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Doug And Carlie (2000)

by Lisa Smartt(Favorite Author)

3.88 of 5 Votes: 5

languge

English

genre

Romance

series

Doug & Carlie Series

review 1: simple, sweet love story of a large, single 32 year old who discovers love, success and choices suddenly in her 32nd year.if I introduced you to a 32 year single woman, who by the way is taller than average, larger than average (she wears a size16), stocks shelves in a small town store for a living and is completing her college at this age, what would you think of her? a loser? a loner? a possibly recovering druggie / alcoholic / abuse victim? guess what... she is as normal or boring as any one of us and wants to be loved as herself, just like us. introduced to Doug - a 28 year rural banking salesman living in another small town, by an elderly gentleman in her town, she doesn't realize that writing a humorous and set depreciating email out of respect for the elderly gentle... moreman can open the gates of luck for her.carlie and Doug write to each other, meet, fall in love and come to terms with their insecurities and complex relationships in a small town. correction - they don't come to terms with insecurities, they kep battling them through the book.when carlie finds success as a writer and gets an opportunity to move and work in new York, guess what Doug does - become insecure and believe that she's outgrowing him. yes, even more insecurities emerge. written in a journal timeline from the perspectives of both protagonists, the storyline is simple, the language non-flowery and the characters very typical of small towns across the world. all the characters are easy to identity with and the storyline is totally believable. classic chick lit, I totally loved it. the romantic in me got a sugar rush equivalent to a sundae.3.5 / 5 for this small town, large girl love story that is as simple as it's title
review 2: I've been reading books I find for free on Kindle and most of them have been so disappointing, this one was one of the better reads and made me laugh. I loved Carlie she was real and was quick with the come backs, but she was still insecure and struggled. She was lonely and just wanted to meet the one, then one of her regulars gave her a business card for his nephew and told her they would be a good match so she said she'd e-mail him. It took her awhile before she did though she was going to throw it out then decided why not and in the first e-mail she let Doug know what he was in for. Things moved along smoothly in their relationship then Carlie gets a big break that changes everything; Doug not sure what to do, just lets her go. less

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