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How to Teach Filthy Rich Girls
by
Zoey Dean
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 the...more
Paperback, 293 pages
Published
July 3rd 2007
by Grand Central Publishing
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okay, it could be that my brain is on overload from the heavy things i've been reading lately. or it could be that i'm feeling particularly sappy. whatever the reason is, i think this is one of my new favorite chicklit books EVER.
poor little megan smith, yale graduate, is up to her ears in debt. she's living in new york, she's got a boyfriend and a roommate and then her apartment goes up in smoke. literally.
so she ends up in palm beach with the odd job of getting two twin socialites, who make...more
poor little megan smith, yale graduate, is up to her ears in debt. she's living in new york, she's got a boyfriend and a roommate and then her apartment goes up in smoke. literally.
so she ends up in palm beach with the odd job of getting two twin socialites, who make...more
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Okay, so I've liked some chick-lit in the past, what can I say? But maybe I am growing out of this phase because i just thought this book was nothing special--same old story: girl is a journalist, has a boyfriend, lives in NYC, something bad happens-she's thrown into a crazy predicament (oh no!), she's attracted to another guy besides her boyfriend (what to do?!), but in the end everything turns out okay, she gets the right guy, all her debts are paid off or she's got the dream job/life, etc.--a...more
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I read this book because it was on my TBR list (I forgot how I found out about it), and I was craving some chick lit.
I thought the storyline was great, but the time frame wasn't long enough. Megan realistically wouldn't have been able to go through that many changes in just nine weeks. Parts of it didn't feel very realistic.
The author made a lot of references to pop culture, things that celebrities had done in the last year or two. Although I enjoyed them, I don't think they'll hold the same m...more
I thought the storyline was great, but the time frame wasn't long enough. Megan realistically wouldn't have been able to go through that many changes in just nine weeks. Parts of it didn't feel very realistic.
The author made a lot of references to pop culture, things that celebrities had done in the last year or two. Although I enjoyed them, I don't think they'll hold the same m...more
After reading a number of much more serious books, this light frothy novel called to me from the shelves of the library. I'm not crazy about the term "chick lit," because it's too broadly applied to a lot of books by women...but if the book has a rags to riches story, including fashion, a plainish woman who suddenly becomes gorgeous and meets the man of her dreams, and gets the job of her dreams at the end...you've got chick lit. The career is usually journalism or marketing.
A supposedly brilli...more
A supposedly brilli...more
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This book is a guilty pleasure, like reading celebrity tell-alls at the nail salon or watching people's escapades on reality tv shows. But when life gets heavy, its good to sometimes get away with a fluffy, silly book (ahh, calgon, take me awwaaayy!). First the bad news: this book treads in the well-worn footsteps of many many previous chick-lit books. The book's premise -- plucky heroine (P.H.) who's down on her luck is employed by the mega-rich evil dead, P.H. experiences travails and humiliat...more
The more I read chick lit, the more I realize how much I don't care for it. Sometimes it seems as though all the plots are the same, and all the narrators the same person. Of course, all that isn't the fault of this book. To be fair, it's a reasonably nice example of the genre. The characters are (for the most part) better fleshed out than your typical chick lit. The story line is fluffy, but it is at least somewhat believable. I liked the main character, and I appreciated that she seemed to gro...more
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SO DIFFERENT FROM THE TV SHOW. Which is a good thing, because this was pretty terrible. And even though it was meant to be all moralistic about reverse snobbery, the book ended up being all reverse reverse snobbery. If that makes any sense. And Marcus was the biggest gay fairygodmother stereotype ever.
There was a twisty bit at the very end that I liked, and I enjoyed all the fake SAT questions. But I do not think that is enough for me to give it more than one star. Also, I wanted to read Megan'...more
There was a twisty bit at the very end that I liked, and I enjoyed all the fake SAT questions. But I do not think that is enough for me to give it more than one star. Also, I wanted to read Megan'...more
Chick-lit. If you like this sort of thing, you'll probably like this one too.
The thing is, I'm really not your chick-lit sort of woman. I couldn't possibly care less about fashion or hair cuts or make-up or celebrity name-dropping. I consider all that oppressive, or at best a distraction for women might actually be able to do something useful in the world instead, if they didn't get derailed by this nonsense. This book is probably well-enough written for the genre, basically a Cinderella story,...more
The thing is, I'm really not your chick-lit sort of woman. I couldn't possibly care less about fashion or hair cuts or make-up or celebrity name-dropping. I consider all that oppressive, or at best a distraction for women might actually be able to do something useful in the world instead, if they didn't get derailed by this nonsense. This book is probably well-enough written for the genre, basically a Cinderella story,...more
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Reason for the Book’s Selection: In terms of target audience, the book’s genre falls slightly above young-adult and slightly below typical “Chick-lit,” so I picked it up for something different to read.
Plot: Megan Smith owes $75,000 in student loans (Yale) and is fired from her first job (among other things) when the opportunity to tutor some wealthy and snotty Palm Beach teenagers falls into her lap.
Characterization: In my opinion, the protagonist is not particularly likeable or loveable, but...more
How to teach filthy rich girls is about a girl named Megan. She just graduated from college with $75,000 in debt and no job. Then Megan gets an amazing opportunity- She becomes the tutor to Sage and Rose Baker, the Paris and Nikki Hiltons of Palm Beach. All she has to do is get them in to Duke College and their grandmother would pay off her debt. At first the twins give Megan a really hard time so she decided that the twins will defiantly not make it in to Duke and decides to write an exposé on...more
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. I...more
Fresh of of uni Megan Smith is trying to make it as a journalist in New York but when she gets fired from her less than ideal job at Scoop, she is offered another job in Florida teaching rich, snobby twin. Another less than ideal job but this one could get rid of her mountain of student debt.
I originally read this book three years ago due to the TV show Privileged which was based on the book being cancelled and I wanted to know what happened (but I probably would have read it any way). The TV s...more
I originally read this book three years ago due to the TV show Privileged which was based on the book being cancelled and I wanted to know what happened (but I probably would have read it any way). The TV s...more
OK. I'm trying to write in proper English, which may be hard for me as a foreigner. This book came along with a magazine in my country so I gave it a try. In the end, I realized it was a fun light summer read and I really enjoyed it.
It was about this girl called Megan Smith who arrived in Palm Beach after a desastrous life as a journalist in New York. She engaged herself in a two month challenge - teaching the Baker twins. Which was pretty hard, by the way. Mainly because these two girls are...more
It was about this girl called Megan Smith who arrived in Palm Beach after a desastrous life as a journalist in New York. She engaged herself in a two month challenge - teaching the Baker twins. Which was pretty hard, by the way. Mainly because these two girls are...more
Megan should have the world on a string as a recent Yale graduate or at least that is what everyone expects when you graduate from a prestigious university. She gets a job with Scoop, a gossip paper and it is really not what she wants to be doing... and it shows. Her boss fires her but at the same time throws her a lifeline telling her that she knows some twins who need tutoring. Desperate, Megan jumps at the chance. She flies to Palm Beach on private jet, is picked up and driven to a mansion....more
This book has so many twists and turns. I really enjoyed as it incorporates intelligence, culture, and fashion all in one. I finished reading it at the beach today and I couldn't put it down even though I got cold as the marine layer covered the sun. Instead of hopping on Pinky (my bike) and riding home quickly, I wrapped a towel around me to keep warm to finish it. I definitely will be checking out other books that this author has written.
this book shows a lot of very important lessons. one of them would be, that you should never judge a book by a cover. in the beginning Megan the main character sees two rich girls who look like they know nothing about education so then Meagan realizes she could do a expose on them and expose all of the baker twins secret. This is the second lesson, Meagan learns that friendship and trust is bigger than any opportunity life gives you. The last lesson Meagan learns is that if you weave yourself a...more
There was a show on CW tv called "Privileged". It was a very short-lived show so it was canceled before it made it's way to the ending. Since I loved the show so much, I really wanted to find the book but forgot what it was called.
It wasn't til I made my way to Half Price Books and was searching the shelves for the cheapest books that I came across this one. At first I didn't know this was "Privileged". I read the back cover summary and fell in loved with it.
I realized it was the show when I rea...more
It wasn't til I made my way to Half Price Books and was searching the shelves for the cheapest books that I came across this one. At first I didn't know this was "Privileged". I read the back cover summary and fell in loved with it.
I realized it was the show when I rea...more
O.K. I changed my mind. That was the corniest book I had ever read in my 15 almost 16 years of life. By the end, I was seriously gagging. I was shocked. In the beginning it seems fine...and then it get's ridiculous. And lastly, what I found the most disappointing was the fact that it was nothing like the show, and the show is really great. So sad.
I liked it...
at first.
I hadn't read anything by Zoey Dean but knew she was really popular for her A-List series. I figured this might be a good bet (especially since the tv show 'Privileged' was based on it and I loved that show so much!).
This is one of those rare instances where I actually like the television adaptation BETTER than the book.
It started out well, but towards the middle there just wasn't much...conflict, I guess. I rolled my eyes at the ending because everything was resolved too q...more
at first.
I hadn't read anything by Zoey Dean but knew she was really popular for her A-List series. I figured this might be a good bet (especially since the tv show 'Privileged' was based on it and I loved that show so much!).
This is one of those rare instances where I actually like the television adaptation BETTER than the book.
It started out well, but towards the middle there just wasn't much...conflict, I guess. I rolled my eyes at the ending because everything was resolved too q...more
It's funny how very formulaic it is, and yet there's something to love about it. The descriptions of the food they eat (or don't eat) (I would LOVE to have a chef like Marco). The sheer grace of the grandmother. Falling in love with the boy-next-door. Getting away from Palm Beach to hang out with an artist friend, to laugh and splash in a pool, away from superficiality? Priceless. I loved the scenes like that, the ones that made it seem human, rather than trite playing with stereotypes and clich...more
Is it predictable? Yes. Does it have one of those sappy sweet endings? You betcha. Is it believable? Not so much. Not to mention I could see every plot twist (or rather, plot point) coming from the first sentence of foreshadowing.
Here's the thing though. I could say the same thing for most of the chick lit I read. What made this enjoyable (bearable?) was the author's voice - it was fresh, a little snarky, and real - even if the story itself wasn't. I totally believed that the twins were 'mean g...more
Here's the thing though. I could say the same thing for most of the chick lit I read. What made this enjoyable (bearable?) was the author's voice - it was fresh, a little snarky, and real - even if the story itself wasn't. I totally believed that the twins were 'mean g...more
This just reminded me why I cant stand chick lit. I thought this would be an easy read for the gym......its an easy read and just awful.
I'm usually not into the chick lit genre, in general I find them a little too mindless, so I was shocked that I loved this novel. I thought it had just the right balance of drama, coming of age, and brainless rich girl drama.
The story centers around Megan Smith a broke college graduate, who agrees to tutor Sage and Rose Baker twin socialites whose grandmother is withholding their trust fund until they get into Duke University. Zoey Dean does an amazing job of drawing the reader in, and getting t...more
The story centers around Megan Smith a broke college graduate, who agrees to tutor Sage and Rose Baker twin socialites whose grandmother is withholding their trust fund until they get into Duke University. Zoey Dean does an amazing job of drawing the reader in, and getting t...more
Typical but enjoyable chick lit. When I first read the blurb on the back, I thought the premise sounded a bit cliched, but a friend enjoyed the read, so I figured I'd give it a go. There isn't much original going on here, but the typical urban Cinderella meets "fairy" godmother, gets couture for free, wins over the snotty rich people, discovers that they have a heart, falls in love story was fun mind candy. The characters are drawn to be likable and entertaining and the narrators own editorial c...more
Cute read; finished the book in about 2 days.
It’s a predictable novel. I mean, come on, it’s chick lit! It’s a nice little story minus the profanity, promiscuity, underage drinking, lying, unbelievable naivety of an adult, etc…
Why did I keep reading it? The story is catchy and…I was hoping all the other stuff would just go away. You know how some books (and movies) start off with objectionable material and then as the story progresses the objectionable material subsides–that’s what I was expecting.
Take out the junk and it’s a cute story…bu...more
Why did I keep reading it? The story is catchy and…I was hoping all the other stuff would just go away. You know how some books (and movies) start off with objectionable material and then as the story progresses the objectionable material subsides–that’s what I was expecting.
Take out the junk and it’s a cute story…bu...more
I first started watching the TV show and then thought I would try out the book. I love the TV show, which I think made me really like the book. The book and TV show is about a college graduate, Megan, that just can seem to get the perfect job yet, so she ends up tutoring two twins that live in palm beach, and they are in fact very rich. The twins absolutely hate their new tutor but as Megan begins to work with them they start to build a good relationship. The TV show was amazing and I can't beli...more
I picked up this book at the last day of the closing of our Borders. Lets just say I am glad that I only spent $2 on it. I thought it would be good because ABC Family, or was it The CW, that did a series on it that I really enjoyed. The book follows a somewhat similar plot, but the TV series was much better twist to it. The characters in the book weren't very likeable because ALL of them, rich or poor, were made out to be shallow and self centered.
It was a quick easy read, but not really worth...more
It was a quick easy read, but not really worth...more
How To Teach Filthy Rich Girls is a nice summer read. The protagonist is portrayed as "every girl" in a situation that almost all university grads find themselves in: graduated with degrees but without their ideal work. These factors make it easy to relate to the character. Though the story lacks a lot of depth is it nice to read and see how the characters and their perceptions alter through the course of the story. If you are looking for an air plane read or an easy forget-my-problems-book than...more
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The author of The A-List series and How to Teach Filthy Rich Girls, which has been renamed and turned into a TV show known as Privileged on the CW in September 2008. Zoey Dean's books are produced by the media packager Alloy Entertainment, which created Gossip Girl, The Clique Series, and The A-List and sold them to Little, Brown and Company.
Zoey is currently working on The Talent series. She is...more
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