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by Toni Jordan
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The Girl in a Cafe
The Girl in a Cafe rated it 12 years ago
Such a cute, light read about a girl who has OCD. Reminds me of Stranger Than Fiction!
Brie's Corner
Brie's Corner rated it 12 years ago
2.5 StarsWarning: There will be spoilers.Kaetrin reviewed this book a few weeks ago and it sounded interesting and unique, so I bought it. I’m glad I read it. For the most part I found it entertaining, and it has stayed with me after I finished it. But I also keep having more and more issues with it...
tien
tien rated it 14 years ago
Grace Lisa Vandenburg loves numbers. From the number of letters in her name, the number of steps from home to the cafe, to the number of alfalfa sprouts in her salad sandwich. She treasures her cuisenaire rods (I had to google this) and a framed picture of Nikola Tesla, her hero, is on her bedside ...
megancsparks
megancsparks rated it 14 years ago
Not sure if this should get 3 or 4 stars. I'll err on the generous side...For the most part, I enjoyed this. It's a light and funny novel, but due to the OCD given to the protagonist, it has its dark moments.I can totally sympathize with people who have OCD since I have a few compulsive behaviors my...
nadines
nadines rated it 15 years ago
Grace hat ein Problem: Zahlen. Sie ist bessessen davon, ihre Umwelt unter Kontrolle zu bekommen, indem sie alles zählt, was ihr begegnet. Buchstaben in Namen, Streusel auf Kuchen, Schritte bis zum Supermarkt...Selbst alltägliche Dinge wie Einkaufen werden zur Herausforderung, wenn Eier in 12-er Pack...
Kiwiria
Kiwiria rated it 16 years ago
(I kept reading the title as Addiction rather than Addition!) Plotwise a very nondescript novel based on the typical chick-lit idea of "girl meets boy, girl and boy fall in love, girl and boy break up, girl and boy get back together again". I might even have found it rather dull, if it hadn't been f...
CJ the Book Peddler
CJ the Book Peddler rated it 16 years ago
I almost gave up on this story but decided to keep going. It was well worth it. Though the beginning feels a little hollow and methodical, by the time you get to the end - you realize that's the point.My favorite character though is neither Grace nor Seamus (Who I now have a literal - as in literatu...
willemite
willemite rated it 16 years ago
Grace has a bad case of OCD. She counts things, everything in fact, and it has made her, effectively, a recluse. How did she get this way? Her hero is Nikola Tesla. They share something. One day at the supermarket, short one banana at the checkout, she swipes one from the guy behind her on line to m...
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