The Girl In Times Square - Paullina Simons

Lily Quinn is just a normal young girl, trying to graduate from college and struggling to pay the rent on her tiny New York apartment. But when her roommate and best friend, Amy, disappears, the events in Lily's life seem to spiral out of control. Two life-changing events, one good, one bad, find Lily and through Amy's disappearance she has to cope with her own troubles. Help comes in the form of Spencer O'Malley, the detective working on Amy's case, and against all odds he also brings love and happiness to Lily's life. But through all Lily's struggles and through Spencer's investigation, Lily is forced to question her whole life and the beliefs ...  Read the complete review

I decided to read this book because I love New York and love stories set there. I had never read anything by Paullina Simons before and have not read anything by her since but if I come across another of her books I'll probably take a look. The synopsis of this book interested me as it sounded original and unusual and I love books that are a little out of the norm. And this book didn't disappoint. PLOT The main character is a 20-something girl named Lily who is an art student in New York. She has recently split from her boyfriend and is in a lot of debt. Her life is normal and she likes the fact that odd things usually happen to other people. However her ...  Read the complete review

In the past, I have read a few books written by Paullina Simons and have always enjoyed them, and always been impressed by how diverse in nature and content they have been from one another. However, I had not read any of hef books for a few years when I cama across 'The Girl in Times Square'. The back cover blurb intrigued me and it did seem well acclaimed by the critics. In fact, one quote from Company Magazine read 'Read it and weep - literally!' Now this did have me a little concerned - firstly because there are may books which literally do have me weeping and I have to be very careful where I read them (It's a bit embarrassing to be seen sobbing into your book during ...  Read the complete review

I added ‘The Girl in Times Square’ by Paullina Simons to my Amazon wishlist after reading a review of it. Despite my English Degree I am, and probably always will be, still a fan of trashy chick-lit, so I always have at least one eye out for novels that sound easy-to-read, but still maybe have that little something that makes them stand out from what we could very easily describe as a genre that is mainly full of very similar tales of little substance. ‘The Girl in Times Square’ sounded like it took a different approach to the genre. Simons’ novel centres around Lily Quinn, a normal college student who has just been broken up with. The start of the novel makes ...  Read the complete review

Recently I've been getting through about a book a week on average, some books take me less time as I find I can't put them down while other books take me more time as I generally can't be bothered reading them. One of the latest books I've just finished is "The Girl in Time's Square" by Paullina Simons which was one of the most moving and unique books that I've ever read. Paullina Simons is an author that I'd never actually heard of before picking this book up in the library. However since then I've learnt that she was born back in 1963 in America and currently still lives in America too. She used to be a financial journalist and since beginning her ...  Read the complete review