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You Could Do Better
by
Stephanie Lehmann (Goodreads Author)
The acclaimed author of The Art of Undressing asks: How do you know he's the one? br Daphne Wells is way too busy watching television to start planning her wedding. She tells herself being glued to the boob tube counts as research for her job at the Museum of Television and Radio, but the truth is, as much as she's looking forward to a future with her fianc
Paperback, 272 pages
Published
August 1st 2006
by NAL Trade
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"You could do better"...well, I could have written a better book. What a waste of time. If the book were one page longer, I would have thrown it to the fire. For such a short book, it was slow, predictable, and boring. This book gives chick lit a bad name.
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I hated this book. I mean, deep in my dark little heart.
My main issue with it was the heroine, who I found to be the least likable main character since Mein Kampf. There is nothing endearing about this woman. She's shallow, television-obsessed, and has a sense of entitlement that dwarfs that of Prince William. She cannot turn a reality show off long enough to get a proposal from her boyfriend.
Beyond the fact I hated the main character, a general word of warning for people considering reading th...more
My main issue with it was the heroine, who I found to be the least likable main character since Mein Kampf. There is nothing endearing about this woman. She's shallow, television-obsessed, and has a sense of entitlement that dwarfs that of Prince William. She cannot turn a reality show off long enough to get a proposal from her boyfriend.
Beyond the fact I hated the main character, a general word of warning for people considering reading th...more
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Not that good a read. Gets monotonous and too irritating at times.
Though the TV addicted Daphne Wells gave me the creeps about my Internet addiction. A Rehab? :P
Though the TV addicted Daphne Wells gave me the creeps about my Internet addiction. A Rehab? :P
I stuck with this one a lot longer than I normally would have because I was intrigued with the main character's job as a curator at the Museum of Television and Radio. In the end, she drove me absolutely crazy and I kind of hated her.
woman who'd rather watch TV than plan her wedding, a woman, may I say, after my own heart
I really enjoyed this book and think that it deserves a lot more credit than just chick lit. It's about a young woman in her 20's living in NYC who isn't sure about her current relationship and deciding where she wants it to go. She also works a the NY Television Museum and there were a lot of TV references (to older and new TV shows) and I would really recommend for those who love TV and also like chick lit. This book for me had a lot of substance and although a bit predictable. I still really...more
A girly book to pass the time.
Would not read again or recommend.
Wow, this book was SO not for me. I don't watch much tv at all, and there are so many tv references in this book that I just couldn't get interested. I found that I did not enjoy reading a book about watching tv, but I tried to at least soak up some knowledge on the history of tv so that I could take at least a little something away from it. That said, this book would be great for someone that is tv obsessed, and when they do want to read, they want to read about tv!
I enjoyed this book, although I did not love it. I did find it entertaining and interesting but I felt like in certain circumstances we could have learned more about some of the characters earlier in the book. I felt that some of the character development occured too late and by the time you really got a good feel for them the story was over.
You Could Do Better is a very ironic title, because really - You could read a better book!! I dont mind cookie cutter chick lit books, but this kinda bad. Most of the characters had very annoying habits and were unlikeable.
This was in the dollar bin at a used bookstore and served its purpose of entertainment. Not bad at all for a book to read by the pool.
didn't really live up to its reviews. Sort of a blah storyline and blah charachters. Not the worst I've read, but certainly not the best either.
It sort-of paralleled the drama that is occurring in my life right now, which made me really enjoy it.
This was good. A nice, easy, light book, which is what I needed after reading Middlesex!
No award winning, earth shattering book here. It was a fun summer read.
havent finished yet
be patient....
be patient....
yeah, more trash from the B&N sale
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My novels are The Art of Undressing, Thoughts While Having Sex, Are you in the Mood?, and You Could Do Better. They aren't as sexy as they sound, which could be good or bad depending on your point of view.
My new novel is Astor Place Vintage, and that will be published by Simon and Schuster in 2013. It's about a woman who works in a department store in 1907 Manhattan and a woman who owns a vintage...more
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My new novel is Astor Place Vintage, and that will be published by Simon and Schuster in 2013. It's about a woman who works in a department store in 1907 Manhattan and a woman who owns a vintage...more
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