Journal Entry 1 by sarradee from Dallas, Texas USA on Thursday, April 10, 2008

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In a way, Candace Bushnell's Lipstick Jungle picks up where her career-defining book Sex and the City left off, in the money-soaked, power-hungry, beauty-obsessed jungle that is New York City. This time around, the ladies are a bit older, a lot richer, but not particularly wiser nor more endearing than Bushnell's earlier heroines.

Lipstick Jungle weaves the stories of Nico O'Neilly, Wendy Healy, and Victory Ford, numbers 8, 12, and 17 on The New York Post's list of "New York's 50 Most Powerful Women." But this is 21st Century New York, and to get ahead and stay ahead, these women will do anything, including jeopardizing their personal and professional relationships. Take for example Nico, editor-in-chief of Bonfire magazine, who betrays her boss to rise to the top of the entire magazine division at media mega-giant Splatch-Verner. As president of Paradour Pictures, Wendy may be poised to win an Oscar for her 10-year labor-of-love, Ragged Pilgrims, but her marriage is in shambles and her children care more about a $50,000 pony than their mother. And for single, 43-year-old fashion designer Victory, pleasing tough critics may be more important than ever finding the real relationship she's convinced herself she doesn't need.

This racy tale of women behaving badly manages to shrewdly flip the tables to show us how gender roles are essentially interchangeable, given the right circumstances. Whether that was Bushnell's intent when crafting this wicked tale is another story. --Gisele Toueg

Sending to a Reading Diva. 

Journal Entry 2 by ramson from New Orleans, Louisiana USA on Friday, August 01, 2008

Yippee! After months of staring at this, the first of many Reading Divas packages I got to open this one tonight/ this morning. Thanks for making my day, Sarra! 

Journal Entry 3 by ramson at A Controlled Release, a fellow bookcrosser -- Controlled Releases on Monday, February 02, 2009

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Mailed off today to the January Doldrums Sweeps winner over at www.bookobsessed.com. Enjoy! 

Journal Entry 4 by redhot-brat from Delavan, Minnesota USA on Saturday, February 07, 2009

This arrived here with me in MInnesota today. However, I'm pretty sure it was meant to go to RootMartin instead. Let me know and I will happily fwd it along with mine to her. ;) 

Journal Entry 5 by rootmartin from Marlborough, Massachusetts USA on Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Thanks, ramson! I'm looking forward to reading this book. I've always enjoyed Bushnell's books. 

Journal Entry 6 by rootmartin from Marlborough, Massachusetts USA on Saturday, October 10, 2009

Mailing to nikel27 for the JOE exchange at bookobsessed.com Enjoy!

Sorry that it's so very late. 

Journal Entry 7 by nikel27 from Ginsheim-Gustavsburg, Hessen Germany on Thursday, October 29, 2009

thanks again, and no problem at all in sending late.

update:
Okay, I really try to read this book, but I didn't finished the book, not my style sorry... 

Journal Entry 8 by nikel27 at BookObsessed Exchange, Ginsheim -- Controlled Releases on Monday, February 22, 2010

Released 2 yrs ago (2/22/2010 UTC) at BookObsessed Exchange, Ginsheim -- Controlled Releases

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Sent out via BookObsessed European Vbb (Feb.2010) 

Journal Entry 9 by CrazyDutchwoman from Heemstede, Noord-Holland Netherlands on Monday, March 01, 2010

Hi there. What a nice surprise. I have been waiting for my books i ordered at play.com for weeks. they were supposed to be mailed on the 12th and should have arrived ages ago. nearly finished with the book I am reading now, a chick lit, so I am very much in the mood for this book. Have never read anything by this author. Hope I'll like it. Thanks for sending this so quickly to me. 

Journal Entry 10 by CrazyDutchwoman from Heemstede, Noord-Holland Netherlands on Thursday, March 25, 2010

Hi there. I was trying to update my profile and discovered I had forgotten to write a journal entry.

This is what i wrote. I finished this book on March 11.

Bleh. disappointing. When i finished the book I was a bit pissed off. Why did i read this book? It could have been better but when it became interesting she just dropped the part and then in 1 sentence told us what had happened. I like to read some fluff sometimes, not often but this was just stupid.