How to Teach Filthy Rich Girls

I really, really liked this book. It's the kind of chick-lit I can stand - funny, smart narrator and very rich, dumb (or are they?) girls. I do wonder about the ultra-contemporary pop culture references - will those hold up in a few years?

Typical chick-lit, How to Teach...Girls was what you'd expect from a book with this title. It was a fast read and had a nice ending, everyone learns a lesson, the rich are just like everyone else!, etc. I enjoyed the characters of Megan and the twins, but I thought the way everyone treated Megan was stupid at the end. If you like Gossip Girl or the A-list, which is written by Zoey Dean, then you'll like this more grown-up not as mean spirited fare.

Yale graduate Megan Smith has big plans for a career in journalism and even bigger debt: $75,000 in college loans. She grabs a job at a trashy tabloid, gets fired(smaill wonder: nothing can make her care which celebrity just got a nose job), and then gets an offer she just can't refuse.
Seventeen-year-old identical twins Rose and Sage baker are Palm Beach heiresses best known for their massive fortunes and penchant for flashing the paparazzi. Their grandmother offers to pay off Megan's loans if she can tutor the girls and get them into Duke. But the twins aren't about to bend their celubutante schedules to learn algebra. megan quickly discover that she has to know her pucci from her prada to reach these students. If she can look the show more part, maybe-just maybe-she can teach them something. What Megan could neverimagine is what the whole experience is about to teach her... show less

Privileged, written by Zoey Dean is a fun read. The basic premise of the book which is basically that Megan has lots of plans - except that she is $75,000.00 in debt because of her school loans - how does she make money to pay the debt down? She gets a great offer! Tutor two higly spoiled 17 year old twins and Megan's loans will be paid off if the twins get into Duke.

I loved this premise. You just know that you are going to end up reading a story that will be just a little bit out there and will demonstrated how truly spoiled little rich kids really are.

The twins reminded me of a cross between the Olsen twins and the Hiltons. I really love to hate these spoiled girls, but I gotta say, I was not a huge fan of Megan either.

No matter, show more despite the fact that I did not really like the characters (and this was intentional on the part of the author I am sure), the writing is quick, witty, funny and just plain fun. Grab this book if you are feeling a little down and need to remind yourself how ridiculous the other half can be. show less

Gist of the story: Recent Yale graduate Megan Smith comes to Manhattan with big plans for a career in journalism and even bigger student loan debt: $75,000. When she flails at her trashy tabloid job, she's given an escape hatch: tutor seventeen-year-old identical twins Rose and Sage Baker--yes, the infamous Baker heiresses of Palm Beach, Florida, best known for their massive fortunes and their penchant for drunkenly flashing the paparazzi -- and get their SAT scores up enough to get into Duke. Impossible job -- yes. But if she succeeds, her student debts are history. Unfortunately for Megan, the Baker twins aren't about to curtail their busy social schedules for basic algebra. And they certainly aren't thrilled to have to sit down for a show more study session with dowdy Megan. Megan quickly discovers that if she's going to get her money, she'll have to learn her Pucci from her Prada. And if she can look the part, maybe, just maybe, she can teach the girls something along the way.

Not badly written, but could not be more cliche. Girl struggles, gets a bunch of whirlwind and fabulous help, screws it all up by trying to be someone she's not, world comes crashing down, discovers her true self and gets friends and hot new boyfriend in the end.

I think I'm officially done with chick-lit. There's just nothing out there that's any good or any different.

It's okay. It's not the best, however, it is one of the better written chick-lit books out there. The idea - tutoring twin girls who make Paris Hilton, Nicole Richey, Lindsay Lohan, AND Britney Spears look like saintly nuns - is different, but the story isn't. It was like a more cheerful happier ending version of "The Nanny Diaries", which I don't find to be chick-lit.

Give it a whirl if you need something light, but don't buy it, check it out from your library. This is the author's first adult novel. *yawn* show less

Easy book to read, and a hard one to put down. The voice makes the book easy to relate to as well as a storyline that makes you smile.

Fun and light. Some self-reflection on the part of the narrator. And she gets a make-over! All the characters find their way and the reader has some fun reading about the Palm Beach social scene. All in all, a satisfying, if light, read.