Me Vs. Me

Gabby Wolf is leaving Arizona for New York City, to pursue a career as a producer at the Number 1 News channel in New York. Two nights before she's supposed to leave, her wonderful boyfriend, Cam, takes her out to the desert to watch a meteor shower...and proposes. Suddenly, Gabby has an ultimatum: settle down and have the American dream with a wonderful guy or pursue a chic career and be sexy and single in the city that never sleeps. That night, in the bed of Cam's truck she wishes upon <a href="https://goodreads.com/book/show/146107.The_Shooting_Star__The_Adventures_of_Tintin_" title="The Shooting Star (The Adventures of Tintin) by Georges Remi Hergé" rel="noopener">a shooting star</a> that she could have both: and suddenly she does. She falls asleep in her own bed, the night before she's supposed to get on a plane to NYC, and wakes up in the bed of Cam's truck. Suddenly, she's living each day twice, in two different states. In one universe, Gabby is planning a wedding, in the other she's playing the field (feeling slightly guilty of course, and not moving on TOO quickly). But then things start to get nasty. Heather, her New York roommate, is completely whack. Alice, her Arizona future mother-in-law, is controlling, and Cam is clinging to her like a wet blanket. And then Gabby realizes that this wonderful double world is not all she expected...it's MUCH worse. <br /><br />I LOVED this book. Sarah Mlynowski is a great chick-lit author: hilarious, informed and fluent in her writing. I have reread this book several times, and I'd recommend it to just about anyone who wants a good laugh...and possibly a good love story.

A cute entry in the "chick lit" genre -- a young woman, about to move across the country to start her dream job, is surprised by a marriage proposal from her boyfriend who has refused to move with her. She wishes on a star that she wouldn't have to choose, and suddenly finds herself living each day twice -- once as if she'd turned him down and taken the job in New York, and once as if she'd accepted and stayed in Arizona, jobless, to plan her wedding and deal with her unbelievably controlling future mother-in-law. The author does a good job of not stacking the deck too obviously in one direction or another (the horrible, over-the-top cliche of a MIL is balanced on the New York side by a harassing boss and a psycho roommate, and both settings have good qualities, too), but of course, to have a happy ending, the heroine has to be allowed to have it all and not have to make a hard choice.

En voilà une chouette surprise que cette comédie dynamique et enjouée ! 3.5 stars<br><br>Gabby doit choisir entre New York pour le job de ses rêves ou rester à Phoenix avec son fiancé qui refuse une relation longue distance (le goujat). Au lieu de quoi, elle se réveille chaque matin dans l'une ou l'autre de ses vies - bonjour le cafouillage. <br><br>Mais Sarah Mlynowski s'en sort à merveille et impose du rythme et de la fantaisie à son récit, avec aussi quelques séquences comiques (la soirée avec Brad ou le Noël empoisonné par des cadeaux peu judicieux), pour soulager la dose de stress que nous inspire cette histoire de dédoublement. <br><br>De plus, la balance entre New York et Phoenix est équilibrée, chaque situation présentant ses qualités et ses défauts, de quoi rendre la décision finale nettement satisfaisante.<br><br>La lecture est sympathique et distrayante, lui manque juste un personnage masculin plus charismatique (j'aime pas ce fils à maman...). ;-)<br><br><img src="https://images.gr-assets.com/hostedimages/1442390066ra/16228496.gif" width="300" height="180" alt="description" class="gr-hostedUserImg" loading="lazy"><br><br>

This was not good. I despised the main character. Apparently it was typical "chick lit" and now that I am aware of the genre, I will attempt to avoid it. I wanted to puch Gabby in the face. Clearly, the only way to be happy is to be married. She almost redeemed herself at the end, but no. Shut up Sarah Mlynowski.

I'm giving this one a five because it surprised me in a lot of good ways. Yes, it's chick-lit, but what's wrong with that? Some of my favorite people are chicks and if they write a good book, well then, so be it.<br />There is a lot more depth to this story than what one might expect if you merely label it as chick-lit. The characters are well-drawn and believable and I could truly feel for Gabby in her dilemma of which life to choose.<br />One of the things that I liked best is that neither life was perfect, not the life in which she is planning her wedding(or rather her future mother-in-law in planning a wedding) nor in her New York life. This made the story more real and Gabby's choice more difficult.<br />I also liked that Cam was a very good man, not stereotypically doing anything wrong, just a bit unthinking and tied way to close to his momma, but it made sense in how he's crafted in the story and as a reader I wanted him to end up with Gabby because you could see that he really did love her and she really did love him even though together they were on the wrong track.<br />I also liked that there was struggle in her New York life, that she didn't meet another Mister Right the moment she got off the plane and that there were even some problems with her dream job. All of that added real dimension to the story.<br />Definitely would recommend this one and will read this author again.

Booklist<br /><br />Mlynowski's latest novel is a clever look at what happens to one woman when her wish comes true and she's able to choose both paths that open in front of her. Gabby Wolf isn't sure what she wants most: to marry her devoted boyfriend, Cam, and stay in Arizona or move to New York for her dream job, producing a popular news show. She wishes she could have it both ways and the next thing she knows, she's living two lives, going back and forth between planning her wedding to Cam in Arizona and working at the fast-paced, exciting job in New York. Neither life is perfect. Though she adores Cam, his overbearing mother is hijacking her wedding plans, while in New York her roommate is somewhat unbalanced, and the dating scene is dismal. As time goes on, the choice doesn't become any easier. Gabby still loves Cam, though she's starting to love her newly assertive self that emerges in New York, too. A thoroughly original and completely delightful read. Kristine Huntley<br />Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved<br />

I'm a big fan of chick lit, but the biggest drawback to the genre is how it mistakenly empowers women. Sometimes the victories aren't the victories I want to see these women make. Often times they end with the woman sacrificing her own life/career to be with her man. The whole idea behind <a href="https://goodreads.com/book/show/26206.Me_Vs__Me" title="Me Vs. Me by Sarah Mlynowski" rel="noopener"> Me vs. Me</a> is that the main character doesn't have to choose between man and career - through some strange time-vortex/wish-come-true scenario, she's able to live both lives at the same time, on different sides of the country.<br /><br />Is it bad that I only read this book a month ago and I've already forgotten the main character's name? Maybe that's a sign that this book was only mediocre, and not the happy medium I was looking for.

Really loved the concept for this book, but the ending was so rushed, and incredibly disappointing. <br /><br />After all of the shit that Cam did to her, and allowed his mother to do to her, I just cannot believe she ended up with him.<br /><br />It actually made me lose a lot of respect for the main character, and kind of made me feel like I wasted my time on this book.

It was an entertaining story. Arizona Gabby got a little annoying at times, being as wishy-washy and mousy as she was, but the story was entertaining. I would read more by this author, although I would put her on my keeper shelf.

Good researchin'. Seriously, this is a book where the viewpoints swap and are done really well. If I ever try swapping viewpoints in my chick lit noveling adventures, I will use this book as a guide.