Celebutantes

Title: Celebutantes

Author: Amanda Goldberg

Summary: I admit it; I read and watch too much tabloid gossip. I picked up Celebutantes hoping to distract myself from a much dreaded plane flight. I also enjoy books by Hollywood "insiders" hoping to match fictional characters with their real-life counterparts. It didn't take too many pages to make me forget the matching game, and just concentrate on Lola Santisi's attempt to secure a "star" to wear her best friend Julian's designs on the Oscar's red carpet. Liberally populated with real names and over the top characters, the book focuses on Lola's attempt to not only to help Julian, but her struggle to get over her addiction to disastrous relationships with actors. Aided by her friends Kate and Cricket, both seeking their own Hollywood dream, Lola plunges headfirst into the scramble to procure a star for Julian. She is also trying to cope with her families near hysteria driven by her father's nomination for a Best Directing Oscar and hopes to once regain his place as a force in the industry. Filled with inside, good natured pokes at Hollywood's obsession with the next big thing and self importance, Celebutantes is a fun, fun read. By the end of the book I was trying in vain to stifle my snorts of laughter as I tried to finish this impossible to put down book at work. A rollicking good read.

Recommendation: Yes. This is the ideal summer read a bit of fun. The story moves quickly and it is full of laughs.

Hearts: 4