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false <![CDATA[Everyone Worth Knowing]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168031379m/29547.jpg 29547 32 Lauren Weisberger, whose bestselling debut The Devil Wears Prada outed the vicious antics of the magazine industry elite, is back at it with Everyone Worth Knowing, another cautionary tale of sex, power, and fame. This time around, the PR industry is her target, and Prada fans will recognize similar themes throughout this entertaining, if at times overly dramatic, exposé. Bette Robinson is a twentysomething Emory graduate who shunned her parents' hippie ideals in favor of a high-paying yet excruciatingly boring job at a prestigious investment bank. One day, after a particularly condescending exchange with her boss (who sends her daily inspirational e-mails), Bette walks out on her job in a huff. After a few weeks of sleeping late, watching Dr. Phil and entertaining her dog Millington, Bette's uncle scores her a job at an up-and-coming public relations firm, where her entire job seems to revolve around staying out late partying and providing fodder for clandestine gossip columns. What follows is one episode after another of Bette climbing up the social ladder at the expense of her friends, family, and the one guy who actually seems worth pursuing. Weisberger is clever enough to turn seemingly outrageous circumstances into amusing anecdotes, like the tale of a woman who was close to suicide until she found out she was only 18 months away from scoring a highly coveted Birkin bag ("You simply cannot kill yourself when you're that close ... it's just not an option."). This wit, combined a hint of voyeurism that most of us can't deny, is what makes Everyone Worth Knowing a guilty pleasure that's well worth the indulgence. --Gisele Toueg <hr /="/" noshade="noshade" class="bucketDivider" size="1"> <div class="bucket"> The Significant Seven with Lauren Weisberger Lauren graciously agreed to answer the questions we like to ask every author. <img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/books/promos/a-plus/lauren.weisberger.jpg" align="left" border="0" hspace="4" vspace="4"> Q: What book has had the most significant impact on your life? A: Very tough question. For the first half of my life, it would definitely have to be Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume. I worshipped that book. Recently, I'd say that it was Empire Falls by Richard Russo. Even though there's not a tremendous amount of action, the characters are brilliant. It's a hauntingly realistic depiction of small-town America. And the place descriptions are so compelling that the book is compulsively page-turning. Q: You are stranded on a desert island with only one book, one CD, and one DVD--what are they? A: This is not the time for self-improvement, that's for sure--they'd all have to be 100% entertainment. For book it would have to be The Last of the California Girls, a random novel that I've read 2,000 times; for CD I would say Monster Ballads, the album of cheesy 80's love songs that I ordered from an 800-number, and for DVD, it would be Dirty Dancing, of course. Q: What is the worst lie you've ever told? A: That one's easy. It goes something like this: "Hi, (insert editor's name here)! Yes, of course, it's already finished. I'm just tweaking a few sentences, and I'll have the whole draft to you by Monday, latest." Q: Describe the perfect writing environment. A: For me, the best writing environments are all about deprivation and the removal of temptation. Therefore, anywhere on earth where there's no TV, no phone, no internet access, no friends, and no fridge is pretty much perfect. Q: If you could write your own epitaph, what would it say? A: I really don't want to think about this one, but if I HAVE to, I hope it would include a few keywords like "brilliant," "supremely talented," and "drop-dead gorgeous." Q: Who is the one person living or dead that you would like to have dinner with? A: I'm supposed to say Hemingway or Moses or Madonna, right? It'd probably just be my sister, Dana. We already have a lot of dinners together, so I know it's a guaranteed good laugh. Q: If you could have one superpower, what would it be? A: The ability to be invisible! It would make all my current spying/stalking/staring SO much easier. <hr /="/" class="bucketDivider" noshade="noshade" size="1"> <div class="bucket"> Lauren Weisberger's List of Books You Should Read<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="4" width="90%"><tr class="tiny" align="center" valign="top"> <td> <img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1576871878.01.SWATCHZZ.jpg" border="0"> so80s</td><td> <img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0316955132.01.SWATCHZZ.jpg" border="0"> Marjorie Morningstar</td><td> <img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0385335679.01.SWATCHZZ.jpg" border="0"> Kissing in Manhattan</td> <td> <img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0394726413.01.SWATCHZZ.jpg" border="0"> Bright Lights, Big City</td> <td> <img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0375703845.01.SWATCHZZ.jpg" border="0"> Glamorama</td> </tr></table> See more recommendations from Lauren Weisberger 1017538 book 2005 Everyone Worth Knowing total:7647|5:798|4:2218|3:3017|2:1289|1:325| 7647 24816 9587 1025 1 4 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Tue Aug 21 21:07:41 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 21 21:34:20 -0700 2007 Devil Wears Prada was retarded, wait until you read this vomitous waste of valuable wood pulp, time, eyestrain and anxiety (the latter due to agitated anticipation of the novel's anticlimactic denouement).

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But I won't ever forget the feeling I had when I put down the book after turnin...more...]]> 3 2 false false Sat Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Wed May 30 17:11:04 -0700 2007 Wed May 30 17:14:24 -0700 2007
however, she still does nail that certain new york set...more...]]> 3 2 false false Tue Feb 17 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 15 18:53:30 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 17 20:12:55 -0800 2009 The Devil Wears Prada--too much hype--so wasn't expecting much from this book by the same author.

However, in the end it won with me because:

--I listened to the audiobook on what was a bit of an unwanted and nervewracking last-minute road trip so the di...more...]]> 3 3 false false Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Apr 09 11:04:52 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 23 07:24:13 -0700 2007 The Devil Wears Prada first, I don't think I would have read Everyone Worth Knowing.

The plots of these two books are so similar. Girl gets job. Girl hates job. Girl makes the best of her situation. Girl quits job.

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I find that I will listen to books that I don't necessarily want to read. This book is a prime example. I read Weisberger's first book and liked it well enough. This is her second and it has the sa...more...]]> 3 1 false true Fri May 30 10:19:20 -0700 2008 Fri May 30 10:22:19 -0700 2008
Honestly. I felt this book insulted my intelligence more than the average chick-lit book (yet I ...more...]]> 2 1 false false Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri Oct 05 14:22:25 -0700 2007 Fri Oct 05 14:27:30 -0700 2007
I buy embarassing paperbacks and read them on vacations. That way, no one I know will see me reading them. I read this on a trip to NYC and Upstate NY. It kept me company on the train ride to Poughkeepsie, and it was pretty fun because the chapter I wa...more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Mon Dec 29 20:27:55 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 29 20:30:05 -0800 2008 No Book Buying Moratorium of 2006. Why? Because I was stuck at Newark airport due to "weather". I was halfway through the last book in my carryon when they announced that we'd be at least 2 hours delayed, and knowing that I had a 3+ hour fligh...more...]]> 2 0 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 20 07:30:15 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 20 07:30:55 -0800 2009
Bette Robinson is a twentysomething Emory graduate who shunned her parents' hippie ideals in favor of a high-paying yet excruciatingly boring job at a prestigious investment bank. One day, after a particularly...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Sep 14 16:57:10 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 14 16:57:25 -0700 2009
Finally Bette's semi-notable un...more...]]> 1 0 false true Fri Aug 28 11:16:29 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 28 13:05:45 -0700 2009 I expected more from the author of the famous ‘The Devil Wears Prada’ novel, but sadly I was very, very disappointed! The story simply does not live up to the excitement conjured up by the synopsis…nope, not at all!
Foremost, the author chose to...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Aug 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 27 09:48:07 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 27 13:28:50 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 2 false false Sat Mar 04 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Mon May 25 08:18:29 -0700 2009 Mon May 25 17:09:09 -0700 2009
I'm assuming that Weisberger has the shortest memory in history, and her publisher also suffers from the same affliction. "Everyone Worth Knowing" ...more...]]> 1 1 true false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Mar 05 08:20:39 -0800 2007 Mon Mar 05 08:27:34 -0800 2007 more...]]> 2 1 false false Thu Dec 11 07:29:15 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 11 07:55:02 -0800 2008 This book's theme: Finding who you are despite the lure of all things c...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jul 27 16:20:33 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 18:35:08 -0700 2009 2 The Devil Wears Prada.

I feel that I actually learned a little bit about how the industry works as a result of ...more...]]> 1 0 false false Wed Aug 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 01 15:30:16 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 01 15:34:00 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=29547