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Me Times Three
by
Alex Witchel
Sandra Berlin's got it all. She's living in Manhattan and climbing the editorial ladder at ultrachic fashion magazine Jolie! and she's newly engaged to her high school sweetheart, Bucky Ross. Bucky's her knight in shining WASP armor: ad executive and descendant of Betsy Ross, with whom she'll live in suburban Tudor splendor and have beautiful children. At least that's the...more
Paperback, 304 pages
Published
January 28th 2003
by Touchstone
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"Jangan menilai buku (hanya) dari sampulnya" kalimat ini (buat saya) berlaku untuk buku ini. Saya memang tertarik pada sampulnya yang girly, tapi belakangan agak kecewa dengan ceritanya. Buku ini mengisahkan Sandra Berlin, seorang editor majalah di NY, menghadapi kenyataan bahwa tunangannya ternyata juga punya 2 tunangan lain. Selanjutnya bisa ditebak kalau ceritanya berkisar pada upayanya untuk "survive". Saya suka konsep "survive" dalam sebuah cerita, tapi karena di buku ini penulisnya memuat...more
In this fabulous book Sandra Berlin decides to marry her high school lover Bucky Ross. All she ever dreamt of can now be fulfilled. Or? If there weren’t two other wives Bucky would have with her. If she would only have known he came in a package. Now everything starts crushing down around her. So if she planned out her live as Bucky’s wife, then the one important question still remains, Who IS Sandra Berlin?
A stunning and lessonable story of a woman, who finds out who she really is, even with he...more
A stunning and lessonable story of a woman, who finds out who she really is, even with he...more
Sandra Berlin has just made an astounding discovery: her fiancé is engaged to two other women. What a cad!
Well, at least she still has her job at Jolie! magazine and her fabulous best friend, Paul. After all, there’s more to life than getting married, right?
Sandra will struggle with her single status, her job, and the truth about Paul. But she is a survivor, despite her belief in fairy tales and their famously happy endings.
When this novel began, it could have been any chick lit novel. But the p...more
Well, at least she still has her job at Jolie! magazine and her fabulous best friend, Paul. After all, there’s more to life than getting married, right?
Sandra will struggle with her single status, her job, and the truth about Paul. But she is a survivor, despite her belief in fairy tales and their famously happy endings.
When this novel began, it could have been any chick lit novel. But the p...more
The fact that Joan Didion positively endorsed this book on the back cover makes me wonder (a) if she read it and (b) if she did read it and liked it, should I continue to respect her?
What a terribly-written book.
Note that this is not a matter of liking or not liking a particular genre or style: I don't read a lot of chick-lit but I can get into a smartly written story of almost any kind. Remember in fourth grade when your teacher told you to "show, don't tell" in your writing? Apparently Ms. W...more
What a terribly-written book.
Note that this is not a matter of liking or not liking a particular genre or style: I don't read a lot of chick-lit but I can get into a smartly written story of almost any kind. Remember in fourth grade when your teacher told you to "show, don't tell" in your writing? Apparently Ms. W...more
This book was terrible, the plot dragged on and on, and i never did care about any of the chacters. I gave up on it about 2/3 of the way through. Take it from me, and dont waste your valuable book credit on this unless you are prepared to be bored stiff for 320 dull and lifeless pages.
Blah........ I dont think i would ever read anything from this writer again.
Having bought this book in hardcover when it was first released, i now wished i had gone to the movies or bought a big mac. what a waste...more
Blah........ I dont think i would ever read anything from this writer again.
Having bought this book in hardcover when it was first released, i now wished i had gone to the movies or bought a big mac. what a waste...more
I cannot believe a literary luminary of Joan Didion's stature would heap praise on this wannabe intelligent chick lit. I could barely muster the energy to finish this one. The protagonist was a total doofus, the sort of New York magazine girl found in a milllion other pink jacket books. Totally uninspired. The first part of the book devotes so much time to her relationship with Paul and by the end he is an afterthought, even among a terrible tragedy. Nothing about this plot was believable (ummm,...more
I was putting together a booklist for fans of Sex and the City for our library blog when I came across this book, which was praised in reviews for its glimpse into Manhattan media life. (Oddly, the back cover had blurbs from Sarah Jessica Parker and Joan Didion ...) Sandra works for a magazine (think Elle in the '80s) and is engaged to her ideal man, who, it turns out, is engaged to two other women. She struggles after heartbreak, struggles under a tyrannical editor/boss and struggles against t...more
Jul 25, 2011
Tori
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2008- This book was totally not what I was expecting from the cover: a light, chick-lit read. It tells the the story of a woman in 1980s New York that had the stereotypical friends one would expect in a chick-lit novel, but with some really sad parts added in. Pretty forgettable overall, I can't even remember the main character's name and I just finished it like a day ago.
Yuck! Yuck! Yuck! Every cliche, and then some...Jewish girl discovers WASP-y boyfriend of nine years has proposed to two other women - and then has a hard time letting him go. Complete with flaming gay best friend, a job in the fashion industry with a bitchy boss, and a handy, dreamy new love interest. Can I get these two hours back, please?
Not badly written but not a sparkling, can't-put-it-down book either. Sometimes read like a romance novel, where the characters and dialogue didn't seem real, just calculated to make some romantic point. The story was more intricate and interesting than the run-of-the-mill woman-gets-great-man story, so I gave it three stars.
Was irresponsible today, and only read to finish a book I began last night. By its title and description I thought this was typical chick lit, but in the reading you find it surpasses the genre all together. For the sake of order I leave it classed on the shelf though.
Sandy has been with the same boy since senior prom, and at 26 she thinks her life is going to follow her fairy tale dreams, but then she discovers her fiancee is engaged to two other women, and he's more than a bit of a putz.
The b...more
Sandy has been with the same boy since senior prom, and at 26 she thinks her life is going to follow her fairy tale dreams, but then she discovers her fiancee is engaged to two other women, and he's more than a bit of a putz.
The b...more
Jan 24, 2009
Tiffannie
rated it
1 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
NOBODY!
Recommended to Tiffannie by:
a friend who had no idea what it was, just "oh! that's a cool co
ga! this book STINKS! its packed with nothing intresting and nothing enjoyable! I hated this book! it's packed with extremely bad language from the first chapter! the only reason I actually am reading it is 'cause i needed extra pages for a rl assaignment, and I really really really regret it!
The main character was irritating and the blurb on the back was incredibly misleading.
And it wasn't even a little bit funny, or witty or clever. None of the characters were, none of the situations were... I think the author tried to be a couple of times. But failed.
And it wasn't even a little bit funny, or witty or clever. None of the characters were, none of the situations were... I think the author tried to be a couple of times. But failed.
An easy read. Just ok. Ostenisibly about how the main character finds out her fiance has been triple-timing her but really about how she lives her live during her 20s in 1980s New York. Just an ok read.
Apr 29, 2009
Caroline
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1 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
no one
Shelves:
books-i-couldn-t-finish
I got halfway through the book and had to give it up. It was okay but not entertaining enough to keep my interest. Particularly when I have a stack of books looming over me waiting to be read.
From the title I would it would be a completely different story than it was. The story does jump around but I was hooked. Once you find out Paul's storyline you just can't put the book down. Very random story, jumps all over the place so I can see how it got low ratings but once I finished the book I decided it was worth reading.
After reading the first chapter (on the treadmill, naturally), I thought I knew what the book was going to be like. It is revealed in the first chapter that the main character's fiance is actually engaged to two other women as well as her. So I assumed it would be a completely fluffy (anti)romance book.
But it ended up being a much more honest portrayal of a woman's life. It wasn't only about her (ex-)fiance - it was also about her job and her friends and her parents and her gay best friend and...more
But it ended up being a much more honest portrayal of a woman's life. It wasn't only about her (ex-)fiance - it was also about her job and her friends and her parents and her gay best friend and...more
This book was okay. It didn't really reach out and grab me like some other books do and the story was hard to follow sometimes. I think it could have gone in so many different directions, and the "revenge" it talks about is about only one paragraph of accidental "revenge". Quite misleading. All in all, I'm not itching to read anything else by this author.
Started with a twist but turned to typical story line. Great writing, witty and entertaining but not entirely mind-bending.
baiklah, buku ini bisa bikin, umm, apa ya, sedikit flash back flash back kali ya, soalnya ceritanya cukup umum menurut gue sih..
Feb 03, 2013
Meg
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"Better than expected. Funny. At times, touching. Character more real than most in similar types of books."
I was pleasantly surprised by this book. The plot was a little bit predictable but I enjoyed it nonetheless.
picked it up becaue it was free
highly entertaining and definitely not highbrow or demanding...but not dumb either
highly entertaining and definitely not highbrow or demanding...but not dumb either
carino.....una donna che scopre che il fidanzato ha altre donne ma si appoggia la suo miglior amico gay...
A quick read that you have to be in the mood for. Silly, but kind of fun at the same time.
Charming story I wanted to give a 3.5. Set in the 80's which was different.
Somewhat above average new york jewish girl finds love and herself
At first, I didn't think I'd like it much.
But I did.
But I did.
Narrated By: Alyssa Bresnahan
During the 1980s, a disenchanted assistant editor at a women’s magazine is devoted to her fiance, a Wall street moneyman who personifies all her yuppie lifestyle fantasies. However, her bubble bursts when she discovers he’s secretly engaged to two other women. Crestfallen, the woman who hates her magazine job becomes devoted to it. Alex Witchel is a New York Times culture writer best known for her theatre industry and fashion columns. Me Times Three is her first fict...more
During the 1980s, a disenchanted assistant editor at a women’s magazine is devoted to her fiance, a Wall street moneyman who personifies all her yuppie lifestyle fantasies. However, her bubble bursts when she discovers he’s secretly engaged to two other women. Crestfallen, the woman who hates her magazine job becomes devoted to it. Alex Witchel is a New York Times culture writer best known for her theatre industry and fashion columns. Me Times Three is her first fict...more
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Alex Witchel is a staff writer for The New York Times Magazine and also writes "Feed Me," a monthly column for the Times Dining section. The author of the novels The Spare Wife and Me Times Three, she lives in New York City with her husband, Frank Rich.
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