A review by lauriereadslohf
Coffee And Kung Fu by Lisa Lelas, Karen Brichoux

5.0

This was an all-around terrific book and I found it difficult to put down. Nicci wasn't your typical self-centered, poor me, cynical type chick lit gal and I was very much able to empathize with her various dilemma's (work, friendship, guys and life in general). Loved the way she was a true introvert and was comforted by Jackie Chan flicks and popcorn (for me it's B-horror flicks & ice cream). Was witty at times. "Wearing a thong is the same thing as deliberately giving yourself a wedgie." It was also beautifully poetic over such a simple thing as a smile and a laugh. "He laughs. I swear to God, a rainbow slides down that laugh and lands in my cubicle. I can feel the last drops of the tropical rain and hear the Maya birds fluttering in the dwarf palms. The wind sighs through the trees, and I can smell the earth sucking up the water . . . and a great, fat rainbow spreads itself all over my desk." This passage turned a typical mundane worker-bee day into a moment of heart-stopping beauty.