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Just Like Me, Only Better
by
Carol Snow (Goodreads Author)
From the author of Here Today, Gone to Maui, the story of a woman who finally got a life...some else's.
Ever since Veronica's husband found the love of his life-not her-she's been a walking zombie with runny mascara. It doesn't help that she keeps getting mistaken for Haley Rush-the Hollywood starlet whose dazzling life is plastered on every magazine.
When Haley's manage...more
Ever since Veronica's husband found the love of his life-not her-she's been a walking zombie with runny mascara. It doesn't help that she keeps getting mistaken for Haley Rush-the Hollywood starlet whose dazzling life is plastered on every magazine.
When Haley's manage...more
Paperback, 303 pages
Published
April 6th 2010
by Berkley Trade
(first published April 5th 2010)
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I won this book through a Goodreads Giveaway, and it is my first time reading anything by Carol Snow, but it won't be my last.
I found this book to be amusing, lighthearted and just one of those feel good books that by the end you just smile. The main character Veronica is a struggling divorcee trying to survive on her meager paycheck from substitute teaching. She is still trying to get over the fact that her husband recently left her because he found his soul mate in someone twice her age. She w...more
I found this book to be amusing, lighthearted and just one of those feel good books that by the end you just smile. The main character Veronica is a struggling divorcee trying to survive on her meager paycheck from substitute teaching. She is still trying to get over the fact that her husband recently left her because he found his soul mate in someone twice her age. She w...more
Veronica Czaplicki hasn’t had the greatest start to the year particularly since her husband Hank told her he had found the love of his life and it turned out not to be her. Veronica’s life is made that much harder when everyone keeps mistaking her for new Hollywood starlet Haley Rush.
It comes as a surprise to Veronica when Haley’s manager, Jay, offers Veronica the chance of becoming Haley’s double – attending film premieres, a-list parties and constantly being papped – however after the shock we...more
It comes as a surprise to Veronica when Haley’s manager, Jay, offers Veronica the chance of becoming Haley’s double – attending film premieres, a-list parties and constantly being papped – however after the shock we...more
Reviewed by Tori
What if you were a celeb look a like? In Just Like Me Only Better , Ms Shaw takes us on a humorous tongue in cheek journey through the life of a celeb look alike who soon finds that life in the fast line isn't all it's cracked up to be.
Poor Veronica has had a hard year. She's a twenty-nine year old single mom who's husband has divorced her for an older woman,
her job sucks, and her overbearing landlord thinks she's acquired a slave opposed to a tenet. Veronica has been told she...more
What if you were a celeb look a like? In Just Like Me Only Better , Ms Shaw takes us on a humorous tongue in cheek journey through the life of a celeb look alike who soon finds that life in the fast line isn't all it's cracked up to be.
Poor Veronica has had a hard year. She's a twenty-nine year old single mom who's husband has divorced her for an older woman,
her job sucks, and her overbearing landlord thinks she's acquired a slave opposed to a tenet. Veronica has been told she...more
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OK- so this book is one I picked up from the library simply based on the cover. The cover actually doesn't really matter and I'm indifferent on the book.
Basically it's about a woman, fresh out of a divorce and struggling with co-parenting her son with a clueless ex-husband. She lives paycheck to paycheck but coincidentally- looks eerily similar to Haley Rush, who's a celebrity. Veronica (the mom) is offered a once in a lifetime chance to be Haley's double so to speak, and go run day time errands...more
Basically it's about a woman, fresh out of a divorce and struggling with co-parenting her son with a clueless ex-husband. She lives paycheck to paycheck but coincidentally- looks eerily similar to Haley Rush, who's a celebrity. Veronica (the mom) is offered a once in a lifetime chance to be Haley's double so to speak, and go run day time errands...more
Veronica's long-time husband Hank leaves her for an older woman. Usually men leave their wives for younger women, but that's another story. Veronica is now a divorced mother of one trying to make ends meet the best she can.
She gets a great deal on a small guest house, as long as she is willing to chauffeur the landlord's kids around, including school. Veronica is a substitute teacher, so when those kids are late, she's late, and it really aggrivates her.
She's always been mistaken for young Hol...more
She gets a great deal on a small guest house, as long as she is willing to chauffeur the landlord's kids around, including school. Veronica is a substitute teacher, so when those kids are late, she's late, and it really aggrivates her.
She's always been mistaken for young Hol...more
- I picked this book as Carol Snow answered questions for a GR meet and greet session. I got the feeling that Ms. Snow writes much more YA than I normally read. However, I liked her answers concerning flawed characters and decided to give this a shot. I’m not sure what I expected, but it wasn’t what I got. Don’t worry, that’s not a bad thing. Let’s start with what this book isn’t. It isn’t a romance novel. It isn’t women’s fiction. It isn’t YA either. What it is is an amalgamation of these diffe...more
Veronica Czaplicki is a single, divorced mom to Ben. By day, she’s a substitute teacher at her son’s school, hoping to find a permanent position there. By night, well… her life is pretty empty in that area until she meets Jay, Haley Rush’s manager.
Veronica knows she looks like celebrity Haley Rush as she’s mistaken for the star quite often. When Haley’s manager, Jay, offers her a position to be Haley’s stand-in (at $100 per hour!), how could she refuse? Veronica agrees to sign a confidentiality...more
Veronica knows she looks like celebrity Haley Rush as she’s mistaken for the star quite often. When Haley’s manager, Jay, offers her a position to be Haley’s stand-in (at $100 per hour!), how could she refuse? Veronica agrees to sign a confidentiality...more
Veronica thought it was great the evening her husband came home and told her that he was in love, after all she loved him, too. Until he added that it wasn't her! She is devastated as he moves in with another woman. Most men leave their wives for younger women. It doesn't help her self esteem when her husband leaves her for someone who is older than he is! As she is struggling with her new life, she finds that she keeps being mistaken for Haley Rush, a Hollywood star who is always in the tabloi...more
Just Like Me, Only Better is utterly delightful and perfect for light summer reading! Think the TV adaptation of The Starter Wife, only imagine the leading lady of middling years mistaken as the spitting image of Britney Spears or Lindsay Lohan. Carol Snow brings us a wonderfully amusing narrator with a rather heartbreaking post-divorce life who finds herself in a dream-come-true. Pay me (and take me shopping!) to just go out to dinner with a hot 20-something actor - who wouldn't seize that offe...more
This book was FUNNY! I mean I had a feeling it would be funny because of the premise but Veronica, some of the things she said were just hilarious! I loved the idea of a regular down on her luck single-mother, going through a hard time after a divorce diving into the world of glitz and glam and pretending to be a celebrity. It never gets old, someone being thrown into a completely new situation.
And she sure meets some characters out in Hollywood from the actress she's being the body-double for t...more
And she sure meets some characters out in Hollywood from the actress she's being the body-double for t...more
This was actually such a nice book. I had missed chick-lit, and this was a great book to come remind me why I enjoy the genre. It's an easy read and it's fast-paced, and (view spoiler) I was pretty fond of Jay, and I liked his banter with Veronica a lot. I actually really liked Veronica, peri...more
An easy read. A divorced single mother struggling to manage financially is the main character. She is often mistaken for a young Hollywood star because of her striking similarity in looks. When the star's manager sees her in a chance meeting, he offers her a job as a double. Unfortunately she becomes a little overwhelmed with the part time lifestyle and makes a few blunders. While the story ends happy, I was left a little unhappy with the sudden closure of everything seeming to all suddenly fit...more
I put this book on my to-read list after seeing it listed as a First Reads giveaway last year. Though I didn't win a copy of it, I finally got around to reading it. In the inside cover, I was surprised to see that I actually recognized (and had read!) a previous book by this author, which was a nice surprise.
Anyway, this is about a 29-year-old woman named Veronica who's struggling to deal with the fact that her husband left her for a woman almost twice her age, she barely scrapes by on the sala...more
Anyway, this is about a 29-year-old woman named Veronica who's struggling to deal with the fact that her husband left her for a woman almost twice her age, she barely scrapes by on the sala...more
For Veronica Czaplicki, a single mom and student teacher in suburban L.A., life has begun to lag just a tiny bit. I might have been when her husband, Hank, left her for a real estate agent many years Veronica's senior -- and Veronica was forced to rent a tiny guesthouse from a lazy couple happier to push their children onto their new "tenant" than try and carpool their little ones themselves. Now a single mother struggling to stay afloat financially, Veronica is unhappy, worried, perpetually str...more
What if you were a celeb look a like? In Just Like Me Only Better, Ms Shaw takes us on a humorous tongue in cheek journey through the life of a celeb look alike who soon finds that life in the fast line isn't all it's cracked up to be.
Poor Veronica has had a hard year. She's a twenty-nine year old single mom who's husband has divorced her for an older woman,
her job sucks, and her overbearing landlord thinks she's acquired a slave opposed to a tenet. Veronica has been told she looks like pop st...more
Poor Veronica has had a hard year. She's a twenty-nine year old single mom who's husband has divorced her for an older woman,
her job sucks, and her overbearing landlord thinks she's acquired a slave opposed to a tenet. Veronica has been told she looks like pop st...more
I enjoyed this light and witty read. I liked getting to know the characters and especially liked watching them grow. It wasn't the same-ol' same-ol' story... it was different and entertaining.
It was an easy read and I liked that the chapters weren't too long since I found myself saying "Just one more chapter" ...chapter after chapter after chapter! The next thing I knew, I was done reading the book!
I would recommend this to anyone looking for something light and fun but with a different story li...more
It was an easy read and I liked that the chapters weren't too long since I found myself saying "Just one more chapter" ...chapter after chapter after chapter! The next thing I knew, I was done reading the book!
I would recommend this to anyone looking for something light and fun but with a different story li...more
This was an odd story about being someone else's look alike. I wasn't crazy with the author's presentation of a 'Hollywood' star and her actions. Think this could have been handled a little better. But it does show that everyone is 'human'. The author's presentation of people's lives is certainly interesting but at the end I felt a little let down as to what happens to the two look alikes. Wasn't great; but it certainly wasn't bad.
Well ... it was an easy read. Not especially captivating, it didn't have any likeable characters or intriguing stories. But it flowed pretty well, was fairly realistic (talking about, first I thought Veronica was way out of character when the 'fame' kind of went to her head, but then thinking, it's probably how anyone would react, given the overwhelming circumstances). All in all, it was okay. Not sure if I'd read another from this author.
Quick read - took me slightly less than 3 hours. It's what one looks for in a chick-lit book. Fun clothes, life slightly outside the ordinary. Reading about the "inner-workings" of hollywood starlet. Writing is decent - no grimacing at bad grammar. Happy ending. Somewhat predictable, but a still a few twists and turns.
Review up on Sat Aug 7/2010. Could not stop reading it. LOVED IT! Hilarious! Witty, quirky, honest to goodness moments that had me laughing like a hyena...Kudos Carol Snow and now I have to find room on my shelf for your other books... That's right a collection is starting NOW :)
see review http://aisleb.tumblr.com/post/9188076...
see review http://aisleb.tumblr.com/post/9188076...
Chick-flick book. This isn't any award winning piece of literature. It is just mediocre. But it is an easy read and entertaining just like any chick flick movie that you already know how it will end before you even start it.
It doesn't need to be on your "must read list" but it is entertaining.
It doesn't need to be on your "must read list" but it is entertaining.
This is the perfect way to lose yourself on a summer afternoon. This could have been retitled something cute with a takeoff on the Prince and the Pauper since there is a similar theme. Veronica has faults, lots of them, but not quite as many as the star she is paid to impersonate. Of course it all goes south and both Veronica and Haley finds their true purpose in life. I really enjoyed this one!
I loved this book and loved living through Veronica. She was living a fantasy that everybody dreams of living once. The best part is she realized that she didn't want that life or pretend to be somebody else. Why would she. The best part is there is a happy ending. How can you not love a book with a happy ending. I loved the divorce plot of the story and Ben is so adorable. I felt bad for her when she made some mistakes being her celebrity double that compromised her relationship with her son. I...more
Fairly entertaining chick lit about a suburban single mom and substitute teacher who looks like a Miley Cyrus-esque celebrity and becomes her double for public events. Of course the celeb, Haley, is actually kind of screwed up and the job turns out to be more complicated than it initially seems.
This was a fun chick-lit book! I've always tried to figure out what famous person I look like, but can never think of one. I think if played right, looking like a celebrity could be a lot of fun.
I really liked Veronica. She seemed so down-to-earth and real. She seemed like she could be your best friend. And I can't decide about Haley. Sometimes I felt like she was a spoiled brat, and other times I just plain felt sorry for her.
The plot was good. Most parts of the story were predicable. But to kn...more
I really liked Veronica. She seemed so down-to-earth and real. She seemed like she could be your best friend. And I can't decide about Haley. Sometimes I felt like she was a spoiled brat, and other times I just plain felt sorry for her.
The plot was good. Most parts of the story were predicable. But to kn...more
I was wanting another fluffy read, and this hit the spot! I've had a nasty cold, and my concentration has been limited. I read this in less than 24 hours, it was a great way to escape!
(Yes, I realize this isn't really a review - but more my reasoning for loving this book! )
(Yes, I realize this isn't really a review - but more my reasoning for loving this book! )
I like Carol Snow when I need to read an author who doesn't make me thing very hard (which I sometimes need after reading 90 essays). I don't mean that as an insult-readers of "Us Weekly" and perezhilton.com will enjoy this book. Book snobs will not.
Fun fast read. I enjoyed the look at Hollywood from the viewpoint of a substitute teacher, divorced mother who gets sucked into all the glam just because she looks like a current young star. Light and ammusing, just what I needed right now.
Typical, predictable chic lit. I liked the premise of the book. Took me back to when my youngest son was doing the acting auditions and showcases. The take on the "Hollywood Scene" was accurate. Actually the author went easy on them. Worth reading, although I've read better.
All in all I liked it. I liked the characters in this book and for me that's important.
All in all I liked it. I liked the characters in this book and for me that's important.
When Veronica's husband leaves her for a woman who is rolling in the dough with her realtor work. Veronica is struggling with only a substitute teaching position, she has no idea how she is going to survive. When a young starlets manager sees Veronica, he is taken aback because of how much she resembles his client, Haley Rush. When he offers her $100 an hour just to pretend to be Haley for some photo shoots, she takes him up on his offer. It's fun at first but all good things must come to an end...more
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Called “an author to watch” by Booklist, Carol Snow is an American author of contemporary women’s fiction and young adult literature. After graduating from Brown University with a degree in psychology, she spent many years writing literary short stories before accepting that she couldn't go more than a few hundred words without cracking a joke. She eventually turned her attention to crafting humor...more
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