Pick Me Up

by Zoe Rice

Introducing this season's most delightful new heroine. Yesterday Izzy was a happily single, full-fl edged New York gallerista, selling hundred-thousand dollar paintings, and in line for a whopping promotion. Today? The ancient owner of the gallery dropped dead, leaving Izzy's entire professional future in the hands of the new owner, Avery Devon. And if all goes right, her personal future as well. Because if there's one thing Izzy is well-acquainted...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0451218442
• ISBN13: 9780451218445
• Release Date: June 2006
• Publisher: New American Library
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.3" x 8.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 12 and higher

Customer Reviews

Great Read!!!

This book is absolutely amazing!! The characters are so real and very easy to relate too. Pick Me Up is such an easy and fun read and is great book to read during the summer. I can't wait to see what Zoe Rice has for us next!!

great summer read!

Pick it up! I couldn't put it down from the moment I did. Izzy and the other characters are wonderfully realized; I really cared what happened to them. And I laughed out loud too many times to count.

One of the best chick lit. books I've read recently

I heard about "Pick Me Up" on Zoe Rice's Myspace page and was immediately interested in the book after reading the rave reviews by Sophie Kinsella(one of my favorite chick lit. authors). The book is highly engaging and you can connect easily to the characters. The book is definitely a page turner. It's funny and clever and you learn to love and hate certain characters through out the story. I highly recommend this book to anyone that loves the chick lit. genre, or anyone that wants a fun summer read. For a first novel this was superb, and I look forward to reading more books by Zoe Rice in the near future.

Add this book to your Chick Lit Collection.

I really enjoyed this book. I am an avid reader. My sister says I am out of control. I love a good Chick Lit book packed with dysfunction and humor.. This book had it. I am a huge Sophie Kinsella fan and since she said it is clever and witty I thought I would give it a go. I couldn't put it down. You can grab onto the characters. I enjoy books that make it easy to attach yourself to the characters. This book has many enjoyable characters. So, stop reading these comments and BUY the book and start reading...

Best chick-lit since Shopaholic

I bought this book after seeing Zoe Rice's MySpace page and the quote from Sophie Kinsella (my favorite author), and I'm so glad I did! Literally, I couldn't put the book down and read it nearly from start to finish in one day. Since there aren't other reviews yet, I'll do plot first: Izzy Duncan's about to get a huge promotion at the Emerson Bond Gallery, where she's the director, but starting from the first chapter, everything goes wrong. First Emerson Bond dies, then Izzy accidentally offends her next star artist, and then her love life turns to disarray. Things start to look up when Izzy finds out her boss just might be her dream man, but then she discovers that the new boss (Avery) *and* her new artist might have some hidden secrets that could change everything. At the same time, her best guy friend, Jamie, writes a newspaper column about pick up lines, and suddenly all of New York is spouting out hilarious, cheesy pick up lines and coupling right and left. Every chapter starts with a pick up line, and some of them are groaners, but the really fun kind. PICK ME UP has great characters and dialogue, which made it feel like a clever as well as funny read. I enjoyed how Izzy was sweet, but also fiesty--she'll stand up for herself. And the love story was so, so engaging without being too sappy. Now that I know the ending, I've got to read the novel again and see if I missed some revealing clues! I couldn't wait to get to the end so I could find out what the characters' mysterious secrets were. And it's a totally satisfying reveal! I love that. Also, I appreciated how Izzy is a smart, accomplished career woman who loves her job. Too many chick-lit books have the same old "hate my job, bitter, bitter" heroine, but Izzy's at once smart, warm, and a joy to read. Please write more books Zoe Rice!