Liza Palmer
Auteur van Conversations with the Fat Girl
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Algemene kennis
- Gangbare naam
- Palmer, Liza
- Pseudoniemen en naamsvarianten
- Palmer, Liza Orr
- Geboortedatum
- 1970
- Geslacht
- female
- Nationaliteit
- USA
- Woonplaatsen
- Los Angeles, California, USA
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Family Reservations: A Novel door Liza Palmer
I was just kind of wishing the whole story would move along a little faster but of course we had to get each of the three sisters AND all of her relationships worked out, to say nothing of the person behind everything....the mother. Some of the potentially interesting kitchen staff got left behind in the process. Is the author possibly considering a sequel to see what happebns??
I'll start by saying I read this book in a single day. Its been a long time since a book keept me up long past my bedtime!
I suppose this is chick-lit but it seems to have slightly more going on than most in that genre. I found some of the characters to be irritating because they were such caricatures but the main character was well drawn. She is, sadly, a lot like me!
Decent plot, some sections of nice writing, pleasant romantic hero. Overall, pretty good.
I suppose this is chick-lit but it seems to have slightly more going on than most in that genre. I found some of the characters to be irritating because they were such caricatures but the main character was well drawn. She is, sadly, a lot like me!
Decent plot, some sections of nice writing, pleasant romantic hero. Overall, pretty good.
I appreciate the amount of M&Ms consumed in this novel. This was fine, but I got another book in at 70% and managed to promptly forget about this completely. I just never quite connected with Joan, and even though the tech takedown happened, her career and success was the focus of the story. I enjoyed hearing more about journalism and what it takes to be at the cutting edge there, but overall, found this rather forgettable.
How fun this book was! And it had a great message of self discovery and self love also.
This wasn't comedic enough for me to really call it a chick flick, but it was a light women's fiction read that, though fairly simple and a little predictable, was very pleasurable leisure reading and brought me a lot of enjoyment.
Olivia's relationship with herself is something that a lot of us can relate to. She's been suppressing "Fat Liv" for many years and seeing how this interacts with "New Liv" is intriguing. She's putting on a facade for so many people, even her husband, and her realisations about how she treats other people are intriguing.
I would have liked to have seen more of how she lost her weight. She talks about having surgery scars, but she also puts a lot of effort into her diet and into going to the gym, so she made some lifestyle changes too. It's interesting to see how this doesn't affect her life terribly much. I did adore her commentary about noticing people on first dates because the girls would eat a lot to show they were low maintenance.
I also appreciated how she had anxiety and suffers from a severe panic attack--this is something I'd like to see more of in books. It fit in with Olivia's character and gave her more merit for being as strong as she is.
I adored Caroline Lang, the celebrity of the book whose life is falling apart in a way that greatly parallels Olivia's. Seeing Olivia do her publicity magic was really interesting; she and her assistant had a great grasp of how the public viewed events and how they could effectively turn this around.
This was a fabulous light read and I highly recommend it.
I received a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.… (meer)
This wasn't comedic enough for me to really call it a chick flick, but it was a light women's fiction read that, though fairly simple and a little predictable, was very pleasurable leisure reading and brought me a lot of enjoyment.
Olivia's relationship with herself is something that a lot of us can relate to. She's been suppressing "Fat Liv" for many years and seeing how this interacts with "New Liv" is intriguing. She's putting on a facade for so many people, even her husband, and her realisations about how she treats other people are intriguing.
I would have liked to have seen more of how she lost her weight. She talks about having surgery scars, but she also puts a lot of effort into her diet and into going to the gym, so she made some lifestyle changes too. It's interesting to see how this doesn't affect her life terribly much. I did adore her commentary about noticing people on first dates because the girls would eat a lot to show they were low maintenance.
I also appreciated how she had anxiety and suffers from a severe panic attack--this is something I'd like to see more of in books. It fit in with Olivia's character and gave her more merit for being as strong as she is.
I adored Caroline Lang, the celebrity of the book whose life is falling apart in a way that greatly parallels Olivia's. Seeing Olivia do her publicity magic was really interesting; she and her assistant had a great grasp of how the public viewed events and how they could effectively turn this around.
This was a fabulous light read and I highly recommend it.
I received a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.… (meer)
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