Social Climbers Review And Giveaway
January 22, 2009 by admin - Jennifer
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Welcome to the world of Social Climbers
Where the society season kicks off at the opening night of the Philadelphia Orchestra. Main Line ladies compete to get their names on committees, invitations and their picture in the newspaper.
SC Elizabeth Quinn is a young lady determined to make it to the Philadelphia A-list. Each invitation (or snub) is a benchmark of her struggle. While Elizabeth is a SC, she lacks the ferocity of the ladies she will encounter. She’ll see schoolyard cruelty, just polished up for the grown-up world and now finely honed into small humiliations.Friends from The Agnes Irwin School and Lake Forest College, Kitty and Elizabeth, are “mean girls” grown-up. They use their clique of friends and polished possessions to pick away at each other’s Social Standing. Sadly, their anger stemming from a boy they both liked in High School and neither married keeps them from seeing what is truly important in life.
Follow Elizabeth to afternoon tea and photo-op’s. See if she chooses the right children’s names and the proper label to wear and display. Find out how she learns the difference between Jimmy Choo and Kate Spade, the language of nicknames, when it’s alright to brag about a bargain or wear costume jewelry, what to monogram (not toilet paper), who to idolize (Babe Paley) and what constitutes taste in music, nail polish. Read about husbands who are an asset and the husbands who are a handicap. In the SC world, marriage and motherhood and a comfortable income are indispensable as a proper pedigree. For Elizabeth, the honeymoon was simply breathing space before the real work began.
This book, from the first page with a Social Climbers dictionary of terms used throughout the book to the very last page had me hooked. The mixture of a guide and a novel into one is genius. And I will have to say the guides were perfect. If you ever want to know how to behave like a Social Climber, what to wear and what to drink this book has it all. And as a side note I dislike the UB immensely! You will just have to read the book yourself to find out who that is and how Elizabeth deals with her. I will share these tips with you from Beth’s website though:
Top 12 Ways To Be A Socialite
- Identify a charity you would like to support
- Volunteer
- Dress your best—put your best foot forward
- Smile
- Wear large sunglasses
- Wear scarves on your bag, neck or around your shoulders. It glams up any outfit!
- Clean your car so it sparkles and is neat on the inside
- Write thank you notes
- Buy either monogrammed or cute note cards—Lilly Pulitzer has beautiful stationary
- Have fun. Public Relation firms and Non Profits have free parties every day—get on their lists and go
- Get your nails and hair done and look photo-opp perfect (don’t forget to smile)
- Learn how to introduce yourself with a firm handshake and look in their eyes
- Elizabeth strives to be a socialite but also something bigger. But what?
This is an all around great book with things that will make you laugh, cry and with things that will make you go “Hmm…”. To read an excerpt of Social Climbers go here and to read more about Beth Dunn visit her page here. And Beth has graciously made available one extra copy of Social Climbers for a Dirty Shirt reader to win. See rules below:
- MAIN RULE – Gonna have a little fun with this one. Tell me in comments which of the following show or shows from the Social Climbers Shows list are your favorite/s. (remember if this rule is not followed then no others will count)
- Nip Tuck
- Weeds
- Dirt
- The Real Housewives of New York City
- Santana Barbara
- Girls Next Door
- Falcon Crest
- Desperate Housewives
- Filthy Rich Cattle Drive
- The Jeffersons’
- The Simple Life
- Dallas
- Gastineau Girls
- Dynasty
- How To Be A Hilton
- Different Strokes
- 90210
- Arrested Development
- The OC
- The Apprentice
- Melrose Place
- Dirty Sexy Money
- Any Soap Opera, Especially if it is One Life To Live
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This giveaway will run through midnight on February 8, with winner being announced the morning of February 9. Winner will be chosen using Random.org from all valid entries and notified via email. Winner will have 48 hours to contact me before another winner is chosen. Giveaway is open to U.S. residents only.
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You are the best!
xx
SC
Here are my favorites: Falcon Crest, The Jeffersons’, Dallas, Dynasty and Different Strokes. Please enter me in your drawing for the fun sounding book. Many thanks, Cindi
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Oh I feel so shallow! Ha.
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These poor train-wreck of a life people fascinate me! Pathetic, huh?
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Sounds like a great book. Lets see I watch and love:
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These are the shows I watch or watched:
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# Different Strokes
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# The Apprentice
# Melrose Place
# Young and the Restless, Days of Our Lives, Bold and the Beautiful
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I have never seen real Society depicted correctly on any of these shows. However, they are a hoot.
This is awesome! Mine are-
Nip Tuck
Weeds
Girls Next Door
Desperate Housewives
The Jeffersons’
The Simple Life
Different Strokes
90210
The OC
The shows I like are:
The Real Housewives of New York City
The Jeffersons’
The OC
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The OC
I loved 90210 and Melrose place
I guess that dates me
I also watched the OC, but only the first year or so
I tape All My Children, but used to watch Y&R, OLTL and GH.
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I love watching The Apprentice. I think it’s interesting to watch the contestants get nasty and Donald’s hair cracks me up.
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Some of the shows I watch are Nip Tuck, Melrose Place (was one of my favorites, we even had viewing parties) and Desperate Housewives. I watched the original 90210, but havent seen the new one.
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Desperate Housewives
The Jeffersons
How easy is this one. I still watch 90210 and now watch the new one.
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Your contests are too fun!
I love desperate housewives. I also like 90210 and The Apprentice when I have time. But I have to catch desperate!
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These are the best! Damages should be on this list too!!
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Well, I haven’t seen most of the shows listed. Not because I don’t like them, but i have four kids, and I don’t get to sit down and watch tv much.
I liked the old 90210, I used to watch Days of Ours Lives, I loved the Jeffersons’ and Different Strokes, I like Desperate Housewives and The Girls Next Door, I have seen Nip/Tuck (but I think it is too graphic for me), and I loved the old Melrose Place.
Thanks for the Giveaway! Maybe I can learn to be a socialite someday! LOL
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Are you kidding?? These are social climber TV shows??? Well, I am obviously a sad excuse for a SC, but then we all knew that. So this is why I really , really need to read this book! I guess the only show listed that I have even ever watched (accidentally, I might add) is The Girls Next Door! LOL!
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I will list my top 3:
Sopa Opera – Days of Our Lives
Dallas
Falcon Crest
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I really like the Girls Next Door and the Apprentice.
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Just watched Dirty, Sexy Money over the X-mass Holiday and really got a kick out of their lifestyle. I especially had to chuckle when the youngest so who was a twin had to ask the chauffeur what it was like to be poor as he wanted to impress a lady. At the time he was working as a car attendant. Thanks for having the wonderful giveaway.
My favorites are:
The Real Housewives of New York City
Girls Next Door
The Simple Life
Different Strokes
90210
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Desperate Housewives and Dirty, Sexy Money. Thanks for having the wonderful giveaway.