Funny, enjoyable, chick-lit romance. I have a nice time. But Meg Cabot's books stay on my shelf to-read in the times of need ;-. Apr 14, Susan rated it liked it. The book was cute and I had a good chuckle over some of the parts but for the most part the MC, Lizzie Nichols, was not only one of the most annoying characters I have ever read, she was also immature in the fact she couldn't keep her mouth shut. I think it was supposed to make her endearing to readers but for me it was 2nd time reading and I give it 3 stars I'm not sure what it was that made me give this book 4 stars the first time I read it but that wasn't the rating I gave it this time around.
I think it was supposed to make her endearing to readers but for me it was just another reason she annoyed me. She asked Luke to keep her secrets and yet she told his mother one of his secrets. She thought she was "helping" him but really it made Luke mad and for a very good reason. Lizzie's character was supposed to be quirky and weird and she was but it seems a lot of characters now days all dress oddly.
They either pick outlandish colors and prints or they dress in vintage style clothes that make them stand out. It makes the popular girls look down their noses at the way they chose to dress everyone should be able to dress how they want without the judgement but a lot of books dress their MC's in this way. I also loved that the story was set in Europe and the descriptions of the vineyard Lizzie was staying at made me wish I was there.
It was described so well that I could picture it perfectly. I gave the book 3 stars because while Lizzie annoyed me the story was really cute and I had to remember how it ended. I had forgotten all of the book. I liked it enough to want to read more in the series. I did think that while Lizzie was annoying in some aspects she had some redeeming qualities too. Plus I have to see if book 2 lets us know if she and Luke keep up the romance.
I do recommend this book but just be warned that the character Lizzie can and most likely will get on your nerves. I can't wait to see if the move on to New York or if they stay in France at his father's vineyard.
I got this book as a recommend from this site and I have to say I rarely read the reviews on a book as I like to form my own opinions.
I made the big mistake of reading the reviews and had I listened to some of them I never would have continued reading this book. I'm glad I continued on and read it because I ended up really loving this book.
It was such a fast easy reading book with some really funny things in it. I will never again read reviews until I have already read the book because my opinion is very different from many. I thought the character Lizzie, in this book was funny and annoying but so fun to follow.
I would recomend this book to anyone who likes light hearted reading material. I will agree with some of the opinions, it is a total chick book. Dec 28, Alaina rated it it was ok Shelves: january-challenge , humor , chick-lit , romance , contemporary , fiction. I am pretty sure I have had this book on my TBR for like ever, maybe 2 years-ish? I just like the cover and title and I thought it was going to be a cute romance book where I'd fall in love with the main character and everything.
Yeah, that didn't happen at all. From the first page I was really annoyed with Lizzie. I didn't care about where she was going, where her friends were going, or who the hell Andrew was. I just didn't like anything about this book at all. Then there's Luke, oh sweet naive Luke. He deserved better. Like if Lizzie wasn't an annoying twat and whining about such nonsense all the time then I would've cared about their relationship. I can't decide if this book is worse than the last book I read from The Princess Diaries series.
I don't even want to think about who is worse: Mia or Lizzie. I wish I would have liked Queen of Babble. I wish it was written in a completely different way with likable characters. I have no idea if I will continue this series or not. I have no idea what to do with my life right now.
I need wine. View all 4 comments. Jun 19, Kristie rated it it was ok Shelves: series , women-s-lit. She was so pathetic and needy and her thoughts were very annoying. I almost put the book aside and gave up on it completely. The plot twists weren't really twists at all and you pretty much knew what was going to happen the whole time. There were a couple of subplot themes that you knew something would happen, but not exactly what that something was. Then, when the "twist" occurred, you'd think, "Yup, just what I'd expect.
I don't know why I thought it was, maybe it was the voice of the narrator, which seemed pretty immature. There were a couple of funny parts, but not enough for me to call this a really humorous book. Overall, the book ended up being an ok read.
View 1 comment. Mar 24, Karla rated it really liked it. Her friend Shari offers her the chance to stay at Chateau Mirac where Shari and her boyfriend Chaz are working for the summer. Whilst on her way to France she meets Jean-Luc Luke — another one! However I saw Queen of Babble and loved the sound of it and decided to give it a read. I loved Lizzie — she speaks before she thinks, like me, and she was just hilarious.
I loved how when she arrived in London she was worried a homeless person was staring at her so went to the Meet Your Party booth and had the attendant call out for Andrew. Trouble was, he was the person staring at her.
Funny moments like that were really well done and were laugh-out-loud. Again, another comedy moment! She spoke her mind — worse than Lizzie! The writing was great and there were only a few errors I noticed.
That, and the fact Shari is referred to as Sheryl on the blurb on the back was all that was wrong with it. And to be honest, I generally ignore small errors or just correct the sentence myself and re-read it! The book was realy enjoyable, highly amusing and Meg Cabot has another fan in me. The opening is painful. Lizzie's very difficult for me to sympathize with in the opening chapters.
She's arriving in London to stay with her boyfriend for the summer, a boy she barely dated and has only kissed before the term ended and he went home to England. In fact, they don't even recognize each other at th 2.
In fact, they don't even recognize each other at the airport she's lost thirty pounds and he's wearing a weird jacket and cut his hair. He lied to her about his living arrangements too, it turns out. Still, though, she's imagining being married to him, until she discovers he's trying to collect the dole while having employment.
Defrauding the government is apparently the one thing that can cause Lizzie to take off her rose-colored glasses. The book does improve a bit when Lizzie goes to France to stay with friends, leaving the shitty boyfriend behind. My favorite parts of the book were actually the snippets of Lizzie's thesis on the history of fashion, which show that she does have intelligence and wit, something the actual novel rarely showed.
Queen of Babble's also full of stereotypes, like the bridezilla and the love interest's bitchy, fake-boobed, greedy girlfriend. Though I do like Luke, it's hard to see what he saw in either of these girls. I don't come to Meg Cabot's books expecting a ton of nuance and depth, but usually here heroines are charmingly flawed, but Lizzie mostly comes off as annoyingly flawed. I'm going to give the second book a chance because when Cabot's good she's great, and Lizzie's characterization was improving a bit towards the end.
Actually, JK I just spoiled myself on the next two books because I had the feeling this was a bad idea, and omg I don't want to stay on this train. I picked this book up for variety, since it has been sitting on my office table for the longest time, and it's been a while since I read a chicklit novel.
The verdict? It was a light, okay read - nothing exceptional where chicklit is concerned , nothing bad, either. Queen of Babble is the story of Lizzie Nichols, a non- graduate of History of Fashion who lives with her parents at Ann Arbor, Michigan, who flies all the way to London, England, to spend time with her British boyfriend, Andrew. Whi I picked this book up for variety, since it has been sitting on my office table for the longest time, and it's been a while since I read a chicklit novel.
While there, she discovers more things about her boyfriend than she bargained for, forcing her to cross the channel to France, where her best friend, Shari, and her boyfriend, Chaz, are spending the summer helping out with the weddings being held at Chateau Mirac, owned by Chaz' best friend's family, the de Villiers. Luke, the handsome son of the owners, happens to be there, too, and, well, as in all chicklit novels, I guess we all pretty much know with whom Lizzie ends up at the end of the book.
Predictable, yes. Very much. There hasn't been an instance when I predicted what was going to happen, and I turned out to be wrong. However, the predictability was actually - forgive me - predictable , so I wasn't really disappointed. I also expected that it would follow some sort of formula: you know, cute heroine, hunky love interest, the latter's bitchy girlfriend, loyal bestfriend, etc.
True enough, all those characters were present here. But I was just looking for a fun, easy read, and this book is just that, perfectly. Cute book, I'd say.
But I'm going to think really hard before I read its sequel. This book was okay. If you are looking for a light and fluffy read this will do, but I have to say I would recommend the Heather Wells series over this one.
This series is very similar to that one, in my opinion, but it doesn't have the fun mystery of Heather Wells books to keep it interesting. It is also very similar to the Shopoholic books by Sophie Kinsella. Basically this book is not very original, and if you are a chick-lit lover, like myself, you may find yourself think 3.
Basically this book is not very original, and if you are a chick-lit lover, like myself, you may find yourself thinking you have read most of this story times before. Our main character, Lizzie, just about finished college, and decides to go to England to be with her boyfriend of a few months named Andrew.
They barely know each other, but Lizzie has concocted a fairytale ending for them in her mind. When she gets to England she gets a few surprises, and a few awkward moments. I did like Lizzie.
She wasn't quite as ditzy as the normal chick lit woman, but she had her moments. She just couldn't shut her mouth, which is the point of the story. There were a few humorous moments too, but I still feel this book may end up being not very memorable. Very predictable, sometimes cheesy Apr 24, Talk Supe rated it really liked it. There are some books that should bbe taken seriously and then there are some meant to simply entertain, this belongs to the latter. This is no Jane Austen but it has the right amount of comedy without the heroine acting like she has brain cell shortage and it isn't too high brow either for it to be snobby.
The first part made me cringe because I was crossing my fingers that Lizzie won't fall for Loser Andy and thank god she didn't put our sex to shame! Yes she thought she was in love but when thi There are some books that should bbe taken seriously and then there are some meant to simply entertain, this belongs to the latter.
Yes she thought she was in love but when things stopped adding up she bolted like she's supposed to do and for that I am proud of Lizzie. Luke is so dreamy and understated, he's rich, successful, pays attention and listens! Everything most of us want in a man!
I've had a lot of train rides how come I haven't snagged me a Luke! This is why I stay away from these kinds of books because it feeds my psyche absurd fantasies that's not good for me. Mar 11, Wicked Incognito Now rated it did not like it Shelves: dnf-super-totally-awful. How disappointing that I bought the sequel to this along with this book.
I really expected a Bridget Jones-like, silly quirky good time. Which this story tries to be, but it goes too far. No one is as stupid and innocent as this woman. Even really stupid people realize that if you have a long-distance relationship, and the guy invites you to stay with him in England and it turns out he lives with his parents, and "oh yeah" the only bed he has for you is a rigged mattress in the laundry room Sep 12, Nicole rated it it was ok.
This was one of those light fun reads. Not a heavy book but a fun one that was more mindless than what I usually read. Lizzie was likable enough but she was kind of annoying and seemed a little immature for being in her 20s and almost done with college. She is in one of those annoying long distance relationships and swears she loves him but she has really only been with him a couple months sweetie you have no idea. The writing overall was good but not the best storyline to me.
MC too annoying. This was kinda cute but mostly forgettable. Lizzie is one of the most flighty characters I've ever encountered, and while that didn't endear her to me at all, it certainly matched the stream of conscience style writing that made me fly through this book. May 30, Daphne rated it did not like it Shelves: horrible , adult-fiction , annoying-main-character , awful-main-character.
This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Wtf was this book. Aside from the opening scene where Lizzie didn't recognize Andy, I didn't find anything funny. This book was completely horrible. The tone was so young. I don't mind the immature writing in The Princess Diaries since the books are supposed to be the journals of a 14 year-old girl, but Lizzie is supposed to be a college graduate!
Why is she so dumb and silly??? I can enjoy silly main charac Wtf was this book. I can enjoy silly main characters I genuinely love Confessions of a Shopaholic but Lizzie was particularly awful.
She never thought things through, only had frivolous thoughts, and was borderline sexist. The characters were also awful. Dominique was a stock character of the "evil girlfriend" and had zero personality aside from being horrible. Luke had zero personality aside from being attractive and was somehow in love with Lizzie despite only knowing her for a weekend.
Plus, he totally would have cheated on his girlfriend multiple times throughout the book if he hadn't been interrupted. This boy dares share his name with Luke Brandon from Confessions of a Shopaholic when he can't even hold a candle in his direction. Lizzie's friends were also stock characters and only acted as the plot needed them to.
I mean, why on earth was Shani so angry at Lizzie for not graduating??? It just doesn't make much sense. Also, this book literally ends with a musical number.
This review is trash though not as trashy as this book but I don't have anymore energy to waste on this dumpster fire of a novel, so I'm not editing this. Feb 07, Stephanie rated it really liked it. At least Lizzie Nichols knows she has a big mouth. A fashion history major, Lizzie is a girl after my own heart.
Obsessed with vintage frocks, legendary designers and carbs, she is the kind of girl that you can't help but to love. After graduating from college if you don't count that senior thesis that she still has to complete Lizzie decides to head to London to spend the summer with her fabulous boyfriend Andrew.
In the th At least Lizzie Nichols knows she has a big mouth. In the three months that they have been dating Lizzie knows that Andrew is the man for her. That is until the first 24 hours of her trip reveals the truth about her "soul mate". He's a habitual liar and gambler who also failed to mention that he still lives with his parents. Well, that's enough to send Lizzie running across the Channel. Making a quick decision to head to France, she decides to spend the rest of her summer with her best friend Shari and her boyfriend Chaz at a quaint and magical vineyard called Mirac.
Upon departing the train at her stop, she discovers that Luke is actually the host of the chateau Mirac As Lizzie falls for Luke -- despite his cunning girlfriend and zany family -- she learns about true love in the most romantic country of all. Nov 30, Christine Queen of Books rated it really liked it Shelves: own. This book follows Lizzie, who's traipsing off to Europe as a young 20something. She's head over heels for a guy she's known a couple months and all set to the spend the summer with him - we know how this story goes, right?
And that's the thing with this book. You know it already. Spoilers below, maybe You know that the guy usually doesn't turn out to be a prince. You know that the stranger you spill your guts to is going to show up later on down the road.
You know your best girl friend will be This book follows Lizzie, who's traipsing off to Europe as a young 20something. You know your best girl friend will be there for you.
None of this was all that new. It was ridiculous, and entertaining, and such a lovely escape. Jul 23, Isabella rated it liked it Shelves: chick-lit. This was a quick, fluffy book. I can't be as happy about it as I once was because I did the mistake of reading also book 2 and 3, which completely ruin the story of book 1, and brought down the whole series.
The beginning parts with the UK boyfriend were gruesome Especially the parts in his room I would have lived better without them.
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After six years as an undergrad at Indiana University, Meg moved to New York City in the middle of a sanitation worker strike to pursue a career as an illustrator, at which she failed miserably, forcing her to turn to her favorite hobby--writing novels--for emotional succor. She worked various jobs to pay the rent, including a decade-long stint as the assistant manager of a bed freshmen dormitory at NYU, a position she still occasionally misses.
She is now the author of nearly fifty books for both adults and teens, selling fifteen million copies worldwide, many of which have been 1 New York Times bestsellers, most notably The Princess Diaries series, which is currently being published in over 38 countries, and was made into two hit movies by Disney.
Meg is now writing a new children's series called Allie Finkle's Rules for Girls. Her new paranormal series, Abandon, debuts in Summer of Meg currently divides her time between Key West, Indiana, and New York City with a primary cat one-eyed Henrietta , various back-up cats, and her husband, who doesn't know he married a fire horse. Please don't tell him. Other books in the series. Queen of Babble 3 books. Books by Meg Cabot. Related Articles.
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