The Best Thing review
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The Best Thing is the third romance in The Kent Brothers Trilogy series written by author Jaci Burton. Loved all three stories.
4976520
Reading that book was the best thing I have done for my up and coming career. It gave me practical tools to use now and some to file for later. I fully plan on recommending it to my fellow students so that they can get some of the great advice I got. I really enjoyed reading the book, the personal stories created a serious effect. Some of those bad things could happen to me (yikes!) and some of those good things could happen to me (yea!).
344674
It is an enjoyable story, touching on many true emotions with enough of a fairy tale bend to leave you smiling. Of course girl meets guy, and is the best thing in the world for him- but of course he resists..and of course there are complications..before the happy ending! Ahhh!
2010775
I'm a huge fan of the podcast, and so I was ecstatic that they were coming out with a novel.

The audio book is a thing of beauty and I'm fairly convinced that it's pretty much the most brilliant thing ever. I love that Cecil Baldwin (who plays Cecil Palmer, the Voice of Night Vale) narrates the book, and after listening to it, it's hard not to read everything in his voice. I was a little disappointed that Dylan (the voice of Carlos) didn't get to read the chapter in which Carlos is narrating scientific findings to Jackie, but overall, I loved loved loved loved it.
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The list is okay. A few things are like, "What? Why would I care about doing that?" Definitely gets you thinking about your own list. If you're a GUY I highly recommend DIE HAPPY 499 THINGS EVERY GUYS GOTTA DO WHILE HE STILL CAN. Similar thought, but very funny, full of great ideas with substance (adventures, fests, sports, travels, partying, lost weekends), 499 in all. It has some crazy true stories, too.
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The best thing I can say about any book - its very hard to put down. Its not perfect - its probably 75 pages too long - but its super engaging and entertaining and fun. It pulls off the hardest trick of all: it pokes fun at the genre while being a mostly faithful execution of the genre. Overall, its great.
3522069
Cool book awesome book best book ever I liked it so much I think everyone should read it and the best thing about it was the entertainment you should read it
442476
This book was the best thing to ever come into my life. It help me to speak positive words over my life whenever I feel like nothing was going right for me. I love to read Joel Osteen book and I notice a lot of good things is happening in my life now because of me doing what the book said about blessing my life and not accepting whatever bad that happens.
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For the past two years, Neil Pasricha has dedicated himself to identifying one new awesome thing every weekday, and posting it on his blog. Without fail, these things are commonplace. Things we experience in our daily lives without ever paying them much attention. Because of the regularity with which we experience them, it's easy to overlook how they make our lives better in big and small ways.

What's delightful about the blog, and now this book, is that Neil gives us a chance to hit pause, and look back on our experiences, celebrating them, albeit belatedly. His writing is celebratory, engaging, funny, and inspiring.  What's more, you don't have to read too many of his entries before you start paying attention to perfectly toasted toast, the last crumbly triangle in the bag of potato chips, or the smell of books, and smiling when you experience them. You also begin recognizing new awesome things yourself. Somehow, when you start paying attention to how the little, seemingly inconsequential things can brighten your day, the genuinely bad stuff doesn't seem so consuming. The world seems a little bit friendlier. A little bit smaller. A little more wonderful.

Now that I've said that, I think it's really important to tell you that this is NOT A SELF-HELP BOOK (despite how I've seen it promoted recently). It's not a psychology book. It's not an instruction manual. It's a catalog of short, joyous essays about awesome things. I promise that you will walk away from this book having mastered no new concepts. However, I also promise that you will find yourself smiling and nodding in appreciation while you read -- a silent toast to awesome things you never took the time to recognize.

I had high expectations for this book, which were well-exceeded. In fact, I liked it so much that I bought copies for my parents and my sister, who have enjoyed it as well.
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Review by Aubrey L., age 5, Greater New York Mensa

I really loved this book. It's a fun story. A little girl goes away on her own to visit her grandma. She goes away on her carpet, horse, and boat, which are her three best things, to visit her house. Two times she sees her family there and one time she doesn't because they are on their way to Grandma's house to see her.

My favorite part is when she goes away on her horse, because it's so beautiful. I wish I had a magic carpet and stuff like that. Everybody in the world would like this book.
Five Stars! The best thing in the world!
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My son and I reviewed this e-book on episode 8 of The Free Stuff Show Podcast. Rather read the entire transcription here, you can hear it on iTunes, Blubrry,com or Stitcher Radio. You can also here it on [...] . Unless you are getting the book free, I highly recommend you listen to our review of 50 Things To Know About Getting Free Stuff To Review BEFORE you purchase it. For full disclosure, we each downloaded a sample of the e-book, which at the time was $2.99, and when we went back to purchase the item so we could review it for the show, it was $0.00, so we each received a copy of the entire e-book at no cost. We both received our copies free, but as far as I know no one was expecting us to review it. The book just happened to be free at the time we went online to purchase it.
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I think if you are going to buy this book or are even considering it, you have to be a very big fan of the show and appreciative of it, because the average fan might not get much out of it.  It has awesome photos taken  during the final episode with comments by the cast.  It's not a story or  script or anything like that, it's just one last look at what the actors  went through and how they felt.  But I have the book and I loved it.  A lot  of behind-the-scenes pictures were great.
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I recently read Laura Tait and Jimmy Rice's debut, The Best Thing That Never Happened to Me, and I absolutely adored. It was clever, fun and original. So I had huge hopes for their new book. And the truth is that it surpassed all my expectations. Their debut was good but their second book is just brilliant. It is also clever, fun and original but it goes a step further. Its dry humour made me chuckle more than once but what really got to me was its unique plot and all the surprises it had in store for me.

Just the other day I was talking to some book lovers about how sometimes we feel that we read the same stories over and over again, you know "girl meets boy and the rest is history" so it is always refreshing when you find a story that gives you something more and that's what The Night That Changed Everything does. It actually gives you so much more. For a starter, it is not a story about falling in love but kind of falling out of love because it is about a break up. And if you think that a story about a break up might be a bit depressing, you are completely wrong. It is bittersweet but uplifting and hopeful.

Another thing I really enjoyed about this story was how I had no idea how the story was going to go. The authors managed to surprise me more than once. The story line was clever and unexpected and I found myself devouring this book in a couple of days, wanting to know more.

But the book is not only about a couple (Rebecca and Ben) with some problems, it is so much more. It is about loving, learning to love again and to forgive but mainly it is about living, living a life that is worth living. It made me think a lot of the importance of making every heartbeat count, every day matter. And I ended this book with a really positive vibe.

I'd like to point out that the book is told in alternating chapters, Rebecca's chapters are written by Laura Tait and Ben's chapter's are written by Jimmy Rice. And this works extremely well for them. I really connected with them both and being able to be inside their minds was fantastic. Also, they were really well developed characters and while I was reading the chapters from the others' point of view I could still clearly hear their voices.

The whole bunch of secondary characters added the perfect spark to this story. I have to admit that my favourite was Jamie. He was a bit like the sun, because of his shiny and lively personality but also because the rest of the characters orbited a bit around him. His story really got to me and he is one of those characters that will be difficult to forget.

The Night That Changed Everything is an unexpected and brilliantly clever story. It will make you smile, chuckle and maybe even shear a tear or two too but above all, it will surprise you. Really worth a read.
276747
Look at my review at the bottom called The Best of the Best! And look at my review on Hybrid Theory, and Nickelback's Silver Side Up.
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I thought it was inspirational, pretty clean language and minimal violence.  I loved it . . . laughed, cried and was inspired!
1349292
I really enjoyed this book. My friends and I all read this book together and talked about this book. Most of us really liked this book.
 I enjoyed reading the list of things for a "Perfect Man".
The best scenes were, when she called the police about a naked man and the shopping scene. Too funny to miss.
The kitchen scene was cute too.
If you want a good book, by a good author,try this one.
 It will make you laugh. Also, the list for a perfect man is an interesting topic to discuss with your gal pals.
 Everyone has their "own" Mr. Perfect in their minds. What's yours?
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Did I enjoy this book: I loved this book. It is funny, fast, sweet, exasperating. Wonderful.

This is a book that I wanted to just sit down and read. I didn't want to do anything else while I was reading it. I just wanted to enjoy it. The dialogue reminded me a lot of Gilmore Girls. I imagined Josie and Stu and her parents speaking rather fast and always quick with a retort.

I love Josie. She is funny, witty, crazy intelligent, loving, caring. There were quite a few times that I laughed out loud because of what she said. At times, I had a hard time believing she was 15-almost-16. Sometimes I thought she was 12. Other times, 30. But I think that fit her character beautifully. I also enjoyed the fact that although she is a genius, she was a stereotypical nerd. She has friends; she plays sports. She does have some quirks. But all-in-all, she is a fantastic character with a great voice.

All of the other characters added to Josies world. Some really understood her. Others tried to. Kate kind of bothered me for most of the book. I thought she acted more like a spoiled teen than a woman in her late twenties. Some of things she did rubbed me the wrong way. But, thats Kate. I think it fit her as well. (I know that sounds strange, but thats the best I can do.) Geoff bugged me for most of the book. Stu was a sweetheart. I liked him from the beginning. Josies parents cracked me up. They just rolled with Josie. They were really funny.

My favorite thing about this book was the dialogue. I could hear it. I laughed with it. Just fantastic.

Would I recommend it: Absolutely. I think I will be purchasing my own physical copy Love and Other Foreign Words. I know I will definitely reread this one.

(I received a complimentary copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.)