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Cocktails for Three
Roxanne: glamorous, self-confident, with a secret lover -- a married man
Maggie: capable and high-achieving, until she finds the one thing she can't cope with -- motherhood
Candice: honest, decent, or so she believes -- until a ghost from her past turns up
At the first of every month, when the office has reached its pinnacle of hysteria, Maggie, Roxanne, and Candice meet at L...more
Maggie: capable and high-achieving, until she finds the one thing she can't cope with -- motherhood
Candice: honest, decent, or so she believes -- until a ghost from her past turns up
At the first of every month, when the office has reached its pinnacle of hysteria, Maggie, Roxanne, and Candice meet at L...more
Paperback, 304 pages
Published
March 7th 2006
by St. Martin's Griffin
(first published 2000)
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I picked this one up from my friend Dani(new to goodreads) the snippet on the cover proclaims the book to be "deliciously wicked and witty and funny" or something to that effect. Dani gave me her review before lending it out, "it's not deliciously witty and funny but it's pretty good. " I must say, I agree. I am a fan of the Shopaholic books so I thought I would give this book a shot and as I am traveling I needed an easy plane read. It was not as polished or funny(actually I didn't find it all...more
This book was just okay. Honestly, I love Madeleine Wickham when she writes as Sophie Kinsella because the books are light and they usually make me laugh. But this is the second go that I've had with Madeleine Wickham and, even though logically I know it's the same person, I just think that she loses some of her mojo when she's not writing as Sophie Kinsella. This book was a perfect example of that - she had three characters that were okay, but the front says that its "deliciously funny... witty...more
This is probably the most painful chicklit book I've ever read. I love when Madeliene writes as Sofie Kinsella, so I thought I'd give this book a go.
Big mistake.
I've had it out from the library for over a month and I'm finally finished with it.
This one was truly phoned in.
Anyone that couldn't guess what Heather is up to or about to be up to almost from the instant she is introduced, isn't paying attention to the story.
Then there are the characters. None of them are what you call great people. Ma...more
Big mistake.
I've had it out from the library for over a month and I'm finally finished with it.
This one was truly phoned in.
Anyone that couldn't guess what Heather is up to or about to be up to almost from the instant she is introduced, isn't paying attention to the story.
Then there are the characters. None of them are what you call great people. Ma...more
After several girlfriends let me in on the fact that one of my favorite authors (Sophie Kinsella) was actually a pen name for Madeleine Wickham and that Madeleine had various novels published, I was eager to read them! Cocktails for three is the first of Madeleine's novels that I've read and I devoured it wholeheartedly.
Cocktails for Three follows the lives of three women who work together and are friends. Outside of work they meet up once a month at the Manhattan bar to catch up with one anothe...more
Cocktails for Three follows the lives of three women who work together and are friends. Outside of work they meet up once a month at the Manhattan bar to catch up with one anothe...more
"Cocktails for Three" is one of those books that was just made for summer.....read it by the pool while sipping a strawberry daquiri. Reading any book by Madeleine Wickham is wonderful for zoning out...mindless entertainment with a heart. You may know Wickham better by her pen name, Miss Sophie Kinsella, the queen of British chick lit.
This is the story of three best friends...each one with a secret. There is Candice, with a childlike innocence and a terrible past; Maggie, a new mother who does n...more
This is the story of three best friends...each one with a secret. There is Candice, with a childlike innocence and a terrible past; Maggie, a new mother who does n...more
This is my second book after the gatecrasher. Similar the gatecrasher, this is an easy read book where it started off with the three main characters meet up for their monthly meeting at a pub. The different about this meeting from the previous meeting, this meeting will be the last for Maggie who will be taking a rest to give birth to her baby girl.
It was at the meeting that Candice met up with Heather, her ex-schoolmate who have vendetta against Candice's family for splitting up her family. Thi...more
It was at the meeting that Candice met up with Heather, her ex-schoolmate who have vendetta against Candice's family for splitting up her family. Thi...more
I really liked this book. It was about three women who work together but in different department who meet up once a month to gossip at a local and live totally different lives, but the way the stories overlapped was written very well and enjoyable.
Maggie is married and about to have her first children. she leaves her job as editor or something major at the magazine to be a full time mom in the country. she does not adapt well and thinks she is doing a horrible job because she doesn't take to it...more
Maggie is married and about to have her first children. she leaves her job as editor or something major at the magazine to be a full time mom in the country. she does not adapt well and thinks she is doing a horrible job because she doesn't take to it...more
maybe it's more of a one & a half star book. i didn't LOATHE it...but i also didn't like it.
the book centers around three friends & colleagues. they all work for a magazine called "the londoner". roxanne is a freelancer who travels the world & writes hotel reviews, as far as i can tell. candice does more investigative reporting, & maggie is the editor. maggie is extremely pregnant & about to go on maternity leave when the book opens. her secret is that she feels woefully unpr...more
the book centers around three friends & colleagues. they all work for a magazine called "the londoner". roxanne is a freelancer who travels the world & writes hotel reviews, as far as i can tell. candice does more investigative reporting, & maggie is the editor. maggie is extremely pregnant & about to go on maternity leave when the book opens. her secret is that she feels woefully unpr...more
Madeleine Wickham is Sophie Kinsella's real name. Sophie Kinsella was made famous by the Shopaholic series which are fun, lighthearted chicklit novels. She also published a few other fun fast reads that scream "Kinsella" when you read them--Remember Me, The Undomestic Goddess, Can you Keep a Secret? and Twenties Girl. When I pick up a novel by Kinsella, I know I'm going to enjoy the journey through the book, probably laugh out loud several times, identify with at least some of the heroine's inne...more
This is about three women who get together once a month for cocktails at London’s trendiest bar. The three women are best friends though each of them carries a secret which comes out in the book. Roxanne is currently dating a married man with children and at the beginning of the book her two friends do not know the identity of the man though it is later revealed in the book. Her two friends are surprised when they discover who Roxanne’s lover is. She is starting to regret not having her own chil...more
It's no secret that i love Sophie Kinsella's writing.As a corollary, i assumed that i would like Madeleine Wickham's writing as well.After all,it was by the same author. I wouldn't say i was entirely right. The writing styles are as different as morning and night. Whereas,Kinsella enthralls you with her witty writing, Madeline's writing is more restrained and mature.I haven't read any other Madeleine novel and might run the risk of over-generalizing.
Cocktails for three is about the lives of 3 yo...more
Cocktails for three is about the lives of 3 yo...more
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Cocktails for Three is a story that revolves around the lives of three young women – Roxanne, Maggie and Candice. It opens with their monthly meet-up in a cocktail bar and when a fourth woman enters the picture, in the shape of waitress Heather Trelawney, the cat is firmly placed among the pigeons.
Maggie is about to become a mother, but she doesn’t cope as well as she expected. Roxanne is having a secret affair with a married man and is set for much heartache, while Candice is desperately trying...more
Maggie is about to become a mother, but she doesn’t cope as well as she expected. Roxanne is having a secret affair with a married man and is set for much heartache, while Candice is desperately trying...more
Covernya cantik yaa :)
Klub Koktail adalah buku karangan alter ego dari Sophie Kinsella pertama yang saya baca. Walau Sophie Kinsella dan Madeleine Wickham adalah orang yang sama tapi gaya penceritaannya sangat berbeda. Sama-sama bergenre chicklit tapi Cocktails for Three terasa lebih gelap dan satir.
Cocktails for three berkisah tentang kehidupan 3 wanita yang sudah tidak muda lagi dengan masalahnya sendiri-sendiri walau benang merahnya sama. Rahasia. Maggie yang bergulat dengan kekhawatirannya s...more
Klub Koktail adalah buku karangan alter ego dari Sophie Kinsella pertama yang saya baca. Walau Sophie Kinsella dan Madeleine Wickham adalah orang yang sama tapi gaya penceritaannya sangat berbeda. Sama-sama bergenre chicklit tapi Cocktails for Three terasa lebih gelap dan satir.
Cocktails for three berkisah tentang kehidupan 3 wanita yang sudah tidak muda lagi dengan masalahnya sendiri-sendiri walau benang merahnya sama. Rahasia. Maggie yang bergulat dengan kekhawatirannya s...more
Aidan loaned me this book. I think I may have traded for my Jenny McCarthy collection, though unintentionally. I liked it, then I didn't because it was way too predictable, but now I like it again. It is about 3 friends, one a new mom, one a likely alcoholic who is her boss's mistress and the other being taken advantage of by a blast from the past.
Books by Madeleine Wickham (the real name of Sophie Kinsella) are the types of books you read when you're lying in the sun on holiday. You read it because it's easy and quick and, frankly, because it's the only book you packed.
I predicted what was going to happen very quickly and I was right. I wanted to be shocked or, at the very least, feel something but it was just all so ... blah. The characters in Wickham's books are always rich with pretentious names (I mean noone is actually called Giles)...more
I predicted what was going to happen very quickly and I was right. I wanted to be shocked or, at the very least, feel something but it was just all so ... blah. The characters in Wickham's books are always rich with pretentious names (I mean noone is actually called Giles)...more
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Carino! Lo avevo iniziato con scarse aspettative, invece dopo i primi capitoli mi ha proprio preso e me lo sono bevuto d'un fiato. Certo è molto diverso dagli altri libri della Kinsella, ma anche - forse per le tematiche affrontate - decisamente un gradino sopra a La signora dei funerali.
E' la storia di tre donne, amiche e colleghe, ognuna delle quali deve affrontare un periodo particolarmente difficile: una gravidanza vissuta con ansia seppur desiderata, un rapporto adultero ma irrinunciabile,...more
E' la storia di tre donne, amiche e colleghe, ognuna delle quali deve affrontare un periodo particolarmente difficile: una gravidanza vissuta con ansia seppur desiderata, un rapporto adultero ma irrinunciabile,...more
i think i've read everything sophie kinsella's written, but this is my first foray into madeleine wickham. it is not, as my husband assumed from the title, about a threesome, but about three best friends who meet at a bar once a month for cocktails. each is hiding a deep secret from the others but in the end, they all come out in a cathartic rush of relief and friendship.
as another reviewer pointed out, the cover advertises "cocktails for three" as "deliciously witty and funny." funny it is not....more
as another reviewer pointed out, the cover advertises "cocktails for three" as "deliciously witty and funny." funny it is not....more
I bought this book, one of two, for a holiday read and although I didn't finish it while on holiday, I couldn't wait to finish it on my return, so that I could start on the other book! The story is about three friends, modern females, who find their lives taking different paths for a while, falling out and making friends again. It touches upon the decisions we have to make in life from time to time, and highlights the well documented changes a baby brings to women who have been more career minde...more
So far I am already swept away by the main characters: Candace, Maggie and Roxanne. I have the strongest affinity for Candace. Three thirty-something women friends meet once a month at an upscale bar in London. They all three happen to be working at a magazine together, too. EACH has a secret that is about to unfold and weave the story together...
SK a.k.a is a master at sharp contemporary dialogue, especially of women's characters. I still vividly remember many of her books because the character...more
SK a.k.a is a master at sharp contemporary dialogue, especially of women's characters. I still vividly remember many of her books because the character...more
Bello,bello e ancora bello.
Anche questa volta, sia che usi il suo vero nome o il suo pseudonimo, l'autrice è riuscita a lasciarmi soddisfatta, dopo aver letto questa sua nuova creazione. Molti hanno commentato questo libro, dicendo come sia vicino alla storia tipo sex and The City. Beh,Si!! Devo dire che è vero! Ed è proprio per questo forse che mi è piaciuto così tanto, anche perchè adoro quella serie TV. Questa Tre amiche che credono di conoscersi sul serio, e che sorprese fino alla fine ,capi...more
Anche questa volta, sia che usi il suo vero nome o il suo pseudonimo, l'autrice è riuscita a lasciarmi soddisfatta, dopo aver letto questa sua nuova creazione. Molti hanno commentato questo libro, dicendo come sia vicino alla storia tipo sex and The City. Beh,Si!! Devo dire che è vero! Ed è proprio per questo forse che mi è piaciuto così tanto, anche perchè adoro quella serie TV. Questa Tre amiche che credono di conoscersi sul serio, e che sorprese fino alla fine ,capi...more
Let me be clear... I did not finish this book. I struggled through most of it, then just couldn't continue. I hate leaving a review for something I haven't finished, but in a way, want to know why I should keep reading.
I could not relate to any of the characters, felt everything was so obvious, and no depth to the characters. I'm a chick-lit, "fluff" read fan, but this just didn't do it for me. If I can't relate or there's no depth, I'm not hooked, sorry. In fact, some of it just flat out made m...more
I could not relate to any of the characters, felt everything was so obvious, and no depth to the characters. I'm a chick-lit, "fluff" read fan, but this just didn't do it for me. If I can't relate or there's no depth, I'm not hooked, sorry. In fact, some of it just flat out made m...more
Madeline Wickham as herself is not as superior as Sophie Kinsella her ghost writer name. The author of the Shopaholic series writes a thousand times more fun, witty books than when she writes under her own name. A friend of mine gave me this book for xmas, and I finally got around to reading it a couple weeks ago. I found that some of the characters could have been a little more fleshed out, and that the ending seemed a bit raced and a little too wrapped in a neat bow for my taste. I also think...more
PEOPLE, give me a book that is worth reading. Unfortunately, I have an awful habit of completing something once I have started it so I wasted a good 2 weeks on this book (hours are limited these days)!! Ugh, Ms. Kinsella is killing her image by signing under a pseudo name "Madeleine Wickham" and then ATTEMPTING to write a book that doesn't even compare to the Shopaholic crap i've read in the past. At least that stuff was funny! Ok, so here's the deal- this book was very slow, depressing, a bad e...more
Excellent book. Quick, easy read.
I love the way that it doesn't require much thought or concentration... it's just something that I could pick up and read without worrying too much about it.
My favourite character was easily Roxanne - she was AWESOME. Maggie began to bug me slightly by the end, and Candice was... flat. If that's the right word. She's the character that I'm most likely to forget in the next week and a half, even though she had the main storyline.
I also wish that the situation wit...more
I love the way that it doesn't require much thought or concentration... it's just something that I could pick up and read without worrying too much about it.
My favourite character was easily Roxanne - she was AWESOME. Maggie began to bug me slightly by the end, and Candice was... flat. If that's the right word. She's the character that I'm most likely to forget in the next week and a half, even though she had the main storyline.
I also wish that the situation wit...more
Sophie Kinsella is one of my favorite authors, and the fact that she also writes as Madeleine Wickham is like double the fun. Cocktails for Three is my second Madeleine Wickham book, and nearly as delightful as Kinsella's others. The story is about three co-workers who meet once a month in a London pub to drink cocktails and gossip. In a month's time, secrets are revealed about each woman that threatens to tear apart their bond and friendship.
Final Say: A good, lighthearted and entertaining rea...more
Final Say: A good, lighthearted and entertaining rea...more
3.5stars for this one.
Novel ini menceritakan tentang kehidupan tiga orang sahabat yang selalu berbagi kisah sambil minum koktail pada tanggal 1 di setiap bulannya.
Dan kemudian masalah mulai singgah di kehidupan mereka.
Mulai dari Maggie dengan kehidupan barunya sebagai ibu, Roxanne dengan kisahnya sebagai kekasih gelap, dan Candice dengan masa lalunya.
Ketika membaca halaman pertama buku ini aku langsung jatuh hati dengan Candice, bahkan hingga akhir buku dia tetap menjadi tokoh favoritku.
Dan wala...more
Novel ini menceritakan tentang kehidupan tiga orang sahabat yang selalu berbagi kisah sambil minum koktail pada tanggal 1 di setiap bulannya.
Dan kemudian masalah mulai singgah di kehidupan mereka.
Mulai dari Maggie dengan kehidupan barunya sebagai ibu, Roxanne dengan kisahnya sebagai kekasih gelap, dan Candice dengan masa lalunya.
Ketika membaca halaman pertama buku ini aku langsung jatuh hati dengan Candice, bahkan hingga akhir buku dia tetap menjadi tokoh favoritku.
Dan wala...more
Okay, it's not the best book on the planet or anything--it's just chick lit. But it served its purpose. I read it in one night and I just needed something girly, something based in London. It was my first Madeleine Wickham book (I've read all of Sophie Kinsella's books as Kinsella, but just not as Wickham). And I was happy that she got away from her usual formula of neurotic woman that makes a mess, fixes her mess in the nick of time, and ends up with some handsome, completely stable, usually we...more
I must say, I'm charmed... and pleasantly surprised by this Madeleine Wickham novel. After having read mixed reviews, I decided to read it just because I am such a fan of the author's other work as written by Sophie Kinsella. I wasn't expecting much -- even the good reviews for this book weren't the best.
This book IS different than anything else I have read by Kinsella. In fact, the writing style is vaguely reminiscent of Marian Keyes (just not as funny), who I actually happen to like better.
I...more
This book IS different than anything else I have read by Kinsella. In fact, the writing style is vaguely reminiscent of Marian Keyes (just not as funny), who I actually happen to like better.
I...more
Again, I just don't seem to enjoy the books by Madeleine Wickham nearly as much as I enjoy her books when she writes under the name of Sophie Kinsella. Hmmmm. This Wickham book was a little better than some of the others I have read. There still isn't the wit and lovable characters of a Kinsella book. This particular story focused on three main characters and while I actually liked each character, I felt like we only scratched the surface of what we could have learned about each one of them. We...more
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Madeleine Wickham (born 12 December 1969) is a bestselling British author under her pseudonym, Sophie Kinsella. Educated at New College, Oxford, she worked as a financial journalist before turning to fiction. She is best known for writing a popular series of chick-lit novels. The Shopaholic novels series focuses on the misadventures of Becky Bloomwood, a financial journalist who cannot manage her...more
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“A tree falls in the forest, thought Roxanne, staring bleakly out of the window. A man tells a woman he loves her. But if no-one is present to hear it does he really make a sound? Did it really happen?”
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