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    <body><![CDATA[Queen of Babble by Meg Cabot<br/><br/>Lizzie Nichols can’t keep her mouth shut for anything.  She talks and talks all the time.  She is in college to become a fashion designer.  She has a long-distance boyfriend, Andrew, from London.  Her college roommate, Shari, is now her best friend.  Lizzie ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39878380">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[At least Lizzie Nichols knows she has a big mouth. They don't call her the Lizzie Broadcasting System (LBS) for nothing. A fashion history major, Lizzie is a girl after my own heart. Obsessed with vintage frocks, legendary designers and carbs, she is the kind of girl that you can't help but to love....<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/14824885">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[<p> Lizzie Nichols has a problem: she can't keep anything to herself. And when she opens her big mouth on a trip to London, her good intentions get her long-distance beau, Andrew, in major hot water. Now she's stuck in England with no boyfriend and no place to stay until the departure date on her nonrefundable airline ticket. Fortunately, Lizzie's best friend and college roommate, Shari, is spending her summer catering weddings in a sixteenth-century château in southern France. Who cares if Lizzie's never traveled alone in her life and only speaks rudimentary French? She's off to Souillac to lend a helping hand! </p> <p> One glimpse of gorgeous Château Mirac&#8212;and of gorgeous Luke, the son of the château's owner&#8212;and Lizzie's smitten. But thanks to her chronic inability to keep a secret, before the first cork has been popped Luke hates her, the bride is in tears, and Château Mirac is on the road to becoming a lipo-recovery spa. Add to that the arrival of ex-beau Andrew, who's looking for &quot;closure&quot; (or at least a loan), and <em>everything</em>&#8212;including Lizzie's shot at true love&#8212;is in <em>la toilette</em> . . . unless she can figure out some way to use her big mouth to save the day. </p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I love chick-lit! It's girly, it's silly/retarded, and it makes me feel better about myself (i.e. that I'm not such a blabber-mouth that I jeopardize my Crush's relationships with his mother and money-grubbin' girlfriend while concealing my own secrets from my best friend).<br/><br/>That's the essen...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/13904328">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[&lt;center&gt; <p> What's an American girl with a big mouth, but an equally big heart, to do? </p> &lt;/center&gt; <p> Lizzie Nichols has a problem, and it isn't that she doesn't have the slightest idea what she's going to do with her life, or that she's blowing what should be her down payment on a cute little Manhattan apartment on a trip to London to visit her long-distance boyfriend, Andrew. What's the point of planning for the future when she's done it again? See, Lizzie can't keep her mouth shut. And it's not just that she can't keep her own secrets, she can't keep anything to herself. </p> <p> This time when she opens her big mouth, her good intentions get Andrew in major hot water. Now Lizzie's stuck in London with no boyfriend and no place to stay until the departure date written on her non-changeable airline ticket. </p> <p> Fortunately, Lizzie's best friend and college roommate is spending her summer in the south of France, catering weddings in a chateau. One call and Lizzie's on a train to Paris. Who cares if she speaks only rudimentary French? One glimpse of gorgeous Chateau Mirac -- not to mention gorgeous Luke, Chateau Mirac's owner -- and she's smitten. </p> <p> But while most caterers can be trusted to keep a secret, Lizzie's the exception. And no sooner has the first cork been popped than Luke hates her, the bride is in tears, and it looks like Chateau Mirac is in danger of becoming a lipo-recovery spa. As if things aren't bad enough, ex-boyfriend Andy shows up looking for &quot;closure&quot; (or at least a loan), threatening to ruin everything, especially Lizzie's chance at ever finding real love -- unless she can figure out a way to use that big mouth of hers to save the day. </p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I really like Meg Cabot's &quot;Size 14 is not Fat Either.&quot; So I checked this book out of the library. It was my mistake that the title Queen of Bable was quite literal. I didn't make it through the first cd cuz the main character was very superficial. She went on and on and on in thought and I...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/777771">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Amerikanska Lizzie Nichols har problem. Efter att hennes brittiske pojkvän visat sitt rätta jag är hon ensam i London, och vet varken var hon ska bo eller hur hon ska försörja sig. Livet efter college har gått utför av en och samma anledning: att hon alltid säger fel saker vid fel tillfälle. Att hon inte kan bevara en hemlighet, inte ens behålla minsta lilla sak för sig själv!<br/><br/>Som en räddande ängel finns Shari, Lizzies bästa vän. Hon jobbar med catering på ett 1500-talsslott i södra Frankrike, och ser till att Lizzie får förstärka personalstyrkan som bartender. Så Lizzie drar söderut, utan vare sig pengar, drinkkunskaper eller franska i bagaget. Men en enda blick på det oemotståndliga Châtau Mirac, och på den lika oemotståndliga slottssonen Luke - ger henne hopp om att sommaren i Europa kan bli hennes livs bästa ändå. Tills hon öppnar munnen igen förstås...]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Sarah and I listened to this book on our way to and from tgiving this year. I can't not recommend this book enough. That said.. This is the perfect book for a longish car ride with a (good) friend with whom you can laugh with.. Oh, and it's probably a good idea that the person you read/listen with n...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9560146">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Amerikanska Lizzie Nichols har problem. Efter att hennes brittiske pojkvän visat sitt rätta jag är hon ensam i London, och vet varken var hon ska bo eller hur hon ska försörja sig. Livet efter college har gått utför av en och samma anledning: att hon alltid säger fel saker vid fel tillfälle. Att hon inte kan bevara en hemlighet, inte ens behålla minsta lilla sak för sig själv!<br/><br/>Som en räddande ängel finns Shari, Lizzies bästa vän. Hon jobbar med catering på ett 1500-talsslott i södra Frankrike, och ser till att Lizzie får förstärka personalstyrkan som bartender. Så Lizzie drar söderut, utan vare sig pengar, drinkkunskaper eller franska i bagaget. Men en enda blick på det oemotståndliga Châtau Mirac, och på den lika oemotståndliga slottssonen Luke - ger henne hopp om att sommaren i Europa kan bli hennes livs bästa ändå. Tills hon öppnar munnen igen förstås...]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[This story is about a girl from a america, that goes to England to meet her boyfriend and just graduated in history of fashion. Every thing seems to be to good to be true and it is. Her boyfriend is actually not interested in her and is betraying the law and gambling his money away. <br/>When Lizzi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21426310">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Amerikanska Lizzie Nichols har problem. Efter att hennes brittiske pojkvän visat sitt rätta jag är hon ensam i London, och vet varken var hon ska bo eller hur hon ska försörja sig. Livet efter college har gått utför av en och samma anledning: att hon alltid säger fel saker vid fel tillfälle. Att hon inte kan bevara en hemlighet, inte ens behålla minsta lilla sak för sig själv!<br/><br/>Som en räddande ängel finns Shari, Lizzies bästa vän. Hon jobbar med catering på ett 1500-talsslott i södra Frankrike, och ser till att Lizzie får förstärka personalstyrkan som bartender. Så Lizzie drar söderut, utan vare sig pengar, drinkkunskaper eller franska i bagaget. Men en enda blick på det oemotståndliga Châtau Mirac, och på den lika oemotståndliga slottssonen Luke - ger henne hopp om att sommaren i Europa kan bli hennes livs bästa ändå. Tills hon öppnar munnen igen förstås...]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a very light hearted chick lit book, but I liked it.  It kept me entertained!]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[&lt;center&gt; <p> What's an American girl with a big mouth, but an equally big heart, to do? </p> &lt;/center&gt; <p> Lizzie Nichols has a problem, and it isn't that she doesn't have the slightest idea what she's going to do with her life, or that she's blowing what should be her down payment on a cute little Manhattan apartment on a trip to London to visit her long-distance boyfriend, Andrew. What's the point of planning for the future when she's done it again? See, Lizzie can't keep her mouth shut. And it's not just that she can't keep her own secrets, she can't keep anything to herself. </p> <p> This time when she opens her big mouth, her good intentions get Andrew in major hot water. Now Lizzie's stuck in London with no boyfriend and no place to stay until the departure date written on her non-changeable airline ticket. </p> <p> Fortunately, Lizzie's best friend and college roommate is spending her summer in the south of France, catering weddings in a chateau. One call and Lizzie's on a train to Paris. Who cares if she speaks only rudimentary French? One glimpse of gorgeous Chateau Mirac -- not to mention gorgeous Luke, Chateau Mirac's owner -- and she's smitten. </p> <p> But while most caterers can be trusted to keep a secret, Lizzie's the exception. And no sooner has the first cork been popped than Luke hates her, the bride is in tears, and it looks like Chateau Mirac is in danger of becoming a lipo-recovery spa. As if things aren't bad enough, ex-boyfriend Andy shows up looking for &quot;closure&quot; (or at least a loan), threatening to ruin everything, especially Lizzie's chance at ever finding real love -- unless she can figure out a way to use that big mouth of hers to save the day. </p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Here's another fluff CD that I just had to listen to! And I have the sequel in my car, so I'll be writing about it soon, too. [return][return]Meg Cabot is best known for her young adult novels in The Princess Diaries and The Mediator series. Her adult fiction is pretty good, too. [return][return]Liz...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73025568">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Amerikanska Lizzie Nichols har problem. Efter att hennes brittiske pojkvän visat sitt rätta jag är hon ensam i London, och vet varken var hon ska bo eller hur hon ska försörja sig. Livet efter college har gått utför av en och samma anledning: att hon alltid säger fel saker vid fel tillfälle. Att hon inte kan bevara en hemlighet, inte ens behålla minsta lilla sak för sig själv!<br/><br/>Som en räddande ängel finns Shari, Lizzies bästa vän. Hon jobbar med catering på ett 1500-talsslott i södra Frankrike, och ser till att Lizzie får förstärka personalstyrkan som bartender. Så Lizzie drar söderut, utan vare sig pengar, drinkkunskaper eller franska i bagaget. Men en enda blick på det oemotståndliga Châtau Mirac, och på den lika oemotståndliga slottssonen Luke - ger henne hopp om att sommaren i Europa kan bli hennes livs bästa ändå. Tills hon öppnar munnen igen förstås...]]>
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    <![CDATA[Amerikanska Lizzie Nichols har problem. Efter att hennes brittiske pojkvän visat sitt rätta jag är hon ensam i London, och vet varken var hon ska bo eller hur hon ska försörja sig. Livet efter college har gått utför av en och samma anledning: att hon alltid säger fel saker vid fel tillfälle. Att hon inte kan bevara en hemlighet, inte ens behålla minsta lilla sak för sig själv!<br/><br/>Som en räddande ängel finns Shari, Lizzies bästa vän. Hon jobbar med catering på ett 1500-talsslott i södra Frankrike, och ser till att Lizzie får förstärka personalstyrkan som bartender. Så Lizzie drar söderut, utan vare sig pengar, drinkkunskaper eller franska i bagaget. Men en enda blick på det oemotståndliga Châtau Mirac, och på den lika oemotståndliga slottssonen Luke - ger henne hopp om att sommaren i Europa kan bli hennes livs bästa ändå. Tills hon öppnar munnen igen förstås...]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[What is up with me and Meg Cabot?  I know, I know.  I recently read The Boy Next Door and was disappointed by the inane plot and the ridiculous characters.  Well, yeah…I was disappointed, but I was also secretly pleased with the refreshing hibernation that was given to my mind each morning on my c...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60845881">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Amerikanska Lizzie Nichols har problem. Efter att hennes brittiske pojkvän visat sitt rätta jag är hon ensam i London, och vet varken var hon ska bo eller hur hon ska försörja sig. Livet efter college har gått utför av en och samma anledning: att hon alltid säger fel saker vid fel tillfälle. Att hon inte kan bevara en hemlighet, inte ens behålla minsta lilla sak för sig själv!<br/><br/>Som en räddande ängel finns Shari, Lizzies bästa vän. Hon jobbar med catering på ett 1500-talsslott i södra Frankrike, och ser till att Lizzie får förstärka personalstyrkan som bartender. Så Lizzie drar söderut, utan vare sig pengar, drinkkunskaper eller franska i bagaget. Men en enda blick på det oemotståndliga Châtau Mirac, och på den lika oemotståndliga slottssonen Luke - ger henne hopp om att sommaren i Europa kan bli hennes livs bästa ändå. Tills hon öppnar munnen igen förstås...]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Not one Of Meg's best. I read it while in Hawaaii, and mostly by the pool.(and I did enjoy it) but if I read it, not on vacation I'd have been bored to death. The lame plot thourghout the whole book and the not-much happing sotry line, is not much to get eixcted for. However I did quite enjoy the tr...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16239110">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Amerikanska Lizzie Nichols har problem. Efter att hennes brittiske pojkvän visat sitt rätta jag är hon ensam i London, och vet varken var hon ska bo eller hur hon ska försörja sig. Livet efter college har gått utför av en och samma anledning: att hon alltid säger fel saker vid fel tillfälle. Att hon inte kan bevara en hemlighet, inte ens behålla minsta lilla sak för sig själv!<br/><br/>Som en räddande ängel finns Shari, Lizzies bästa vän. Hon jobbar med catering på ett 1500-talsslott i södra Frankrike, och ser till att Lizzie får förstärka personalstyrkan som bartender. Så Lizzie drar söderut, utan vare sig pengar, drinkkunskaper eller franska i bagaget. Men en enda blick på det oemotståndliga Châtau Mirac, och på den lika oemotståndliga slottssonen Luke - ger henne hopp om att sommaren i Europa kan bli hennes livs bästa ändå. Tills hon öppnar munnen igen förstås...]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[So, this book is tripe.  It plays into every negative and counter-productive stereotype about what women think and want, and on top of it, the main character is a moron.  I understand we can't all be reading great works of literature all the time, and we all need a way to blow off steam occasionally...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62677262">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Amerikanska Lizzie Nichols har problem. Efter att hennes brittiske pojkvän visat sitt rätta jag är hon ensam i London, och vet varken var hon ska bo eller hur hon ska försörja sig. Livet efter college har gått utför av en och samma anledning: att hon alltid säger fel saker vid fel tillfälle. Att hon inte kan bevara en hemlighet, inte ens behålla minsta lilla sak för sig själv!<br/><br/>Som en räddande ängel finns Shari, Lizzies bästa vän. Hon jobbar med catering på ett 1500-talsslott i södra Frankrike, och ser till att Lizzie får förstärka personalstyrkan som bartender. Så Lizzie drar söderut, utan vare sig pengar, drinkkunskaper eller franska i bagaget. Men en enda blick på det oemotståndliga Châtau Mirac, och på den lika oemotståndliga slottssonen Luke - ger henne hopp om att sommaren i Europa kan bli hennes livs bästa ändå. Tills hon öppnar munnen igen förstås...]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Almost stopped reading this a few pages in because the main character annoyed me. I was in the mood for a silly quick read and this was a silly quick read, but I'm sure I could have chosen a better one. Lizzie can't stop talking and this preditably gets her into trouble. Bad boyfriends, a good Frenc...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22232017">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[<p> Lizzie Nichols has a problem: she can't keep anything to herself. And when she opens her big mouth on a trip to London, her good intentions get her long-distance beau, Andrew, in major hot water. Now she's stuck in England with no boyfriend and no place to stay until the departure date on her nonrefundable airline ticket. Fortunately, Lizzie's best friend and college roommate, Shari, is spending her summer catering weddings in a sixteenth-century château in southern France. Who cares if Lizzie's never traveled alone in her life and only speaks rudimentary French? She's off to Souillac to lend a helping hand! </p> <p> One glimpse of gorgeous Château Mirac&#8212;and of gorgeous Luke, the son of the château's owner&#8212;and Lizzie's smitten. But thanks to her chronic inability to keep a secret, before the first cork has been popped Luke hates her, the bride is in tears, and Château Mirac is on the road to becoming a lipo-recovery spa. Add to that the arrival of ex-beau Andrew, who's looking for &quot;closure&quot; (or at least a loan), and <em>everything</em>&#8212;including Lizzie's shot at true love&#8212;is in <em>la toilette</em> . . . unless she can figure out some way to use her big mouth to save the day. </p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[So this is the second Meg Cabot chick lit book I've read that whisked me away. Her writing just takes you to different places and brings this great adventure. In this novel, Lizzie travels to England and then France... and she does it as a great risk... and she jumps right into the adventure that ma...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78156209">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Amerikanska Lizzie Nichols har problem. Efter att hennes brittiske pojkvän visat sitt rätta jag är hon ensam i London, och vet varken var hon ska bo eller hur hon ska försörja sig. Livet efter college har gått utför av en och samma anledning: att hon alltid säger fel saker vid fel tillfälle. Att hon inte kan bevara en hemlighet, inte ens behålla minsta lilla sak för sig själv!<br/><br/>Som en räddande ängel finns Shari, Lizzies bästa vän. Hon jobbar med catering på ett 1500-talsslott i södra Frankrike, och ser till att Lizzie får förstärka personalstyrkan som bartender. Så Lizzie drar söderut, utan vare sig pengar, drinkkunskaper eller franska i bagaget. Men en enda blick på det oemotståndliga Châtau Mirac, och på den lika oemotståndliga slottssonen Luke - ger henne hopp om att sommaren i Europa kan bli hennes livs bästa ändå. Tills hon öppnar munnen igen förstås...]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I think I just need to stop listening to books on cd. They're never nearly as good as reading them. <br/><br/>Oy vey...Justine Eyre has a lovely voice, but it's too similar to the chick who whined her way through &quot;Twilight.&quot; I'm too lazy to look up whether or not it's the same woman. <br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58438095">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Amerikanska Lizzie Nichols har problem. Efter att hennes brittiske pojkvän visat sitt rätta jag är hon ensam i London, och vet varken var hon ska bo eller hur hon ska försörja sig. Livet efter college har gått utför av en och samma anledning: att hon alltid säger fel saker vid fel tillfälle. Att hon inte kan bevara en hemlighet, inte ens behålla minsta lilla sak för sig själv!<br/><br/>Som en räddande ängel finns Shari, Lizzies bästa vän. Hon jobbar med catering på ett 1500-talsslott i södra Frankrike, och ser till att Lizzie får förstärka personalstyrkan som bartender. Så Lizzie drar söderut, utan vare sig pengar, drinkkunskaper eller franska i bagaget. Men en enda blick på det oemotståndliga Châtau Mirac, och på den lika oemotståndliga slottssonen Luke - ger henne hopp om att sommaren i Europa kan bli hennes livs bästa ändå. Tills hon öppnar munnen igen förstås...]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Queen of Babble is the first in the Queen of Babble trilogy starring Lizzie Nichols. When we meet her she’s just about to fly to London to be with her long-distance boyfriend Andrew. Trouble is, he hasn’t been totally honest with Lizzie and she ends up with nowhere to go. Her friend Shari offers...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69452158">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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