This was my first Sophie Kinsella book and it won't be my last. The story was well written and kept me turning the pages even while stopped in traffic. Really enjoyed the situation the heroine found herself in.

"Remember Me," by Sophie Kinsella, is a breezy read that you can finish in one sitting. I was looking forward to this book because I enjoyed the Shopaholic series and her other books. But, I don't think that this book was as good as her others'.

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I found the premise of this book lacking. I mean, sure, to get into it, you have to accept the premise that Lexi wakes up from a coma suddenly rich, with a high-powered career and gorgeous husband. But she spends most of the book going on and on about her palatial home and gorgeous husband--to the point that her choice to leave her high-powered husband, Eric, for architect Jon feel inauthentic.

The minor characters in this book are all over the place. You never really get why the sister is always in trouble or the mother is so repressed. Their characters are not really fleshed out and don't contribute at all to the plot.

I was also disappointed that Lexi did not regain her memory in full at the end of the book.

Overall, I thought it was an enjoyable read, but flat compared to her other novels.

I listened to the audio book, the abridged edition. I'm glad I didn't waste my time on the unabridged. I guess it was supposed to be humerous, but I found it dumb, the characters, the dialogue. They're too over the top. Ridiculous. Not worth the time.

I love the Shopaholic Series and the character of Becky Bloomwood. I found the character of Lexi Smart to be just as enjoyable. This book had some hilarious moments. It's another smart, funny, and sexy novel from Sophie Kinsella. It's hard to put down!

I have read all of Sophie's books, anxiously waiting for each new one to be released. I absolutely loved this book. I finished it quickly - I was drawn in by the witty plot line and hilarious character drama. Definately a great chick lit read.

I ordered this book at the same time as 2 other books and I received it 2nd. Good packaging and book in great condition.

i read other books by this author. i though this would be as good. it was way off. the main character lexi starts off with a lousy life and is mousy looking. she wakes up after an accidentthat gives her amnesia with a rich life , a husaband and new job. but everything is not that great so she divorces her husband and changes her atitude. she had a lover and runs off with him at the end. her mother lives in a time warp, her dad was a deadbeat and her sister is rude. lexi was a loser than she was mean, then she was nice,.her husband was a jerk who loved her because of a makeover and i do not really know why she loved the guy she was having a n affair with. it only expalins that they had great sex. awful book

Received in a good timely manner. Looking forward to read. As advertised at a great price. Very happy

Enjoyable chic-lit, in the vein of Bridge Jones Diary. Plucky British working woman, trying to find love and happiness, confused about who the right man is.

The book does raise the issue of what kind of person you are, whether you are defined by your memories, your actions, your past, your intentions. But it doen't hit you over the head with it.

I have yet to come across a Sophie Kinsella novel that I haven't thoroughly enjoyed. They are light-hearted, sometimes silly, and fun. Remember Me? was not an exception to this. I read it when I was on vacation in Germany, and finished over 2 nights; I simply could not put it down. My only complaint was that the characters were not really fleshed out much, and the reader never really got understand their personalities. I would really like a sequel to this novel, so that I could get to know the characters a little more. Overall, I found this book to be a quick, entertaining read, and I am looking forward to Kinsella's next novel.

I realize after reading this book how great of an author Sophie Kinsella is. I loved this book and was actually sad when I finished it. The characters are great, the story was wonderful and so much fun.
A MUST read!

What happens if you wake up one morning and realize that all of your dreams have magically come true overnight? That's what happens to Lexi Smart. She wakes up in a hospital one to find that she doesn't recognize herself - literally. The frizzy hair is gone, replaced by a sleek, shiny mane, and the lifelong nickname "Snaggletooth" just doesn't apply anymore...and why do her lips look suspiciously plumper? She doesn't even believe the Louis Vuitton handbag that the nurse hands her is actually hers. Why? Because Lexi has no memory of the past three years. In her mind, she's a struggling assistant manager at a flooring company who just had a typical crazy night out with her girlfriends in 2004. In reality, she's actually a member of the Board of Directors of that flooring company and is waking up from a minor car accident in 2007.

Lexi finds that she has everything she has ever wanted: she is beautiful, married to a ridiculously good-looking guy, makes a lot of money, and lives in the most beautiful loft she has ever seen. So what if everyone at the office not-so-secretly wishes she hadn't recovered from the car accident? And so what if her oldest friends don't want anything to do with her anymore? And does it really matter if her new husband scolds her like a child for not putting her shoes away properly? Remember Me? is the tale of Lexi's quest to discover what happened to her during those three years to turn her into a person whom she doesn't physically or emotionally recognize, and what she does when she finds out that her new life may not be as picture perfect as it seems.

Remember Me? is funny, witty, and absolutely charming; it is perhaps Kinsella's best work yet. The characters are extremely well written and appealing. Like all of Kinsella's protagonists, Lexi is quirky and a bit off-center. What makes this book fresh and unique, however, is that when she wakes, Lexi is the woman that every chick lit heroine loves to hate: sleek and polished, beautiful, refined, and very unpleasant in the workplace. It's interesting to see what Kinsella does with that role reversal, how the reader sympathizes with the snooty boss in charge instead of condemning her. The most interesting parts of the book come when Lexi is trying to discover what drove her to this complete personality change. She looks at what her husband and friends demonstrate that her life has become and searches for some fragment of the Lexi she knows within it.

Ironically, it is not with her husband that Lexi finds remnants of the woman she used to be, but with his architect partner, Jon. Jon delivers startling news to her soon after their first meeting and, unsure of whether to trust him, she holds him at arm's length while trying to decipher the puzzle of the last three years.

Remember Me? is a fresh look at what might happen if that fairy-tale wish comes true: "I wish I could wake up to find a new me, someone completely different than I am now." Its hilarious situations and witty humor make it a real force to be reckoned with in the chick-lit genre. The fact that it comes with some definite introspection makes it that much better. It is an absolutely enjoyable experience; readers will race through the pages to find out what happens to Lexi as they try to discover the secrets of her past together. Kinsella has really outdone herself with this work. Any fan of chick lit should pick this up immediately.

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Honestly, when I'm reading fiction, I only judge a book by how entertaining it is. I'm fairly educated, but unless I'm reading the classics, or at least higher-brow fiction like John Irving or Wally Lamb, I don't rip a book apart based on story structure, continuity, believablity, or even character development. I know they're important, but I don't really care. There have been times I've loved books that had no strengths in these areas, and books I've hated that have had all of them. SOmetimes, I don't even know why I dislike them--even if the plot appeals to me, I either get into a book or I don't, and I can't put my finger on why.
So, I'm not even going to get into Kinsella's habit of creating one dimensional characters, or their unbelievability, or that they weren't given their full potential. Her books are entertaining as hell, and that's all I care about.
Remember Me? wasn't as good as her others. I've already re-read it, it's not awful, but it just fell a little flat--maybe as one of those "Gotta meet my deadline when I have so many better things to do" books. Everyone that has a favorite author has had to deal with one of these--when the author's heart just isn't in it. I think that's what happened here. Lexi wasn't the type of character I could be invested in--I'd love to hang out with Becky Bloomwood and Emma Corrington, even have afew drinks with Samantha Sweeting. Lexi just seemed weak and depressed, and the famous Kinsella humor failed to inject her with any warmth.
My main issues--
For one thing, I --SPOILER ALERT--wish her memory had returned.
I NEVER understood the whole marriage thing. I know she --SPOILER ALERT--struggled with her father screwing her family financially, but she was obviously successful in her own right, why marry a guy that prints invoices for his own wife? How could she have stomached the Monte Blanc in the first place?
And, my main problem--why the infedility in the first place? They never explained it. Okay, the sunflowers showed they had obviously been at it quite awhile, and the fact that Lexi was her "real self" over there shows she never drank the Kool-Aid. She obviously didn't love her husband--why wait so long to leave him? It didn't make sense.

Lexi wakes up from a conk on the head to find that three years have gone by -- and disappeared from her memory. Her sketchy boyfriend, Loser Dave, has been replaced by a gorgeous, rich (and quite stuffy) husband, Eric. Her best gal pals have become virtual strangers, and her hair has somehow become a gorgeous main, all the better to highlight her newly straightened teeth and collagened lips.

The only problem? Her new life doesn't quite fit the old Lexi. She wants things as they were, and is going to do her best to get them back.

Of all Kinsella's book, this is my least favorite. It has some of her traditional standbys -- a slightly goofy yet loveable main character, kooky minor characters, and a totally unbelievable yet charming premise.

The problem is, I felt like I was reading a bad novelized version of "Thirteen Going on Thirty." And the movie was much better than this book.

It isn't a BAD book. It was just a little boring in spots, and not nearly as cute as the movie. Go with Jennifer Garner instead.

I LOVE Sophie Kinsella...but I was very disappointed with this book. Not as unique in voice as her other books, plus the whole book's "romance" was based on an affair.

I cannot say enough good, hearwarming things about this book, "Do You Remember Me." Not only is it a page turner, you will be rolling oon the floor laughing at Lexy, the main character. Just like her "Shopoholic Series," all of her books so vividly capture her characters, and continuously made me laugh and relate, in so many ways, I had to stop and realize she wasn't writing about me. She has several movie deals in the works about her books, and I hope, like me" you will be excited and full of anticipation for them to be in theatres as soon as possible. Thanks, Sophie, for another masterpiece! Like me, you will be pulling for these herions to pull through and have a happy ending!

True to form, Kinsella delivers her signature humor, smart dialogue and totally relatable characters in this amnesiac adventure. When Lexi Smart wakes up in a posh private wing of a London hospital, the last thing she can remember is falling down a flight of steps while chasing a taxi after a long, disappointing day in which she is stood up for a date, overlooked for a bonus and emotionally wearied by her own unremarkable life. The only hitch is that night happened three years prior, and in the interim she has apparently pulled her act together, made herself over, picked up a hot multi-millionaire husband and alienated all her old friends with her driving ambition. She sets off to rediscover her recent past and figure out who she really is, and in the meantime learns some surprising truths about who she thought she was.

Kinsella writes Lexi with the same girl-next-door appeal as her Shopaholic series, voicing her self-doubts, getting her into embarrassing scrapes and delineating her charachter with true-to-life emotions until she could be any one of us. It's easy to identify with Lexi's initial wonder at her beautiful new life, her helpless confusion at being held accountable for a past she can't remember, and her gradual reawakening as she finds her past is secondary in importance to what she does with her present.

It's not a generation-defining bestseller, but compared to most of the offerings in the ever more annoying ChickLit genre, it's smart, funny and an entertaining read.

I LOVED this book! I read it in 3 days! I liked the Shopaholic series alright, but mostly found them frustrating and a bit redundant, so I was skeptical when I borrowed this book... but was happily surprised! This is the best book I've read in a while, and I was instantly hooked! I didn't want the book to end! Great fast, easy, captivating read!

THe shipment was made quickly, unlike my review, and I am sorry for the delay. The book was in excellent practically new condition. Excellent grade A seller with a wonderful taste in books.

I know there are a lot of readers who love this author and find her books funny. I wanted to like this book, but I couldn't. I had a grimace on my face as I read much of it. Lexi is an incompetent, foolish klutz. As embarrassing or unfortunate things happened to her, Lexi's knee jerk reactions were to "fake it" or to lie to others and to herself. I could not find any sympathy for Lexi, and I did not admire anything about her other than something she did at the end of the book. Lexi had a horrible sister who was a scam artist and stole from her own family. Lexi's mother was in denial and wouldn't help Lexi with her lost memories. These people were no fun to read about. I found no humor in any of this.

Story brief: In 2004, Lexi works for a carpet company at the low end of the pay scale. In 2007, she has a car accident and wakes up not remembering anything about the previous three years. She finds that during those three years, she became a high paid executive at the carpet company. She was tough on her employees and they disliked her. She also found she was married to someone she had no memory of.

I loved this author's earlier book "Can You Keep a Secret," which had me laughing a lot. Maybe the reason I liked it was because much of the story involved Jack. Jack asked Emma questions in front of other people and as she answered the questions with lies, she knew that he knew she was lying. Unfortunately I didn't find similar or any humor in "Remember Me?"

This was my first book by her and I couldn't finish it. I tried several times to, but just couldn't. It isn't a book that you can get lost in the characters and the story. The plot is too forced and the writing is weak. In the 70 pages that I read, I had several yeah right moments where the dialogue was so fake I laughed.

I was anxious to listen to the latest Sophie Kinsella book, and promptly purchased 'Remember Me?', only to find that a Library unabridged version, is not unabridged at all!
Very entertaining, but too abridged for my taste. I will be more careful next time when I purchase audio books, I only ever want true unabridged.

This is a great read. Author, Sophi Kinsella is such a funny writer. I am going to being reading her other books. Great summmer read.

I absolutely loved this book. I picked it up because I love Sophie Kinsella's work and I could not put it down. I'm a psychology major and of course I'm interested in memory loss, so when she loses her memory I found it impossible to put the book down. I lent this book to my best friend who's more a fan of romance novels, and she handed it back to me the next day and said she had stayed in her room all day reading because it was so interesting. I definitely recommend this book to anyone.

Really enjoyed this book. I read some of the lower reviews prior to getting the book, so I was afraid I might be disappointed once I started it. Turns out I loved it! It's a very quick read. The characters were likeable. Honestly, I couldn't put it down. I just finished it and wish there was more.

You've just won the Publishers' Clearing House sweepstakes only you don't remember! Just imagine it, waking up one day and discovering that your entire world has changed. Imagine your life now with all its routines and traditions and then imagine three years from now. How different could things possibly be? What if you suddenly woke up today and three years had passed and you were a new person, with a new life, and you had no remembrance, no understanding of the sudden transition. Imagine, if you will, taking on this new dream life, only to later realize that all is not well in the world but you have no way of providing a solution because you don't remember the all important transition. How weird and fascinating would such an experience be? How exhilarating and how terrifying would it be to attain your dream life filled with scads of money, friends, and a handsome multimillionaire husband? Lexi Smart, a formerly underpaid employee at the none too glamorous Deller Carpets is about to find out. After being denied a promotion, being stood up by her boyfriend, and discovering that her father has died, Lexi's world just seems to be going downhill, until a fateful accident occurs that she can't remember. Suddenly, Lexi wakes up in a hospital, the last three years obliterated from her mind, to discover that her most recent memory is actually long since passed and that her world has changed drastically since the Deller Carpets days. She is wealthy beyond her wildest dreams, with an equally wealthy husband, a high profile job, and a new set of swank friends. But, is this world as alluring as it first appears, or is there a seam of cracks beneath the shallow surface? The answer to the riddle lies buried in Lexi's memory, but will her amnesia ever leave her? Will Lexi ever be able to find her true self again, or has all the wealth and glamour killed the old, high spirited Lexi of yesteryear? So remember, be careful what you wish for. You just might get it.


Sophie Kinsella has once again presented a hilarious, yet ultimately serious and sentimental tale for the reader's enjoyment. Although Kinsella has never penned an inferior novel, Remember Me stands dramatically above all her pervious works. As an author she has developed and expanded her level of emotional and romantic depth, presenting a tale that is both unique and realistic at the same time. While the idea of amnesia has been more than properly explored in both television and grocery store romances, Kinsella has really done her homework, taking the concept away from its clichéd origins by adding a realistic emotional dimension. The basis of the story is actually believable and surprisingly enthralling, grabbing the reader's interest instantly and refusing to let go. Because of this cleverly structured plot, the entire tale has a distinct air of the unpredictable, which is unusual for Kinsella since the public of readers mostly takes it for granted that her character will, after numerous tragedies and hilarious mishaps, have a happily ever after ending.

Likewise, Kinsella's new character is just as lovable as Becky Bloomwood in the much loved Shopaholic series. Lexi is a believable and down to earth character whose spunky personality is being crushed by the unfeeling, no nonsense world of business and high finance. We love Lexi both for her romanticism and her forced practicality and, above all else, for her vivid interpretation of emotions that we have all been subjected to. Her description of Loser Dave, her odious boyfriend, will bring chuckles to the readers' hearts, as we all secretly stand behind her, remembering those Loser Daves that we were saddled with. Her clumsiness in her new ultra modern home will remind us of those times at friends' houses when we have accidentally toppled something irreplaceable and ghastly expensive. Lexi is vivid and bright, lovable and laughable, and, above all, just like us. Life rains on her parade, just like it rains on ours and, just like us, she regretfully keeps picking herself up and moving on.

Lexi's character is supported, nurtured, and conversely deprived by an equally fleshed out cast of background characters and friends including her whippet crazy mother, her con artist blue-haired sister, her multimillionaire husband, and one other special character. These characters are just as alive and vivid as Lexi, each with their own believable personality forcing the reader to form bonds of love and hate, enmeshing him or her even deeper into the unfolding drama.

Unlike most of Kinsella's previous offerings, Remember Me is never slightly predictable. The conclusion is satisfying, startlingly realistic, and, most important, suitably sentimental. While the happily ever after element is present, it does bow to life's little cruelties as well as producing a well rounded conclusion that the reader would never have predicted. Remember Me is most certainly a novel that the reader will "remember" after the last page has fluttered into place.


But, Kinsella's concentration on the emotional and dramatic does not diminish her penchant for the comedic. The dialogue was witty and charged with sarcasm and the circumstances that Lexi found herself in were fraught with physical comedy unrivaled by the Three Stooges. Her mishaps in her new high tech home, her run ins with her mother's pack of pet dogs, and her budding relationship with her new, and somewhat strange husband, all culminate to keep the story continually bouncing from one outrageously side splitting dilemma into another all the while retaining the novel's bittersweet edge.

In creating her masterpiece, Kinsella expertly weaves the tale together with a witty, tongue in cheek writing style that backs the comedic aura. The unfolding tale relies entirely on Lexi's mental narration. Through her eyes, the story unravels blending modern language with vivid descriptiveness and a surprising understanding of the inner workings of the mind. By using this method of character narration, the entire work encapsulates a down to earth aura, making the reader feel as though he or she has a direct connection to Lexi's thought process, instead of feeling as though the tale is merely being narrated by an omnipotent, detached being. This style is highly effective and is the final touch to a grand masterpiece.

Conclusion: Kinsella has an almost magical way of appealing to modern audiences, using clever language, unique circumstances, and a down to earth appeal to people's emotions that never fails. Kinsella combines everything that makes a tale truly great and presents the reader with a modern drama of epic proportions. So, in acknowledgment of the novel, the only way to truly conclude is to ask the all important question: What would you really do if you won the Publishers' Clearing House sweepstakes and forgot?

- Ravenova

I am an avid Kinsella fan and her books just keep getting better and better! I laughed so hard! Loved the book!

I truly enjoyed this book. It was so interesting to read about someone who has amnesia.

Poor Lexi was torn between her lost memory and what her body wanted to do. Her instincts were right on when she rejected Eric's advances. Although he was her husband, she was in love with someone else. Right away-she was attacted to Jon, but held back because she was married to someone else.

She made a mistake-made the wrong choices: the husband and the cobra attitude to succeed in business.

This reminded me of that dvd: 13 going on 30. They were similiar because the main characters forgot their past (in this book 3 years) and came to the future to find out that they had behaved badly. They made things right and goodness triumphed in the end.

While not as humorous as some of Sophie Kinsella's other books, I really enjoyed this one.

A story about how Lexi's ordinary life is literally transformed overnight (at least as far as she's concerned) due to amnesia. She's forced into a seemingly pefect life and forced to ask herself some tough questions, like what's a "perfect" life, what drives you for success, what's important to you etc.

As with most of Sophie Kinsella's books, there's some career focus, romance, friendships and family life. A nice, light read that really holds your interest with great characters and lots of things that are relatable.

I can't wait for her next book. I have read all of her books and will be certain to read them again or listen to the audio. (abridged and unabridged)

I listened to audio version on this one read by Rosalyn Landry (she also read the last 2 Shopaholic Books and Undomestic Godess (unabridged). She's an okay narrator and does a nice job, but I missed Emily Gray, who narrated the first 3 Shopaholic Books and the abridged version of "Can You Keep A Secret" - Emily is amazing.

It's been awhile since a book grabbed me from the first page, but this one did. The characters are very well-developed and interesting from the beginning, and the addition of the mystery surrounding the lost memory and her transformation make for a very compelling story. I found myself actively rooting for Lexi - willing her to see what was so painfully obvious! And yet, despite the fact that maybe she's a bit too trusting and might come across as a bit dense (I mean, really, why couldn't she see what was so painfully obvious?) she's eminently likeable. Who knows how anyone would react being thrust into that situation? It's a frightening scenario, and I think the flaws in her lent a great deal of credibility to the story. And you're willing her to have the storybook happy ending.

As for the ending, I won't give anything away but I will say (despite the true cheesiness of the last line) I was impressed. It was handled very well and... I liked it. It was a great finish to an engrossing story.

Though I like the Shopaholic books, this one is in a league of its own. Okay, yes, it is still a 'chick' book, but one of the better done ones. I think it would make a brilliant movie. I would recommend it to anyone who likes chick-lit, and even a few people who aren't so keen on it. Try it, it might surprise you.

I love Sophie Kinsella, but have slowly tired of the Shopaholic series. That's why I love it when she puts out non-Shopahlic books. This novel was no disapointment! It's actually my favorite Kinsella yet. I swallowed the whole thing in the course a day. Could not put it down. Kinsella takes an unrealistic topic, but makes it seem plausible. Her character's voice is addicting. Loved it! (Wish there was more love story at the end, though. I wanted to keep reading more! Would've enjoyed an epilogue.)

I picked up Remember Me? because a member of an online group I'm in suggested it. That and I like Sophie Kinsella. While her books aren't deep, they are fun. I've read all of the Shopaholic books (and, really, who hasn't known a Becky Bloomwood?) but I loved Domestic Goddess.

The premise is simple: Lexi Smart has a car accident and wakes up in a hospital thinking it's three years earlier. She has a husband she doesn't know and an entire life she doesn't recognize. Nothing in her current life is how she would expect it because it's very out of character. On the surface, it seems perfect: she's slimmer, gotten her teeth and hair "fixed", she has a millionaire husband, a beautiful loft and a great job. As she begins to piece together her life, she realizes that things aren't as perfect as they seem.

The characters are interesting, the story is fun and lightly suspenseful. It's not an "on the edge of your seat" story but the reader does want to find out how the hell Lexi became The Cobra. There is no surprise ending, but that's okay. Kinsella's niche is stories that entertain and make us care for the characters. T his one is perfect in that regard.

"I was a normal girl with frizzy hair and snaggle teeth and a crap boyfriend. And a fairly crap job, and friends who I had a laugh with, and a cozy little flat." - Lexi Smart

"I gaze into the mirror and my twenty-eight-year-old face stares back. How on earth did I get from me ... to her?" - Lexi Smart

Sophie Kinsella is author of the enormously humorous - and frivolous with a capital "F" - SHOPAHOLIC series starring Becky Bloomwood, spendthrift shopper extraordinaire. I know; I've read them all. In REMEMBER ME?, Kinsella takes a more sobering, but just as enjoyable, tack. I devoured it over the July 4th weekend, stopping only for unavoidable chores that I couldn't unload onto the wife.

Here, the heroine is Lexi Smart, who awakens in a hospital bed several days after suffering a severe crack on the head. To her dismay, the past three years of her life are totally forgotten. During that period, she had apparently morphed from a fun-loving but unremarkable, low-paid drone in Deller Carpets, where she worked with her chums Fi, Carolyn and Debs while dating Loser Dave, into a gorgeous, poised and driven senior executive of the same company and married to Eric, a handsome and charming multi-millionaire property developer. Her new existence contains everything beyond her wildest dreams, if only she could remember how she got them. But, as she gets acquainted with her "new" self, her apparently ideal lifestyle begins to show frays around the edges that threaten to unravel towards the center. Perhaps it's not so perfect? Indeed, Fi, Carolyn and Debs now snub her horridly. And what is Eric's reference to "Mont Blanc" all about?

For the reader who may wonder where life went wrong and wishes one could go back again, REMEMBER ME? demonstrates that, at least in fiction, it can be done. Like Becky Bloomwood, Sophie conjures Lexi with a fierce affection for the persona while putting her in situations that threaten to spiral deliciously out of control. Like Becky, Lexi has the core intelligence, goodness, and strength of character to muddle through.

Kinsella writes chic-lit par excellence. But even this male continues to be charmed.

Time flies, yet, probably not as quickly as it has for Lexi Smart.
When she wakes up in a hospital bed, she discovers that it's three years later and things are very different from the way she remembers them to be.

In fact three years ago, Lexi was a plain-Jane entry-level employee who was wallowing in self-pity, stood up by "Loser Dave" and about to attend her father's funeral. Fast forward to the present and she is now part of the elite senior management team at work, married to a gorgeous, rich and successful Adonis and her snaggle tooth smile is replaced by a pair of shiny and straight snow white veneers.

The perfect life that she's always dreamed of came to fruition right before her eyes. But who is she? Frustrated with the fact that her memory is taking way too long to come back, Lexi solicits a little help from her new husband who unconsciously unleashes a slew of mysteries behind the part of her past that she can't remember.

It seems that Lexi's trip up the ladder of success has been a wild one and as she begins to put all of the pieces together she discovers she's not too fond of the person she's become.

REMEMBER ME? is a fun, light, and romantic read that is well written and full of hilarious moments. Miss Kinsella has definitely done it again!

The idea behind this book is thought provoking - Ladies, what would you do if you suddenly woke up in the hospital to find out that not only have you no memory of the last three years of your life, but that everything that you do remember has completely changed? This would include your appearance (for the Better!), your career (you've been Promoted!), your love life (You're Married!! & to a really good-looking guy), your lifestyle (Fantastic! Your husband is rich and you make three times as much as you used to) and that your social life has changed too. Well, maybe not everything new is better - you seem to have all new friends but your old friends; the one's that matter the most to you act like you don't even exist. This is the case of Lexi Smart - a young woman who has the misfortune (or would that be fortune?) to suffer a brain injury after falling down a set of steps.

Sophie Kinsella is a masterful story teller; she mixes real life with just enough drama to carry you along and helps you invest in her characters. She takes Lexi from an average "any woman" to an ambitious, super styler who now has the sleek body of an athlete and makes us all wish that we could be her; then Sophie switches it up and we discover that there are cracks in the perfect exterior and that not everything is picture perfect.

The story gets even more involved when we find out that Lexi's last memory is indeed from three years earlier, but that the reason she's in the hospital is because of a very recent car accident. Somehow her brain injury jumps her memory back three years and it was during those three years that she consciously made all the changes in her life. She just doesn't remember how or why. She decides to jump right in, thinking that if she plays along, hopefully her memory will return. So she moves in with her gorgeous husband, makes plans to visit her job and see her friends. She just can't understand why she's no longer tight with the girls at work that she used to always hang out with. She even meets a man that seems to know her more than he should and before long, the sparks begin to fly!

Readers are treated to a mystery as Lexi takes on the task of discovering who she is and what is really important to her - she learns just what events sparked the tremendous changes in her life and as she gets to know herself, she discovers who she really wants to be. We ride along with Lexi as she takes on challenges and wonder if she'll ever regain her memory and if or when she does, how will it change her life?

As a personal aside, after reading this book description, I actually gasped! This is ME! Well No, not really but this book really meant something to me personally, as I too, woke up in the hospital after a bump to the had after falling down the stairs and I had no recollection of it either - my life hadn't changed much - except I did lose almost 10 pounds (feeding tubes are great - there's practically no fat pumped in there!) Fortunately, all my important memories are still intact, but it was so intriguing to me when I saw the description of this book that I just had to read it and I'm so glad that I did! Everyone can enjoy this tale; even if you haven't found yourself in Lexi's shoes (or mine!) because the story speaks to everyone about the perils of wanting "the good life" and what can happen as you discover that maybe, just maybe what you really want isn't "the good life" at all!

The idea behind this book is thought provoking - Ladies, what would you do if you suddenly woke up in the hospital to find out that not only have you no memory of the last three years of your life, but that everything that you do remember has completely changed? This would include your appearance (for the Better!), your career (you've been Promoted!), your love life (You're Married!! & to a really good-looking guy), your lifestyle (Fantastic! Your husband is rich and you make three times as much as you used to) and that your social life has changed too. Well, maybe not everything new is better - you seem to have all new friends but your old friends; the one's that matter the most to you act like you don't even exist. This is the case of Lexi Smart - a young woman who has the misfortune (or would that be fortune?) to suffer a brain injury after falling down a set of steps.

Sophie Kinsella is a masterful story teller; she mixes real life with just enough drama to carry you along and helps you invest in her characters. She takes Lexi from an average "any woman" to an ambitious, super styler who now has the sleek body of an athlete and makes us all wish that we could be her; then Sophie switches it up and we discover that there are cracks in the perfect exterior and that not everything is picture perfect.

The story gets even more involved when we find out that Lexi's last memory is indeed from three years earlier, but that the reason she's in the hospital is because of a very recent car accident. Somehow her brain injury jumps her memory back three years and it was during those three years that she consciously made all the changes in her life. She just doesn't remember how or why. She decides to jump right in, thinking that if she plays along, hopefully her memory will return. So she moves in with her gorgeous husband, makes plans to visit her job and see her friends. She just can't understand why she's no longer tight with the girls at work that she used to always hang out with. She even meets a man that seems to know her more than he should and before long, the sparks begin to fly!

Readers are treated to a mystery as Lexi takes on the task of discovering who she is and what is really important to her - she learns just what events sparked the tremendous changes in her life and as she gets to know herself, she discovers who she really wants to be. We ride along with Lexi as she takes on challenges and wonder if she'll ever regain her memory and if or when she does, how will it change her life?

As a personal aside, after reading this book description, I actually gasped! This is ME! Well No, not really but this book really meant something to me personally, as I too, woke up in the hospital after a bump to the had after falling down the stairs and I had no recollection of it either - my life hadn't changed much - except I did lose almost 10 pounds (feeding tubes are great - there's practically no fat pumped in there!) Fortunately, all my important memories are still intact, but it was so intriguing to me when I saw the description of this book that I just had to read it and I'm so glad that I did! Everyone can enjoy this tale; even if you haven't found yourself in Lexi's shoes (or mine!) because the story speaks to everyone about the perils of wanting "the good life" and what can happen as you discover that maybe, just maybe you may already have it!

The idea behind this book is thought provoking - Ladies, what would you do if you suddenly woke up in the hospital to find out that not only have you no memory of the last three years of your life, but that everything that you do remember has changed? This would include your appearance (for the Better!), your career (you've been Promoted!), your love life (You're Married!! & to a really good-looking guy), your lifestyle (Fantastic! Your husband is rich and you make three times as much as you used to) and that your social life has changed too. Well, maybe not everything new is better - you seem to have all new friends but your old friends; the one's that matter the most to you act like you don't even exist. This is the case of Lexi Smart - a young woman who has the misfortune (or would that be fortune?) to suffer a brain injury after falling down a set of steps.

Sophie Kinsella is a masterful story teller; she mixes real life with just enough drama to carry you along and helps you invest in her characters. She takes Lexi from an average "any woman" to an ambitious, super styler who now has the sleek body of an athlete and makes us all wish that we could be her; then Sophie switches it up and we discover that there are cracks in the perfect exterior and that not everything is picture perfect.

The story gets even more involved when we find out that Lexi's last memory is indeed from three years earlier, but that the reason she's in the hospital is because of a very recent car accident. Somehow her brain injury jumps her memory back three years and it was during those three years that she consciously made all the changes in her life. She just doesn't remember how or why. She decides to jump right in, thinking that if she plays along, hopefully her memory will return. So she moves in with her gorgeous husband, makes plans to visit her job and see her friends. She just can't understand why she's no longer tight with the girls at work that she used to always hang out with. She even meets a man that seems to know her more than he should and before long, the sparks begin to fly!

Readers are treated to a mystery as Lexi takes on the task of discovering who she is and what is really important to her - she learns just what events sparked the tremendous changes in her life and as she gets to know herself, she discovers who she really wants to be. We ride along with Lexi as she takes on challenges and wonder if she'll ever regain her memory and if or when she does, how will it change her life?

As a personal aside, after reading this book description, I actually gasped! This is ME! Well No, not really but this book really meant something to me personally, as I too, woke up in the hospital after a bump to the had after falling down the stairs and I had no recollection of it either - my life hadn't changed much - except I did lose almost 10 pounds (feeding tubes are great - there's practically no fat pumped in there!) Fortunately, all my important memories are still intact, but it was so intriguing to me when I saw the description of this book that I just had to read it and I'm so glad that I did! Everyone can enjoy this tale; even if you haven't found yourself in Lexi's shoes (or mine!) because the story speaks to everyone about the perils of wanting "the good life" and what can happen as you discover that maybe, just maybe you may already have it!

I was never really a fan of Sophie Kinsella's until I read Can You Keep a Secret?. I had read the first Shopaholic book but I didn't really like Becky as a heroine. That all changed with CYKAS, and since then, I have been one of SK's biggest fans. I loved The Undomestic Goddess and had been waiting for her newest book to come out. Well, it has, and it's FANTASTIC.

The heroine, Lexi Smart (Gardiner) begins the book downtrodden and fed up with her humdrum life. After a knock on the head (or two) she wakes up and sees a totally new person reflected in the mirror. And, believe it or not, despite appearances, her life is MORE miserable than it was when she had a crap job, a boyfriend named Loser Dave and the nickname "Snaggletooth". Lexi has to figure out what happened over the past 3 years and decide whether or not she likes the "new" Lexi.

A perfect beach book that has a little bit of a kick, pleasantly mindless but thoroughly engaging.

Not quite up to par with the Shopaholic books, but this was a very fun and enjoyable read. A beach type of book for sure, but you will be able to whip through it in one sitting. Dealing with a woman who has to rediscover/redefine her life, the book deals with lots of fun questions about assessing life and figuring out what you want if you could recreate it. Would you want to? Lots of fun.

I love this author, she's one of my favorites. Reading her books is like watching a romantic comedy chic flick. They're so funny, so witty, and so relatable. You won't be able to put it down, making it a very fast read.

I've read all of Ms. Kinsella's books. I've grown to really like Becky in the 'Shopaholic' series. This wasn't bad but I have to agree that cheating on a spouse is not to be taken so lightly. Maybe it's different for the current generation of readers. Also the comparison to Hitler was a bit too casual for me.

I loved this book. I rushed through it, because I was totally hooked on finding out what happened to a truly lovable heroine. I've read other Kinsella novels (part of the Shopaholic series and The Undomestic Goddess), and while I enjoyed those, "Remember Me?" really caught my attention and did not let it go until I saw how it was resolved.

Lexi Smart is, I feel, Kinsella's most likable heroine to date. I really felt for this average, honest, loyal girl who lost her memory by accident, and then discovered that her life hadn't turned out quite as she'd hoped. And the (although hackneyed) brilliancy that she gets to change things because she doesn't remember a lot of what happened before the amnesia...well, even though it's a plotline that has been used hundreds of times, Kinsella threw a lot of wit and real-life insight and totally believable characters into her take on it.

I checked this book out from the library, but I feel it is a worthy purchase from a store or amazon. "Remember Me?" is funny and fast-paced, it sucks you in and will keep you interested all the way through to the end. A fabulous summer vacation read (even if you're just hanging out in the backyard!). Absolutely recommended.

As a fan of Sophie Kinsella's Shopaholic series I was really looking forward to reading her other books. This one was somewhat of a let down though. Lexi, the main character, was not nearly as likable as Becky Bloomwood (from the Shopaholic series) and I was frustrated throughout the book with her lack of honesty to herself. Many things are obvious right away to the reader, but it takes Lexi much too long to figure things out for herself.

Also, I'm surprised there haven't been many (if any) complaints about the end of the book. I suppose it is somewhat of a "happy ending" but ****** SPOILERS ****** what about her memory? I assumed throughout the story that she was eventually going to have that moment where all her memories came rushing back. Yet it never came. All those memories she had with Jon are gone. I realize there is still the possibility that she could get her memory back later, but I'm disappointed Kinsella didn't wrap up the ending with Lexi recovering the last three years of her life. Sure, there are probably parts of it she'd like to forget, but there's probably a lot worth remembering. For me, the ending was disappointing, to say the least. ****** END SPOILERS ******

"Remember Me?" had its share of humorous moments though. I did laugh out loud quite a few times. And up until the end I was pretty pleased with the book. However, I expected more and was left unsatisfied.

I've read every Sophie Kinsella book to date - yet this one probably stands out as one of my favourites, and definitely my favourite "standalone" (i.e. not Shopaholic series) book. Surprisingly there was a lack of hype around this latest release - perhaps the chick lit market is at a breaking point, but Kinsella is one of the titans of the genre, consistently writing fun, addictive, unique books.

The 'unique' storyline this time follows the life of Lexi Smart, a twenty-something Londoner who wakes up in a hospital, believing that she ended up there after a night out with her girlfriends that culminated in a nasty fall down some stairs. It isn't long before Lexi realizes that she's actually three years older than her memory serves her - and she's actually in the hospital from a nasty car accident that erased the last three years of her memory. At first, everything in Lexi's new, seemingly fast-forwarded life is stellar - she has a hot body, has improved her little physical quirks (crooked teeth, hair), has upgraded her career, and is married to a gorgeous, wealthy real estate developer. As she struggles to remember her past, Lexi is given several rude awakenings from those she was close to - and those she had drifted from - over the last three years about how she came to be the person she is perceived to be today. Can Lexi remember her past? Does she even want to? Ahh...all will be revealed.

I loved this book because Lexi was a *lot* less hysterical than your typical Kinsella protagonist. Her emotions and frustrations were fueled by a (somewhat) legitimate situation, rather than a snowball effect of hysteria. I found her to be one of the more likable, relatable characters Kinsella has ever written, and I actually cheered for her and felt bad for her as her new life began to unravel.

Overall I would definitely recommend this book to Kinsella fans, even if you're mostly a Shopaholic reader, this is probably the most "worth-it" read from the standalone books she's written to date. Fun and fast - you'll get through this in a matter of hours or days.

A great fairy tale story about what is most important in life. Lexi wakes up in a world where she has every thing she could ever ask for, but some how that doesn't guarantee happiness. She takes an incredible journey to learn about herself and what truly matters in life. It sounds a little cliche, and perhaps it is. But it is definitely a great read. If you like challenging and obscure plots you probably won't enjoy this book. It's a simple read that every one can relate to in some way.

I see that Sophie's latest has inspired quite a few readers to pen reviews. That's cool.
I won't bother with rehashing plot points, since other reviewers have covered that.
Sophie Kinsella has written a very enjoyable, very entertaining novel. Very "readable".
Has this plot been done before. Oh sure. Did I know before things happened that they were going to? A couple of times, yes. But, Sophie writes with such a breezy flair. I don't mean breezy as in light-weight. But flowing, readable prose. She never loses pacing. The story builds and flows to a smile-inducing conclusion. Her main characters are usually flawed, but lovable. I enjoy that. Their flaws are such, I don't know, recognizable human frailties/quirks that you can identify with the characters dilemmas.
I feel sure a great many readers can identify with the learning curves that come with relationships. Friends, family, lovers. Kinsella's humor is always the laugh out loud while reading sort. A very satisfying book.

This was an excellent book, the women I work with passed the book around the office and all talked about it. Sophie Kinsella is now my favorite author. I am now reading her Shopaholic series and I'm buying Can You Keep A Secret?

Love Sophie K! Have been waiting for this release for a while. A bit predictable, but still was hard to put down. Read it all in one day.

Yes, this book may have been predictable to a certain extent (the ending is, but I do not believe the middle is at all unless you are Sophie K). I must say that in the past I have not enjoyed every single one of her books, but when I read the inside cover of this one I had to buy it that day...at the cover price. I just wanted to read it. I sat down and read it all in one day and it did not disappoint in the slightest. It is witty and keeps you guessing, which is what made me not want to put it down. The characters are well-written and believable. There are sharp, little turns around every corner and it's not something that makes you fall out of your seat screaming, "OH MY LORD I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT JUST HAPPENED!" but it got a few gasps out of me. I like the way it happened, with the scenes unfolding and I would recommend this book to anyone. I have already passed it around my group of friends, whose book tastes are very, very different and each one of them have gotten something different out of this book. Very highly recommended.

Sophie Kinsella does a great job with new characters and a different plot. I'm a fan of the Shop-a-holic series, and while all the books can't be like Becky Bloomwood, this was quick, fun, and certainly entertaining. While somewhat predictable - the purpose of reading these books isn't for a big twist at the end. Just a nice way to pass some time and enjoy some laugh out loud moments with the characters Kinsella creates.