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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. This books follows a girl as she goes on a trip to meet a man she's in love with. After being together for 24 hours. Unfortunately, when she arrives in England, she learns that nothing is as it seems. Her Prince Charming is a lazy slacker who's scamming the unemployment office. This will never work. She takes off across Europe to meet her best friend who's working at a wedding venue. On the train, she breaks down and pours her heart out to the only other American on the train. He turns out to be the friend that her best friend and her boyfriend are staying with. This book is something to read when you want something that doesn't require too much thought. It's perfect for by the pool. An easy read that keeps you entertained. apsing01 | Jun 23, 2009 |   This book was SO FUN to listen to on CD. The reader, Justine Eyres, is spectacular, and the main character, Lizzie Nichols, reminded me of Cabot's Heather Wells of the Big Boned series. I recommend this book to high schoolers and adults. (  )kellyoliva | May 11, 2009 | Was an enjoyable book and the characters were cute and fun. Wish we could have heard more about France and England and not just the estate they stayed at, but all in all a well written, humorous story. I'm really looking forward to reading the next in the series and learn more about the relationships of the characters and how they get along in a new place (NY) ( )DreamingInFiction | Feb 10, 2009 | So this is the second Meg Cabot chick lit book I've read that whisked me away. Her writing just takes you to different places and brings this great adventure. In this novel, Lizzie travels to England and then France... and she does it as a great risk... and she jumps right into the adventure that makes me kind of jealous. Of course, I wouldn't be doing that anytime soon... at least not till I finish university myself. And I'll be sure to finish my thesis paper before thinking I've graduated and left the country. In a way, this book reminded me of the Confessions of a Shopaholic series by Sophie Kinsella. In that... the heroines in both love fashion (but one is about the latest trends, the other vintage), have trouble controlling themselves (one shopping, the other babble-ing) and attract rich and hot guys. So, basically, if you're a fan of Meg Cabot or the Shopaholic series, I think you'll like this book as well. ( )calexis | Feb 1, 2009 | **spoilers for ALL Queen of Babble books below** Are books always different the second time through? Having read the entire series, it just makes the first book stick out like a sore thumb. While the writing seems somehow fresher, the plot doesn't seem planned out--makes me wonder if the two books that came after really were just an afterthought. There was no foreshadowing about Lizzie's eventual love, none at all. Just a vicious cycle of "ooh! perfect (cute) boy!" ending with "ooh! perfect cute boy = not so perfect after all!". I remember certainly liking Chaz as a character, but never would have seen him as a potential love interest for Lizzie at all. So very random. It would have done well as a stand-alone...or should have had more hints along the way. The way it worked out led to little continuity, which results in much confusion and a general feeling of blah. The characters are somewhat flat in the first book. They get their much needed development in the next two, but at a cost of less page-time, with all the new characters that are later introduced. Rating: 3.5/5 (  )Runa | Jan 18, 2009 | 0.089 seconds to build listing
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0060851988, Hardcover)
Lizzie Nichols has a problem, and it isn't that she doesn't have the slightest idea what she's going to do with her life or that she's blowing what should be her down payment on a cute little Manhattan apartment on a trip to London to visit her long-distance boyfriend, Andrew. But what's the point of planning for the future when she's done it again? See, Lizzie can't keep her mouth shut. And it's not just that she can't keep her own secrets, she can't keep anything to herself. This time when she opens her big mouth, her good intentions get Andrew in major hot water. So now Lizzie's stuck in London with no boyfriend and no place to stay until the departure date on her nonrefundable airline ticket. Fortunately, there's Shari, Lizzie's best friend and college roommate, who's spending her summer in southern France, catering weddings with her boyfriend, Chaz, in a sixteenth-century château. One call and Lizzie's on a train to Souillae. Who cares if she's never traveled alone in her life and only speaks rudimentary French? One glimpse of gorgeous Château Mirac -- not to mention the gorgeous Luke, the son of Château Mirac's owner -- and she's smitten. But while most caterers can be trusted to keep a secret, Lizzie's the exception. And no sooner has the first cork been popped than Luke hates her, the bride is in tears, and it looks like Château Mirac is in danger of becoming a lipo-recovery spa. As if things aren't bad enough, her ex-boyfriend Andrew shows up looking for "closure" (or at least a loan), threatening to ruin everything, including Lizzie's chance at finding real love. . . . Unless she can figure out a way to use that big mouth of hers to save the day. (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:22 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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