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| Queen of Babble | 
 enlarge | Author: Meg Cabot
Publisher: Avon A
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  65 reviews
Sales Rank: 9904
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 336
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7.9 x 5.3 x 0.9
ISBN: 0060851996
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9780060851996
ASIN: 0060851996
Publication Date: June 1, 2007
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Lizzie Nichols has a problem: she can't keep anything to herself. And when she opens her big mouth on a trip to London, her good intentions get her long-distance beau, Andrew, in major hot water. Now she's stuck in England with no boyfriend and no place to stay until the departure date on her nonrefundable airline ticket. Fortunately, Lizzie's best friend and college roommate, Shari, is spending her summer catering weddings in a sixteenth-century chateau in southern France. Who cares if Lizzie's never traveled alone in her life and only speaks rudimentary French? She's off to Souillac to lend a helping hand! One glimpse of gorgeous Chateau Mirac—and of gorgeous Luke, the son of the chateau's owner—and Lizzie's smitten. But thanks to her chronic inability to keep a secret, before the first cork has been popped Luke hates her, the bride is in tears, and Chateau Mirac is on the road to becoming a lipo-recovery spa. Add to that the arrival of ex-beau Andrew, who's looking for "closure" (or at least a loan), and everything—including Lizzie's shot at true love—is in la toilette . . . unless she can figure out some way to use her big mouth to save the day.
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 Meg Cabot's humor and wit is unmatchable, while her characters are enchanting, and hard to resist May 31, 2006
19 out of 22 found this review helpful
Lizzie Nichols may have worked thirty pounds off of her body, shrinking herself down to a size nine, but this tiny girl still has one very big problem: her mouth. And now, as she boards a flight, heading to London to spend the summer with her boyfriend - Andrew - of three months, even though they've only spent 24-hours with each other so far, she knows that her babbling problem is bound to get her into trouble. However, once she arrives in England, she realizes that Andrew is the one with a big problem: he's a compulsive liar looking to use her for money so he can settle up his gambling fees. So, Lizzie rises to her 5'6 stature, and marches off, heading straight to France, where she will spend the summer with her best friend, Shari, at a vineyard called Mirac. The problem is that Shari has no idea Lizzie is on her way, so Lizzie is basically entering the lion's den. Until she meets Luke - the son of Mirac's owner. Luke's looks alone entice Lizzie, but it's his kindness that wins her over, and makes her forget all about the lying Andrew. Unfortunately, Luke has a girlfriend. One who will do anything to keep Lizzie away from Luke - and her future fortune.
From page one QUEEN OF BABBLE wets the appetite, and keeps the reader enraptured in the trivial, yet laugh-out-loud funny tale that Cabot weaves about the illustrious Lizzie, and her various sidekicks. Lizzie is like an adult version of Cabot's Mia Thermopolis (from THE PRINCESS DIARIES) who shares an equal love for vintage clothes and bread. Her rants and raves about various goings-on in her life are hard to resist, while her babbling tendencies will make her a winner in the hearts of everyone who has a tendency to babble on uncontrollably. Meg Cabot's humor and wit is unmatchable, while her characters are enchanting, and hard to resist.
Erika Sorocco
Book Review Columnist for The Community Bugle Newspaper
 Too Unoriginal for a Meg Cabot book May 26, 2006
7 out of 9 found this review helpful
I've always been a fan of Meg Cabot's fluffy, feel-good-all-over books, but lately I've been disappointed with what she's produced.
Queen of Babble has a Shopaholic-like heroine, Can You Keep A Secret's plot, and the setting of her previous Every Boy's Got One. While each aspect is wonderful on its own, Cabot's Queen seems to lack the touch that would make this a favorite.
If you haven't already read the other three delights, you might find Queen of Babble a fun read, with crazy, yet predictable adventures. If you're used to a more original and fresh Meg Cabot, though, I suggest not picking this one up.
The Lizzie Broadcasting System now available in Europe July 31, 2006
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
Lizzie Nichols, a history of fashion major, has recently graduated from college (well, almost, there's the matter of that 50 page thesis she has to turn in to get her degree) and decides to go to Europe for the summer to stay with her boyfriend who she hasn't seen in three months--and in fact, only met one time before that. Having lost 30 pounds since she last saw Andy (the boyfriend), she thinks that theirs is going to be a match made in heaven. She'll stay with him in England for the summer, then come back to the US with him and return to her job working at a vintage clothing store while he goes back to school to become a teacher.
It bears mentioning that Lizzie is also a gossip queen who makes no apologies for her actions. Sure, she'd like to be able to keep a secret, but she is just physically incapable of keeping her mouth shut. You know you're in for a good story when a woman like that who is expecting all of her dreams to come true travels across the Atlantic with the hopes of finding true love. When things don't work out the way she wants them to, she winds up taking the Chunnel to France to stay with friends at a French chateau. The end result is hilarious chick lit that had me laughing out loud most of the time.
Meg Cabot does a great job of giving Lizzie a distinct voice and putting her in realistic (well, as realistic as running around in a foreign country with a guy you barely know can be) situations. Lizzie's inner dialogue on everything from how you can tell a lot about a person from the way they dress to the pitfalls of oral sex is hilarious. This story isn't sappy or overly dramatic and does a great job of keeping its characters down to earth and likeable. It's also a nice touch that each chapter begins with a segment from the thesis Lizzie has to finish while overseas. This book was fun and the story was cute. I think it'd be the perfect thing to read on a lazy afternoon when you're in the mood for a bit of romance and comedy.
Sounds kind of familiar... March 7, 2007
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
Lizzie Nichols heads off to London to spend the better part of the summer with her new British boyfriend Andrew -- who's so new in her life she doesn't realize he has a gambling problem, he's trying to defraud the British government, and that there are a few other things that make him less desirable than she'd originally thought. When she finds out he has designs on her bank account, she takes the train to visit some friends in France; while on board, she spills her heart, soul and a few other things she would never have said out loud to the handsome young stranger sitting next to her, if she hadn't known she was never going to see him again...until she gets off at her station, he gets off with her, and she realizes he's her host for the next few weeks. It sounds too much like Sophie Kinsella's "Can You Keep a Secret," published several years ago, in which the heroine babbles her deepest secrets to the stranger sitting next to her, and finds out the next day that he runs her company. Romance, plagued by a few obstacles, ensues in both books until they reach their respective happy endings.
For all of that, "Queen of Babble" is still a quick, enjoyable, light read, better than a lot of the chick lit that's out there because, Kinsella-like, it's funny. It's entertaining to read an American's take on London and France, especially when the protagonist is as appealing as Lizzie is. You find yourself rooting for her, even though you know pretty much from page one that things are going to turn out all right.
Borrow from the library, don't buy October 9, 2007
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
I am a big Meg Cabot fan, particularly of her group of books featuring the newspaper employees and written in email form. However, this book was not as strong or as funny as her previous efforts. In fact, it sort of reminded me of Sophia Kinsella's book, Can you keep a secret?
It's a fast read, but i am glad I found it in the library, rather than purchasing it.
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