The perfect guilty pleasure read!

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	• Everyone Worth Knowing Lauren Weisberger Simon & Schuster, 2005 - 384 pages average customer review:based on 186 reviews view larger image
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Everyone Worth Knowing

I thought it started out a little slow, but totally grabbed my attention midway through and I just loved how it ended. It was my first book written by this author. I can't wait to read more from Lauren Weisberger

The perfect guilty pleasure read!

Twenty-seven-year-old Bettina "Bette" (don't call her Betty) Robinson has never been much of a party girl. Sure, she and her best friend, Penelope, spend much of their time holed up in the Black Door, drinking away their woes, and reminiscing about old times. But, aside from that, Bette spends much of her time strapped to her desk at the slave-driving UBS, or curling up at home with her Yorkshire Terrier, Millington, who happens to be allergic to almost everything she comes in contact with. But when Bette quits her job, suddenly her life is flipped completely upside down.

UBS was a perfectly stable office place; but after years of being told what to do, clocking in 70-hour weeks, and never receiving any respect, Bette is fed up. Without thinking about what she'll do to earn money to pay the bills, Bette ups and quits her stable office position, and takes up residence on her couch. With boxes of Red Hots, a TV with countless cheesy movies on TIVO, and the company of Millington, Bette feels like she has hit the career jackpot. Sure, she's quickly burning through her savings; but not having to answer to a boss completely makes up for it. Bette's Uncle Will, however, refuses to allow her bummy behavior to continue. Calling in a few favors, Will snags Bette the job of a lifetime at Kelly & Company, one of Manhattan's premier PR firms. Even with no prior experience in the world of PR, Bette becomes Kelly & Company's darling virtually overnight, due in large part to the fact that she has been linked to the gorgeous British bachelor Philip Weston. Even though the two have hardly done more than get drunk together, Philip is pinpointed as Bette's new boyfriend, and the two are splashed in the tabloids on a daily basis. Bette has suddenly become Manhattan's new party girl, clubbing until the wee hours of the night at some of the most exclusive nightclubs in Manhattan. But when Ellie Insider, a vicious tabloid monger, begins printing nasty lies about Bette on an almost daily basis, Bette realizes that when you're in the public eye, your personal and professional lives become one; and privacy goes right out the window.

Using THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA formula, Lauren Weisberger has penned a novel that is just as much fun and scandalous as her previous writing endeavors. Bette is an interesting character whose ability to so easily slip into the role of Manhattan party girl, after being a stuffy banker for so many years was quite entertaining; while her confusing relationship with Philip Weston leaves the reader baffled at times. The presence of Bette's best friend, Penelope, is thoroughly enjoyable; yet her blindness to her philandering fiancé can truly drive the reader insane, and cause mounds of frustration. Bette's love interest, Sammy, seems to be sincere; but at times he can be downright confusing as well. All of the characters, in my opinion, are overshadowed by Bette's Uncle Will and his partner, Simon. The two are so flamboyant, debonair, and fabulous that you can't help but love them both; though their sudden disappearance from the storyline at times was quite disappointing.

Weisberger writes a great story. While the storyline, at times, feels repetitive; and the times when Bette is suffering through unemployment can get a little boring; the rest of the novel truly holds its own. Yes, the characters can induce frustration in the reader; but they also possess the qualities and capability to create laugh out loud moments, and tears of joy and sadness. The perfect guilty pleasure read!

Erika Sorocco
Freelance Reviewer

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couldn't put it down

i loved the book once i got to the part where she quit her job i found myself glued to this book took it everywhere i couldn't wait to finish it now i plan on reading her next book don't give up on this book read a few chapters after she quits her job

Funny but Name-dropping annoying

I really liked this book. I'm working as a receptionist part-time this summer and I read this book yesterday. It was funny and light, and I could visualize everything like it was on the movie screen. It is predictable but the tone makes it enjoyable. Although it entertained, I don't like the low moral standards of just about every character in the book but that is par for the course with chick-lit. I got sick of the constant name-dropping, I understand some was necessary but come-on already. I love her style and while I agree with those saying Devil Wears Prada is bascially the exact same format as this, it is still a fun read and just don't read the two back-to-back. The relationship between Bette & Penelope was spot-on and more real than usual for this genre. I could relate to them, but Micheal seemed excess...but more than likely that was intended. Great beach read or for making work enjoyable!

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"An irresistible tale about what happens when a girl on the fringe enters the realm of New York's chic, party-hopping elite. On paper, Bette Robinson's life is good. At twenty-six, she's got a great deal on an apartment in Manhattan, and she's on target to become an associate at the prestigious investment bank where she works with her best friend. Her eighty-hour workweeks might keep her from socializing or dating outside her office walls -- but she's paying her dues on the well-trod path to wealth and happiness. So when Bette quits her job like the impulsive girl she's never been, she not only shocks her friends and family -- she has no idea what to do next. For months, Bette gets out and about by walking her four-pound dog around her decidedly unglamorous Murray Hill neighborhood. Then she meets Kelly, head of Manhattan's hottest PR and events planning firm, and suddenly Bette has a brand-new job where the primary requirement is to see and be seen. The work at Kelly & Company takes Bette inside the VIP rooms of the city's most exclusive nightclubs, to parties crowded with celebrities and socialites. Bette learns not to blink at the famous faces, the black Amex cards, the magnums of Cristal, or the ruthless paparazzi. Soon she's dating an infamous playboy who's great for her career but bad for her sanity -- and scaring off the one decent guy she meets. Still, as her coworkers repeatedly point out, how can you complain about a job that pays you to party? Bette has to agree -- until she begins appearing in a vicious new gossip column. That's when Bette's life on paper takes on a whole new meaning -- and she learns the line between her personal and professional lives is...invisible. "

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