Okay I brought this book to Mexico with me because it was my beach read but forgot when you have two kids 2 1/2 and younger you have very little time to read!! So far it's just okay. Easy reading but a bit blah. We'll see, only 100 pages into it.

Fast forward-- just finished it last night and now I really liked the book. Fun, goofy and just an easy read. Ladies will love it!!

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Catching Alice was a light and fluffy story of a British woman who heads for LA when she loses her house, man and job. The romance story line was kind of predictable. The job story line, focusing on public relations was really entertaining. I didn't like how unrealistically Alice came by the job though. Forty thousand dollar a year jobs in PR aren't often give to people with no experience or education simply because their not that powerful friend makes a call. It all seemed way too convenient. I was completely unaware, even after reading the book, that Catching Alice was supposed to be a re-invention of Alice Wonderland. I didn't see much comparison. Ultimately, Catching Alive was a breezy, although probably quite forgettable, chick lit novel.

I think 3 stars was generous...probably more like 2.5. I just never really got into this book. If I was a quitter, I probably would've quit this one 50 pages in. I didn't connect with any of the characters, so I never felt hooked in their stories. And I thought that there were weird subplots that would pop up suddenly with no separation--like it would switch narration and story in the next paragraph with no warning. I liked the ending, just not the 300 pages it took me to get there, I guess. I won't be on the hunt for her other books!

I read this book because I enjoyed the Assistants series co-written by Naylor. I wouldn't recommend this one....even though it is pretty much "chick-lit" it wasn't very entertaining.

My last of the turds! I am so happy that my spazz of crappy books is over! NEVER AGAIN! I must learn how to get more picky. Anyway, this book is about a British girl whose boyfriend dumps her and her life sucks, so she comes out to LA to hang out with her friend. Her friend finds her a job "so she can get a green card and just stay forever!" because it is so that easy. (Fun fact! This book was written in 1998! Was life so much easier back then? Who knows? WHO CARES!!!) Anyway, already I hate this book for lack of "realness". Some guy who met her once back in the UK like stalks her out to LA (CREEEPY!) and for some reason, she doesn't care. SO LAME!!! The author obviously had never been to LA when she wrote this book (and if she had, she only was in Santa Monica and the beach towns, as the characters never ventured east of the 405, north of sunset and south of the beach towns. I hate shit like this. Who even remember what else happened. WHO CARES! Finally, tomorrow, I am on to books I sort of care about (you'll see what I mean:-)).

I did not like this book and struggled to get through it, almost giving up. The story has no likeable characters and many unbelievable events (like bumping into her former boyfriend in LA). Alice leads a miserable, alcoholic lifestyle and seems to spend the book being helpless and bedraggled. Don't bother picking this one up. Move on!

I just couldn't get into this book. I only got about 1/2 way through and then returned it.

This is one of those books in which I didn't really like any of the characters. I didn't hate the book, but I do not really have anything good to say about it either. Meh all around.

Alice is a sweet treat and an excellent foil for Paddy's bumbling reformed rake.