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She Went All the Way
There are a few places screenwriter Lou Calabrese would rather be than crammed into a helicopter with Jack Townsend, star of her claim to fame, Copkiller, and whose ex just ran off with Lou's ex. Talk about uncomfortable. But when, halfway out to the isolated arctic location where Copkiller IV is currently shooting, their pilot turns murderous and their helicopter crashes, Lou realizes her day has just gotten a lot worse.
Now, while family and friends back home fret over her disappearance, Lou is on the run in the arctic wilderness with America's sweetheart Jack Townsend and only the contents of her purse, his pockets, and their mutual knowledge of survival movie trivia to keep them alive. Can these two children of Hollywood put aside their differences and make it back home without killing each other? Or much, much worse, actually start to like one another?
Now, while family and friends back home fret over her disappearance, Lou is on the run in the arctic wilderness with America's sweetheart Jack Townsend and only the contents of her purse, his pockets, and their mutual knowledge of survival movie trivia to keep them alive. Can these two children of Hollywood put aside their differences and make it back home without killing each other? Or much, much worse, actually start to like one another?
368 pages, Paperback
First published December 3, 2002
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Meg Cabot
279 books35.4k followersLibrarian note: AKA Jenny Carroll (1-800-Where-R-You series), AKA Patricia Cabot (historical romance novels).
Meg Cabot was born on February 1, 1967, during the Chinese astrological year of the Fire Horse, a notoriously unlucky sign. Fortunately she grew up in Bloomington, Indiana, where few people were aware of the stigma of being a fire horse -- at least until Meg became a teenager, when she flunked freshman Algebra twice, then decided to cut her own bangs. After six years as an undergrad at Indiana University, Meg moved to New York City (in the middle of a sanitation worker strike) to pursue a career as an illustrator, at which she failed miserably, forcing her to turn to her favorite hobby--writing novels--for emotional succor. She worked various jobs to pay the rent, including a decade-long stint as the assistant manager of a 700 bed freshmen dormitory at NYU, a position she still occasionally misses.
She is now the author of nearly fifty books for both adults and teens, selling fifteen million copies worldwide, many of which have been #1 New York Times bestsellers, most notably The Princess Diaries series, which is currently being published in over 38 countries, and was made into two hit movies by Disney. In addition, Meg wrote the Mediator and 1-800-Where-R-You? series (on which the television series, Missing, was based), two All-American Girl books, Teen Idol, Avalon High, How to Be Popular, Pants on Fire, Jinx, a series of novels written entirely in email format (Boy Next Door, Boy Meets Girl, and Every Boy's Got One), a mystery series (Size 12 Is Not Fat/ Size 14 Is Not Fat Either/Big Boned), and a chick-lit series called Queen of Babble.
Meg is now writing a new children's series called Allie Finkle's Rules for Girls. Her new paranormal series, Abandon, debuts in Summer of 2011.
Meg currently divides her time between Key West, Indiana, and New York City with a primary cat (one-eyed Henrietta), various back-up cats, and her husband, who doesn't know he married a fire horse. Please don't tell him.
Series:
* Airhead
* The Princess Diaries
* Mediator
Meg Cabot was born on February 1, 1967, during the Chinese astrological year of the Fire Horse, a notoriously unlucky sign. Fortunately she grew up in Bloomington, Indiana, where few people were aware of the stigma of being a fire horse -- at least until Meg became a teenager, when she flunked freshman Algebra twice, then decided to cut her own bangs. After six years as an undergrad at Indiana University, Meg moved to New York City (in the middle of a sanitation worker strike) to pursue a career as an illustrator, at which she failed miserably, forcing her to turn to her favorite hobby--writing novels--for emotional succor. She worked various jobs to pay the rent, including a decade-long stint as the assistant manager of a 700 bed freshmen dormitory at NYU, a position she still occasionally misses.
She is now the author of nearly fifty books for both adults and teens, selling fifteen million copies worldwide, many of which have been #1 New York Times bestsellers, most notably The Princess Diaries series, which is currently being published in over 38 countries, and was made into two hit movies by Disney. In addition, Meg wrote the Mediator and 1-800-Where-R-You? series (on which the television series, Missing, was based), two All-American Girl books, Teen Idol, Avalon High, How to Be Popular, Pants on Fire, Jinx, a series of novels written entirely in email format (Boy Next Door, Boy Meets Girl, and Every Boy's Got One), a mystery series (Size 12 Is Not Fat/ Size 14 Is Not Fat Either/Big Boned), and a chick-lit series called Queen of Babble.
Meg is now writing a new children's series called Allie Finkle's Rules for Girls. Her new paranormal series, Abandon, debuts in Summer of 2011.
Meg currently divides her time between Key West, Indiana, and New York City with a primary cat (one-eyed Henrietta), various back-up cats, and her husband, who doesn't know he married a fire horse. Please don't tell him.
Series:
* Airhead
* The Princess Diaries
* Mediator
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October 2, 2019
Normally, I enjoy Meg Cabot's books but this book is not up to my expected level.
When compared with the main characters age, I think the behavior is so childish.
Honestly, I won't recommend this book to anyone at all because its not great but why wasting your time when you have other great books?.
When compared with the main characters age, I think the behavior is so childish.
Honestly, I won't recommend this book to anyone at all because its not great but why wasting your time when you have other great books?.
January 12, 2009
If you don't mind Hollywood romance stories and are a fan of love/hate relationships, then this is definitely a great book to add to your TBR shelf.
She Went All the Way is the funny and sexy story of Oscar winning screenwriter, Lou Calabrese, and hunky, George Clooney-like actor, Jack Townsend. Things take off at lighting-fast-speed when Lou and Jack are flying via helicopter to shoot the final scene of the blockbuster movie series, Copkiller. (Lou wrote it. Jack is the star). The pilot pulls a gun on Jack and says he was paid to kill him by an unknown source. Lou finds a flare gun under the pilot's seat. Threatens him with it. Mayhem ensues. The helicopter catches on fire and crashes. The result is that Jack and Lou are stuck in the middle of the Alaskan wilderness in the dead of winter. Not far from a ranger's station. Not too far from an abandoned cabin. But too close to a pack of gun-wielding snowmobilers who have been paid to hunt Jack down and kill him.
What I enjoyed most about this story is the dialogue between Lou and Jack. Lou hates Jack because 1) he dated/dumped her best friend, Vicky (who later married the director of the Copkiller series); 2) Jack is a BIG TIME playboy; and 3) Jack changed one of the lines Lou wrote for the first Copkiller movie. To add insult to injury, the line Jack changed became the signature line for future Copkiller movies. To get even, Lou wrote scenes into the new Copkiller movies that involve Jack stripping down to his birthday suit, being beaten with bamboo sticks and working in a snake pit. And can you really blame her?
The constant jabs and banter between these two is what makes the book. The witty dialogue and deadpan humor literally had me rolling around on the floor laughing. And when Lou and Jack finally acknowledge the attraction between them, the dialogue only gets better!
Just a small warning, there is some head-hopping going on in this one. (I'm not a fan!) And there is a secondary romance between Lou's dad, a retired cop, and Jack's mother, a Jackie Kennedy wannabe.
The only true problem I have with this book is the cover. I purchased the newest edition with the beaded, wedgie shoe on the cover. What in the hell does this book have to do with summer footwear? The entire book takes place in the snow, in the middle of Alaska. Snow shoes would have been more appropriate.
She Went All the Way is the funny and sexy story of Oscar winning screenwriter, Lou Calabrese, and hunky, George Clooney-like actor, Jack Townsend. Things take off at lighting-fast-speed when Lou and Jack are flying via helicopter to shoot the final scene of the blockbuster movie series, Copkiller. (Lou wrote it. Jack is the star). The pilot pulls a gun on Jack and says he was paid to kill him by an unknown source. Lou finds a flare gun under the pilot's seat. Threatens him with it. Mayhem ensues. The helicopter catches on fire and crashes. The result is that Jack and Lou are stuck in the middle of the Alaskan wilderness in the dead of winter. Not far from a ranger's station. Not too far from an abandoned cabin. But too close to a pack of gun-wielding snowmobilers who have been paid to hunt Jack down and kill him.
What I enjoyed most about this story is the dialogue between Lou and Jack. Lou hates Jack because 1) he dated/dumped her best friend, Vicky (who later married the director of the Copkiller series); 2) Jack is a BIG TIME playboy; and 3) Jack changed one of the lines Lou wrote for the first Copkiller movie. To add insult to injury, the line Jack changed became the signature line for future Copkiller movies. To get even, Lou wrote scenes into the new Copkiller movies that involve Jack stripping down to his birthday suit, being beaten with bamboo sticks and working in a snake pit. And can you really blame her?
The constant jabs and banter between these two is what makes the book. The witty dialogue and deadpan humor literally had me rolling around on the floor laughing. And when Lou and Jack finally acknowledge the attraction between them, the dialogue only gets better!
Just a small warning, there is some head-hopping going on in this one. (I'm not a fan!) And there is a secondary romance between Lou's dad, a retired cop, and Jack's mother, a Jackie Kennedy wannabe.
The only true problem I have with this book is the cover. I purchased the newest edition with the beaded, wedgie shoe on the cover. What in the hell does this book have to do with summer footwear? The entire book takes place in the snow, in the middle of Alaska. Snow shoes would have been more appropriate.
May 29, 2018
I wouldn't say Meg Cabot is my favorite author but in the past she has been reliable in providing a good, solid read. Not sure what happened here but I really did not like this book at all. The plot sounded promising with Lou, a screenwriter, and Jack, a famous actor, forced to be around each other despite the fact they can't stand one another. And then obviously because this is a romance we all know what happens next. But with way too many characters introduced in the beginning, a ludicrous plot, and main characters who I didn't really have an interest in, I felt like this was a chore to finish.
June 6, 2007
I like chic-lit, but quality chic-lit. This book did not fall into the quality category. I did not find the story of a screen-writer and famous movie star, being lost in the Alaskan wilderness because of an attempt to murder one of them, very believable. I did not find the characters interesting and was not surprised when the two ended up together.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
November 21, 2011
I normally like Meg Cabot, but characters here were just a bit too one dimensional and shallow. Situations are totally unbelievable, like getting all hot and heavy in the Alaskan wilderness while waiting to be rescued int he freezing cold wilderness!
December 9, 2011
I have yet to figure out what I truly think of Ms. Cabot's writing. I often, while reading her work, vacillate between amusement, disgust, enthrallment, and irritation. Saying I like her work might be going too far, but to say I flat-out dislike it also seems too extreme. I guess all I can really say is that, most of the time her books are a pleasant distraction and oftentimes laugh-out-loud funny. For me personally, the humor in She Went All the Way is what sets it apart from most other over-the-top formulaic romances. There are, of course, the glaring cliche's one must overlook to enjoy any kind of romance, but at least Ms. Cabot balances those with sarcasm and a little touch of vitriol to make things a little more interesting.
My major irritation with nearly all of Cabot's books is that all the women are walking stereotypes of...well, women. Designer clothes, celebrity gossip, a psychotic preoccupation with their weight, self-worth wrapped up in whether or not a guy wants them, etc. It can get to be a little tiring reading their internal monologues. Lou is one of those heroines that was, for me, sort of desperately confusing. She shoots and kills a guy (all right, self defense shooters unite), but has a problem with breaking into a cabin to gain shelter during a blizzard. What? She actually said, "Jack, we can't go inside when no one's home, that's breaking and entering!"
This was during a blizzard and after they'd been chased not once, but twice by gun-toting snowmobilers who were taking pot-shots at them.
So yeah, sometimes Ms. Cabot's "humor" falls sadly flat. But hey, she makes up for it with some other good stuff. Including some pretty stellar sex scenes.
Now I'm wondering if I'm the only person who suspects Jack was loosely based on George Clooney...
My major irritation with nearly all of Cabot's books is that all the women are walking stereotypes of...well, women. Designer clothes, celebrity gossip, a psychotic preoccupation with their weight, self-worth wrapped up in whether or not a guy wants them, etc. It can get to be a little tiring reading their internal monologues. Lou is one of those heroines that was, for me, sort of desperately confusing. She shoots and kills a guy (all right, self defense shooters unite), but has a problem with breaking into a cabin to gain shelter during a blizzard. What? She actually said, "Jack, we can't go inside when no one's home, that's breaking and entering!"
This was during a blizzard and after they'd been chased not once, but twice by gun-toting snowmobilers who were taking pot-shots at them.
So yeah, sometimes Ms. Cabot's "humor" falls sadly flat. But hey, she makes up for it with some other good stuff. Including some pretty stellar sex scenes.
Now I'm wondering if I'm the only person who suspects Jack was loosely based on George Clooney...
September 19, 2007
Three strikes and I’m out. Jack’s a movie star, Lou’s a screenwriter, they don’t like each other, their SOs just left them and married each other, and now the helicopter circumstances forced them to share has crashlanded in Alaska and someone’s trying to kill them. Will they be able to fight off their attackers AND the growing attraction between them?
Yes to the first, no to the second. And both pretty easily. Good thing they crashed so close to both a ranger station and someone’s hunting cabin. And good thing Lou lost the weight she had when she was younger, and Jack likes “spirited” women! Bleck. Things I hate: heroines who “used to be fat, that’s totally the same as being fat now, even if her new fabulous body is constantly referred to, right?”; also, asshole condescending men. Jack actually tells Lou, “You’re cute when you’re mad.” No one who said that to me would ever get any sexual attention from this cutie again. My anger is not cute. If you think my anger is cute, you obviously don’t respect me and can find your own way out of the Alaskan wilderness, thanks.
Not to mention: the Hollywood stuff all seemed immensely fake, though not as fake as the supposed serial monogamist Jack asking Lou to move in with him immediately after they sleep together, and asking her to marry him not long after. Meanwhile, the subplot about Jack and Lou’s widow(er)ed parents falling in love as well was both pointless and kind of gross. (Romances are supposed to be fantasies, wish fulfillment, right? Who in their right mind would actually want one of their parents and one of their boy/girlfriend’s parents to hook up as well? That is not the way to keep it all in the family!) Even picturing Jack as Paul Gross, which I started doing about a third of the way through, was not enough to make me like this book, or even feel engaged by it.
I still think there must be good Romances out there, and that I’m just clearly not finding them. However, I think I need to take a break from the genre for a while.
Yes to the first, no to the second. And both pretty easily. Good thing they crashed so close to both a ranger station and someone’s hunting cabin. And good thing Lou lost the weight she had when she was younger, and Jack likes “spirited” women! Bleck. Things I hate: heroines who “used to be fat, that’s totally the same as being fat now, even if her new fabulous body is constantly referred to, right?”; also, asshole condescending men. Jack actually tells Lou, “You’re cute when you’re mad.” No one who said that to me would ever get any sexual attention from this cutie again. My anger is not cute. If you think my anger is cute, you obviously don’t respect me and can find your own way out of the Alaskan wilderness, thanks.
Not to mention: the Hollywood stuff all seemed immensely fake, though not as fake as the supposed serial monogamist Jack asking Lou to move in with him immediately after they sleep together, and asking her to marry him not long after. Meanwhile, the subplot about Jack and Lou’s widow(er)ed parents falling in love as well was both pointless and kind of gross. (Romances are supposed to be fantasies, wish fulfillment, right? Who in their right mind would actually want one of their parents and one of their boy/girlfriend’s parents to hook up as well? That is not the way to keep it all in the family!) Even picturing Jack as Paul Gross, which I started doing about a third of the way through, was not enough to make me like this book, or even feel engaged by it.
I still think there must be good Romances out there, and that I’m just clearly not finding them. However, I think I need to take a break from the genre for a while.
March 28, 2023
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Well, untuk penghujung tahun 2010, satu lagi buku yang mendapat 5 bintang, dan ini satu2nya Chicklit di tahun ini yang dapet 5 bintang :D :D...
Dapet pinjeman dari si Kimbab, dan membacanya pas perjalanan pulang ke Malang, Aku bener2 terpesona ma ceritanya, penulisan dari Meg Cabot berjalan mulus dan tidak membosankan untuk dibaca. Aku mendapati diriku bener2 masuk dalam ceritanya.
Ceritanya sendiri berlatar belakang hiruk pikuk dunia perfilman di Hollywood. Lou Calabrese, seorang penulis naskah skenario yang baru saja mendapat Academy Award, berkat film Hindenburg yang menggambarkan kemenangan semangat manusia (nih apaan sih :)) ), harus menerima kenyataan pahit ,kalau mantan pacarnya Bruno di Blase (alias Barry Kimnel) telah menikah dengan lawan mainnya Greta Wolston,yang beberapa hari lalu baru saja pisah dengan mantan kekasihnya, Jack Townsend..
Seolah nasib tidak menjadi buruk, Lou harus satu pesawat (baca : helikopter) dengan si musuh bebuyutan, yaitu Jack Townsend sendiri. Jack tak tahu kenapa Lou membencinya, tapi Lou punya alasannya sendiri. Jack dianggap telah mengganti kalimat dalam naskah Lou di film Copkiller, dari kalimat yang awalnya " Its always funny until someone get hurts , diubah Jack menjadi " I need a bigger gun , yang malah jadi quote favorite dari sang aktor, selain itu Jack dulunya adalah mantan pacar dari sahabat Lou, Vicky Lord, istri dari sutradara Tim Lord, yang menyutradai Copkiller IV, film yang lokasi syutingnya adalah tujuan Lou dan Jack yang sekarang berada dalam satu helikopter.
Sayangnya dtengah perjalanan, Jack dan Lou (yang saling menghindar, tapi juga curi2 pandang :)) ) mendapati bahwa diri mereka dalam bahaya, karena sang Pilot menodongkan pistol ke arah Jack. Ada seseorang yang ingin Jack mati, dan saat berusaha mengorek keterangan dari sang pilot, helikopter itu terjatuh, dan praktis saat ini Jack dan Lou tersesat di La La Land, ngg, maksudnya belantara Alaska =))...
Masalah tidak berhenti begitu saja, karena masih ada ancaman pembunuhan yang ditujukan untuk Jack. Jack dan Lou bekejar2an dengan pembunuh yang mengincar mereka, menemukan kabin, keesokan harinya dikejar lagi, sampai akhirnya menemukan rumah pemburu yang layak untuk mereka huni. Sepanjang itu pula Lou dan Jack selalu bertengkar, namun tidak menyangkal kalau mereka saling tertarik satu sama lain, sampai pada puncaknya setelah acara makan malam di dapur (ehem2 =)) )
Tiga hari telah berlalu, setelah kecelakaan helikopter, dan Jack serta Lou tetap berusaha melarikan diri dari pengejar mereka, sampai akhirnya mereka berdua menemukan bar, dan meminta pertolongan.
Masalah selesai??
Tidak juga, karena rupanya ancaman pembunuhan terhadap JAck masih berlanjut, dan parahnya saat itu Jack sadar bahwa mungkin selama ini Loulah yang selalu dia cari2 sebagai pendamping hidupnya nanti...
Bisa dibilang, aku sangat menikmati kisah Lou dan Jack disini
Dari yang awalnya hate at the first sight, dan lama2 jadi saling jatuh cinta, walau sama 2 menyangkal (Lou ga mau terluka lagi hatinya gara2 aktor, Jack anti komitmen). Menyenangnkan melihat mereka beradu mulut, karena Lou bukan tipe yang bisa terintimidasi, dan Jack tahu bahwa Lou adalah satu2nya wanita yang kebal pesonanya (setidaknya begitu).
Selain Jack dan Lou, tokoh2 lain juga tak kalah seru ceritanya, tapi yang paling berkesan adalah cerita Eleanor Townsend (ibu Jack) dan Frank Calabrese (ayah Lou), rupanya tidak hanya anak mereka berdua yang kena panah cupid, walau sudah tua, cinta pun bisa datang kapan saja... :)), dan juga si Bruno di Blase alias Barry yang masih aja mengejar2 Lou, walau harus menerima kenyataan kalo dy kebanting sama si Jack...
Untuk Chicklit, buku ini tergolong cukup "steamy" (bukannya aku protes, hohoho), cukup kaget juga waktu tau , tapi akhirnya lanjut terus bacanya [hmpfh]
Baru sadar ternyata ini buku Meg Cabbot pertama yang aku baca, dan aku ga sabar membaca buku2 Meg Cabot yang lainnya :D
Well, untuk penghujung tahun 2010, satu lagi buku yang mendapat 5 bintang, dan ini satu2nya Chicklit di tahun ini yang dapet 5 bintang :D :D...
Dapet pinjeman dari si Kimbab, dan membacanya pas perjalanan pulang ke Malang, Aku bener2 terpesona ma ceritanya, penulisan dari Meg Cabot berjalan mulus dan tidak membosankan untuk dibaca. Aku mendapati diriku bener2 masuk dalam ceritanya.
Ceritanya sendiri berlatar belakang hiruk pikuk dunia perfilman di Hollywood. Lou Calabrese, seorang penulis naskah skenario yang baru saja mendapat Academy Award, berkat film Hindenburg yang menggambarkan kemenangan semangat manusia (nih apaan sih :)) ), harus menerima kenyataan pahit ,kalau mantan pacarnya Bruno di Blase (alias Barry Kimnel) telah menikah dengan lawan mainnya Greta Wolston,yang beberapa hari lalu baru saja pisah dengan mantan kekasihnya, Jack Townsend..
Seolah nasib tidak menjadi buruk, Lou harus satu pesawat (baca : helikopter) dengan si musuh bebuyutan, yaitu Jack Townsend sendiri. Jack tak tahu kenapa Lou membencinya, tapi Lou punya alasannya sendiri. Jack dianggap telah mengganti kalimat dalam naskah Lou di film Copkiller, dari kalimat yang awalnya " Its always funny until someone get hurts , diubah Jack menjadi " I need a bigger gun , yang malah jadi quote favorite dari sang aktor, selain itu Jack dulunya adalah mantan pacar dari sahabat Lou, Vicky Lord, istri dari sutradara Tim Lord, yang menyutradai Copkiller IV, film yang lokasi syutingnya adalah tujuan Lou dan Jack yang sekarang berada dalam satu helikopter.
Sayangnya dtengah perjalanan, Jack dan Lou (yang saling menghindar, tapi juga curi2 pandang :)) ) mendapati bahwa diri mereka dalam bahaya, karena sang Pilot menodongkan pistol ke arah Jack. Ada seseorang yang ingin Jack mati, dan saat berusaha mengorek keterangan dari sang pilot, helikopter itu terjatuh, dan praktis saat ini Jack dan Lou tersesat di La La Land, ngg, maksudnya belantara Alaska =))...
Masalah tidak berhenti begitu saja, karena masih ada ancaman pembunuhan yang ditujukan untuk Jack. Jack dan Lou bekejar2an dengan pembunuh yang mengincar mereka, menemukan kabin, keesokan harinya dikejar lagi, sampai akhirnya menemukan rumah pemburu yang layak untuk mereka huni. Sepanjang itu pula Lou dan Jack selalu bertengkar, namun tidak menyangkal kalau mereka saling tertarik satu sama lain, sampai pada puncaknya setelah acara makan malam di dapur (ehem2 =)) )
Tiga hari telah berlalu, setelah kecelakaan helikopter, dan Jack serta Lou tetap berusaha melarikan diri dari pengejar mereka, sampai akhirnya mereka berdua menemukan bar, dan meminta pertolongan.
Masalah selesai??
Tidak juga, karena rupanya ancaman pembunuhan terhadap JAck masih berlanjut, dan parahnya saat itu Jack sadar bahwa mungkin selama ini Loulah yang selalu dia cari2 sebagai pendamping hidupnya nanti...
Bisa dibilang, aku sangat menikmati kisah Lou dan Jack disini
Dari yang awalnya hate at the first sight, dan lama2 jadi saling jatuh cinta, walau sama 2 menyangkal (Lou ga mau terluka lagi hatinya gara2 aktor, Jack anti komitmen). Menyenangnkan melihat mereka beradu mulut, karena Lou bukan tipe yang bisa terintimidasi, dan Jack tahu bahwa Lou adalah satu2nya wanita yang kebal pesonanya (setidaknya begitu).
Selain Jack dan Lou, tokoh2 lain juga tak kalah seru ceritanya, tapi yang paling berkesan adalah cerita Eleanor Townsend (ibu Jack) dan Frank Calabrese (ayah Lou), rupanya tidak hanya anak mereka berdua yang kena panah cupid, walau sudah tua, cinta pun bisa datang kapan saja... :)), dan juga si Bruno di Blase alias Barry yang masih aja mengejar2 Lou, walau harus menerima kenyataan kalo dy kebanting sama si Jack...
Untuk Chicklit, buku ini tergolong cukup "steamy" (bukannya aku protes, hohoho), cukup kaget juga waktu tau , tapi akhirnya lanjut terus bacanya [hmpfh]
Baru sadar ternyata ini buku Meg Cabbot pertama yang aku baca, dan aku ga sabar membaca buku2 Meg Cabot yang lainnya :D
July 9, 2014
Second time read and still loving it. Vintage Meg Cabot <3 Throwback to childhood!
February 3, 2009
Read: October 2005
Re-read: February 2009
This was a great book! I have decided to put this in the hallowed Keepers pile because it is the perfect girly indulgance.
The main character is Lou Calabrese - a screenwriter who dated actor Barry Kimmel until he ran off with the co-star of the movie he was working on and married her. Lou is broken hearted and pissed off. Lou has to fly to Alaska to work on the movie she wrote - Copkiller and ends up in a helicopter with Jack Townsend - the star of Copkillers - and the jerk who changed her writing in the movie. (He was supposed to say It's always funny until someone gets hurt and instead he changed it to I need a bigger gun and of course it stuck and the whole world is saying it like they are Clint Eastwood or something.)
So of course Jack and Lou end up crashing in a helicopter in the Alaskan Wilderness together. They hole up in a cabin alone together (que Barry White) and OH - Did I mention people are trying to kill Jack?! Yeah. So that's kind of exciting too.
Yummy.
Re-read: February 2009
This was a great book! I have decided to put this in the hallowed Keepers pile because it is the perfect girly indulgance.
The main character is Lou Calabrese - a screenwriter who dated actor Barry Kimmel until he ran off with the co-star of the movie he was working on and married her. Lou is broken hearted and pissed off. Lou has to fly to Alaska to work on the movie she wrote - Copkiller and ends up in a helicopter with Jack Townsend - the star of Copkillers - and the jerk who changed her writing in the movie. (He was supposed to say It's always funny until someone gets hurt and instead he changed it to I need a bigger gun and of course it stuck and the whole world is saying it like they are Clint Eastwood or something.)
So of course Jack and Lou end up crashing in a helicopter in the Alaskan Wilderness together. They hole up in a cabin alone together (que Barry White) and OH - Did I mention people are trying to kill Jack?! Yeah. So that's kind of exciting too.
Yummy.
January 14, 2019
With Meg Cabot books, I never know how well they'll age, but this one was still really fun. There's not the best attitude towards the female characters who aren't Lou (they're all appearance-obsessed and so forth), but thankfully Lou and Jack are stranded in the Alaskan wilderness alone for most of it, so that doesn't really matter. The side ship with the parents is super cute, the ship is great, and there were several lines that made me chuckle out loud. Not up to the standard of more recent Cabot novels but this is one I will definitely be keeping in my collection.
did-not-finish
January 31, 2018It hurts me to not finish this book. Meg Cabot is one of my favorite authors, mostly for the super cute Princess Diary series. But this book fell flat from the beginning for me. The characters were annoying and stereotypical, the romance was cheesy and the whole thing read like a try hard-romcom for me. When the two main characters annoy you too much, it's hard to care about what happens to them.
September 20, 2020
Ugh, Meg. I most definitely have a love/hate relationship with her books.
She Went All the Way was an okay book. In it, you will meet Lou and Jack. Eh, they weren't my favorite characters to like or even ship. I honestly didn't even try to get invested in them because they easily annoyed and frustrated me in the beginning.
It also doesn't help that not a lot happens in this book. Or if something did happen, I felt nothing for it. At one point, I had to somehow motivate me to finish this book because I just didn't want to be quitter and dnf it. Of course, I came close but then I saw how close I was to finishing and somehow got to the end.
Oh, that last page was completely beautiful. I felt like I ran a marathon or two. I was done. Finally.
She Went All the Way was an okay book. In it, you will meet Lou and Jack. Eh, they weren't my favorite characters to like or even ship. I honestly didn't even try to get invested in them because they easily annoyed and frustrated me in the beginning.
It also doesn't help that not a lot happens in this book. Or if something did happen, I felt nothing for it. At one point, I had to somehow motivate me to finish this book because I just didn't want to be quitter and dnf it. Of course, I came close but then I saw how close I was to finishing and somehow got to the end.
Oh, that last page was completely beautiful. I felt like I ran a marathon or two. I was done. Finally.
November 14, 2022
I liked the beginning but the second half was too much even for my sarcastic taste.
August 14, 2019
This is exactly what I needed it to be. Fast paced, interesting, silly, and heart-warming. The chemistry was great, tbe writing was fun and easy, the hunor made me laugh out loud on occasion. And while the premise was absolutely ridiculous, it was a cute enough book that I was able to suspend disbelief and just enjoy it.
This is my very first Meg Cabot novel and I’m totally ready to try more. I really like the way she develops her characters - maybe that’s how I was able to enjoy this so much?? Because if the characters hadn’t been so well written I would have been less likely to put up with the cheesy drama and action sequences.
Maybe I’ll try the Princess Diaries books next...... I’ve been wanting to for ages.....
This is my very first Meg Cabot novel and I’m totally ready to try more. I really like the way she develops her characters - maybe that’s how I was able to enjoy this so much?? Because if the characters hadn’t been so well written I would have been less likely to put up with the cheesy drama and action sequences.
Maybe I’ll try the Princess Diaries books next...... I’ve been wanting to for ages.....
August 19, 2012
Was Meg Cabot 12 when she wrote this? It reads like a 12 year old's version of a love story.
Her: I hate him. He's so mean.
Him: Why does she hate me? That makes me love her.
Her: OOOOO! He's so dreamy, but I still hate him.
Him: I've been with hundreds of beautiful women who love me. But she hates me, so I choose her.
If that didn't turn your stomach, try reading a few hundred pages of this, then let me know how you are feeling. If you still feel OK, then you probably are 12.
If you want light, fun, Meg Cabot reading, then stick with her Queen of Babble books.
Her: I hate him. He's so mean.
Him: Why does she hate me? That makes me love her.
Her: OOOOO! He's so dreamy, but I still hate him.
Him: I've been with hundreds of beautiful women who love me. But she hates me, so I choose her.
If that didn't turn your stomach, try reading a few hundred pages of this, then let me know how you are feeling. If you still feel OK, then you probably are 12.
If you want light, fun, Meg Cabot reading, then stick with her Queen of Babble books.
March 21, 2017
I haven't read a romance I really enjoyed in a while. This one didn't have a ton of sexy scenes (which was a nice change) and I actually liked both main characters. There were some genuinely funny scenes that made me laugh out loud. My kids asked what was funny and of course it was adult humor so I couldn't repeat. :) Definitely worth a read if you are looking for a light, funny, romance with not alot of sexy scenes.
October 13, 2008
No where near as good as her Heather Wells books. Contrived story line, forced dialoge, unbelievable plot line. Meg Cabot dropped the ball this time.
November 16, 2024
3.5 ⭐️
I love Meg Cabot but this book was much different than her other stuff, or maybe I just have been reading more of her YA lately. Of course still well written and entertaining just not my favorite. Has not made me any less eager to keep reading her books.
I also forgot how to read recently so this took me over a month which is knocking the rating down a peg
I love Meg Cabot but this book was much different than her other stuff, or maybe I just have been reading more of her YA lately. Of course still well written and entertaining just not my favorite. Has not made me any less eager to keep reading her books.
I also forgot how to read recently so this took me over a month which is knocking the rating down a peg
December 9, 2024
in spite of the weirdly long time it took me to finish reading this, i thought this book was very fun! way more spicy scenes than I expected from a meg cabot book lol. kind of interesting to see how her writing style evolved over time- this definitely has much of the zaniness that persists in her other books, but in a much more typical romance novel narrative. I now want to revisit her 'boy' series
March 12, 2022
Absolutely delicious! Meg Cabot was officially one of my favorite authors after reading this. She keeps me riveted to the page, and I do particularly like books that include humor! Now if I could just be stuck in a cabin with a man like Jake for a few days...or a few hours...
March 9, 2022
This is the second book that’s made its way to me as a part of #8BabesTravelingFaves selected by @whiskers_and_paperbacks
While having read a range of Meg Cabot books in the past (obviously including Princess Diaries), this isn’t one I’d read before, nor do I think I would have selected it on my own, but kudos to Manda for selecting it, because I had an absolute blast. It’s an absolute blast from the past.
Lou Calabrese is the Oscar-winning screenwriter for the movie The Hindenburg; it’s been heralded a “triumph of the human spirit.” But her actor boyfriend of 10 years, Barry, recently left her, eloping with his co-star from The Hindenburg, Greta. Greta also recently split with her own paramour, the famous Jack Townsend, who has starred in four of Lou’s cop-drama adventure films. On the way to filming on location, the helicopter on which Lou and Jack are passengers goes down, leaving them stranded in the Alaskan wilderness in the middle of a blizzard. And there’s basically no one on the face of the planet Lou would like to be stranded with less than the man who has been voted a top-50 best-looking man in the world ten years running and who always wants to change the lines she’s written for him.
Published in 2002, Meg Cabot’s books are often deeply reflective of their time, and this was no different. I admit there were some cringe-worthy moments, particularly with regards to gender norms (must all women other than Lou be interested in fashion and not eating dessert? Maybe in Hollywood), but I reminded myself this was 20 years ago and let it roll off me. (Ok, there are plenty of comments in the margin on it LAUGH). But this was a light, snappy, and smart mix of a romantic suspense and lighthearted chick lit romcom. There’s a compelling mystery driving the plot, but we also get a classic enemies to lovers and yes, only one bed.
While having read a range of Meg Cabot books in the past (obviously including Princess Diaries), this isn’t one I’d read before, nor do I think I would have selected it on my own, but kudos to Manda for selecting it, because I had an absolute blast. It’s an absolute blast from the past.
Lou Calabrese is the Oscar-winning screenwriter for the movie The Hindenburg; it’s been heralded a “triumph of the human spirit.” But her actor boyfriend of 10 years, Barry, recently left her, eloping with his co-star from The Hindenburg, Greta. Greta also recently split with her own paramour, the famous Jack Townsend, who has starred in four of Lou’s cop-drama adventure films. On the way to filming on location, the helicopter on which Lou and Jack are passengers goes down, leaving them stranded in the Alaskan wilderness in the middle of a blizzard. And there’s basically no one on the face of the planet Lou would like to be stranded with less than the man who has been voted a top-50 best-looking man in the world ten years running and who always wants to change the lines she’s written for him.
Published in 2002, Meg Cabot’s books are often deeply reflective of their time, and this was no different. I admit there were some cringe-worthy moments, particularly with regards to gender norms (must all women other than Lou be interested in fashion and not eating dessert? Maybe in Hollywood), but I reminded myself this was 20 years ago and let it roll off me. (Ok, there are plenty of comments in the margin on it LAUGH). But this was a light, snappy, and smart mix of a romantic suspense and lighthearted chick lit romcom. There’s a compelling mystery driving the plot, but we also get a classic enemies to lovers and yes, only one bed.
August 23, 2009
I think I'll just stick to reading the back of the book. It sounded better. It makes you think that it's packed full of action and some suspense. Oh don't let it fool you. There was very little suspense, and the rest seemed like 'fluff'.
When you think the characters will have to face a challenge it's like the 'easy way out' is just handed to them. Like when they are chased and, oh look! An abandoned Ranger's station! And then a little more chasing, and Oh look! An abandoned house! And then more chasing and then, yes that's right, an open bar in the middle of nowhere. Yeah right! Like you'd just happen to stumble upon them after very little walking. SO not believable. And then the dialogue kicks in. Not the dialogue between characters, but all of the descriptions of their thoughts and feelings. It was all WAY over explained. Okay I get that they hate each other and are stuck in the wilderness together. You don't need to try to explain that over and over again. I was struggling to get to the end of the book. Oh and I also don't get the title. Okay... yeah... she sleeps with the guy, but really? Is that what the author wanted us to focus on? Lame. Is there some hidden meaning that I'm just not getting?
Was very disappointed with the whole book. Mindless entertainment.
When you think the characters will have to face a challenge it's like the 'easy way out' is just handed to them. Like when they are chased and, oh look! An abandoned Ranger's station! And then a little more chasing, and Oh look! An abandoned house! And then more chasing and then, yes that's right, an open bar in the middle of nowhere. Yeah right! Like you'd just happen to stumble upon them after very little walking. SO not believable. And then the dialogue kicks in. Not the dialogue between characters, but all of the descriptions of their thoughts and feelings. It was all WAY over explained. Okay I get that they hate each other and are stuck in the wilderness together. You don't need to try to explain that over and over again. I was struggling to get to the end of the book. Oh and I also don't get the title. Okay... yeah... she sleeps with the guy, but really? Is that what the author wanted us to focus on? Lame. Is there some hidden meaning that I'm just not getting?
Was very disappointed with the whole book. Mindless entertainment.
April 26, 2017
DNF - 60% do livro.
Meg Cabot é um dos meus maiores guilty pleasures. A escrita dela não é nada excepcional, ela adora um clichê e parece evitar diversidade racial em suas protagonistas como a praga, mas o que eu posso fazer? Cresci lendo o Diário da Princesa (é uma série que volta e meia eu releio e me divirto) e adoro a série da Heather Wells e seus cozy mysteries.
Mas às vezes Meg Cabot erra a mão. Feio. E "Ela foi até o fim" foi uma dessas vezes.
Toda vez que Jack comentava como Lou era um floquinho de neve especial -como ela não era como """as outras mulheres que ele conhecia"""- um dos meus neurônios morria, então eu parei para não sofrer sequelas. Sem falar quando Jack comentava como ele não é como seus colegas atores superficiais. Eu revirei tanto meus olhos durante essa leitura que eles agora estão doendo.
As mudanças de pontos de vista quebravam todo o meu momentum, e vários desses povs não me acrescentavam em nada. Exceto as famílias de Lou e Jack: os capítulos em que a mãe de Jack e a família de Lou apareciam eram tão divertidos que quase me fizeram continuar o livro. ...Quase.
Sem falar no mistério de quem estava querendo matar Jack. Eu me importava? Não, nem um pouco.
Então decidi não perder mais tempo com isso.
Meg Cabot é um dos meus maiores guilty pleasures. A escrita dela não é nada excepcional, ela adora um clichê e parece evitar diversidade racial em suas protagonistas como a praga, mas o que eu posso fazer? Cresci lendo o Diário da Princesa (é uma série que volta e meia eu releio e me divirto) e adoro a série da Heather Wells e seus cozy mysteries.
Mas às vezes Meg Cabot erra a mão. Feio. E "Ela foi até o fim" foi uma dessas vezes.
Toda vez que Jack comentava como Lou era um floquinho de neve especial -como ela não era como """as outras mulheres que ele conhecia"""- um dos meus neurônios morria, então eu parei para não sofrer sequelas. Sem falar quando Jack comentava como ele não é como seus colegas atores superficiais. Eu revirei tanto meus olhos durante essa leitura que eles agora estão doendo.
As mudanças de pontos de vista quebravam todo o meu momentum, e vários desses povs não me acrescentavam em nada. Exceto as famílias de Lou e Jack: os capítulos em que a mãe de Jack e a família de Lou apareciam eram tão divertidos que quase me fizeram continuar o livro. ...Quase.
Sem falar no mistério de quem estava querendo matar Jack. Eu me importava? Não, nem um pouco.
Então decidi não perder mais tempo com isso.
May 11, 2011
i thought this story was wonderful. first about the book. lou was so mad about her boyfriend berry because after a long term releationship he didnt want commintment (pretty typical for guys) anyway then there's jack he is a very typical playboy he is a hollywood actor who jumps from bed to bed lets just say they wnat to kill each other thrugh out the beginning so they hate it when they take a helicopter ride for lou's movie and end up bieng chased down by thugs who want jack dead. they ended up traveling in the russian artic and soon end bieng in each others arms this is vey werid since they practilly wanted to kill each other before this but they found out soon enough that maby there might be something there besides lust. in my opinion this was great. the only thing i think meg cabot held back on was the sex scenes lets just say she should describe a little more i mean the scenes were fine but she should include a little more detail but overall HOOOOTTT! any hoo i loved it because the romance in it was wonderful and heart warming and the sex awesome! so if you like action, adventure, and a little sex this is the book you want.
July 22, 2011
I was convinced I would really like this book based on the description; it had all the makings for a great story:
1) You have your love/hate relationship which promises for alot of heated sexual tension, not to mention potential for sarcastic witty banter.
2) An appealing plot of overcoming extreme obstacles while being stranded in the wilderness with an extremely hot guy (which brings me to #3)
3) An extremely hot (hard bodied, playboy, action movie star)guy!
I was so disappointed. First off, the story was told from several different characters' point of view. It jumped around way too much and I found it very confusing at times. Secondly..."stranded" in the wilderness? Laugh Out Loud!!!! They just happened to stumble across everything they needed; making it seem more like a bad camping trip. I don't mean to sound harsh; I liked Lou and Jack (minus having the much anticipated witty banter) and enjoyed certain aspects of the book, but thats the best thing I can say about it. Everything happened way too fast, the romance, the relationship. Even the ending was too rushed. It had potential, but in the end fell short.
1) You have your love/hate relationship which promises for alot of heated sexual tension, not to mention potential for sarcastic witty banter.
2) An appealing plot of overcoming extreme obstacles while being stranded in the wilderness with an extremely hot guy (which brings me to #3)
3) An extremely hot (hard bodied, playboy, action movie star)guy!
I was so disappointed. First off, the story was told from several different characters' point of view. It jumped around way too much and I found it very confusing at times. Secondly..."stranded" in the wilderness? Laugh Out Loud!!!! They just happened to stumble across everything they needed; making it seem more like a bad camping trip. I don't mean to sound harsh; I liked Lou and Jack (minus having the much anticipated witty banter) and enjoyed certain aspects of the book, but thats the best thing I can say about it. Everything happened way too fast, the romance, the relationship. Even the ending was too rushed. It had potential, but in the end fell short.
March 12, 2017
Akčné, strhujúce, romantické. Kniha sa číta tak ľahko ako by sa pozeral film - ten typický americký :-) Väčšina scén je viac neuveriteľná ako uveriteľná, o čom svedčí dejová línia, kde sa dvaja mladí ľudia, ktorí sa neznášajú, ocitnú v zasneženej Aljaške a bojujú o holý život. Behom štyroch dní sa ich šesťročné nepriateľstvo mení na nehynúcu lásku... K tomu sa do seba zamilujú aj ich rodičia (jeho matka Eleanor a jej otec Frank) a v poslednej chvíli (tak ako to má byť), na pozadí napínavej akčnej scény, odhalia vraha :-)
Napriek tomu, že autorka použila lacnú hollywoodsku zápletku, romantiku na pozadí akčnej scény, a vraha, ktorého odhalenie vás nemá v čom prekvapiť, ja som sa výborne bavila a pri knižke strávila príjemný čas... A rada ho kľudne strávim znova - ja prosto takéto príbehy môžem ;-)
Napriek tomu, že autorka použila lacnú hollywoodsku zápletku, romantiku na pozadí akčnej scény, a vraha, ktorého odhalenie vás nemá v čom prekvapiť, ja som sa výborne bavila a pri knižke strávila príjemný čas... A rada ho kľudne strávim znova - ja prosto takéto príbehy môžem ;-)
October 23, 2022
Still entertaining after all these years
I first read this action-adventure, "enemies to lovers," romantic comedy when it was initially released 20 years ago. I really enjoyed it then, and I enjoyed it just as much this time around. It's one of the best adult romance novels that Cabot has ever written. Lou and Jack are wonderful, sympathetic protagonists. The repartee between them is hilarious, and the sex scenes are extremely well done--sensual and romantic, with nothing crude about them.
The secondary romance between Lou's father and Jack's mother is adorable as well.
I first read this action-adventure, "enemies to lovers," romantic comedy when it was initially released 20 years ago. I really enjoyed it then, and I enjoyed it just as much this time around. It's one of the best adult romance novels that Cabot has ever written. Lou and Jack are wonderful, sympathetic protagonists. The repartee between them is hilarious, and the sex scenes are extremely well done--sensual and romantic, with nothing crude about them.
The secondary romance between Lou's father and Jack's mother is adorable as well.
November 15, 2016
DNF at 25%. i know that these books are lighthearted. Authenticity is not on the to-do list. But Lou's reaction to a helicopter crash was ludicrous. And it made her both annoying and unlikable. Disappointed to let this one go - but we're not going to overcome that last scene. (On a related note - Richard Russo is not the book you want to read along with anything else. He's making a mockery of other books - without effort.)
December 27, 2017
Worst Meg Cabot book that I've ever read. There is no character depth, the story is all over the place, I don't even know why the characters fell in love with each other and did they even fall in love?, secondary characters were horrible, I even skimmed some of it. I SKIM READ A MEG CABOT BOOK. 15 year old me would have had a heart attack.
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