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Is that a Moose in Your Pocket?

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I bought this book with a stack of others (mostly for its amusing title) and it was the last one I decided to read because I didn't really expect much from it. I was having a 'poor me' kind of day and I begged my hubby to take the kids out for a while so I could mope in peace. Well, I got bored just laying around so I picked it up to see if it could distract me. I have to tell you, am I glad I was alone because pretty soon I was laughing out loud making a fool of myself. Jen, the main character is dry, sarcastic and funny! The supporting characters seem like real people who don't always do what you expect them to do. I never write reviews (as you can tell) but I wanted to be sure I recomended this one because it was such a pleasant supprise! I sure hope Kim Green has another one in the works!

Jen is tired of being second best. After being passed over for a promotion at work, and tired of running into her sexy ex, she decides to shuck it all and leave San Francisco for an assignment as a reporter in a small Montana town.

Soon she is embroiled in a mystery involving dead fish, explosions, the local paper plant, and the EPA. She is also managing to reverse her drought-like love life and suddenly finds she has choices - an environmental activist and a park ranger, but it is the sexy EPA guy that she falls for. He has a young daughter and a not-so-ex-wife.

There are lots of great secondary characters, too many of them in fact, which kind of takes away from the overall story, since they are not fully developed and just sort of run together at times. I would have liked to have more depth into her relationship with her best gay husband, Robert, as well as Bruce, the older man she is reticent to get involved with (yet completely smitten). I would have liked more time with the quirky Montana folks as well.

Each chapter cleverly starts with an e-mail, which in some cases makes sense, other times I just scratched my head and said "huh?" It is a somewhat hysterical fish out of water story, a totally urban gal in the middle of the mountains.

The end is abrupt - but definitely leaves an open door for more to come. Great lazy summer or beach read. I managed to finish it in a day.

What a pleasure it was to read such a well written book. I couldn't put it down. I'm looking for a sequel so I can escape again to the world of Jen Brenner. She is my heroine.

I bought this in San Francisco -- where part of the story is set -- and its great. Its very funny and original, it feels real without being too cute. I am buying copies for friends for XMAS.

This book made me laugh out loud so many times the people around me on the train must have thought I was crazy, but I just didn't care, I was enjoying it so much. This book is funny, irreverant and smart. I loved the characters and wanted to be in their group of friends! There are tons of "chick-lit" books out there but none that I've read where there is dark and dry edge to the humor. Bravo Kim Green, I can't wait to read your next two books and the 4th I know is on the way...

I bought "Moose in your pocket" because I loved Kim Greene's other book "Paging Aphrodite". I didn't like this one quite as well, but the change of city to country and back (between San Fransisco and a small town in Montana) was really fun. The characters were entertaining, but not super engaging. And if reading books about people who are still married, but separated , dating other people bothers you, this is one to avoid.

This is my favorite book ever. I love the author's sense of humor and quick wit and the endless mishaps that really are true life events that happen to all of us. The dry humor describing Montana is hysterical. I read this just as my best friend moved to Montana to a ranch. The irony was unbelievable. All of the Montana men, customs, etc. that are joked about in the book are actually true and so noticeable if you've ever been to Montana. This book makes me laugh, I still read it over and over.

I am woman in her late forties who loves "Sex and the City." (I also loved "Northern Exposure," and this book has a little of that quirkiness too.) In fact, I plan to go into mourning following the upcoming final episodes of S&C. If I had known how much fun "Is that a Moose in your Pocket" was going to be, I would have saved it for my mourning period. (I must confess I didn't care for the title. Too Mae West for me.) I was pleasantly surprised at how much I "got" Kim Green's numerous pop culture references laced throughout the book. (Although I am considerably older than Ms. Green, she has obviously watched a lot of Nick at Nite and old movies.)

I want to know more about Jen Brenner and her San Francisco friends. Personally, I would like a prequel before Bruce. Of course, maybe HBO should pick up the storyline to fill the void after "S&C" ends.

This is one of the best romances I've read in a long time. Kim Green is a very, very talented writer.