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Confetti Confidential (Isabel Bookbinder #3)
Isabel Bookbinder dreams of pearly white weddings, happy brides, handsome grooms. And champagne towers that don't topple over. She dreams of the perfect wedding. But not for herself...for her clients. It's all about bride management as far as Isabel's concerned. Even when she misplaces a couple of brides and loses her job working for wedding guru Pippa Everitt, Isabel isn'...more
Paperback, 513 pages
Published
June 10th 2010
by Arrow
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Isabel Bookbinder is back and after failing as both a novelist and a fashion designer, this time she’s determined to make her career choice work and has decided to become a wedding planner. Isabel manages to bag a job working for Pippa Everitt but after losing a couple of brides, she ends up losing her job. Isabel isn’t deterred and instead decides to start up her own wedding planning business. Her first few clients include best friend Lara, who is marrying Matthew, Isabel’s brother and Summer S...more
More two and a half stars than three, and I'm kind.
I didn't read the first two books of the Isabel Bookbinder series - in fact, I pretty much picked up this one because it was only five bucks and I was in the need of a book to read during a long travel with the train.
Of course, it's chick-lit, so if you're not into that kind of novels, you will surely find yourself bored by it. I do appreciate a nice chick-lit from time to time when I need to clear my mind, but it has to be written fairly good a...more
I didn't read the first two books of the Isabel Bookbinder series - in fact, I pretty much picked up this one because it was only five bucks and I was in the need of a book to read during a long travel with the train.
Of course, it's chick-lit, so if you're not into that kind of novels, you will surely find yourself bored by it. I do appreciate a nice chick-lit from time to time when I need to clear my mind, but it has to be written fairly good a...more
What a fun, delightful, and charming book. I was lucky enough to receive a copy from the publisher and experience my first foray into the world of Isabel Bookbinder (though I will certainly be looking for the first two books and for any future!)
Isabel is a cheerful go-getter who has big ideas, but not necessarily the best execution. Or, things happen to her that are simply and entirely out of her control; either way, she manages to buck up and get matters straightened out. Like Rebecca Bloomwoo...more
Isabel is a cheerful go-getter who has big ideas, but not necessarily the best execution. Or, things happen to her that are simply and entirely out of her control; either way, she manages to buck up and get matters straightened out. Like Rebecca Bloomwoo...more
My thoughts:
Within the first few pages I noticed that this story seemed similar to the Confessions of a Shopaholic series. I loved and adored that series, so I wasn't put off by it at all. I think the first thing that struck me was the similarities between Becky Bloomwood and our heroine, Isabel Bookbinder. They are both shallow, amusing and slightly annoying. I mean that in the nicest of ways, because Isabel truly is a loveable character...although she doesn't seem to be the brightest crayon in...more
Within the first few pages I noticed that this story seemed similar to the Confessions of a Shopaholic series. I loved and adored that series, so I wasn't put off by it at all. I think the first thing that struck me was the similarities between Becky Bloomwood and our heroine, Isabel Bookbinder. They are both shallow, amusing and slightly annoying. I mean that in the nicest of ways, because Isabel truly is a loveable character...although she doesn't seem to be the brightest crayon in...more
Isabel Bookbinder has had several career paths however she is now in
her dream job Top wedding planner, as she likes to call herself she is
just an Assistant to Pippa Everett, she misplaces a couple of brides
and loses her job. She has always wanted to run her own Business so
launches Isabel Binder Individual Weddings, however she takes on a bit
more than she can chew can she pull it off? Or will it all end in tears?
I agree this book is a mix between Sophie Kinsella and Bridget Jones, I
found it...more
her dream job Top wedding planner, as she likes to call herself she is
just an Assistant to Pippa Everett, she misplaces a couple of brides
and loses her job. She has always wanted to run her own Business so
launches Isabel Binder Individual Weddings, however she takes on a bit
more than she can chew can she pull it off? Or will it all end in tears?
I agree this book is a mix between Sophie Kinsella and Bridget Jones, I
found it...more
This was a really cute book that grabbed my attention from the first page. It's chock full of really interesting characters that the author wove together perfectly. The heroine's hard work at becoming a wedding planner was at times painful, embarrassing, and funny. Working on her own love life keeps the reader guessing all the way to the end of the book as to which man she would choose. A wonderful read that makes one wonder why we go to all the trouble that we do in planning a wedding when elop...more
Isabel is an assistant to a well known wedding planner but attempts to pyll off a ridiculous wedding involving a porn star and another minor celebrity all by herself. it does not work out well. she and her boyfriend are having their own troubles and there is also birth family problems to consider. nothing special as far as I am concerned. the characters just are not very interesting, the plot leaves a lot to be desired and the characters are shallow.
Isabel Bookbinder has flitted from job to job, and she’s now working for a wedding planner. She loves the biz and would love to start her own “bride management” company. Alas! She just cannot avoid wedding disasters. Not a good thing for an aspiring wedding planner.
On the personal front, she’s just moved in with her boyfriend, Will. And as you might guess, she’s love to seen an engagement ring soon.
Can Isabel realize her dream of becoming an independent and successful wedding planner? Will she e...more
On the personal front, she’s just moved in with her boyfriend, Will. And as you might guess, she’s love to seen an engagement ring soon.
Can Isabel realize her dream of becoming an independent and successful wedding planner? Will she e...more
I truely never thought I would finish this book. I am on my fourth round of checking it out, but I finally finished it.
This is the 3rd installment of the Isabel Bookbinder series and I really think it needed to be the last.
All 3 stories have been very similar with the same income (everything always works out in the end).
I STRUGGLED to finish this book, but I could not stop.
I sincerely hope there is not a 4th installment. I'm not even going to check because then I will feel obligated to read it a...more
This is the 3rd installment of the Isabel Bookbinder series and I really think it needed to be the last.
All 3 stories have been very similar with the same income (everything always works out in the end).
I STRUGGLED to finish this book, but I could not stop.
I sincerely hope there is not a 4th installment. I'm not even going to check because then I will feel obligated to read it a...more
Cute book, perhaps formulaic at times, though. Isabel is goofy and sweet, and the messes she got herself into made me laugh. I wasn't totally totally sold on Will, however; I would have rather seen her end up with Dan...
Ah-hah, the fact that this is the third book in a series explains why this seemed a little confusing. I listened to it, so it was a good do-something-else-at-the-same-time book. Cute, predictable.
Not bad, very similar writing style to Sophie Kinsella, but, unlike Sophie the letter writing device is not very successful and I found myself skipping those. However still a very enjoyable read.
Mar 06, 2013
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This book had me laughing out loud. Once again the main character deperately wants to be someone succesfull. Now she wants to be a weddingplanner (after wanting to be a famous author). Of couse things are not going the way she plans. A hilarious book.
This was much better than the second part of Isabel's adventures. Much faster, much more interesting, much more happened. And really, after all the diseaster, after all this bad luck I really hoped something will be okay, at least once, in Isabel's life: at work or private. I mean, honestly, how much bad luck and cancelled weddings one can stand?:)
Easy, nice reading.
Easy, nice reading.
Very close to the Shopaholic series. A fun, easy read!
Easy read but kind of predictable.
I really enjoyed these books, the review was right, it's a great combination of Becky Bloomwood and Bridget Jones. Not quite as superficial as Becky, and not quite as witty as Bridget, but a great combination of the two characters that makes it almost realistic. The third book ended in such a way that I think this is the end of the series, and if that's the case I'm disappointed because I did enjoy it, but it's probably best that it ends on a high note rather than get tired and dragged out.
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Holly McQueen has wanted to be a writer ever since discovering that the nuns at her junior school would let her off maths homework if she wrote a story instead. After unexpected detours via law, magazine journalism, and even musical theatre, she began writing her first novel in 2006. Holly lives with her husband in London. She still avoids math.
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