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Strange Bedpersons
Strange Bedpersons
Author: Jennifer Crusie
ISBN-13: 9781551667430
ISBN-10: 1551667436
Publication Date: 12/1/2003
Pages: 256
Rating:
  • Currently 3.7/5 Stars.
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3.7 stars, based on 442 ratings
Publisher: Mira
Book Type: Paperback
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Helpful Score: 5
Quick and enjoyable read.
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Helpful Score: 4
Opposites attract. And have bangin' sex.
booklady4 avatar reviewed Strange Bedpersons on + 28 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
A crazy, funny book about a girl who tries to avoid her ex-boyfriend, who is everything she doesn't want in a man....and yet, she can't seem to get him out of her system!
Typical Jennifer Crusie, warm and funny!
ladyshortyg avatar reviewed Strange Bedpersons on + 33 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
is a funny touching story about two people in love and how each wants the other to be different
Readnmachine avatar reviewed Strange Bedpersons on + 1439 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
Another madcap romance from Crusie, this time chronicling what happens when a free-spirited young woman with hippie parents falls in love with an uptight lawyer. (Wait a minute -- was this 'Dharma and Geg'?)
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Helpful Score: 1
cute, funny and romance
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I really liked this book. I thought it was refreshing, funny, dramatic, and romantic all in one.
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Another quick, cute romance from Crusie filled with her trademark humor.
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Quick read but a really cute story line.
MaplesFlowers avatar reviewed Strange Bedpersons on + 95 more book reviews
It was a cute story of how things are not ever quite what they seem.
stevielyn avatar reviewed Strange Bedpersons on + 147 more book reviews
Another one of Crusie's cute books! If you're looking for something to read for a quick read and a laugh this is the book for you.

Tess Newhart knows her exboyfriend Nick Jamieson isn't the right guy for her. He's caviar and champagne, she's take-out Chinese pot stickers. He's an uptight Republican lawyer, she was raised in a commune and thinks Cinderella is politically incorrect. He wants to get ahead in business, she just wants...him-only not the social-climbing Nick, but the sweet, caring, unbuttoned-down Nick.

And Nick wants her, too, but here's no way Tess is about to play second fiddle to his obsession to make partner. Yet somehow she finds herself agreeing to play his fiancée for a weekend business trip that could make or break Nick's career. And while he's wrapped up in convincing Tess that he needs her in his respectable world, Tess is doing her best to keep her left-wing opinions to herself and her hands off Nick.
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Jennife Crusi writes a good book,i love the way she makes her people come alive in her books
Isadora avatar reviewed Strange Bedpersons on + 122 more book reviews
Really made me LOL! I loved Tess' in your face attitude. No shy, naive, virgin here. I like the way she stands up to Nick's attempts to change her, especially her clothing (ie: ratty jacket, ratty sweats, etc...). The scene where she's giving "Park" a piece of her mind in Nick's office is just too funny! I thought Park was a strange name for a man, but it seems to work in this story. Hope everyone enjoys Strange Bedpersons as much as I did.
Isadora
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Cute Crusie book.
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Fun, Easy read!!
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interesting
jsellers11 avatar reviewed Strange Bedpersons on + 2 more book reviews
Wonderful read! Great!
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Such a fun read!
lisareinke avatar reviewed Strange Bedpersons on + 123 more book reviews
Witty dialogue and characterizations throughout. Not a lot of depth, but a good quick read.
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very cute book. witty and well writeen. a fast read.
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Funny and an easy read. I didn't want it to end, and I want to know what happened after the book ended!!
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One of Cruise's early ones but still wonderful!
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Not my favorite Crusie novel, but it still has her trademark funny, quirky characters.
craftypatti avatar reviewed Strange Bedpersons on + 146 more book reviews
Another great find from Jennifer Crusie. Quick fun read. MUST READ!
romance-writer81 avatar reviewed Strange Bedpersons on + 33 more book reviews
ANother fantasic read by Jennifer Crusie. This is the very first book I read by her, and it got me hooked on her writing! Love her witty, romantic story types.
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As always quirky and fun story, interesting characters. Excellent read.
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cute book. good book for a light summer reading.
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a funny, sexy tale about two strong, loving, but completely opposite characters. Very entertaining.
harmony85 avatar reviewed Strange Bedpersons on + 982 more book reviews
Tess Newhart knows her exboyfriend Nick Jamieson isn't the right guy for her...[but] she just wants...HIM-only not the social climbing Nick, but the sweet, caring, unbuttoned down Nick.

And Nick wants her, too, but there's no way Tess is about to play second fiddle to his obsession to make partner. Yet somehow she finds herself agreeing to play his fiancee for a weekend business trip that could make or break Nick's career...
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Entertaining!
mscollins avatar reviewed Strange Bedpersons on + 10 more book reviews
This is one of Crusie's older novels for Harlequin. As per publishers standards, this is very short and light. The conflict is wrapped up pretty quickly, but I love the characters and Crusie's breathless, gossipy writing style.
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Fast story line, keeps you interested and wanting to read more! Jennifer Cruise is a great writer!
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I'm a big Jennifer Cruise fan. I really like her books. She makes you feel like you are right there in the bedroom.
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Crusie has great non-conventional characters. Great beach read.
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This is a very humorous book! 2 girls from the opposite side of the track of the lawyers boyfriends they are dating. I found it to be enjoyable and lite. : )
jules72653 avatar reviewed Strange Bedpersons on
Crusie again displays her knack for writing snappy dialogue. She is a joy to read and the story itself was humorous. The ending was a bit sappy and predictable but I breezed thru this one in a very short while and enjoyed it.
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She is an awesome author. Very easy read- He's caviar and champagne, she's take out food and beer. Hilarious
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Jennifer Crusie has you laughing through out the book. Very good book to put you in a good mood.
boydbear avatar reviewed Strange Bedpersons on + 112 more book reviews
From the back cover:

Nick is caviar and champagne, Tess is take-out Chinese pot stickers. H's an uptight Republican lawyer, she was raised in a commune and thinks Cinderella is politically incorrect.

Some how Tess finds herself agreeing to play Nick's fiancee for a weekend business trip that could make or break his career...now she just has to keep her left-wing opinions to herself and her hands off Nick.
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One of Jennifer's better books! I LOVED IT!
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Scandalously funny!
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I really, really wanted to like this book. It's well written, it's got Crusie's mix of fluff and depth and humor, what more can anyone ask?

But I just couldn't get close to the characters. Tess is a strident liberal who berates people for not living, dating and decorating the way she thinks they should, her love interest is almost eerily manipulative once she moves in with him (I mean, how many people are going to stay with a guy who throws away your stuff and then presents you with replacements he picked out?), and Norbert Welch is an absolute caricature of a conservative (whose motives for becoming as wholeheartedly conservative as he did make no sense to me. Trying to tiptoe around spoilers: I can see why he wouldn't be into pacifism, but why is he antifeminist if he turned away from pacifism because of a girl? And why the knee-jerk opposition to things that don't even relate to that epiphany?)

And these characters don't do much changing, either- Tess insists that Nick have wild public sex with her because she's annoyed that she had to make any sort of compromise, and Nick keeps throwing out Tess' clothes until the last chapter or so. They just didn't seem like people who wanted to grow with each other, much less grow old with each other. And maybe that means they deserve the chance to keep punishing each other, but... that isn't very romantic.
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Another great choice from one of my favorite authors!
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THIS WAS A CUTE STORY. FAST READ.
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Super funny romantic comedy. Nice light read.
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Tess Newhart knows her ex-boyfriend Nick Jamieson isn't the right guy for her. He's caviar and champagne, she's take-out Chinese pot stickers. He's an uptight Republican lawyer, she was raised in a commune and thinks Cinderella is politically incorrect. He wants to get ahead in business, she just wants...him -- only not the social-climbing Nick, but the sweet, caring, unbuttoned-down Nick.

And Nick wants her, too, but there's no way Tess is about to play second fiddle to his obsession to make partner. Yet somehow she finds herself agreeing to play his fiancée for a weekend business trip that could make or break Nick's career. And while he's wrapped up in convincing Tess that he needs her in his respectable world, Tess is doing her best to keep her left-wing opinions to herself and her hands off Nick.
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Funny, sexy, entertaining--vintage Crusie!
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The first book that I have read by this author. It was a highly entertaining book. It is a quick and great read!
marebear143 avatar reviewed Strange Bedpersons on + 75 more book reviews
Great book!
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funny book
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Though lacking in depth this is such a fun book that I almost hate to get rid of it!
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Tess Newhartknow her ex-boyfriend Nick Jamieson isn't the right guy for her. He's caviar and champagne, she's take-out Chinese pot stickers. He's an upright Republican lawyer, she was raised in a commune and thinks Cinderella is politically incorrect. He wants to get ahead in business, she just wants...him - only not the social-climbing Nick, but the sweet, caring, unbuttoned-down Nick.
And Nick wants her, too, but there's no was Tess is about to play second fiddle to his obsession to make partner. Yet somehow she finds herself agreeing to play his fiancee for a weekend business trip that could make or break Nick's career. And while he's wrapped up in convincing Tess that he needs her in his respectable world, Tess is doing her best to keep her left-wing opinions to herself and her hands off Nick.
nap76 avatar reviewed Strange Bedpersons on + 124 more book reviews
every funny book...enjoy her books
tracey avatar reviewed Strange Bedpersons on + 41 more book reviews
Jennifer Crusie has written a funny, sexy tales about two strong loving, but completely opposites characters. A must read.
robinmy avatar reviewed Strange Bedpersons on + 2045 more book reviews
Cute story.
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Another fun, light Jennifer Crusie. What's not to like.
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Very cute story about a welthy guy and a thift store girl. They live in two different worlds and are trying to connect.
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This book was a great, funny, quick read.
Lissa avatar reviewed Strange Bedpersons on + 224 more book reviews
good book
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Can't remember this one!