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Book Description
What happens when a girl on the fringe enters the realm of New York's chic, party-hopping elite?
Soon after Bette Robinson quits her horrendous Manhattan banking job like the impulsive girl she's never been, the novelty of walking her four-pound dog around the unglamorous Murray Hill neighborhood wears as thin as the "What are you going to do with your life?" phone calls from her parents. Then Bette meets Kelly, head of Manhattan's hottest PR firm, and suddenly she has a brand-new job where the primary requirement is to see and be seen inside the VIP rooms of the city's most exclusive nightclubs. But when Bette begins appearing in a vicious new gossip column, she realizes that the line between her personal life and her professional life is...invisible.
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"An irresistible tale about what happens when a girl on the fringe enters the realm of New York's chic, party-hopping elite. On paper, Bette Robinson's life is good. At twenty-six, she's got a great deal on an apartment in Manhattan, and she's on target to become an associate at the prestigious investment bank where she works with her best friend. Her eighty-hour workweeks might keep her from socializing or dating outside her office walls -- but she's paying her dues on the well-trod path to wealth and happiness. So when Bette quits her job like the impulsive girl she's never been, she not only shocks her friends and family -- she has no idea what to do next. For months, Bette gets out and about by walking her four-pound dog around her decidedly unglamorous Murray Hill neighborhood. Then she meets Kelly, head of Manhattan's hottest PR and events planning firm, and suddenly Bette has a brand-new job where the primary requirement is to see and be seen. The work at Kelly & Company takes Bette inside the VIP rooms of the city's most exclusive nightclubs, to parties crowded with celebrities and socialites. Bette learns not to blink at the famous faces, the black Amex cards, the magnums of Cristal, or the ruthless paparazzi. Soon she's dating an infamous playboy who's great for her career but bad for her sanity -- and scaring off the one decent guy she meets. Still, as her coworkers repeatedly point out, how can you complain about a job that pays you to party? Bette has to agree -- until she begins appearing in a vicious new gossip column. That's when Bette's life on paper takes on a whole new meaning -- and she learns the line between her personal and professional lives is...invisible. "
Customer Reviews:
Took a bit to get intrigued.......2007-10-03
I bought the book at Sam's after reading "The First Assistant." It had some resemblance to "The Devil Wears Prada," but the beginning dragged on with little interest. It wasn't until Bette Robinson was connected with Phillip Weston that the book became a great read. Overall it was a good book, but I wish the beginning had a little bit more intrigue.
Prada retread.......2007-09-22
Bette Robinson is much less appealing than the heroine of Lauren Weisberger's previous bestseller The Devil Wears Prada. Strike one: she claims she just drifted into her high paying, overtime-demanding bank job. Right. Bored and cranky, she quits her bank job on impulse and to enjoy a period of feckless unemployment as a stress-free vacation (even though she lives in a doorman building in a safe neighborhood, which translates to expensive rent). Strike two - a normal person would worry about making ends meet. Then her uncle sets her up with a job with an event planner, which means she gets paid to party.
The event-planning job is the equivalent of the fashion magazine in "Prada". Like the heroine in Prada, Bette initially feels fat, frumpy, and clueless about her new milieu. However, unlike the Prada heroine, Bette doesn't seem to learn anything from her travails. Without giving spoilers (which is overly generous because the plot totally parallels that of "Prada", Bette never stops acting like a version of the entitlement crowd she sets herself apart from. And strike three: other than a winning boyfriend by the end, Bette doesn't seem to have had any character development at all. Bette, like the Prada girl, is Jewish. But in this book, Judaism is less of a brand than Louis Vuitton - it says less about the characters and informs their behavior less. I had to push myself to finish this book, although the last third had more interest for me.
Quick, fun read for the lazy day.......2007-09-08
I did enjoy reading this book, but it too closely resembled "The Devil Wears Prada." Her writing reminds me of Clive Cussler and other very popular authors where she basically sets up a template with changes of names, locations, and bosses. But it was a fun read for a lazy Sunday.
find something better to read.......2007-09-03
Well, if you liked Weisberger's first novel, the Devil wears Prada, don't waste your time. You'll find the same basic story line, the clueless-to-this-metier girl who devotes all her time and personal life to a job that is described as fruitless and pointless and which she holds in complete disdain. The missing ingredient is the jaw-dropping central figure, her incredibly bitchy boss from 'Prada,' so the book is just boring at best. Actually, this second novel is a disfavor to 'Prada' for it underlines how little Weisberger contributed to the creation of characters or plot or anything in her first novel, which everyone knows to be autobiographical. Weisberger was just lucky to have an incredible figure to write about and her only merit is to not have that opportunity lie unexploited. Everyone Worth Knowing is just a pitiful attempt at pursuing a career in writing; Weisberger appears to be as clueless in this as her characters in their careers. NB please notify Ms. Weisberger that investment bankers do not manage client's money, that's the private bankers' job. Also, it would be extremely rare to find a successful investment banker in NYC that does not know what Hermès is. (The least she could have done is some basic research, don't you think?)
Easy read but annoying characters.......2007-08-25
I have to admit that I actually like Lauren Weisberger's style. She writes a great prose and her books are highly enjoyable page-turners. The only problem I have with her novels is the characters and their motives. The moral seems to be far fetched and hypocritical. The heroine dutifully plays the part of a notorious play-boy's girlfriend letting him kiss her in front of cameras but then suddenly gets indignant when the pictures and stories actually make their way into tabloids. She applies for a job that requires her to work at parties on nights, holidays and week-ends (and probably is well paid too, though we hear nothing at all about the money) and then freaks out when the job interferes with her private life. She quits the job in the middle of the most important project just because there's a bit of a problem that she doesn't want to face and because she suddenly realizes that she doesn't like her co-workers. Let me remind us, that Bette didn't like anyone on her previous job in the bank too and after all, I'm not sure we're supposed to like or be friends with our colleagues. The romantic line breaks down into pieces when Sammy abruptly stops their developing relationship for whole four months simply because he's got a restaurant to open. Huh? No call during four months just because the guy is too busy with his business? I'd say that probably simply means that "he's not that into you" and then all the final scene of family and friends reunion seems as a far fetched and very unlikely happy end.
I think it's time for Ms. Weisberger to stop wasting her talent and come up with a real plot that will be worth knowing.
Book Description
There are over 13 million people in the world currently blogging, but what about the blogs written by the iconic men and women who (unfortunately) died before the Internet was even invented? In this witty and original take on the most important technological development since spam, THE LOST BLOGS offers hundreds of blogs from the most famous minds in history, detailing their hysterically personal (and impersonal) revelations, such asJohn Lennons thoughts after meeting a young woman named Yoko Ono (and her strange interest in the Beatles publishing rights)Tips of the trade from Jesus Christs carpentry blog, including how to build a combination water and wine rackShakespeares treatment for a new play about two princes who misplace their horse and carriage and spend the entire play trying to locate itHow a stray hot dog nearly derailed Ghandis hunger strikeJim Morrisons original lyrics to Light My Fire (what does smell like a burning tire?)And the missing two cents from everyone else who matters, proving theres no such thing as too much information.
Customer Reviews:
Laughing at a Washed-Up Writer in a Mid-Life Crisis.......2007-06-15
As The Lost Blogs is fictional, so is Davidson's washed up career as a comedian, author and blogger. Men in Midlife Crisis Davidson even creates fake fans on his site he chats with because he has no life.The Lonely Guy He accuses retired celebrities Little Darlings of stalking him The Paranoid's Pocket Guide and lives in a dump neighborhood in Sherman Oaks. When he's not on his blog creating fake fans to adore him on forums, he organizes flaming parties of people who see through his little act.
Davidson's publisher wasn't interested in investing much money into promoting his book so he has to buy his own copies to hand out for free to try and keep up the sales figures to below a 500,000 ranking on Amazon.The Masquerade Overture
better than watching comedy central..........2006-05-12
Need your internet fix? Need a good laugh? Wonder what Socrates (and other historical notables) would have written in his blog? Paul Davidson has hit your triangle of needs with his book, "The Lost Blogs." It is hilarious--and if you happen to be reading it on the can you'll have people wondering why there's laughter coming out of the bathroom.
It's a bit odd to read a "blog" (which is born out of an electronic format) in print, but the content is so marvelous that you forget it immediately! And best of all, no carpal tunnel syndrome from vicious mouse clicking.
There are amazing stats that say most writers only write one good book, and that the 2nd book is an enormous hurdle. But...the guy who wrote Consumer Joe, has struck again!
Lost.......2006-05-08
I lost my copy of The Lost Blogs. I read it way back in March during SXSW because, hey, what better time to read a blog book then when I'm out amongst the blogeratti? I whipped through it and chuckled regularly, smirking often and unable to stifle full blown laughter in a few points. It appears I'm a sucker for 2 types of nerdy blog humor: Historical blog entries from extremely positive but naive people (when John Lennon blogs about his first meeting with Yoko Ono) and accurate portrayals of blog & web geekdom ( the 3am comment war between William Randolph Hearst and Orson Welles on Welles's Citizen Kane Blog). Paul writes lots more in that style and you should be greatful for that. Too bad I couldn't keep my head together enough to remember to pick it up off the night stand before I got in a cab and got on a plane.
I'm a little wary about books that read like blogs. The blog, by it's nature, requires some action by their readers. Click here. Respond to this. Watch this video. See these pictures. There are some points in The Lost Blogs when I want my mouse. I want access to Moses' webring. I want to see the pictures and tech specs of his Holy Portable Communication Device. The blog is a unique medium. It is not quite like writing for print which is why many bloggers turned authors aren't very good and don't produce quality work.
Thankfully, Paul is accomplished and talented in both worlds and The Lost Blogs is still an excellent read despite it's lack of hotlinks.
Maybe in the future we'll have full creative fiction blog projects adeptly put together by both skilled writers and witty web professionals who can create a real honest-to-goodness blook. Until then, though, we'll keep reading The Lost Blogs and like it.
That is if I hadn't lost our Lost Blogs in Austin.
WARNING: Don't Drink Milk While Reading "The Lost Blogs".......2006-05-07
I thought it would be a good idea to have some milk while reading this hilarious book. BIG MISTAKE.
I started laughing in mid-drink and instead of going down to my tum-tum, the dairy exploded from my nostrils and doused the person sitting next to me on the airplane.
Several apologies and cocktail napkins later, I put the experience behind me and once again immersed myself into the funny.
The book reads so easily and is so engaging, it lulled me into compIacency and I started taking several long drinks of milk without thinking. I was reading the Ghandi entry, it made me start laughing and SHWOOOSH!! Milk squirted all over my lap and splashed my neighbor once more. This time, he wasn't quite as understanding. The vibe was icy all the way to JFK.
Oh well, at least he had the window seat and I had the rest of "The Lost Blogs" to read.
I love Paul Davidson.......2006-05-01
As the proud of owner of a rather beat up copy of Consumer Joe, I was giddy with excitement when I received my pre-ordered copy of The Lost Blogs and let me tell you, Mr. Davidson did not let me down.
He is one funny man. I have giggled out loud and have even had a few guffaws come out of me while reading this book. I think it would make a great gift and I plan on putting it in our reception area, much like I did Consumer Joe. Clients love to read it and it makes me happy to have clients have a good laugh while they are at my place of employment. Don't we all need a good laugh sometimes?
Thank you, Paul Davidson, for making me laugh.
Go buy this book.
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TWO NOVELS BY LAUREN WEISBERGER* EVERYONE WORTH KNOWING.* THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA.
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