Nope. Can't do it. Won't do it. I made it to 160 out of 288 pages and disliked everyone; some for being patently unlikeable (the parents of both Logan and Kelsey, the on/off boyfriend) or for being a complete milquetoast pushover (Logan).I should've realized that this wasn't a book for me when the plot of the book reminded me of: A. The Nanny Diaries which I also disliked and DNF'd and B. Was an obvious, uncomfortable "interpretation" of the life of Britney Spears. Pass.

I quite enjoyed this novel. This isn't my typical type of book, but like I said, I was in need of a lighter read. The characters in this novel were bratty, but I liked them (for the most part) anyway. Logan is whiny and Kelsey is spoiled yet kept under her parents thumb. Add the fact that they are all family- Lo included- and then toss in the ridiculousness that is fame, and you've got a fun and engaging read. The authors wrote a fairly convincing story, especially all the aspects of fame and ov...

This book has left me utterly flabbergasted, I don’t know if I will be able to form a coherent review, it was such a raw, achy, and a heartfelt read. The entire time I felt like I was in an intense tug of war between the two main characters; Logan and Kelsey, being yanked one way one minute and then the other way the next.Between You and Me centres around Kelsey, a famous singer and cousin to Logan. Logan and Kelsey haven’t spoken since they were younger and Kelsey’s family abruptly left. You’re...

I felt as if I was at the epicenter of a name-dropping universe with Rachel Zoe, Jessica Lange, Zoe Deschanel, Elton John, Annie Leibovitz, Madonna, Gwen Stefani, Fergie, Kanye, and will.i.am to keep me company. And locations as diverse as Los Angeles, New York City, Rome, Munich, London, and Stockholm to help me in my travels.Needless to say, BETWEEN YOU AND ME reminded me of some sort of alternate universe with the Wade family bringing new meaning to the term dysfunctional family. If there was...

I started out thinking it was a light, easy read. Listen to the big buzzer. Definitely not what I thought it would be but definitely much more meaty than I had anticipated.What the story achieves is allowing the reader into the world of the rich and famous without all the glitz. Of course, there is glitz, but I found myself thinking about this novel for days afterward. Lindsay Lohan, Michael Jackson, and so many other stars trying to transition into the adult and also normal world have so many m...

I love to read books that initially come across as light material, a summer read so to speak, but by the end I find it has changed my way of looking at the world. Between You and Me starts off as a look at the excesses of being a young, mega-successful pop star and slowly turns around to a deeply moving statement about the unquenchable thirst the public has for celebrity, and cost in real lives that has. You will not look at the tabloids quite the same way again after this book. Much like readin...

This book is very obviously loosely based on Britney Spears' life (or what the authors think Britney's life is), which I wasn't aware of when I started it and would have avoided because who wants to be depressed like that? However, once I realized what was happening, I was already invested in finding out what happened in the story, so I kept on keeping on. The premise was interesting and fairly timely given our obsession with celebrities and all of their head-shaking mistakes (Lindsey Lohan come...

Here is the thing: I loved The Nanny Diaries. I have such a fondness for that book that, until now, I have tried all of the authors' other books. And the other thing is: they have all sucked. I can't even get through them. It's as if, in editing, entire chunks of the story were edited out. I'm never quite sure what is going on. I consider in an achievement that I got through about 100 pages, but I am not wasting one more minute on it. I need to remember NOT to read the next one. No matter what.

Remember a few years ago when Britney Spears dumped her husband, shaved her head and lost her mind? Remember how the courts instated her father as her legal custodian, rendering her - the mother of two children - a child with no rights? Did you ever wonder what was really going on in the Spears home?When you read Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus's engrossing book Between You and Me, you might get some answers.Logan Wade is twenty-seven and struggling to carve out a happy life for herself in New

Between You and Me by Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus follows the career of Kelsey Wade through the narration of her cousin, Logan. Logan hasn't had contact with Kelsey for years and suddenly is flown out to be with Kelsey and instantly becomes her assistant. Kelsey is loosely modeled after Britney Spears - the meteoric rise to fame, dysfunctional family, controlling parents, and spectacular meltdown and fall from grace.Between you and me, Between You and Me was all over the place and not much

Between You and Me has one of the most unique introductions to the main character that I have ever read.  We are introduced to Logan as she is participating in a spinning class, and trying her best not to collapse.  As the chapter progress we find out she lives with her friend Charlotte and has a sort of boyfriend who doesn't always turn up like he says her will.  This is shown during her birthday party, where she spends most of the night waiting for him to arrive, when she finally gives up and

I am a fan of the authors' other books including the Nanny Diaries. So I was super excited when I saw that they had written another book together.The version I read was not the finished product (so I'm not sure if any changes were made). But in the version I read there were a number of instances when the book jumped time from paragraph to paragraph. For instance one minute someone was talking about going to London. And the next paragraph out of the blue they had been there for 2 months. I don't

FULL REVIEW AT Talk SupeThe story had no resolution, I can't even say the ending was a cliffhanger, it just fell of the cliff.There were a couple of funny interludes and the writing isn't that bad. The character interactions were OK and since the story is familiar, the scenes that played out were convincing enough. I'm disappointed because aside from the names, the story obviously isn't original. I find it hard to believe that this is a COLLABORATION! How can TWO PEOPLE came up with this and agr...

I thought this book wasn’t for me but I got sucked into it. It’s abou,t the sad life of this young woman singer and her relationship with her parents....a hidden family secret and a favorite cousin. It’s sad. And it’s about 50 pages too long.

I was a little behind on The Nanny Diaries. I didn't watch the movie until about two years ago and didn't read the book until after that (this was backwards for me as I'm normally a read-the-book-then-watch-the-movie kind of girl). It's really unfortunate that it took me so long to get around to reading Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus' first novel because that meant it was awhile before I discovered how much I enjoyed their work. Because I did like the two Nanny books I was very happy to have h...

Other reviews at The Book Babe's Reads. Due to copy and paste, formatting has been lost.Honestly, the most that I took away from Between You and Me was the fact that I didn't particularly like it. Sadness doesn't even begin to describe how I felt about the familial relationships in this book - it doesn't even begin to cover it at all. I can't imagine having a family that only wanted you because of what you could do for them, which is what Kelsey has. And to tell you the truth, I feel so so bad f...

Have you ever wondered about what life is really like for a pop star ? What effect it can have on families ? As the saying goes "Fame and Fortune Comes with a Price Tag" . That saying rings true in Nicola Kraus and Emma McLaughlin's new novel "Between You and Me".Years ago, cousins Logan Wade and Kelsey Wade were inseparable , they were like twins. Where one was the other was right there beside them . They thought nothing could ever separate them but little did they know that a moment in life ca...

Fuckkk this book was a disappointment. I wanted something dark and emotionally messy and revelatory. I wanted a book equivalent of crying in a bathtub and instead I got a book equivalent of someone jerking their thumb in the direction of the bathroom and saying, "Uh, I think she's crying in there."About 30 pages from the end, this book starts to become what it should've been - and at that point (225 pages in), it's just incredibly too fucking late.Here's what I wrote halfway through, which remai...

Audiobook Review: I've just recently started getting into listening to audiobooks, now that I have a longer commute to work I have more time to be able to listen to them and this is only the third one i've listened too, but I really enjoyed it. The narrators voice was easy to listen too and easy to follow. If I don't like a narrators voice I sometimes feel it's that much harder to get into a story, but that wasn't the case with this audiobook at all. Between You and Me was really good, and if on...