Over the Moon at the Big Lizard Diner

by Lisa Wingate

Book Overview

From the author of Tending Roses comes a warmhearted tale of love and longing, grits and cowboys, horse psychology and dinosaur tracks (Claire Cook, author of Must Love Dogs).

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0451216644
• ISBN13: 9780451216649
• Release Date: November 2005
• Publisher: New American Library
• Length: 307 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.1" x 7.8"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 12 and higher

Customer Reviews

good read

I liked this book. Know that before reading further. However, this book is part of a series and they are all the same. Collie, Laura and Lindsey are best friends. The first book, Texas Cooking, featues Collie as the main character. The second, Lone Star Cafe', features Laura and now Over The Moon at the Big Lizard Diner features Lindsay. In all three books, the main character (Collie, Laura or Lindsey) ends up in Texas on a job that was to take them there only a few days. But in each book, they met a cowboy that was not their type, fell in love after a few days anyway, then they were offered a beyond belief dream job that they had been waiting for their whole lives. At that point, in each book, the main character had to decide on living their dream or if this cowboy was their soul mate. All three of the books are good as a stand alone. But read together, one after the other, and it is like the movie Ground Hog Day where the same thing happens over and over and over.......

Over the Moon and Over Too Soon!!

I loved this book - as I've loved ALL of Lisa Wingate's books. As usual, I never want the stories to end. I am a devoted fan who has started a small following here in Pennsylvania. Lisa Wingate's books are not only fun to read, but the touch the heart and comfort the soul. Lisa, keep on writing - and tell us what happens to Lindsay, Laura, Collie and their families!

Very funny!

This is my favorite of Ms. Wingate's novels and I've read them all. It is funny--very funny--and the romance is very special from the start. Lindsey is hard to like at times but she grows and changes, a control freak who falls in love and gives up control. Best of all is Mr. Grits.

FUN FUN and FUN!

I am a devoted Lisa Wingate fan ~~ I have read all of her books now and cannot wait for her newest one! This one happened to be out at a bookstore I was browsing through when finished with a doctor's appointment and naturally, I grabbed it! Once again, Wingate didn't disappoint me! This one focuses on Lindsey, one of the trio that has dominated the Texas books. Lindsey is Laura's twin and Collie's best friend. Lindsey had just sent her daughter off to Mexico to spend a summer with her dad, Lindsey's ex-husband. Lost and bereft of companionship, Lindsey traveled down to Texas to see Laura. Together, Laura and Collie hatched a plan to get Lindsey out of her rut ~~ and sent her to Collie's cousin's horse ranch undercover to find out what happened to the missing dinosaur tracks. Taking a class in horse psychology, Lindsey finds out what matters in life and falls in love with Zach, one of the locals. It is a fun book ~~ a fast read and enjoyable. Lindsey is the more put-together of the three and more organized. Laura and Collie are featured briefly in this book but it's a focus on Lindsey and Zach. It has a bit of folklore in there and a bit of history and it's just fun reading! Perfect for those lazy summer days coming up! Once you've read Wingate's books, you're always drawn back to her characters over and over again! 3-3-06

Outstanding read, awesome characters--Need I say more?

This is my first Lisa Wingate book, but it won't be my last. The cover and title intrigued me, so I thought I'd give it a try, and WOW, I'm hooked. I read it in less than twenty-four hours, and my only regret was that the fun was over too soon. This is the type of book that transports you so completely, you're surprised (and a little disappointed) to wake up in your own world when you reach the end. The settings were beautiful, and the characters were real people with real problems and challenges in their lives. I not only felt that I knew them, I felt that I could BE one of them. The book also had a spiritual side that was uplifting, but at the same time made me think about life and what is important. Overall, I laughed, I cried, I loved spending time with the residents of this crazy Texas town. Now I'm off to order the rest of her books! GREAT READ.