book were the plot twists and turns, Polly doesn't make all of the right decisions, a few times she acts like a perfect jerk (yelling at an old woman, sleeping with a married man), but through it all, she is perfectly human.
The road to her happy ending was not smooth, and I actually wondered if it was going to happen, but like all the best chick lit books, true love prevailed! I don't know why I like this so much in my books, because I'm pretty cynical about these things in real life. Reading is my escape......
http://www.anurseandabook.com/2015/01/the-little-beach-bakery-by-jenny-colgan.html
Everyone knows my favorite genre is chicklit (especially love English chicklit), but I had never read Jenny Colgan before. I'll be fixing that soon.
The Little Beach Street Bakery follows Polly's journey to a dirty, falling down apartment (the only one she can afford) after her husband puts them into bankruptcy pursuing his "dream'. He goes home to his mother to lick his wounds, and she heads to a downtrodden island that is barely reachable by car.
She has to work just to make the apartment clean enough to live in. She has to deal with an angry landlady who gets mad if she bakes in her own apartment. She has to deal with an injured bird. But she shows the strength that you really only see in women, that ability to keep trying no matter what each day brings.
The things I liked best about this book were the plot twists and turns, Polly doesn't make all of the right decisions, a few times she acts like a perfect jerk (yelling at an old woman, sleeping with a married man), but through it all, she is perfectly human.
The road to her happy ending was not smooth, and I actually wondered if it was going to happen, but like all the best chick lit books, true love prevailed! I don't know why I like this so much in my books, because I'm pretty cynical about these things in real life. Reading is my escape......
Everyone knows my favorite genre is chicklit (especially love English chicklit), but I had never read Jenny Colgan before. I'll be fixing that soon.
The Little Beach Street Bakery follows Polly's journey to a dirty, falling down apartment (the only one she can afford) after her husband puts them into bankruptcy pursuing his "dream'. He goes home to his mother to lick his wounds, and she heads to a downtrodden island that is barely reachable by car.
She has to work just to make the apartment clean enough to live in. She has to deal with an angry landlady who gets mad if she bakes in her own apartment. She has to deal with an injured bird. But she shows the strength that you really only see in women, that ability to keep trying no matter what each day brings.
The things I liked best about this book were the plot twists and turns, Polly doesn't make all of the right decisions, a few times she acts like a perfect jerk (yelling at an old woman, sleeping with a married man), but through it all, she is perfectly human.
The road to her happy ending was not smooth, and I actually wondered if it was going to happen, but like all the best chick lit books, true love prevailed! I don't know why I like this so much in my books, because I'm pretty cynical about these things in real life. Reading is my escape......
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
medium-paced
I'd actually give this 3.5. My first Jenny Colgan book and I really enjoyed reading it. Easy read and funny ... Recommend it if you want a lighthearted chill out book to read. ☺️
lighthearted
relaxing
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Tässä kirjassa ei oikein tuntunut nappaavan mikää. Ehkä se on nykyään koko chick lit - genre, joka ei tällaisenaan enää nappaa. Haluaisin kevyttä ja kepeää lukemista ilman ennalta-arvattavuutta, yksiulotteisia hahmoja ja miesten huomion tavoittelua.
Hahmojen vuorovaikutus tuntui välillä lapselliselta ("esim. Polly näytti kieltä." "X huusi 'pussatkaa!' ") ja johtolauseiden verbit olivat välil outoja. Ystävällisessä keskustelussa keskustelukumppani saattoi yllättäen kivahtaa Pollylle vastauksen. Mietin myös sitä, miten paljon suomeksi lukeminen vaikuttaa tällaisten kirjojen lukukokemukseen.
Tähtiä tulee miljööstä ja siitä, että onnistui tuomaan syksyfiilistä, vaikka kirjassa ei syksy ollutkaan. Oisinkin nauttinut kirjasta varmasti enemmän jos miljööseen ja saarelaisten elämään ois keskitytty enemmän
Hahmojen vuorovaikutus tuntui välillä lapselliselta ("esim. Polly näytti kieltä." "X huusi 'pussatkaa!' ") ja johtolauseiden verbit olivat välil outoja. Ystävällisessä keskustelussa keskustelukumppani saattoi yllättäen kivahtaa Pollylle vastauksen. Mietin myös sitä, miten paljon suomeksi lukeminen vaikuttaa tällaisten kirjojen lukukokemukseen.
Tähtiä tulee miljööstä ja siitä, että onnistui tuomaan syksyfiilistä, vaikka kirjassa ei syksy ollutkaan. Oisinkin nauttinut kirjasta varmasti enemmän jos miljööseen ja saarelaisten elämään ois keskitytty enemmän
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Light and enjoyable romance story with a strong female character and delicious bread.
I'm just such a sucker for the My Life is Falling Apart, so Let Me Move to aSmall Town, Interact with Curmudgeons, Find My Community and Some Happiness. Or something? The romantic entanglements were less than convincing and there were definitely bits that I wasn't crazy about, but I still highly enjoyed it.
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Jäi vähän ristiriitaiset fiilikset. Mukavan kevyttä ja paikoin hupaisa, mutta ei iskenyt lujaa. Tuntui sekavalta. Saatoin vähän pettyäkin kun Uusia lukuja oli niiin ihana.