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Bet Me
By : by Jennifer Crusie (Goodreads Author)
ratings : 82,600
ratings reviews : 3,607
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Original Title : Bet Me
ISBN : 0312987854 (ISBN13: 9780312987855)
Edition Language : English
Series : http://us.macmillan.com/betme/JenniferCrusie
Mass Market Paperback, 391 pages
Published August 31st 2004 by St. Martin's Paperbacks (first published January 1st 2004)
Characters : Minerva Dobbs, Calvin Morrisey, David Fisk
Setting : United States of America Ohio (United States)
Description : Minerva Dobbs knows that happily-ever-after is a fairy tale, especially with a man who asked her to dinner to win a bet. Even if he is gorgeous and successful Calvin Morrisey. Cal knows commitment is impossible, especially with a woman as cranky as Min Dobbs. Even if she does wear great shoes and keeps him on his toes. When they say good-bye at the end of their evening, Minerva Dobbs knows that happily-ever-after is a fairy tale, especially with a man who asked her to dinner to win a bet. Even if he is gorgeous and successful Calvin Morrisey. Cal knows commitment is impossible, especially with a woman as cranky as Min Dobbs. Even if she does wear great shoes and keeps him on his toes. When they say good-bye at the end of their evening, they cut their losses and agree never to see each other again.But Fate has other plans, and it's not long before Min and Cal meet again. Soon, they're dealing with a jealous ex-boyfriend, Krispy Kreme donuts, a determined psychologist, chaos theory, a freakishly intelligent cat, Chicken Marsala, and more risky propositions than either of them ever dreamed of. Including the biggest gamble of all—true love.
Literary Awards : All About Romance (AAR) Annual Reader Poll for Best Romance & Best Contemporary Romance & Favorite Funny & Best Heroine & Best Chick Lit/Women's Fiction & Best Couple & Honorable Mention for Best Hero (2005), RITA Award by Romance Writers of America for Best Contemporary Single Title (2005), Romance Readers Anonymous (RRA) Award for Best Romance of the Year (2004)
REVIEWS :After reading this, I don’t think I’ll eat Chicken Marsala ever again. The heroine of this book ate Chicken Marsala in two different restaurants, twice for takeout, at a wedding, at a dinner with her friends and cooked it 4 times with different levels of success. I don’t know if there’s anything more boring than a person who never tries anything new (if I’d been the hero, I’d have stopped dating her just because of this.) I enjoyed the first part of the book – the humor was not over the top and Cute story, but I'm still not sold on Jennifer Cruise.I've read this one and Welcome to Temptation, which are supposed to be her top two books and my feelings for both are overwhelmingly...ok. I know she's supposed to be one of the queens of Chick-lit, so this leads me to believe that Chick-lit will never be my jam.Which is fine. Ok.Min is chubby. And Min is always gonna be chubby. She doesn't magically lose the weight then find her prince charming. And prince charming (Cal) isn't one of those 5 'DONUT' STARS.A fabulously written book with plenty of heart and soul, low on the drama and high on the humour, 'Bet me' is a book that all romance lovers should have on their 'I need to read' shelves. My book heart was crying out for a chic-lit fix, so with a few recommendations for this book under my belt I decided to forge ahead and reconnect with my first love of reading style. This author did not disappoint 'Bet me' was a gorgeously funny and romantic escape and i'm left with a huge smile Yay, funny and sarcastic! Jilly's kind of thing!!Minerva is the heroine of our story and she is the kind of girl who makes her other friends look hotter by comparison. She's also a bit chubby and hasn't eaten a carb in years. In other words, miserable. I've always said that you can never be happy unless you eat carbs. I went on a carb-free diet for a few months and, although I lost weight, I also went on a killing spree. You probably saw me on the news. I killed the crap out of tons of pigs. You you know that horrible trope (read: flaw) in fiction involving the inability of some (ahem, many) male authors to write even semi-believable female characters? like there's something off about them you can't put your finger on (although usually it's the fact that they talk about having boobs all the time like the novelty hasn't worn off).anyway. this book is like if female authors couldn't write believable men. (which they can, because empathy, but apparently can't when it's a mid-2000s attempt WOW! Great story!Excellent writing!Amazing Characters!Min.. Great decision!Cal...We KNOW you didn't make the bet so.. .. in the end it made me want to eat LOTS, AND LOTS of Krispy Kreme donuts!.. *sigh* 5 Beautifully Insane StarsThis book was...bizarre but so damn charming. It was full of light humour and absolutely free of drama. It is a book you read when you need something to pick you up. I'm so glad I read it!The main characters were mostly insane...really. We have "Min" who after being dumbed by the world's biggest idiot goes into her "all men are pigs" phase, and we have "Calvin", the comitment-phobe, who gets entangled in a stupid bet against his will. They are our main couple. She is a 4.5 Fairy Tales Do Come True Stars!It's been a long time since I've read a JC book. I remember her always putting a smile on my face and once again JC had me smiling and laughing many times. I loved Mim and Cal! Hell I loved everybody in this book! I might have liked it so much because Mim and Cal acted like enemies instead of lovers. lol All because of a bet made between Mim's ex David and Cal (which Mim over hears). So Mim starts off hating Cal right away and is quick to shoot down his Until recently, this was not available on KINDLE in Europe and I really wanted to read it so what's a girl to do - had to order the paperback. Loved it. No sooner had I the paperback than it became available on KINDLE in Europe. What's a girl to do? Download it and read it again ... Great, great story. 4.5 STARS!Sometimes I find myself discovering a new to me author, and thinking...WHERE THE HELL HAVE I BEEN?? Why haven't I heard of Jennifer Crusie before now? Despicable.And because I'm late into the game, I won't bother explaining what this book is all about. I loved it. I loved Cal. Truly loved that dream of a book boyfriend. He was honest, sweet, considerate, giving, loving and an an all around true gentleman. The scene where they're eating chicken Marsala--umm...YUM!--and he describes how Actual rating: 1.5 stars. Because I'm in a good mood today.Warning: the gif is strong with this one. Again. Why? Why the bloody fish did I do this to myself? Because I'm a first-class idiot, that's why. And because I'm a complete, utter, total masochist, that's also why.Yep, that's me, the human piñata.Okay, let's get this over with as quickly and painlessly as possible. This book made me feel like:And also like:And also, also like: All in all this proved to be a charmingly delightful reading 5 STARS You know when you read a great book when, not even in the middle of it, all you can think of is : I was seriously beating myself up with this the whole time! It felt so good to read this book!To sum it up quickly, I loved it for a lot of reasons but mainly : 1 - DialoguesJennifer Crusie knows how to make her characters talk! Vividly!2 - Humor I was really laughing out loud at some quotes or situations! This book is filled with sarcasm and high quality banter. I know you stole me from 4.5 StarsThis was a nice little surprise. I didn’t even have it on my TBR list. I was scrolling through my FB feed about a month ago and Susan Elizabeth Philips posted something about it. She loved it so I one clicked it. How could I go wrong! Bet Me had a great cast of characters. I adored the heroine Min. She was strong, funny, sweet, and very relatable. I’d love to have her in my circle of friends. The hero Cal was perfectly flawed and he too was very relatable. Their story was a fairy tale Find all of my reviews at: http://52bookminimum.blogspot.com/3.5 StarsActual footage of my face when anyone at the office tries to recommend a book to me . . . . In case you aren’t familiar, my mood tends to fluctuate between . . . . . And . . . . . When (literally) the nicest person I’ve ever worked with in all 417 of my years here on Earth told me I should read Bet Me I just knew I was going to break her perky little heart. Imagine my surprise when I actually liked this dang thing!.
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