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Johnny Be Good is all about Meg Stiles. Meg was a PA for a smalll architect in London, until her boss found her the job of a lifetime..PA for Rock God Johnny Jefferson in LA. Meg happily accepts the job and moves her life over to LA. She's star-struck at meeting Johnny but soon settles ... Read review
Advantages: Fantastic story, great characters, update on her previous novel! Disadvantages: The way it ended!
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Johnny Be Good is all about Meg Stiles. Meg was a PA for a smalll architect in London, until her boss found her the job of a lifetime..PA for Rock God Johnny Jefferson in LA. Meg happily accepts the job and moves her life over to LA. She's star-struck at meeting Johnny but soon settles in to her job. Johnny introduces her to a life of glitz and glam, and her best friend, the English-gent Christian. Meg and Christian quickly ... ...
The character of Johnny was completely over the top and outrageous, but because he is supposedly a "rock-god", this really does work! He's clearly a bad boy, and you can see Meg's attraction to him right from the start, but he is actually a more complicated character than initially appears. His story continues alongside Meg's throughout the book, and the contrast between the two characters makes for a great chemistry and therefore ... more
Sometimes, an author releases a superb debut novel, so much so that I go out of my way to pre-order their next release, because I'm so hopeful it'll be as good as the debut. Paige Toon's debut 'Lucy in the Sky' was one such book, and when I discovered her next release on Amazon, I quickly pre-ordered it for a bargain price. It was delivered on the day of release, and I excitedly set about reading it, looking forward to the book to come.
Johnny Be Good is all about Meg Stiles. Meg was a PA for a smalll architect in London, until her boss found her the job of a lifetime..PA for Rock God Johnny Jefferson in LA. Meg happily accepts the job and moves her life over to LA. She's star-struck at meeting Johnny but soon settles in to her job. Johnny introduces her to a life of glitz and glam, and her best friend, the English-gent Christian. Meg and Christian quickly become friends but Johnny isn't happy...will Meg be able to satisfy both of the men in her life? And can she cope with the high pressure lifestyle of being a celebrity PA?
Toon has really written another super novel here, with fantastic characters who are so all well written and brilliant, you want to read on and find out more about them! The book is written in the first person in Meg's narrative. This works well within the book, because we are seeing LA from an English person's perspective, so you immediately feel at ease with her and can easily follow her story. Toon has a great writing style which is fantastic for first person, and the natural flow of Meg's story makes a great reading experience, and draws you in to Meg's character and consequently the story.
The character of Johnny was completely over the top and outrageous, but because he is supposedly a "rock-god", this really does work! He's clearly a bad boy, and you can see Meg's attraction to him right from the start, but he is actually a more complicated character than initially appears. His story continues alongside Meg's throughout the book, and the contrast between the two characters makes for a great chemistry and therefore I really enjoyed reading it! Johnny is extremely mad, but he is a fantastic character, and definitely one you love to hate. Christian is the other main character in the book, a fellow English character for Meg (although Johnny is English, he comes across as more American than Meg or Christian), and the most likeable of the group. He is Johnny's best friend from childhood and his happy demeanour and naivety endear you very much to him, and his softness compared to Johnny's brashness throughout the book was picked up on throughout by myself.
The story was really good, and I very much enjoyed the way that the book went all around the world with characters, giving us a really good look at what the life of a PA is like. I liked the way that Paige makes the character of Meg very real and likeable, showing that she is struggling with the job, and hasn't made her too much of a supergirl, able to do it all. Toon has really explored all levels of Meg and Johnny's relationship, and I just wanted to keep reading all the time to see how things were going to change, as they did pretty much every chapter! I also enjoyed the cleverly sly reference to the main characters (Lucy and Nathan)from Toon's debut novel Lucy in the Sky in this book, a very clever tie in for those who notice, and a good sneaky update!
Toon has really tapped into the chick-lit market with gusto once again, and has come up trumps with her second novel, which I can say I thoroughly enjoyed, perhaps a tad more than her debut even! She has an easy to read writing style, a great set of likeable characters in some outrageous circumstances, and a story with enough twists and turns to keep you guessing right up until the end. The only thing I didn't like about the book was the open ending - I would have liked it all wrapped up nicely with a definite ending but Toon has left it quite open and unfinished. Hopefully we'll get a reference to them in Toon's next novel as she did for Lucy in the Sky in this book! I'd still strongly recommend the book to anyone who loves a bit of fun chick-lit, because it's great and so enjoyable!
ISBN: 978-1847390448. Published by Pocket Books in April 2008. The paperback version contains 464 pages. Available on Amazon for £4.19 or on the Amazon marketplace from £2.87.
Advantages: Great, easy to read story, perfect for when you don't want to think too much Disadvantages: The cliff-hanger ending!
...with some friends, everything changes. Johnny Jefferson, the British bad boy of music needs a new assistant, and she's just recommended Meg for the job. Within days, Meg is flying out to LA where Johnny now lives, and trying to come to terms with life in the shadow of one of the beautiful, famous people. Life's a bit different in La La Land, and Meg soon finds out that in addition to her old duties of organising meetings and co-ordinating diaries, ... ...if we ever met, and Johnny and Christian had a great Hugh Grant vs. Colin Firth Bridget Jones thing going on. Some of the other characters were less developed - like Bess, her old BFF in London, and Serengeti who enters and leaves the story in a whirlwind of emotion and dog-poo - but not to the extent that it damages the story. The ending is a little abrupt, but it still liked it. It also was not what I was expecting - I foresaw two options, but ...
zoe_page 20.09.2008
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Advantages: Addictive , Unpredictable Disadvantages: Some Parts Predictable
...assistant to the rock star Johnny Jeffersson. Her life is perfect …or so you would think right ? Find out how Meg copes with the positives and negatives that come with working with a famous musician.
Johnny Be Good is the second book by Paige Toon (Heat Magazine's reviews editior) , her first being Lucy In The Sky. Johnny Be Good was released in 2008. I had already read Lucy In The Sky and absolutely loved it , so when I heard Paige Toon had another ... ...eyes. My least character being Johnny due to his 'I-don't-care' attitude and for the way he picked up and dropped Meg whenever it suited him. I found the book to be addicitive at times , and manage to read the whole book within three days! Although I enjoyed this book , sometimes I found some parts predictable , whereas others were not so predictable and that it what made it such a good read! I would recommend this book to all chick-lit fans and ...
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I bought this book before i went on holidays! normally it takes me a few days to read a book but i couldn't put this one down and i read it in 1 day!
Meg lands a dream job being a PA for a hunky rock star and gets to live in his house in LA - which girl wouldn't have this as her ultimate dream. You know straight away that something is going to happen how could it not - It gets you giddy thinking ahead of what exactly. How could you not resist! She's got 2 beautiful Geordie men (always a bonus) fighting over her!! You've got to love our Meg!!!
Can't wait to Paige Toon's next book if it's anywhere as good as this one!! ...
nicola22002 29.09.2008
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Advantages: no wittering on - no boring parts you want to skip Disadvantages: really cant think but if i had to say-i wanted a sequal but wont get one :(
I really fancied the lead character Johnny. This is not sad but it means that Paige toon once again creates a novel where you just get into the characters so much that you end up living the story. It is a great chick lit read. I could not put the book down. Also the book never waffles on it gets straight to the point and is interesting right from the beginning to the end - BRILLIANT!! i cant wait for her next one. It is a modern day romance. Set ...
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Advantages: Good storyline , Nice Characters Disadvantages: None!
I had enjoyed PaigeToon's previous books (Lucy In The Sky and JohnnyBeGood) , so I was excited to learn , that one of my favourite authors was bringing out another book. This time a book called ; Chasing Daisy.
First of all , I will tell you a little bit about the author. PaigeToon is an English author born in 1975. She grew up in three different countries ; United Kingdom , Australia and America due to her father's work ; he was a racing car driver. She was reviews editor for six years at Heat Magazine , although she has now left to concentrate on writing books. She currently lives in London with her husband.
Chasing Daisy is the third book from PaigeToon. This book was released in the United Kingdom in July 2009. This book was published by Simon and Schuster LTD. This book is four hundred and sixty four pages long. You can ...
Advantages: Funny, witty, well written, good likeable characters Disadvantages: The character of James!
scenes are good, and the scene is set well throughout the book. The characters are well developed, and I really liked Lucy right from the off and found it easy to get used to her first person narrative throughout the book. A must read for all chick-lit fans.
ISBN: 978-1847390431. The book is published by Pocket Books, and was released in April 2007. It has 400 pages, just the right length, and is the first book from author PaigeToon. Toon has another novel coming out early next year entitled "JohnnyBeGood". The book is selling on Amazon for £3.49 with an RRP of £6.99, but is available on Amazon Marketplace for just £0.99 (plus postage).
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