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Queen of Babble: Queen of Babble, Book 1
 
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Queen of Babble: Queen of Babble, Book 1 [Audio Download]

by Meg Cabot (Author), Ilyana Kadushin (Narrator)
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  • Listening Length: 5 hours and 41 minutes
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  • Publisher: Harper Audio
  • Audible Release Date: 15 May 2006
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B002SQ1M4C
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From New York Times best-selling author Meg Cabot comes the hilarious story of a lovable blabbermouth who can't seem to stay out of trouble.

What's an American girl with a big mouth but an equally big heart to do?

Lizzie Nichols has a problem, and it isn't that she doesn't have the slightest idea what she's going to do with her life or that she's blowing what should be her down payment on a cute little Manhattan apartment on a trip to London to visit her long-distance boyfriend, Andrew. But what's the point of planning for the future when she's done it again? See, Lizzie can't keep her mouth shut. And it's not just that she can't keep her own secrets, she can't keep anything to herself.

This time when she opens her big mouth, her good intentions get Andrew in major hot water. So now Lizzie's stuck in London with no boyfriend and no place to stay until the departure date on her nonrefundable airline ticket.

Fortunately, there's Shari, Lizzie's best friend and college roommate, who's spending her summer in southern France, catering weddings with her boyfriend, Chaz, in a 16th-century chateau. One call and Lizzie's on a train to Souillae. Who cares if she's never traveled alone in her life and only speaks rudimentary French? One glimpse of gorgeous Chateau Mirac, not to mention the gorgeous Luke, the son of Chateau Mirac's owner, and she's smitten.

But while most caterers can be trusted to keep a secret, Lizzie's the exception. And no sooner has the first cork been popped than Luke hates her, the bride is in tears, and it looks like Chateau Mirac is in danger of becoming a lipo-recovery spa. As if things aren't bad enough, her ex-boyfriend Andrew shows up looking for "closure" (or at least a loan), threatening to ruin everything, including Lizzie's chance at finding real love...unless she can figure out a way to use that big mouth of hers to save the day.

©2006 Meg Cabot, LLC; (P)2006 HarperCollins Publishers, Inc.

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
By Gail Cooke TOP 500 REVIEWER
Format:Hardcover
Meg Cabot, popular author of The Princess Diaries series has crafted a featherweight plot filled with funny, finely drawn characters - suspend belief in rational thought and enjoy, which you surely will.

Lizzie Nichols has hit the big time in the Big Apple. After Vogue's editor called her restoration of an ancestral wedding gown "cunning,"and that comment appeared on Page Six the phone at Chez Henri has been ringing incessantly. Everybody who is anybody wants Lizzie to do her wedding gown.

Regrettably in the midst of this Henri, yes, the Henri immediately following Chez has a heart attack and it's left to Lizzie to take charge. Taking charge isn't such an easy task when one of your clients is Ava Geck, wealthy daughter of the owner of the Walmart-like stores whose motto is "Get It At Geck's." Ava is one of the funniest characters to ever grace pages. "Grace" is not the word to describe Ava - she's a gum chewing gal who is often seen "on the red carpels of movies in which she is not starring, since she has no actual talent." While her dad is worth billions Ava has a personal worth of more than $300,000,000, and she's engaged to marry a Greek prince. She's currently in NY to do a guest shot on Celebrity Pit Fight, and she wants Lizzie to do her gown. Being involved with Ava sets the stage for a series of laugh out loud scenes.

While Lizzie is a whiz in business her romantic life is currently on a fast road to chaos. She is also engaged to a prince, Jean-Luc, aka Luke. It would seem to be what a girl from Ann Arbor Michigan has always dreamed of - her own Prince Charming ready to take her away to France where she will live at Chateau Mirac. Problem is Luke's best friend is Chaz with whom Lizzie has recently shared a bed (only that), and he's the one who makes her heart do flip-flops. Nonetheless, she knows it is Luke she loves or does she?

Meg Cabot is a whiz at creating both fun and fantasy. She does it every which way with Queen of Babble Gets Hitched. A caveat: While some readers of the first two books in this series may have wished for further emphasis on original characters, first-time readers will probably find it a romp.

- Gail Cooke
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
G8! 7 July 2008
By Ellz
Format:Hardcover
Loved it!! Meg Cabot can do no wrong!! Lizzie is still as funny, lovely and easy to relate to as ever! I also agree with her choices in the end!!! A fantastic book all round!!
A MUST READ!!
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takes a U turn 27 Mar 2012
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after getting engaged to luke after a strange new years with chaz, lizzie has to face separation from luke as he takes a job opportunity in france. but absence does not make the heart grow fonder as chaz has declared his love for her and she isnt sure who she wants to be with. i has to look at the end to see who she chooses as was getting a bit fed up with it all. im still not sure if was the ending for me.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
So Bad!
Just Awful. This series just got worse and worse, so much that I am throwing the three of them out now that I have finished reading them.
Published 10 months ago by Reader
i love this book
i love this book so much seriously i thought it was hilarious!!! this is definetly one of my favourite books and so are the other books of this series!!! Read more
Published 23 months ago by i <3 meg cabot
Good but the first book was my favourite
Having missed out the second book in the series I wasn't sure what to expect. This was a really enjoyable read. Read more
Published on 18 Feb 2010 by Lxy Flippa
Hooray, my favourite character is back!
This book is the third in the series of Queen of Babble, i have read this and the second and will probably still purchase the first sometime! Read more
Published on 21 Aug 2009 by Thinker
Loved it!
This is a fantastic read for any Meg Cabot fan and a must buy if you liked any of the previous books in the series Queen of Babble.
Published on 3 Aug 2009 by Rachel
Couldn't put it down ...
Having read the other 2 books in this series, I was eager to read this as soon as it came out ... I was not disappointed! Read more
Published on 9 July 2009 by J. McClean
Good But not as good as the 1st
If you have read the first two books then read this as it is really really good. If not buy the first in the serise as that ones the best. Read more
Published on 30 Mar 2009 by Susan
Fabulous! Just totally awesome!
Let me just say - WOW! Meg Cabot has done herself proud. Following on from the second book, which cleverly (by Cabot) had been left at a cliffhanger, Cabot finishes the story of... Read more
Published on 3 Oct 2008 by dream_shop_world
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