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Skinnydipping

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“Who do I have to sleep with to get a drink on this plane?” Beloved by countless fans for being devilishly dishy, outrageously funny, and always giving it to us straight, three-time New York Times bestselling author Bethenny Frankel now makes her fiction debut with the story of Faith Brightstone. Faith is an aspiring actress just out of college, who moves to L.A. determine...more

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Published May 1st 2012 by Touchstone

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May 07, 2012 Bobbi rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: finished

Pre-ordered it today and hope it is here no later than next Wednesday! After Watergate, I could use something fun. Am interested to see how she does as a fiction writer.

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Dec 17, 2012 Chelsey rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Skinnydipping takes readers on a journey following Faith Brightstone as she picks up her life in New York City and moves to L.A., pursuing a life of fame and fortune in show business. After watching a video of Bethenny Frankel talk about her first work of fiction, this novel, I want to say that I feel pretty confident that this story is based on certain parts of her life. Faith moves out to L.A. and moves in with her father, who she really has no valuable relationship with and immediately immers...more Skinnydipping takes readers on a journey following Faith Brightstone as she picks up her life in New York City and moves to L.A., pursuing a life of fame and fortune in show business. After watching a video of Bethenny Frankel talk about her first work of fiction, this novel, I want to say that I feel pretty confident that this story is based on certain parts of her life. Faith moves out to L.A. and moves in with her father, who she really has no valuable relationship with and immediately immerses herself in the Hollywood party scene. I knew that I was going to enjoy this book when we first see Faith on a plane picking up her life and moving, with only one carry on, and she meets an actual Hollywood producer. I knew that we were in for it and that Faith’s journey to fame was sure to be worth it.

Faith, honestly, was not my favorite character just because at times I read her as cynical, sarcastic, and a little too cocky. I can deal with the cynical and sarcastic part, but not so much the cocky side of Faith. In Part II of this book I began to like Faith more because by that point she was more accustomed to life in L.A. and she had mellowed out a little bit. In the beginning of the book she was living a rather risqué lifestyle, and a lot of drugs and alcohol were involved. It was important to me to see Faith’s character grow and I think when she landed her job with the reality show, she really began to blossom into a more fully developed character. I was praying in the first half of this book that Faith wouldn’t stay around the club scene and be drinking, partying, etc. throughout the entire novel. Faith was so determined to be noticed by the right people that she would stop at nothing to get to the top, and I know that is how a lot of Hollywood really works, but I just wanted to like Faith from the start so badly.

I felt that this book was a very concise interpretation of real life in L.A./show business/Hollywood. I think that this is one of the aspects of the reading that I enjoyed most. I really liked being immersed in the Hollywood scene with Faith and seeing how manipulative and conniving people really are because after all I am just a small town girl who has never even been to California, not to mention Hollywood! I know that Bethenny probably has firsthand experience in this world and I believe that makes her first fiction novel all the more readable and relatable because readers know that it is coming from one very reliable source.

I know this may sound crazy, but I think I would have enjoyed this story better in the summer instead of when it is 40 degrees outside. I suggest this book as a perfect summer read. It is fast, fun, and definitely flirty. Faith is a character that you will either really like or will spend your time yelling at; I did a little of both. I hope that Bethenny plans on writing other works of fiction because I really enjoyed her writing style, even if it was snarky at times. This was a very fast and enjoyable read!

***A huge thank you to the publishers at Touchstone for providing me with a copy of this book in exchange for my honest review***
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Sep 07, 2012 Laura rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I've read everything that Bethenny has written, so I had to check this out. It's actually not bad - it's totally different from what I usually read (and like), so while it wasn't for me I can't write it off. Basically, it's a thinly veiled retelling of her life, with some obvious parts (like Martha Stewart doesn't have a son) changed or added in. There was a little too much food/diet focus for me in the first part of the book, and I found Faith to be a little naive and abrasive in a way that cou...more

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Aug 28, 2012 Christina rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: fans of Bethenny Frankel

First off: the title NOR the cover have anything to do with the storyline or characters of this book.

This is a thinly veiled to fictionalize the early years of Bethenny Frankel before she hit it big. For anyone who's read Bethenny's other books, the similarities between Bethenny and Faith Brightstone (Skinnydipping's protagonist) are numerous and striking. Almost everything about Bethenny Frankel's life is mirrored in Faith Brightstone's life. Personally, I think it would have been more interes...more

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Jun 09, 2012 Belinda rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: best-borrowed-from-the-library, only-for-the-fans

Let me start this review by outing myself: I am a Bethenney Frankel fan. I think it is very likely she is absolutely wackadoo crazy and I definitely wouldn’t want her as a flat-mate but she is ridiculously entertaining to watch on television. She personifies the paradox of stardom in that at the same time she is both ordinary and extraordinary: funny, rich, successful but that the same time just like us. I like that she’s determined and ambitious and that’s she’s been successful as a woman in ar...more Let me start this review by outing myself: I am a Bethenney Frankel fan. I think it is very likely she is absolutely wackadoo crazy and I definitely wouldn’t want her as a flat-mate but she is ridiculously entertaining to watch on television. She personifies the paradox of stardom in that at the same time she is both ordinary and extraordinary: funny, rich, successful but that the same time just like us. I like that she’s determined and ambitious and that’s she’s been successful as a woman in arenas that are traditionally dominated by men – television and liquor. However, I have read her previous three books and, while I did enjoy them and have made many of the recipes from The Skinnygirl Dish (I recommend the white bean and spinach soup and the chocolate cake with peanut butter glaze – both delicious and, when combined, provide a perfectly balanced guilt-free dinner and dessert), the typesetting and editing were awful. So, while I tried to approach this book from a place of yes (see what I did there?), my expectations were not very high.

And I was right to be nervous - this book is really terrible. For starters, I think that Skinnydipping needs to assert itself as a novel in the title is in recognition of the fact that not much of this book is fiction. It’s very clearly a fictionalised representation of Bethenney’s own life. Here’s the plot: wannabe actress Faith Brightstone (what a name!) moves to LA after graduation for NYU (like Bethenney did). She moves in with her emotionally distant father (like Bethenney did) and works as an assistant for the wife of an incredibly successful movie director Josh Kameron (really?), helping look after their two daughters (Bethenney worked for Cathy Hilton and helped look after Paris and Nicki). Faith finds a dog and names it Muffin (Bethenney’s dog is called Cookie), appeared in a soft porn film (like Bethenney did) and then decides that she’s not cut out to be an actress, so she moved back to New York (like Bethenney did). You get the picture. For the rest of the plot, please see Bethenney’s life.

I really have no problem with fictionalising true events. Every author draws on some inspiration from their own life for their work. F. Scott Fitzgerald immortalised versions of Zelda in three of his novels. Helen Garner scandalously did the same thing as Bethenney in her book The First Stone. But the difference is (apart from the fact the Fitzgerald and Frankel will never feature in the literary canon alongside each other!) is that those books were entertaining. The fictional worlds, though based at least partially on reality, were real of themselves and the stories that were dramatised had things to say that were worth saying. All Skinnydipping says is that Bethenney either thinks her audience is too dumb to recognise the story as hers if she changes one little detail or thinks that her life is so entertaining that it should be the subject of both non-fiction and fiction. Bethenney, I heart you and will watch your weekly TV show for as long as it is on the air but really, it isn’t.

The other things I hated about the book were the characters, style and structure. For starters, I had to google ‘swamp crotch’ in the first three pages. That is a bad sign (fyi – it’s gross). The LA Bethenney – sorry, the LA Faith – is just an awful person. She’s selfish, self-involved, narcissistic, inconsiderate, caustic and has a fairly severe eating disorder. Then she moves to New York and all of a sudden the eating disorder disappears and is not mentioned again. What? One-dimensional friends vanish and then new ones appear without explanation. There’s a huge rush to cram the full amount of Bethenney’s life into the last 50 pages (She gets pregnant! She comes second in a reality competition show! She gets engaged! She gets a liquor company to sell her Skinnygirl Margaritas, sorry I mean Pink Lemonade Mojitos! She gets a talk show!), resulting in the pacing of the book becoming very uneven. All of these are major flaws that point to the biggest problem for me with this book. I just cannot understand why, with the amount of revenue that her books generate, Bethenney’s publisher cannot hire a decent editor!

I read this book with a fairly good idea of what kind of book it was going to be, so I have no-one to blame but myself. If you’re like me and you can’t control your morbid curiosity, then at least borrow it from the library. If you can, get a hardcover copy so if you feel the need to hurl it at the wall, you won’t cause any lasting damage to the book. I can’t vouch for the wall though.

Skinnydipping: A Novel gets two stars.
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May 04, 2012 Michele rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

A Skinny Line Between Fiction and Reality
Reading this book felt like being immersed in a Bethenny Frankel marathon of her reality television world, including the Martha Stewart Apprentice, The Real Housewives of New York and Bravo's spinoffs, Bethenny Getting Married? and Bethenny Everafter. If you find the quick wit and at times foul mouth of this self-made star entertaining, you--like me--won't be able to put down this book.

Bethenny as a writer, along with her writing partner Eve Adamson, use...more A Skinny Line Between Fiction and Reality
Reading this book felt like being immersed in a Bethenny Frankel marathon of her reality television world, including the Martha Stewart Apprentice, The Real Housewives of New York and Bravo's spinoffs, Bethenny Getting Married? and Bethenny Everafter. If you find the quick wit and at times foul mouth of this self-made star entertaining, you--like me--won't be able to put down this book.

Bethenny as a writer, along with her writing partner Eve Adamson, use her personal experiences during her rise to fame to create an alter ego named Faith Brightstone. The story about a young New Yorker moving to L.A. to try to make it as an actress, only to return to New York to find fame in reality television is a thinly veiled fun romp into her past. She has license to pick and choose facts and fiction and mix them into a cocktail named the "pink lemonade mojito" rather than the Skinnygirl margarita. It's a refreshing summer beach read, and the juicy stuff is not left out.

She serves up a tasty platter of what can only be called just desserts by creating highly unlikeable characters based on Martha Stewart and Jill Zarin, and she even adds a zesty little barb aimed at Kelly Bensimon (with a "I'm up here, you're down there" type comment). Her creativity in rewriting the past, including making up new challenges for the television contest named "Domestic Goddess," and her knack for witty/truly funny dialog prove once again why this woman is a star.

I had to deduct a review star, however, due to a critical fiction-writing error at the beginning of Part II, when she lapses into a classic tell rather than show technique, and what I felt was an anti-climactic and cliché conclusion of having the whole thing culminate in the life-lesson of "there are no certainties in life."

But that conclusion was NOT what I took away from this reading experience. Reading this book for me was just plain FUN--as fun as it's been watching Bethenny on TV.

Good for you Skinnygirl, and thanks for the laughs.(less)

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Nov 16, 2012 Paul Pessolano rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

“skinnydipping” by Bethenny Frankel, published by Touchstone Books.

Category – Fiction/Romance/Comedy

I have been often asked to recommend a good “beach read”, well this is November and unless you are in Cancun, the Caribbean, or in the Keys a good “beach read” would not make much sense – of course, unless you brought out the lounge chair, the heat lamp, and made up a batch of pink lemonade mojitos, and started to read “skinnydipping”. Faith Brightstone has just graduated from NYU and has her hear...more

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May 23, 2012 Latiffany rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

You don't have to know a lot about Bethenny Frankel to figure out that much of this book is based off her real life experiences. There are some portions that I am certain came directly from her life and aren't fiction at all. The issue with this book is it reads like two entirely different stories. I am used to books being divided in two or even three sections, but usually the story remains cohesive and nothing is lost in transition. That was not the case in Skinnydipping. The first portion is a...more

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Aug 14, 2012 Meichler rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Disclaimer - I'm a big fan of Bethenny. I respect the hell out of her, I think she's a phenomenal business woman, I think she pioneered using reality TV for business exposure, and I love her personality (which a lot of people don't - I think she's crass and hysterical). I also happen to love most of her products as well.

So - is writing her strongest attribute? Probably not. But this is a fun, quick read, guilty pleasure book. Not the most well written thing on the shelves, and not for everyone,...more

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May 01, 2012 IrenesChristianReviews rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I want to start by saying I usually only read Christian fiction books but I saw what this book was about and could not wait to read it. The personality of the author, Bethenny Frankel, is found on every page of this story. The book follows the fictional character Faith Brightstone as she navigates through different careers till she finds her perfect fit.

I loved how the character reacted to obstacles in her way. Her phone call with a creditor is one a lot of people will connect with. That is one...more

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Mar 12, 2013 John Amory rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

How stupid. If you're going to fictionalize your life, at least be creative about it. But everything was so thinly veiled, so blandly referential that I was speed-reading my way to the end just to move on to something else. If this were satire, or a Saturday Night Live skit, it might be forgivable. But as it stands, Part One is like a poorly done Jackie Collins rip-off and Part Two amounts to little more than reading a transcript of a reality show. It's packed to the gills with one scene after a...more

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Dec 18, 2012 Jordan rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

"And I had a million other ideas, all waiting to happen. My future was wide open. No limits. Just space - and love."

I've been a big fan of Bethenny since her stint on the RHONY. Her previous books have been more focused on non-fiction issues, stemming off of her Skinnygirl brand. This books presented a fiction, loosely based on her life, story that I wanted to love.

Throughout the book, it wasn't my favorite. I admire her voice, as it sounds real and very much like the loud mouth, honest girl who...more

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Apr 27, 2012 Imogen rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Considering it's basically a fictional version of Bethenny's life, I liked the book. However, the contest section was extremely long, which is understandable since that's what most of the book is about, but on the other hand, did we really need to know what type of dessert she decided to put on the menu? The one big flaw of the book (for me), and the reason I didn't give it a higher rating was because of how obsessive the character is about her weight. As someone in recovery of an eating disorde...more

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Jul 01, 2012 Lorianne rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I first want to say that I am a fan of Bethenny Frankel. Not sure why the book is called "Skinnydipping", I guess so she wanted to have her "skinny" brand mixed in. Also, not sure why there is a picture of her on the front cover from her PETA ad. The book is pretty predictable. It was an easy read. I did laugh out loud a few times but like everyone has said, the book was pretty much her story. I hated that I was expecting everything page by page, I just wish things got more interesting. My other...more

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Apr 20, 2012 Brandy rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: arc-s

I was excited to dive into Bethenny Frankel's newest release Skinnydipping because I find her to be a fascinating person and her sense of humor is fantastic!
From the beginning of this book Bethenny's sense of humor is evident. Faith Brighstone is just graduating college and has decide to move to California to pursue an acting career but is hesitant because she will have to stay with her Father whom she doesn't have much of a relationship with. Faith is optimistic that their relationship will bl...more

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Feb 18, 2013 Michelle rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: chick-lit, fiction

I've followed Bethenny Frankel from Housewives on, so I do know her backstory -- and all of it is pretty much laid out in this novel. A little more imagination would have gone a long way since I felt like I always knew what would happen next, and that took away from the enjoyment for me.

The writing is OK (nothing spectacular but also not horrible), but the story is disjointed from LA to NYC -- if this hadn't been based on someone's life, this never would have made it as the plot of a book.

Skinn...more

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Sep 17, 2012 Catherine rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

The book started off great. I was impressed by the voice and the talent for storytelling. It was evident from the beginning, as most celebrity-written book are, that this one pulled heavily from her personal experience. Of course most writers pull elements of their stories from their worlds, but great novelists create an alternate reality that readers can step into without noticing the seams of their work. She violates one of the elementary rules of thumb in writing: showing v. telling. In oral...more

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Nov 11, 2012 Leah rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: first-reads

Goodreads/Touchstone sent me this book as a first reads giveaway. This is my honest review:

OK, so I know Bethenny Frankel was on the Real Housewives of Wherever, but because I never watched it, that’s the extent of my knowledge about her. The whole question of whether this book is fiction or a memoir is not something I can comment on, or even something I care about. I was happy to find out that I won this book in the first reads giveaway because I like to read chick lit every now and then. When...more

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Jul 06, 2012 Macsmom rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: Bethenny fans

Super fun summer read! I don't know how much of the LA portion of the book was fiction and what wasn't, but it was fun to speculate. I love all the disparaging remarks about Martha Stewart and her behavior on her Apprentice Show, well-deserved. But too much time was spent about the competition. She had a LOT more to say about her life back in NY. Either way, she isn't a trained writer so when I read reviews about the "characters" and literatary commentary, it just makes me laugh. Why would you e...more

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May 29, 2012 Kristi rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: adult-fiction, chicklit, funny

I was so excited when I got an email talking about this book. I immediately put a hold on it at the library. Once it came in I dropped what I was currently reading to pick this book up and was not disappointed.

If you know anything about Bethenny, you can picture her throughout this book. She does talk about that she wrote what she knows and I loved it. The story is funny and interesting to the very end. I also love the way she writes because I can see the author talking to me as I am reading th...more

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May 02, 2013 Rachel rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I cannot say why, but I have always been a huge Bethenny Frankel fan. Her wit, humor and ever present sarcasm keep me constantly entertained and coming back for more. Skinnydipping is her first attempt at fiction and I think she definitely gets an "A" for effort and entertainment. For those that know a little about Bethenny in real life, you will definitely spot the similarities with the "fictional characters and events" and will constantly wonder just how fictional some of these events and char...more

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Jun 13, 2012 Lindsey McDowell rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Intriguing storyline, but if you are a fan of Bethenny's there is not much need to read this book. This novel has many similarities to Bethenny Frankel's actual life. As someone who watched her on Martha Stewart's show, the Real Housewives of New York, Bethenny Getting Married/Bethenny Ever After, and as a fan of her Skinnygirl Cocktails, there was not much that I hadn't seen before. A lot of it was very predictable and mirrored what I have seen on her reality TV shows. I even predict that the w...more

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May 16, 2012 Talk Supe Blogspot rated it 4 of 5 stars

I love Bethenny Frankel & when I saw this in NetGalley I immediately requested for it. I admire this chick's business sense, her attitude and how she says it like it is!

So what to expect: Skinnydipping IS Bethenny Frankel's life, if you've followed her since her RHNY days then you'll recognize Bethenny is Faith cloaked under the guise of fiction. Skinnydipping is more of an entertaining read than RITA-ish book. I found it funny how her characters are portrayed as they are most likely based...more

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Aug 24, 2012 Kendra rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I love Bethenny but the book was just ok. For me the first half of the book was a little too Hollywood-tabloid and felt like fodder. If your the kind of person that follows celebrities and likes to know what they're doing and who they're with you would likely enjoy Faith's journey in the first half.

I did enjoy the second half of the book more than the first because it felt like there was more of a plot. I enjoyed following Faith through he journey on Domestic Goddess, with Harris as well as with...more

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Jul 09, 2012 Lindsay Nehrer rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This book was a fun summer read. I do have to say that it would probably be a lot more interesting if you weren't already obsessed with Bethenny Frankel and know her whole life. Although the book can be found in the nonfiction section, if you have been following her career, you will find the book to be slightly boring and predictable. I wish she chose to focus the book more on her housewives show than on her Martha Stewart show, but rumor has it she's in the works for 2 more books so I guess tho...more

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May 12, 2012 Jenn rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I've definitely drank the Skinnygirl Kool-Aid. I love Bethenny and this novel is no exception. This is the 3rd book of her's I've read and I loved it. You feel like you are watching the show, listening to her voice, watching it unfold in your head. I did keep wondering how much was really Bethenny & how much was fiction and that becomes more apparent in Part II of the book. The book dealt a bit with Bethenny's father issues but none really with her mom. That was a nice change from her show a...more

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Jul 26, 2012 Kari rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: couldn-t-finish

I'll start by saying that I had no idea who Bethenny Frankel was when I started this book and didn't until I looked her up. I got about a quarter of the way through Skinnydipping and lost interest. I didn't like the main character. For a New Yorker, she is kind of naive. Or maybe I'm just too old to care about someone's life in Hollywood. I read somewhere that this work of fiction seems to mirror Ms. Frankel's own life. Why not just write a memoir? At any rate, I just couldn't make myself care e...more

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Dec 17, 2012 Rebecca Stephenson rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: in-the-mood-for-chick-lit

I am fan of Bethenny Frankel and thought I would give her fictional novel debut a try. . . The book in my opinion is obviously a fictionalized interpretation of her life- the relationship with her parents, her brief history in LA, her stint on reality tv, her much publicized feud with her former friend Jill Zarin from the Real Housewives franchise (clearly Shari in the book), and even a paralle story about her current skinnygirl cocktail empire. The book is an easy read- some parts more entertai...more

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Jun 23, 2012 Angel rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I am a fan of Bethenny, so anything she does seems to turn into gold to me.

This book was just "ok" for me. I'm not a big fan of fictional reality and Skinnydipping just reinforced my feelings.

Bethenny has really gotten into a lot of money-making endeavors lately and I felt this book was kind of a cheap shot at more cash.

I am all for a successful woman, but now it just seems like she has spread herself too thin and I don't know where to focus myself when it comes to her.

I hope she finds a bett...more

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Dec 25, 2012 Rachel P rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: first-reads

2.5 stars

I won a free copy of “Skinny Dipping”, by Bethenny Frankel, as a first-reads giveaway.

I think it’s funny how Bethenny dedicates this book to our imagination when this story is solely based on events in her own life. If you read "A Place of Yes" then you know how this story goes and where it ends up. I think if Bethenny were going to write fiction she could have been a lot more creative and actually used her imagination.

***SPOILER ALERT***

Faith Brightstone (Bethenny Frankel) travels to L...more 2.5 stars

I won a free copy of “Skinny Dipping”, by Bethenny Frankel, as a first-reads giveaway.

I think it’s funny how Bethenny dedicates this book to our imagination when this story is solely based on events in her own life. If you read "A Place of Yes" then you know how this story goes and where it ends up. I think if Bethenny were going to write fiction she could have been a lot more creative and actually used her imagination.

***SPOILER ALERT***

Faith Brightstone (Bethenny Frankel) travels to L.A. after graduating college in hopes of finding her soul mate and achieving a career as a successful actress. After a string of dead-end jobs and encounters with plenty of unsavory men she flees back to New York City where five years later she decides to pursue her real passion – baking – and starts her own vegan baking company called Have Faith Muffins (Bethenny Bakes). She feels her brand really start to take off when she’s offered a spot on a new reality show called "Domestic Goddess" (Martha Stewart Apprentice), featuring her idol Sybil Hunter (Martha Stewart). She must compete with other contestants for fabulous prizes including $100,000 and her own TV show. But all is far from smooth sailing in Bethenny’s…I mean Faith’s life when she finds herself at odds with more than just her fellow contestants. Meanwhile, the elusive soul mate may be closer then she thinks and with strange ties to the dreaded Sybil Hunter.

I can’t recommend this book because for the first 150 pages I was bored with the repetitive partying, sex, alcohol/drug use, and starvation binge. I would’ve stopped reading if I didn’t feel obligated to write this review. However, things did start to get interesting when Faith got onto the "Domestic Goddess" show and you could see she really started coming into her own.

This could be considered a story about finding yourself but if you want the real story and some solid life lessons along with it then you really want to read "A Place of Yes". It was much better written and way more tastefully done. (less)

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About Bethenny Frankel

Bethenny Frankel has a knack for making healthy food taste delicious. That knack, which started out as a hobby and was enhanced with formal training, has elevated her to national prominence as a celebrated natural food chef, the creator of the phenomenal new Skinnygirl Margarita, and The New York Times best selling author of Naturally Thin.

Frankel, who calls herself a "health foodie” and attended...more Bethenny Frankel has a knack for making healthy food taste delicious. That knack, which started out as a hobby and was enhanced with formal training, has elevated her to national prominence as a celebrated natural food chef, the creator of the phenomenal new Skinnygirl Margarita, and The New York Times best selling author of Naturally Thin.

Frankel, who calls herself a "health foodie” and attended the National Gourmet Institute for Health and Culinary Arts, focuses on sharing with others her knowledge and passion for healthy living. In addition to her monthly column in Health Magazine, she is regularly featured in national publications from The New York Times to the weekly entertainment magazines. She’s also a sought-after guest on national news and entertainment television, where she brings her expertise and irresistibly candid and funny take not only to food segments but to any conversation about living healthy and living well.

Frankel’s wit, wisdom and humor came to national attention when she was named first runner-up on NBC’s “The Apprentice: Martha Stewart.” Network executives saw a personality they couldn’t ignore and put her center stage weekly on Bravo’s hit series “The Real Housewives of New York,” now in its third season. Though technically not a “wife,” she has emerged as the star of the series, with a huge network of fans, a job as national spokesperson for Pepperidge Farm's Baked Naturals® and Deli Flats(trademark), and her own spin-off series now in production.

Naturally Thin: Unleash Your Skinnygirl and Free Yourself from a Lifetime of Dieting debuted this year on The New York Times Best Sellers list and stayed for an astonishing for 18 consecutive weeks. Frankel’s second book, The Skinnygirl Dish: Easy Recipes for Your Naturally Thin Life will be released January 5, 2010, just in time to support “new year, new me” resolutions with delicious, practical, effective recipes and lifestyle tweaks. Skinnygirl Dish showcases Frankel’s renowned “fix-ology” . . . her ability to take calorie-rich foods and revamp them to create healthier versions without compromising flavor.

Her skill as a fixologist applies to cocktails too . . . she has just this fall launched The Skinnygirl Margarita, a bottled, pre-mixed beverage made with clear tequila, lime juice and only a splash of citrus liqueur, which drastically reduces the calories of the traditional cocktail. All natural and lightly sweetened with agave nectar, it has only 100 calories in a full 4 oz. serving.

As the go-to blogger for all things reality and lifestyle, Frankel wields her pen like a sword, ensuring that readers will get the unvarnished truth along with common sense, expertise and a healthy – always healthy – dose of humor. She is on a mission to democratize healthy living, making information available to everyone she can reach through her appearances, books, columns and blogs.

Frankel lives in Manhattan with her dog Cookie. She will be marrying her other love, Jason Hoppy, this spring and they will welcome their first child in early summer.

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A Place of Yes: 10 Rules for Getting Everything You Want Out of Life

Naturally Thin: Unleash Your SkinnyGirl and Free Yourself from a Lifetime of Dieting

The Skinnygirl Dish: Easy Recipes for Your Naturally Thin Life

The Skinnygirl Rules: For Getting and Staying Naturally Thin

A Dip Into Skinnydipping: An Exclusive Chapter Based on the Forthcoming Novel

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