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153rd out of 199 books
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The Wedding Writer
Four talented women, one glossy wedding magazine: life should be as perfect as a bridal catwalk… right?
Lucky Quinn writes up weddings for one of the hottest bridal magazines. And it wasn’t easy to get there. From humble beginnings, she outsmarted her way into the center of New York’s glamorous magazine industry – making up for her background with a sharp mind, whip-thin p...more
Lucky Quinn writes up weddings for one of the hottest bridal magazines. And it wasn’t easy to get there. From humble beginnings, she outsmarted her way into the center of New York’s glamorous magazine industry – making up for her background with a sharp mind, whip-thin p...more
Paperback, 368 pages
Published
June 7th 2011
by St. Martin's Griffin
(first published May 19th 2011)
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I gave this book a 3.5 Jewels rating on my blog: http://onebookshy.blogspot.com/2011/0...
The publicity blurb for this book grabbed my attention right away as it made me think of "The Devil Wears Prada". I had really liked both the book and the movie so I hoped to be similarly entertained with The Wedding Writer. I am pleased to say that I wasn't disappointed. The author's obvious experience in this field shines through brilliantly in both the plot and the starring players.
The characters appeared...more
The publicity blurb for this book grabbed my attention right away as it made me think of "The Devil Wears Prada". I had really liked both the book and the movie so I hoped to be similarly entertained with The Wedding Writer. I am pleased to say that I wasn't disappointed. The author's obvious experience in this field shines through brilliantly in both the plot and the starring players.
The characters appeared...more
Young, promising Lucky succeeds her mentor Grace as the editor-in-chief of a classic ‘Your Wedding’ magazine. Will she be able to convince staff members that she is capable of steering the magazine in the right direction? Can she keep the magazine on the right track in a recession? This sounds promising, but Schneider does not live up to my expectations.
Grace is created after Anna Wintour of Vogue, she is Miranda Priestly in the Devil Wears Prada, but the book is not only about her, but more abo...more
Grace is created after Anna Wintour of Vogue, she is Miranda Priestly in the Devil Wears Prada, but the book is not only about her, but more abo...more
Too many things kept bothering me while reading this book for me to enjoy it. The dialogue was very choppy and unnatural sounding, and readers never got to stay with each character long enough to actually get anywhere. Just as a character learns something life-changing and potentially devastating, the author switches to someone else (most likely the boring protagonist, Lucky), and we return to the character we're wondering about 30 pages later, and nothing seems to have changed. Anything excitin...more
Jun 26, 2011
Kristin (Kritters Ramblings)
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4 of 5 stars
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A great girlie chick lit to get an insider's look into the magazine world and more specifically the bridal magazine world. I absolutely adored that at the center of this book were women who held powerful positions and took the reigns on the professional lives. Ironic, that only one of the main characters was in a successful marriage with child.
Being a woman who always wanted to be in the working world and never seeing myself as the stay at home mom - nothing wrong with that role, my mom was an...more
Being a woman who always wanted to be in the working world and never seeing myself as the stay at home mom - nothing wrong with that role, my mom was an...more
This book put me off at first. It felt like Devil Wears Prada except that everyone was the devil - ever character equally reprehensible and none of them worthy of sympathy.
Then the characters grew on me and I came to really like the flawed personalities and I looked forward to picking it back up each time.
The intense "insider" view made more sense to me once I realized that the author has been a wedding writer. I can only hope the backstabbing culture has been exaggerated here. Or it may be tha...more
Then the characters grew on me and I came to really like the flawed personalities and I looked forward to picking it back up each time.
The intense "insider" view made more sense to me once I realized that the author has been a wedding writer. I can only hope the backstabbing culture has been exaggerated here. Or it may be tha...more
I wanted to like this book because it sounded like Devil Wears Prada. I appreciated that the author wrote it from four different character's point of views. I felt like I had a complete picture of what the bridal magazine industry is like. However, I didn't really like Lucky-at all. I did like Sara and Grace. It was hard for me to keep reading and I felt like the end was anti-climactic.
This is a great feel-good read if you're just looking for something to relax with this summer. It's also great for people who love magazines, because it's about a magazine journalist. Some of it is extremely unrealistic, though - the main character never finished college, yet she goes on to become EIC of a major magazine? Highly unlikely. But, it's all in the nature of poetic license and the book is a decent read.
This novel follows an assistant editor of a wedding magazine who gets promoted along with the woman she ousted and several other assistant editors over about a one year period. Some of the stories were deeper than others, but overall, this book moved quickly and had the added hook of being about the wedding industry.
I don't usually enjoy books that involve shoes and clothes, however, on a whim I picked this one up and started reading and found it to be a literate, intelligent, enjoyable book. It follows the lives of four women caught up by the career choices they've made. Highly recommended.
Why is it some writers want to write every little detail about something - like the awful lamb roast dinner she had to have with her mother? This was not great! In fact I skim read the last half (as it was due back) and could not be bothered extending it! Does that count as read!?
Jul 03, 2012
Rebecca
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2 of 5 stars
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I didn't have high expectations for this book but have got weddings on the brain at the moment which made me pick it up. Nothing much seemed to happen in the first few chapters and once it got going I really wasn't sure which, if any, of the characters I was meant to like.
I loved this book. Susan Schneider is a wonderful writer with a fast, fun style and Lucky is a heroine that one falls immediately in love with. It's a wonderful peek into an unfamiliar world.
I love to read books about people who work in the publishing industry, even if it is fiction. In another life, I'd like to be an editor, and of course I've always loved wedding stuff!
Only finished it because I had made it too far. I wanted to like it, I really did...but I could not connect with any of the characters and found myself despising all of them.
it was OK. a good beach read. I guess I was hoping for a little different ending. it was fun to read about the 'wedding world'... and I'm glad I'm not in it!
bleh. I was looking forward to something a lot more than this could give. Seemed like a good plot/idea for the story but it didn't deliver.
I highly recommend this book for anyone
FTC: I received a free copy of this book and was not reimbursed in any other way.
FTC: I received a free copy of this book and was not reimbursed in any other way.
Very, very poor writing. The story jumps all around and seems to almost leave out key details of the story. Plus it's boring.
Just finished this one, it was a quick read and a good insight into the world of wedding journalism. Very cut-throat!
I enjoyed this book much more than I expected. It was such a relief to have everything work out in the end.
What could have been a fun chicklit read was catty and mean.
meh.....
nothing more, nothing less. started out with some good funny parts but then those were gone.
nothing more, nothing less. started out with some good funny parts but then those were gone.
When I started reading this book I had high hopes because I'm a sucker for chick lit but as the story progressed I realized that it wasn't really going anywhere. I was waiting for the main character (lucky) to grow into something great but it never happened, in fact I think she moved backwards which was very disappointing. I felt like this book left a lot of lose ends which could have easily been snipped.
I couldn't finish it. I could not get into any of the characters. The writing was bland & unfeeling.
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SUSAN SCHNEIDER, a bridal magazine editor and writer, has spent the last ten years helping engaged women get ready for the Big Day. She is the former executive editor of Modern Bride and Elegant Bride, and currently of Bridal Guide. She has been an editor and writer for a number of other major womens and parenting magazines and is the co-author of two marriage and relationship books with Dr. Sonya...more
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