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Overview

Lizzie Nichols is back, pounding the New York City pavement and looking for a job, a place to live, and her proper place in the universe (not necessarily in that order).

"Summer Fling" Luke's use of the "L" (Living Together) word has her happily abandoning plans to share a one-room walk-up with best friend Shari in exchange for cohabitation with the love of her life in his mom's ritzy Fifth Avenue pied-à-terre. Lizzie's landed a non-paying gig in her chosen field—vintage wedding gown rehab—and a paying one as a receptionist at Shari's boyfriend's father's posh law firm. So life is good . . . for the moment.

But almost immediately her notoriously big mouth is getting her into trouble. At work she's becoming too chummy with society bride-to-be Jill Higgins, inflaming the ire of Jill's troublesome future mother-in-law. At home she's made the grievous error of bringing up the "M" (Marriage) word to commitment-shy Luke. Once again joblessness and homelessness are looming large for hapless blabbermouth Liz—unless she can figure out some way to babble her way to a happily ever after.

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Reviewed byMolly Jong-Fast

Midway though Cabot's latest novel, Chaz (the boyfriend of protagonist Lizzie Nichols's best friend) tells Lizzie, "Someday you're really going to have to describe to me in more detail what life is like on the planet you live on. Because it sounds really great, and I'd like to visit there one day." Ultimately, this is what is both problematic and enormously appealing about the work of Cabot, the woman who shot to fame selling the idea that fairy tales really do come true.

Lizzie is the fairy tale heroine. She is the fat, awkward girl in all of us, profoundly Midwestern, from the Spanks (modern Spandex girdles) she wears to her indignation at subway rudeness to her insistence on paying her wealthy boyfriend rent for living in his mother's Fifth Avenue apartment.

As the book opens, Lizzie has just moved to New York City with her best friend, Shari, and their boyfriends, Luke and Chaz. Lizzie is determined not to become like her acquaintance Kathy Pennebaker, the prototypical smalltown girl who fails in Manhattan and returns home to wander the aisles of the local grocery store loading up on cough syrup for a weekend meth-making session.

Things quickly become perfect for Lizzie. Luke asks her to move into his mother's apartment. She finds an amusing though nonpaying job working as a wedding dress restorer with an insane French couple. Lizzie also takes a paying job as a receptionist at Chaz's father's law firm.

There are slight problems in paradise: the wedding store where Lizzie works has fallen on hard times and is involved in a rivalry with another wedding dress restorer. Luckily, Lizzie stumbles on a weddingdress gold mine when she befriends a woman who takes cares of seals at the zoo. It turns out that the seal-keeper is about to marry into one of Manhattan's most prominent families; suddenly, the smart crowd is coming to Lizzie's store. But Lizzie's quest to become successful is sidetracked by Shari's relationship problems and Lizzie's conviction that Luke's mother is having an affair and her obsession with the idea that Luke will never marry her. There is something oddly affirming about Cabot's writing. After sitting down with Queen of Babble in the Big City, it is totally clear to me why her books are huge bestsellers. Meg Cabot is nice. She sees the world as a wonderful place, and you want to live in her world and be her best friend. Her characters are charming. There is a school of thought that says reading should be entertaining, and this is exactly what Meg Cabot produces for us: fun. She is the master of her genre; she is the George Bernard Shaw if not the George Eliot of chick lit.

Molly Jong-Fast's third book,The Social Climbe's Handbook, will be published by Villard in 2009.

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A silly, predictable follow-up to Queen of Babble (2006) about a chatty chick conquering Manhattan. Oh my gosh! Lizzie Nichols' life is soooo amazing. After a post-college trip to France, Lizzie has snagged Prince Charming-and Luke actually is a prince, but is just way too cool to make a big deal about it. Now Lizzie is living in Manhattan, absolutely the place to be if you want to start your own bridal-gown design house. And she's living with Luke at his Fifth Avenue apartment (okay, so it belongs to his super-rich parents, but still, there's a Renoir over the bed!). And her best friend Shari has an amazing job helping battered women overcome obstacles and stuff, and Shari's boyfriend Chaz likes to talk about Wittgenstein, which must make him really smart. But not everything is perfect-Lizzie needs a job. Happily, Chaz finds her one answering phones at his father's law firm and she finds a kind of internship at Monsieur Henri, redesigning old wedding gowns. Lizzie is also concerned about Shari and Chaz-they don't seem to be in love anymore. But most distressingly, Lizzie is trying to figure out how to get Luke to propose. Like any 23-year-old unmarried woman, she's close to becoming an old maid! Alas, Luke is so wrapped up in his pre-med studies, an engagement ring might not be under the Christmas tree this year. Not surprisingly, everything works out just beautifully, and even if Shari dumps Chaz and becomes a lesbian, that's cool, as long as she never liked Lizzie in that way, because that would be too weird. The running joke throughout the novel is that Lizzie talks too much, but it's no joke for the reader who is inundated with the mindless chatter of the narrator. Tedious froth,perhaps more suitable for teens who might think this is what grown-up life is like. Agent: Jenny Brown/Jenny Brown Associates

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780060852016
  • Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
  • Publication date: 5/20/2008
  • Edition description: Reprint
  • Pages: 320
  • Sales rank: 274,248
  • Series: Queen of Babble Series , #2
  • Product dimensions: 5.30 (w) x 7.90 (h) x 0.90 (d)

Meet the Author

Meg Cabot
Meg Cabot

Meg Cabot was born in Bloomington, Indiana. In addition to her adult contemporary fiction, she is the author of the bestselling young adult fiction series The Princess Diaries. She lives in Key West, Florida, with her husband.

Biography

Meg Cabot knows that one of the best cures for feeling gawky and conspicuous is reading about someone who sticks out even more than you do. Her books for young adults invariably feature girls who have extraordinary powers that carry extraordinary burdens. Cabot's Princess Diaries series offers up the secret thoughts of Mia Thermopolis, who discovers at age 14 that she is actually the princess of a small European country. This revelation adds significantly to her extant concerns about crushes, friendships, school, and other matters falling under adolescent scrutiny.

Cabot, a native of Indiana weaned on Judy Blume and Barbara Cartland, was already a successful romance novelist (as Patricia Cabot) before she began writing for young adults; her alter-alter ego, Jenny Carroll, began a new series shortly after The Princess Diaries debuted. The Carroll books are divided between the Mediator series, starring a girl who can communicate with restless ghosts; and the 1-800-WHERE-R-YOU books, in which a girl struck by lightning acquires the ability to locate missing people.

Cabot writes her books in a conspiratorial, first-person style that resonates with her readers. She has obviously kept a grip on the vernacular and the key issues of adolescence; but what makes her books so irresistible is the mixing of the mundane with the fantastic. After all, who wouldn't like to wake up and be a princess all of a sudden, or a seer? Cabot takes such offhand notions and roots them firmly in the details of average, middle-class American life. She has also tiptoed into mystery and paranormal suspense with other YA novels and series installments.

Cabot continues to write adult novels under various permutations of her given name (Meggin Patricia Cabot): from 19th-century historical romances to contemporary chick lit. And, as with her books for teens, these romances have earned praise for their lighthearted humor and well drawn characters.

Good To Know

Some interesting outtakes from our interview with Cabot:

"I am left handed."

"I hate tomatoes of any kind."

"I really wanted to be veterinarian, but I got a 410 on my math SATs."

"Writing used to be my hobby, but now that it's my job, I have no hobby -- except watching TV and laying around the pool reading US Weekly. I have tried many hobbies, such as knitting, Pilates, ballet, yoga, and guitar, but none of them have taken. So I guess I'm stuck with no hobby.

    1. Also Known As:
      Meggin Patricia Cabot (full name); Patricia Cabot, Jenny Caroll
    2. Hometown:
      New York, New York
    1. Education:
      B.A. in fine arts, Indiana University, 1991
    2. Website:
      http://www.megcabot.com

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  • Anonymous

    Posted April 25, 2012

    CLIFF HANGER!!!!!

    Must buy third one because this one ends with the worst cliff haner ever!!!!!! Great sequel though and viild be described as cute and fun! But seriously buy the third one befor you even start the second! The whole seires is a great (a little big but their quick reads) vacation read!!
    Try also:
    Queen of babble 3!!!- Meg Cabot
    Pants on Fire- Meg Cabot
    Shopaholic seires -Sophie Kinsilla
    ELLIEISANINJAREVIEWS!!!!!:)

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  • Anonymous

    Posted March 4, 2012

    Great

    Could not put it down!

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  • Posted February 6, 2012

    Highly Recommended

    Meg Cabot is my favorite author. I am so happy to get back into reading & she makes it easy with such great books. With my personal opinion that is kind of opposite from the main character but I still very much enjoy this book & book series. This is a great book. I highly recommend the whole series. I brag about these book to my friends & family.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted September 29, 2011

    Thumbs up

    Such a womans book. Havent read any others, but this was fun. Anyone read the best friends mystery series by d lewiw & p ondarko ? Although little older women stll fun reads. Try bad to the last drop first good reading

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  • Posted January 23, 2011

    Great fun!

    If you constantly over think everything in your life you will instantly connect with this book. The main character is quirky and loveable. The book describes her struggles with love, work, and her life long dreams. The whloe series is amazing!

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  • Posted December 3, 2010

    cant wait to read!!

    i have read the first book. it was great! im excited for his one!!!!!!!

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  • Posted April 21, 2010

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    Cute Sequel

    A solid sequel to The Queen of Babble, picking up where the last book left off with Lizzie and Luke moving to New York with Shari and Chaz. New York proves to be a bit more difficult to get a job that Lizzie expects and the cozy couples life she got used to in France is officially over. Solid second book with contiuing secondary character development. Looking forward to listening to the last book!

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  • Posted November 1, 2009

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    Meg Cabot Has Done it Again!!

    Meg Cabot has done it again. Her humorous and unique writing style never faltered or disappointed in this story about the continuation of the first "Queen of Babble" storyline. Lizzie runs into some hardships in this one when she takes a non-paying job as a wedding dress refurbisher/rehabber. Drama ensues when she finds the most famous bride-to-be in the city, crying her eyes out in the ladies restroom of the part-time gig Chaz helps her obtain in his dad's law office. You will just have to read this book to find out what happens with Luke. The ending, once again, is a good one.

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  • Posted November 14, 2008

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    Reviewed by Taylor Rector for TeensReadToo.com

    As the sequel of QUEEN OF BABBLE, the crazy antics of Lizzie Nichols were expected and delivered. There will obviously be another book in this series, because the ending is such a cliff-hanger!

    Lizzie now lives in New York and is living with her boyfriend, Luke, and is looking for a job. She finds one but... they don't pay. So what is she going to do for money?

    On top of all of her financial issues, Lizzie thinks that there might be something very special in that box under the Christmas tree. But is it what she expects?

    Lizzie is such a realistic character and she is so funny and real! So much of what she does can be related to real life.

    QUEEN OF BABBLE IN THE BIG CITY is a fun, new, easy read from my favorite author, Meg Cabot.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted August 21, 2007

    kept me hooked!

    Now being an avid Meg Cabot fan, I was not so into the first Queen of Babble. It seemed too much like Sophie Kinsella's 'Can you Keep a Secret?' but this book redeems the series. I really didn't know what to expect from one chapter to the next. Meg can truly be cerebral and light at the same time. I can't wait for #3 and hopefully Chaz.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted August 27, 2007

    WOW!!!

    This book was great... I could not put it down. It has so many unpredictable turns and although I did not read the first book I still really enjoyed this one. Cabot has the greatest writing style that I have ever read and I just loved this book. I can't wait for the next book!

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  • Anonymous

    Posted August 14, 2007

    She's done it again!

    I have to admit, it took me a while to get into the sequel to Queen of Babble--it seemed to drag along a bit at first, but as I slowly became reacquainted with her style of writing and got to the the shocking ending (which was the cliffhanger of all time), I realized why I loved reading Meg Cabot novels--she is simply a pure literary genius.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted July 28, 2007

    Hooked on the Queen of Babble!

    After just reading the first'Queen of Babble' I was excited to hear of this second book, 'Queen of Babble in the Big City', in the series was just released. I enjoyed this book as much, if not more than the first! Funny, great characters that really come to life. Can't wait for the next book.

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