I read through this book critiquing (Silently, of course...After all, who am I to criticize...Have I written a novel yet?) the characters, writing and lack of tension/surprise/interest in the plot. Yikes!

Lizzie wakes up to the new year in the arms of..... Chaz! The streaming images of her memory flashes to the night before and the beard burn all over her face only confirms it! As if she isn’t surprised enough, who would happen to turn up on her doorstep, but Luke. And just like that he slips a huge rock on her finger and she gives Chaz the boot!

So, why does she get these warm tingly feelings whenever she thinks about Chaz, and she so conveniently breaks out in hives whenever she thinks about get More...

Meg Cabot's final book in her "Queen of Babble" series.

My biggest problem with this book- and the series in general- is that the first Queen of Babble book doesn't really belong with the last two books. It's as if Cabot just decided to use those same characters in two more books, but just chose to forget about the characterizations she set up in Book One. It's almost as if two different people wrote the books....

On the other hand, I like the heroine a lot. Lizzie Nichols is quite endearing, alt More...

Satisfying end to the trilogy. I recommend starting with the first book. Fun summer reads - in August or February!

Chapter Heading Quotes:

"To keep your marriage brimming,
With love in the wedding cup,
Whenever you're wrong, admit it;
Whenever you're right, shut up."

--Ogden Nash, American Poet

"A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person."

--Germaine Greer

"There is nothing nobler or more admirable than when two people who see eye to eye keep House as man and w More...

Poslední díl ze série Úspěšné smolařky mám úspěšně za sebou a s klidným svědomím mohu říci, že když jsem četla první díl, nenapadlo mne, že by takto mohla celá trilogie skončit. A víte co? Jsem velmi ráda, že to dopadlo právě takto.
Musím připomenout, že druhý díl byl pro mne spíše zklamáním, za to se autorka vytáhla ve finále. Velká část knihy patřila jako vždy Lizzie a tentokrát Chazovi. To je tak příjemný kluk. Docela často jsem se smála jeho hláškám a názorům, měla chuť ho občas praštit i ob More...

If you didn't believe me before... believe it now - I'm a sucker for a Meg Cabot book! A very nice bit of fluff - a true summer read. I've totally added Chaz to my list of literary men that have ruined me for real men. I'm sorry, but remembering that stupid stuff, the "I like a side of ice with my wine" stuff, is totally romantic gold. I was actually just channel surfing the other night and saw Kevin James' (The King of Queens) stand-up routine... he was advising the men of the audience to remem More...

The book will be officially released on June 24, 2008. I got an advanced copy for free when I went to TLA (Texas Library Association).
:-p

This is the third installment in a series (after Queen of Babble and Queen of Babble in the Big City) featuring Lizzie Nichols. The book starts with Lizzie having spent the night with Luke’s (Lizzie’s ex-boyfriend) best friend Chaz. However, Luke suddenly reappears and asks Lizzie to marry him, she consents. Most of the book is devoted to this love triangle and More...

Beginning moments afer the end of Queen of Babble in the Big City , Lizzie Nichols finds herself suddenly engaged to Luke, while trying to figure out what to do with Chaz (having the honor of being both Luke's best friend and Lizzie's best friend's ex-boyfriend), who is still asleep up in her apartment. Unsure of her feelings for Chaz (and relatively certain "nothing happened" as she is still in her Spanx), Lizzie begins to prepare for a French wedding and the eventual meeting of her midwestern More...

This is the 3rd book in the series; Lizzie is supposed to be getting married to Luke, a wealthy guy, with a rich French family.

However, she actually falls in love with Luke's best friend Chaz. Now she has to figure out if and how she is going to break her engagement with Luke.

Meanwhile, she is having problems at work. She is basically running a shop that redesigns dresses. The owner had a heart attack and she is doing great at meeting the needs of her customers. However, the owner decides to sel More...

Meg Cabot, as you know, is the author of the Princess Diary series which were written for teenage girls. This book is supposed to be written for adults and I was curious to see how well Meg Cabot made that transition. Unfortunately, not so well. The characters are older but their mentality is just as young. I kept wondering why this young woman who is the main character was so clueless about herself. I realize it's because she is still writing as though the character is adolescent instead of adu More...

Wow Lizzie is big dummy, the guy told her that he doesnt see her in his future and she agrees to marry him, lol just shows you how people doing what they don't want all because they thought it was what they wanted.

I am a big shocked though how Luke has changed so much and so quicky from the first one, he doesn't seem to me like the guy that suddenly has four steady girlfriends you know

l really love chaz! even when he was dating Shari, he seemed like such a good big brother to her you know and ho More...

Well, I am sick enough to skip classes for a couple of days, and too groggy to read anything of substance. So I chose this trilogy because Meg Cabot has proven to be someone who writes just that - books with no substance. I needed something light and brainless, and that's what I got. In that sense, it was good...Well, adequate.

I'm giving it two stars because Cabot's main characters are indistinguishable from each other - Lizzie in these books is exactly like what's-her-name in 'size 14 is not fa More...

First off, let me say that I only read this book because the book club I'm trying to get into picked this as their read this month. I am only sticking with the bookclub after this book, because the person hosting sent out an email apology for how bad this book is. So I know I'm not going to be surrounded by women gushing about this stupid book.
Aaaagggggghhhh! Awful book. In the beginning I could only stand to read this one chapter at a time. As I got closer to the end, I read a big chunk at once More...

3.5 actually.

I thought I'd end up skim reading this one, but actually, I got sucked right into it and enjoyed myself a lot. Fun. Entertaining, light read. I liked it better than the middle book Queen of Babble in the Big City.

I enjoyed the first book and this one most. However, I have some problems with it as a series, because to me the Luke in book one is NO WAY the same Luke as in book three. There is just absolutely no way the Luke we learned to love in book one and the way he supported Lizz More...

Lizzie Nichols life is finally looking up she has the career she always wanted restoring old wedding gowns and Jean-Luc the love of her life has finally proposed.Life has become a whirlwind of wedding gown fittings not her own - as Lizzie is trying to prepare for her dream wedding in the south of France at her fiances familys chateau.Except the fiances best friend Chaz doesn,t exactly support the idea of them getting married he thinks Jean only proposed because he doesn,t want to be alone and Li More...

So I'm catching up on all the reviews for all the audio books I've been listening to lately. I spent a lot of time in my car driving and was starting to forget all the audio books that had crossed my path. Enjoy and if you don't do the audio book thing, check out my post here about why I think they are the bomb. Yes, I did just totally dork out. :)

Having listened to the audio books of the previous Queen of Babble titles, I was already familiar with the characters and the readers voice and infle More...

The final book of the QoB series finds Lizzie finally getting her proposal from Luke, but unfortunately she has just one small problem. She's already spent the night (without sex) with Chaz, and was planning on dating him. Rushing headfirst into the proposal, Lizzie finds that things aren't as easy as she thought they would be, whether it's at work or at love. Between trying to get over her panic attacks over the idea of marrying Luke or trying to play "My Fair Lady" with a Paris Hilton/Britney More...

i'm sure i would have had more to say had i reviewed the book right after i finished reading it. instead, i gave myself time to travel & gets settled into my summer digs in philadelphia & now i don't care about this book anymore.

okay, at the end of the last book, our heroine spends the night with her best friend's ex-boyfriend/ex-boyfriend's best friend, chaz...though nothing untoward happens aside from some making out. in the morning, her ex is on the doorstep with a ring, ready to porp More...

Definitely the best of the 3. Lizzie sure grew in this one, still made some really silly choices making poor Chaz wait so long. Luke really showed his true colors in this one, and let me tell you they weren't pretty! he was such an Ahole ugh. He was alright in the other 2 books but he just took the cake in this one.

So glad Lizzie wasn't such a pathological liar in this one either. That really bothered me in the other 2 books. There was absolutely no need to lie, and she still does it anyway, an More...

Okay, I'm over last episode of American Idol,
I think I can handle this review now...

I looooved this book! everything turned out the way I was hoping
but somehow it was all better than what I imagined,

the answers to previous questions and actions were smoothly stated
and Lizzie finally makes a decition, I love how much Lizzie grew as a character,
she stopped being that small town girl with a big mouth that wanted to marry someone
sooooo bad that she was gonna do it with someone she didn't love (oh y More...

And Lizzie Nichols returns again, this time engaged to Luke. There's a wrinkle because her friend Shari has broken up with Chaz. And there's energy between Lizzie and Chaz. What is going on?

Her business as a wedding dress restorer takes off and she finds fame and new friends. Her engagement to Luke is less than satifying. Romantic, big-hearted, and loving, she learns that silence speaks as well as chattering. She finds what she needs and she finds love in ways that show maturity, luck, and enorm More...

Enjoyed this series, Meg Cabot does a good job at writing her novels and this was another book that I will remember for all time. I got this series at a local goodwill and I'm glad that I did because I really enjoyed it.

Final book in the queen of babble series, I've grown to like Lizzie. She just doesn't give up no matter what life throws at her she won't let anyone stop her & I like that about her. Makes me want to do the same as well.

She's now working for the Henri's full time and lives up More...

Dear Mrs Cabbot,
YOU ARE THE BEST!
First, for making my emotion turns upside down while reading this novel and second, for definitely bursting in a happy feeling as soon as I reached the last words of the last sentence (which is "shut", by the way) .
I love how you express all of the romance things (and of course the wedding things) in words that easy to understand and imagine . I do really hope this best-seller novel can have its own motion picture (hey Hollywood producers, would you please answe More...

Warning: This review assumes that you have read the first two books in the Queen of Babble series and may have spoilers for them if you have not.

The Queen of Babble Gets Hitched picks up right where the last book left off. Lizzie has woken up in her apartment next to Chaz and Luke is pounding on the door. Luke has come to propose to Lizzie – and she accepts! She starts to prepare for her wedding but something doesn’t seem quite right. In the meantime, she is in high demand at Chez Henry bridal g More...

If you haven't read the previous two books in the serious, don't read this review. It may contain spoilers.

I luvd this! More than the previous two.


Yeahs ::

* Lizzie's new entourage. They were funny and sweet to Lizzie.
* I was hesitant to accept Lizzie and Chaz, but this book changed my feelings. I fell for Chaz right along with Lizzie. Kudos to Cabot, I didn't think I'd be able to accept it.
* Even though I would like to read more Lizzie, everything wrapped up lovely.
* Lizzie's realization that sh More...