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Flip Flopped

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A friend of mine recommended Flip-Flopped. Apparently, Jill Smolinski's writing style is similar to Marian Keyes's and Jennifer Weiner's. Having read the aforementioned authors' novels, I picked up Flip-Flopped. Glad I did. Filled with dry, sarcastic humor, Keenley is one of the funniest heroines I have read in a while.

Set in Hawaii, Keeley is under a lot of stress. Her husband, Kam, has left her for a hula dancer. He intends to move to Figi with her and, to Keeley's dismay, take his and Keeley's son with him, which is why he stops at nothing to get full custody of the child. To make matters worse, she is stuck in a professional rut. As a scientist, she wishes to study the progress of a volcano that threatens to burst at any given day, but she is in charge of the finance department instead. The only good thing going in her life is Ian, an adorable British art agent. But does she have time for romance? And, more importantly, is she over Kam? There are some interesting twists in the novel.

I love the characters. Morna, Keeley's eccentric divorce lawyer, is the most hilarious character in the novel. I also liked Regatta and Keeley's workmates. Character development was done brilliantly.

I have to agree with my friend. Smolinski's writing is similar to Marian Keyes's and Jennifer Weiner's. In fact, for all Marian Keyes fans, this novel reminds me of Watermelon. However, Smolinski is a great author in her own right. I hope that she continues to write for a living. I recommend this gem.

I saw that this got a "thumbs up" from the author of GOOD IN BED (which I loved), so I decided to check it out... glad I did! I couldn't put it down! Much like GOOD IN BED, the main character is witty and a bit sarcastic, yet the book has moments where it's very touching. It tells the story of Keely, a woman who's trying to come to grips with the fact that she's been dumped by her husband, then finds herself in a custody battle over their four-year-old son. There are some very funny moments in here. My favorites were the erotic origami auction and the scenes involving Davy Jones of the Monkees. Hilarious! Yet the story also has a lot to say about love, relationships, forgiveness and parenting that will stay with you long after the laughs are over. You can't go wrong for a fun and thoughtful read. The BEST book of the summer!

I really enjoyed the characters in this book. Ms.Smolinski made then seem like my friends. I loved the Origami Exhibit! Her style of writing makes for a fun read, yet her characters had depth, and you really felt the emotions that Keeley was going through. It is a very amusing story, yet it has depth that makes you want the book to go on,long after it has ended. I hope it is made into a movie

I was preparing to go on a vacation to New York and I wanted to get a book to read on the plane. A friend of mine suggested a brand-new romantic comedy called "Flip-Flopped."

I picked up a copy and later that night started to read it. Well, I couldn't put it down. Page after page kept me riveted to this amazing character, Keeley, and her emotional roller coaster ride on the Big Island of Hawaii.

What made the book so unique and fun was that the author gave us a character we have not seen before. Keeley is sexy and sweet, smart and refreshingly unsentimental. In the madness of a divorce she somehow manages to keep her head together and keep her heart open all the while taking care of her adorable son Dante.

As she balances affairs of the law and the heart we fall in love with Keeley's tenacity, tenderness and her terrific sense of humor.

I found this book to be a fantastic read. The problem is I couldn't stop reading it. Now I have to get another book for my vacation!

"Flip-Flopped" is a laugh-out-loud visit to the Big Island--complete with a volcano, Davy Jones, erotic origami and an iguana named St. Ignatius...and those are just the side trips. Keeley Baker-Kekuhi is a smart, but frazzled, woman with an interesting job (as a volcanologist), a young son and an even more immature surfer-dude husband, whom she's trying to divorce, in fits and starts. Smolinski's writing is nimble and makes biting use of pop culture (the kind spelled with a "k"). This book is filled with laughs and truths about the way people (and iguanas) behave and misbehave.

I'll be honest, this is my girlfriend's book. Personally as a straight male I wouldn't be caught dead reading a book like this. But my girlfriend read it and I kept wondering what the hell she was laughing out loud about. She handed the book to me several times over the days that she was reading it and I found myself cracking up as well. Needless to say, when she was finished, I picked it up. I'm normally the "Stephen King" type book reader, but this book is damn funny, especially for a "chick book". Anyways, I'm sure the women will love this book, but if you're a guy and want some hilarious insight into the way a woman's mind can work, pick this book up. Of course this is fiction (wink, wink).

What a wonderful find! Very witty with great characters. She had me laughing from the first paragraph -- seriously! I outright roared at the origami exhibit, winced in L.A., gulped when....well, I won't spoil it. Jill is a talented storyteller who will keep you in stitches with her sarcastic one-twos. Much like her other writing, this book puts you right there with the characters, almost as one of them, rather than as a spectator.

The story rolled so well I felt I was watching her share her story, complete with the usual side comments and brief histories that pepper animated conversations. This novel is also visually provocative, but not blatantly so, which would have been dreadful. I read this book in two evenings, with young boys charging about, even, because I didn't want to put it down.

Keely is a character that you want to "wahoo!" for, as she attempts to gracefully glide through such difficult times. The allusions to the time and place of her youth are, trust me, dead-on, another reason I really like this book. The other characters are rife with mannerisms and idiosyncracies enough to fill a Bob-Lo boat.

While I've never actually been there yet, the descriptions in "Flip-Flopped" led me into what I imagine would be real-world Hawaii, off the beaten resort path. Who needs Fabio?! Kam in his surf duds, with the descriptions of this clever authoress, does it for me.

Now, where did I put that Hawaiian music CD? We're having pineapple chicken tonight, btw.

How fun to really relax and curl up with a book that is so thoughtfully written and out loud laughable. Keeley is so easy to cheer for and yet her relationships are so realistically complex that the book keeps you enthralled as to what she will do next.
As a fellow Midwesterner, with a 5-year-old son, I could totally relate on many levels. The characters and scenes are so vivedly described that you really believe that if you went to Hawaii you might just run into Keeley and the others on the beach. This book will make a great Hollywood movie.

This is one of those books that pulls you in from the very beginning. The dialogue is funny and sharp, and extremely well written. Keeley, the main character, is from the midwest and I found myself relating to many of her observations. This is a book that makes you laugh out loud (especially when Keeley is describing a past event or thinking about something that could happen in the future). I loved the scene when she was thinking about family tales that she would someday pass on to her grandkids (or, as Keeley noted, probably wouldn't pass on). And, her interactions with her attorney are hilarious. I really enjoyed the witty dialogue, the repartee between the characters, and the way the story played out.
I loved the book and would give it a top recommendation to my friends. This book is great fun!

Keeley Baker-Kekuhi has finally made the decision that she has know for a while. That is to serve her soon to be ex-husband Kam with divorce papers and the day she decides to do it is July 4th. Keeley never thought it would come to this in her life. She thought things were good between her and Kam... but as time told they weren't.

Keeley and Kam have a son named Dante who means the world to both of them and they both want to have custody of him. But when Kam annouces that he and his new hula-dancing girlfriend are going to move to Fiji with Dante, Keeley just about wants to do anything to keep Danta close to her.

Keeley works as a scientist at the HAG. She studys a old volcano that hasn't errupted in many many years. She hates the fact she has a boss from hell and that at times her job is boring.

As time goes on Keeley meets man called Ian who lures who with a sweet promise that he get her to meet Davy Jones. As time goes on her realenship with Ian changes and she starts to realize somethings in her life aren't as important as she thought they were.

This story was a great one. I love the charactors and loved how the author wrote about them. I really enjoyed this treat of a book and hope that the author writes more books in the future.