Stupid and Contagious
Caprice Crane
320 pages
One-sentence summary:
Two mismatched weird people are brought together due to music.
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In this hilarious, romantic comedy, two twenty-something neighbors embark on a zany mission to meet the founder of Starbucks, and in doing so, find each other.
My Opinion:
They are perfect for one another. It hooks you in on the first page. I fell in love with both characters. Heaven was so extra, cute, endearing, and had the worst luck. Brady was a fun-loving cynic.
During my month-long internship, all the girls, plus our mentor, read this book. Our mentor said it cited her life, while us teenage girls found it funny. I did not understand some of the references: TV shows, movies, the band songs and names. I think I might look up the songs in the book and make a playlist and watch some of the movies. That sounds fun. I truly wonder about the title. Is it supposed to reference the characters or a song? Either way hummm. The ending got me. Ironically, I had not expected to read the book, so I had read the first two chapters and the last two chapters. Now, everything makes sense . I recommend this book: 5 stars.
Playlist/ Movie References (A * refers to a song)
- Zoolander
- Seinfeld
- The Crying Game
- The Big picture
- Annie Hall
- Rain Man
- Heathers
- Valley Girls
- Sounds from the Nerve
- The Outfield
- The Clash*
- Sixteen Candles
- Ferris Bureller’s Day Off
- Summer Nights*
- Romper Room
- St. Elmo’s Fire
- Pretty Woman
- Baker Street*
- Seasons in the Sun*
- Bad, bad Leroy Brown*
- Crosstown Traffic*
- Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
- True Romance
- Water Love ( by Dire Straits)*
- Bigg Balls ( by AC/DC)*
- Smells like Teen Spirit (by Nirvana)*
- Tush (by ZZ Top)*
- My Way (by Sinatra)*
- Core on Honesty (by Franz Ferdinand) *
- Heart of Glass (by Blondie)*
- Little Guitars (by Van Halen) *
- Somebody to Shovel (by Soul Asylum)*
- Beat my Guest (by Adam Ant)*
- Stand and Deliver
- Fight Club
- Clerks
- Do-wah-diddy (by Manfred Mann)*
- Zenyatta Mondatta
- Fast times at Ridgemont High
- Say Anything
- Singles
- Almost Famous
- Vanilla Sky
- Land of the lost
- A fish called Wanda
- About a boy
- Against the Wind*
- Caddyshack
- The Princess Bride
- Pretty in Pink
- September Morn (by Neil Diamond)*
- Gilligan’s Island
- A Raisin in the Sun
