Her novels have been translated into more than 15 languages. Books-A-Million; IndieBound; Find in a library; All sellers A Nice Girl Like You. Subscribers can unsubscribe at any time. It was much more charming and moving than I expected. A writer and editor for the past 30 years, Alexandra Sellers has written over two million words for print, both fiction and non-fiction, including articles, reviews, training material, brochures, websites, mini-series bibles, blurbs, obituaries, short stories, and 40 books. This book shares all the things---standing tall, taking pride in being yourself, speaking up, making your dreams happen, starting over when you fall---that girls can do. It's funny but this is probably my favorite of this series. Ok. Read more. !111! Love the concept, but the message is so front and center, that I think it would be best shared in small groups or one-on-one as opposed to a story time. So to re-read this book was delightful!! Sign Up: Stay on top of the latest breaking film and TV news! Read 10 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. Still, the films mostly sex-positive approach to Lucys predicament beyond, of course, that soul-crushing run-in with the therapist and psychic, a retrograde sequence that feels terribly dated is refreshing enough, even if A Nice Girl Like You is never interested in getting down and dirty, despite its literally porn-centric concept. Still lovely and a nice continuation if you like Norma Johnston's characters. She feels the weight of expectations on her and thinks she can't live up to them. #WomensHistoryMonth RECIPE:. Lucy and Paul go to a bar. Nice Girls: A Novel Paperback - September 20, 2022 by Catherine Dang (Author) 340 ratings 3.2 on Goodreads 4,183 ratings Editors' pick Best Mystery, Thriller & Suspense See all formats and editions Kindle $14.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook $0.00 Free with your Audible trial Hardcover $9.69 64 Used from $1.69 21 New from $9.65 Paperback Narrated by Sarah Anne Allbright, Tish's niece, this takes place in 1917 (? Lucy gets a message that she didn't get her spot with the Philharmonic, but she doesnt care because shes happy with Grant. It was much more charming and moving than I expected. "There are billions of people in the worldand the world needs a girl like you.". Helpful. I like that it features Canadian Thanksgiving. A Nice Girl Like You (Keeping Days, #5) by Norma Johnston A Nice Girl Like You book. With your monthly selection of a new book bundle and a library packed with great romance e-reads, you can read more than 50 books each month for only $14.99 with Harlequin Plus. Report abuse. Saranne is 15 and the daughter of a famous women's rights activist and niece of a famous writer. Enhancements you chose aren't available for this seller. My favorite book is Linnea in Monet's Garden. An illustration of an open book. Help others learn more about this product by uploading a video! Andrea Marcellus in her feature debut), Lucys life is upended by the revelation that her somewhat skeezy boyfriend (Stephen Friedrich) thinks that Lucys disdain for porn is actually indicative of her tense relationship with sex as a whole. A NICE GIRL LIKE YOU (Christmas Book 8) - Kindle edition by Sellers, Alexandra. So many great images of all different kinds of girls, an important read for all of the girls of the world. A wonderful picture book to be read by all ages! 5.0 out of 5 stars LOLZ I LUV THIS BOOK! It's a great book to show diversity as an opportunity to little girls, to show them what is possible. It points out different qualities in girls that can include all females such as 'tall or short' and 'loud or quiet.' It looks like you're offline. Paul was always in trouble and even his parents didn't like him much. Another one of my favorite teenaged series. comment. Bring your club to Amazon Book Clubs, start a new book club and invite your friends to join, or find a club thats right for you for free. Verified Purchase. Just kidding about the title. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. He comes in to comfort her and helps her get back outside after some friendly chatting. E. Cook. [5], On Metacritic, the film has a score of 41% based on reviews from 5 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Medicinal advice changes over time. A book of encouragement with beautiful illustrations. || Brilliant ideas and easy secret hacks. Lucy Neal disappoints her boyfriend Jeff, with her lack of intimacy. Its a cute idea for a movie (well, cute enough to inspire plenty just like it, from The To Do List to Sex Drive), the kind that follows a charming lead as they stumble their way into physical pleasure and other forms of personal enlightenment. Old scandals resurface from the Hodge family and old prejudices and past deeds are heaped on the head of 16-year-old Paul Hodge, the local bad boy. Greg's mom has high hopes for a family vacation. Men whose mommies found them brides were probably social nightmares, anyway. And, of course, theres a new love interest. Lucy attends an event with her group to perform. The main character has switched from Tish Albright to Saranne Albright, Tish's 16 year-old niece. By Rosie Boycott. If you absolutely hate match making mamas in your romances you should definitely avoid this book. A Nice Girl Like You book. Miranda is not terribly successful as a matchmaker, but sounds like a great mother-in-law. The plot isn't especially shocking (Good girl, bad boy) but really is done in a wonderful way. Help others learn more about this product by uploading a video! : Both titles are freeing and affirming in allowing readers of every age, size, shape, and identity to find themselves in the pages and absorb the call to be themselves, their BEST selves. With Lucy Hale, Leonidas Gulaptis, Mindy Cohn, Adhir Kalyan. Her novels have been translated into more than 15 languages. Still lovely and a nice continuation if you like Norma Johnston's characters. This book is very nice and remember a boy like you . To add the following enhancements to your purchase, choose a different seller. Helpful. An empowering book that encourages young girls to be who they want to be. And reading them again I am just as drawn in. What's your favorite book? A writer and editor for the past 30 years, Alexandra Sellers has written over two million words for print, both fiction and non-fiction, including articles, reviews, training material, brochures, websites, mini-series bibles, blurbs, obituaries, short stories, and 40 books. She is overheard by a wedding guest, Grant. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we dont use a simple average. This is one of the few books that I own and have liked the series since either middle school or high school time. I don't like vexing heroines and wasn't buying the love between h/H. . . They chat some more and Lucy finds herself attracted to the man. I don't like vexing heroines and wasn't buying the love between h/H. "There are billions and billions and billions of people in the world. They've been stored in a box of paperbacks I'm reading and reviewing. She was ducated at Ramsey public schools and Montclair State College, later studied acting at the American Theatre Wing and elsewhere, and received a teaching certificate from Montclair College. *Harlequin Enterprises ULC (Harlequin.com) is located at 22 Adelaide Street West, 41st Floor, Toronto, Ontario M5H 4E3 and sends informational and promotional emails on behalf of itself, Harlequin Sales Corporation and Harlequin Digital Sales Corporation. ABANDONED, Rights Reverted 4.1.16 Paperback. She is someone I'd like to meet over a cup of coffee. Bring your club to Amazon Book Clubs, start a new book club and invite your friends to join, or find a club thats right for you for free. The next book is a little problematic but this one is just a nice, sweet story of two kids who want to discover something that's been a secret for fifteen years. A Nice Girl Like You Photos View All Photos Movie Info After being accused of being too inhibited by her ex-boyfriend, a violinist creates a rather wild to-do list that sends her on a whirlwind. C. fiction, historical fiction YA, WWI, from stash, discard. Access Harlequin Plus on the web or with the free Harlequin Plus app available for iOS and Android mobile devices. I really enjoyed the premise - a so called desperate mother puts an ad in the local paper Consulter l'avis complet, Absolutely Brilliant! The next morning, Nessa and Priscilla come over to help Lucy get over Jeff, but she instead invites them to go to a sex store. Brief content visible, double tap to read full content. Saranne Albright was hardly the girl to get involved with Paul Hodge. I tip more than 20 percent. Please try again. Adult Tish is a lot more interesting than she was as a teen. Samara Diamond thought she'd seen it all- until she read that personal ad. She finds herself impressed by the dancing onstage, but when she sees that all she has is a $20 bill for a tip, Lucy awkwardly tries to take change from the dancer, which gets her and Paul kicked out. Will be adding to my collection. Sign up for our Email Newsletters here. No thanks. These characteristics include all females as everyone sees themselves as a way so they are included. I like reading the book Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul. Norma Johnston was born in Ridgewood, New Jersey, USA, the only child of Marjorie (Pierce), a teacher and Charles Eugene Chambers Johnston, an engineer. The author does have a note in the back explaining why they geared it to girls, but I still think we need to unify as opposed to divide. Using your mobile phone camera - scan the code below and download the Kindle app. Benefits of donating. This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers. Read 13 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. Over a decade ago, writer Ayn Carrillo-Gailey embarked on a quest to prove an ex-boyfriend wrong. Saranne doesn't have any huge ambitions to be a writer or an actress; when she realizes she likes Paul, she's willing to take on everything that that means. !111! She meets Grant there and he asks Lucy to dance. It ties relatively well to the series, with appearances being made by most of the people from the previous books. Check out the new look and enjoy easier access to your favorite features . Fast-forward about 14 years from the last "Keeping Days" book. The book goes on with diagrams of the two kids, with the girl having normal human anatomy and the boy having lots of grimy industrial parts. Learn more how customers reviews work on Amazon. Reviewed in the United States on August 6, 2013. Lucy is at a wedding where she gets drunk and begins to yell by herself in frustration to not being able to use word cock in a sentence. #12) Harriet from Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh. I liked Saranne and felt sorry for her in the beginning and enjoyed seeing her come into her own. your next purchase when you sign up to receive newsletters, special offers and other promotional emails from Harlequin.*. "What matters most is the beauty your actions and words bring to the world. Learn more. It encourages them to defy the stereotypes that might feel restricting and embrace whatever it is that makes them most happy. The romantic comedy, directed by brothers Chris and Nick Riedell and based on the Ayn Carrillo-Gailey 2007 self-help book Porn-o-logy, is set for a VOD and digital release on July 17. Lucy, with her string quartet, also comprising Nessa, Priscilla, and Paul, perform at a wedding, but she breaks down in the middle of it and tells them that Jeff left her because she wont satisfy him. Every girl is a wonder! They've been stored in a box of paperbacks I'm reading and reviewing. No, wait, meat. This is one of the few I still enjoy rereading to this day. 7/2014 This series is quintessentially summer reading for me. ${cardName} not available for the seller you chose. Hell, theres even a sequence in which Lucy shows off her fiddlin skills at a strangely overlit Las Vegas bar, all the better to show her coming out of her shell in ways that dont involve the bedroom. I like that it features Canadian Thanksgiving. We should do whatever makes us happy because there is no one like ourselves. It says in the book that the world needs a girl like you which is so refreshing to hear because our interests is what makes us all different. A writer and editor for the past 30 years, Alexandra Sellers has written over two million words for print, both fiction and non-fiction, including articles, reviews, training material, brochures, websites, mini-series 'bibles', blurbs, obituaries, short stories, and 40 books. Do you teach girls, coach girls, or babysit girls? Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading A NICE GIRL LIKE YOU (Christmas Book 8). What's a nice girl like you doing writing about torture and bio-weapons? 3.0 out of 5 stars Ok. Frank and Kayla (with the addition of Carla this time) have once again gifted us with a gem of a book. I wish this book was around when I was a child. I'm lucky this summer to have had a day to devote to the whole thing. While nothing about the films plotting surprises this is a feature that looks and moves just like a high-caliber Lifetime film, with a generous dose of sex toy-based subplots and a woeful affection for deeply cheesy dream sequences that doesnt mean there isnt pleasure to be found in Lucys burgeoning romance with Grant (Leonidas Gulaptis). Lucy meets Grant there. Read 13 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. Do you mentor girls at church or babysit for girls down the street? Something went wrong. Bolstered by an intermittently funny voiceover from Hale (acting as her own nervous inner monologue) and a slew of well-rounded supporting turns from Mindy Cohn, Jackie Cruz, and Adhir Kalyan, the film swiftly moves through a series of expected tropes. There was a problem loading your book clubs. There was a problem loading your book clubs. Harlequin Treasury Silhouette Yours Truly 90s. Plus, receive recommendations and exclusive offers on all of your favorite books and authors from Simon & Schuster. It looks like WhatsApp is not installed on your phone. I really enjoyed the premise - a so called desperate mother puts an ad in the local paper Teljes rtkels elolvassa, Absolutely Brilliant! *Harlequin Enterprises ULC (Harlequin.com) is located at 22 Adelaide Street West, 41st Floor, Toronto, Ontario M5H 4E3 and sends informational and promotional emails on behalf of itself, Harlequin Sales Corporation and Harlequin Digital Sales Corporation.