Queen of Babble [Paperback]

Meg Cabot (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 272 pages
• Publisher: William Morrow, New York; Unabridged edition (2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0330418890
• ISBN-13: 978-0330418898
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (90 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,360,492 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I write! Books for you, your sister, your best friend, your mother . . . . even for men with good taste!

Most of my time is spent over at my website, http://megcabot.com, so be sure to stop by!

UK, New Zealand, and Australia fans, visit http://www.megcabot.co.uk.

Customer Reviews

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23 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Meg Cabot's humor and wit is unmatchable, while her characters are enchanting, and hard to resist, May 31, 2006

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Erika Sorocco (Southern California, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Queen of Babble: A Novel (Hardcover)

Lizzie Nichols may have worked thirty pounds off of her body, shrinking herself down to a size nine, but this tiny girl still has one very big problem: her mouth. And now, as she boards a flight, heading to London to spend the summer with her boyfriend - Andrew - of three months, even though they've only spent 24-hours with each other so far, she knows that her babbling problem is bound to get her into trouble. However, once she arrives in England, she realizes that Andrew is the one with a big problem: he's a compulsive liar looking to use her for money so he can settle up his gambling fees. So, Lizzie rises to her 5'6 stature, and marches off, heading straight to France, where she will spend the summer with her best friend, Shari, at a vineyard called Mirac. The problem is that Shari has no idea Lizzie is on her way, so Lizzie is basically entering the lion's den. Until she meets Luke - the son of Mirac's owner. Luke's looks alone entice Lizzie, but it's his kindness that wins her over, and makes her forget all about the lying Andrew. Unfortunately, Luke has a girlfriend. One who will do anything to keep Lizzie away from Luke - and her future fortune.

From page one QUEEN OF BABBLE wets the appetite, and keeps the reader enraptured in the trivial, yet laugh-out-loud funny tale that Cabot weaves about the illustrious Lizzie, and her various sidekicks. Lizzie is like an adult version of Cabot's Mia Thermopolis (from THE PRINCESS DIARIES) who shares an equal love for vintage clothes and bread. Her rants and raves about various goings-on in her life are hard to resist, while her babbling tendencies will make her a winner in the hearts of everyone who has a tendency to babble on uncontrollably. Meg Cabot's humor and wit is unmatchable, while her characters are enchanting, and hard to resist.

Erika Sorocco

Book Review Columnist for The Community Bugle Newspaper

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Borrow from the library, don't buy, October 9, 2007

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J. Daitch "muppyd" (matthews, nc) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Queen of Babble (Paperback)

I am a big Meg Cabot fan, particularly of her group of books featuring the newspaper employees and written in email form. However, this book was not as strong or as funny as her previous efforts. In fact, it sort of reminded me of Sophia Kinsella's book, Can you keep a secret?

It's a fast read, but i am glad I found it in the library, rather than purchasing it.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Sounds kind of familiar..., March 7, 2007

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Cate (New York, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Queen of Babble: A Novel (Hardcover)

Lizzie Nichols heads off to London to spend the better part of the summer with her new British boyfriend Andrew -- who's so new in her life she doesn't realize he has a gambling problem, he's trying to defraud the British government, and that there are a few other things that make him less desirable than she'd originally thought. When she finds out he has designs on her bank account, she takes the train to visit some friends in France; while on board, she spills her heart, soul and a few other things she would never have said out loud to the handsome young stranger sitting next to her, if she hadn't known she was never going to see him again...until she gets off at her station, he gets off with her, and she realizes he's her host for the next few weeks. It sounds too much like Sophie Kinsella's "Can You Keep a Secret," published several years ago, in which the heroine babbles her deepest secrets to the stranger sitting next to her, and finds out the next day that he runs her company. Romance, plagued by a few obstacles, ensues in both books until they reach their respective happy endings.

For all of that, "Queen of Babble" is still a quick, enjoyable, light read, better than a lot of the chick lit that's out there because, Kinsella-like, it's funny. It's entertaining to read an American's take on London and France, especially when the protagonist is as appealing as Lizzie is. You find yourself rooting for her, even though you know pretty much from page one that things are going to turn out all right.