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    Airhead
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    Airhead

    Written by Meg Cabot

    Narrated by Stina Nielsen

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    From best-selling author Meg Cabot, Airhead begins a series of books featuring Emerson Watts (Em, please). She doesn't want to go, but Em must chaperone her little sister to the grand opening of a new Stark Megastore. Her sister can't wait to see the heartthrobs and supermodels that will make an appearance, including hunky Gabriel Luna and beautiful Nikki Howard. Em couldn't care less. Then disaster strikes, and after a bizarre accident, it seems that Em just isn't herself any more-literally.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateMay 9, 2008
    ISBN9781436133852
    Airhead
    Author

    Meg Cabot

    MEG CABOT’s many books for both adults and teens have included numerous #1 New York Times bestsellers, with more than twenty-five million copies sold worldwide. Her Princess Diaries series was made into two hit films by Disney, with a third movie coming soon. Meg currently lives in Key West, Florida, with her husband and various cats.

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    • 1/5
      it was definitely enjoyable although I feel it was moving too quickly in some parts and moving slowly in other
    • 4/5
      Honestly the whole concept is absolutely ridiculous, but I really enjoyed myself. This series isn't something to take seriously, but it is nice to read just to escape for a little while. I wish I could say that I didn't figure out where the story was going to go, but I did. It's exactly how I would have concluded the series, so way to go Meg! Really this is a fun adventure that you will want to put down but will find yourself unable to drop. Just read it, you know you want to!
    • 5/5
      Seventeen-year-old tomboy and anti-materialist Emerson Watts accompanies her sister Frida and her best friend Christopher to a Stark Megastore opening in SoHo, which is attended by the teen supermodel, Nikki Howard. In addition to Howard's celebrity presence, the British heartthrob, singer and songwriter Gabriel Luna makes an appearance. On that fateful day, a man shoots a plasma screen with a paint ball gun. Em gallantly saves Frida from being hit by the plasma screen (the wires snapped) crashing down, and takes the hit herself.

      A month later, Em finds herself in the hospital, trying to recall what had happened. She finds out she is in Nikki Howard's body when she is kidnapped by Lulu Collins, Nikki's best friend and Brandon Stark, her on again off again boyfriend. She screams in the limo seeing she in Nikki Howard's body on the way to Nikki's loft. She tries to remember the events that went on during the last month, and Em finds out that not only did she die during the accident, but incidentally Nikki Howard had also suffered a fatality as well. Unknown to and without her permission, her brain is transplanted into Nikki's brain-dead body, due to the fact Nikki suffered from a fatal collapse at the same time Em got hit. In an effort to save Em, her parents had agreed to a controversial brain transplant surgery offered free by Stark Industries, on condition that Em continues Nikki's career as the face of Stark Industries. From then on, Em is forced to live the high life while concealing her real identity or be faced with the contract penalty of two million dollars.

      Em is forced to take on the role of Nikki Howard, all the while struggling with the fact that she does not have control over her life. She tries to let go of her tomboyish ways to take over the highly glamorous life that Nikki had lived. Although she is now dealing with Nikki's job, Nikki's friend Lulu and many boyfriends, she still fights to keep some of her old life by going back to school, also to face Christopher, on whom she has a secret crush. As Em follows through with Nikki's commitments (photo shoots, interviews, etc., not to mention continuing school at Tribeca Alternative High School), she realizes that the supermodel lifestyle is a lot harder than she perceived it to be...
    • 4/5
      Emerson Watts is the farthest thing there is to a “girly-girl”. She prefers to spend her time playing video games with her best friend--and secret crush--Christopher, rather than obsessing over celebrities like her younger sister. So when she is forced to babysit Frida at the grand opening of the new Stark Megastore near their apartment, she is not thrilled. She has better things to do than drool over British singer-songwriter, Gabriel Luna, but her mom insists she go along. Who could have predicted that a freak accident would land Em in the hospital? When she wakes up from a chemically induced coma, no one will tell her what happened or why her voice sounds so different...like maybe it belongs to someone else. First off, where do I sign up to be transplanted into the body of a Victoria’s Secret supermodel (preferably Adriana Lima but I’m not picky) because I am all over that. Who wouldn’t be, right?Airhead is more of an introduction to the rest of the series. Nothing major happens except for the accident and then her ‘transformation’. Emerson spends the majority of the book in and out of consciousness at the hospital or trying to figure out why no one will tell her exactly what happened. Only towards the end does she take her place as Nikki Howard where she finds out just how complicated and hard it actually is being a famous and gorgeous supermodel. She also meets all of Nikki’s friends and boyfriends--yes, plural. There isn’t too much excitement or action in this one, but we do get a hint at a possible mystery--as well as a bit of romance--to come which got me excited for Being Nikki. The characters are all very likable. Emerson is funny, witty, and smart. I found it amusing to watch her struggle to fit into her new life. She goes from wearing sweats almost everyday to being a fashion icon and she really has no idea how to handle it. I think a bit of Nikki might still be in there somewhere because I definitely noticed a change from how Em was in the beginning. When Lulu was first introduced I was expecting her to be bitchy and full of herself, but she wasn’t at all. She is a bit dumb, but very sweet and well-intentioned. Her theory as to why ‘Nikki’ is all of a sudden acting different is hilarious. As for the new and old boys in her life, I’m rooting for Gabriel. I mean, the boy wrote a song about her, is constantly saving her, and is British--what’s not to love?This isn’t my favorite Meg Cabot novel (that honor goes to All-American Girl or maybe Avalon High...I still haven’t decided), but I did thoroughly enjoy it.
    • 4/5
      After an accident at the grand opening of the newest Stark megastore in New York City, Em Watson wakes up in the hospital with little recollection of what happened. When she repeatedly has friends of Nikki, a famous supermodel, come to visit and try to sneak her out of the hospital, and her parents are acting really strangely, Em is convinced that something strange is going on. So strange, in fact, it seems that Em has been part of a medical experiment transplanting her brain into Nikki's body. She leaves her "normal" life and steps into the life of a supermodel, while still trying to hold on to some pieces of the old her.
    • 5/5
      The book "Airhead" is a great confidence booster. When Emerson Watts gets caught up in a strange accident, she is forced to learn to live her life a completely different way. As a professional model though? Seeing the world and how her friends have changed through a different pair of eyes is pretty saddening for Em. Somehow, though, she is able to prove her existence to those closest to her without losing her cover. It's cute and teaches you at the end of the series that you should never lose sight of who you really are. This is one of the top books I've checked out from the library more than five times at least. It provides great laughs every once in a while and, like I said above, is very cute.
    • 3/5
      Nice would be one word to describe it. Don't read too much into logic of a brain transplant!
    • 3/5
      You know, when it comes to girly teen novels, you can do a lot worse than Meg Cabot.
      This one is the story of a nerdy girl whose brain, for plot-related reasons, ends up transplanted into the body of a teenage supermodel.
      So yeah. Fun!
    • 3/5
      Listened to the Recorded Books audio edition narrated by Stina Nielsen. This was exactly the change of pace I needed in my audiobooks right now, but I think it's a book that definitely does not benefit from an audio edition - I think the pacing would work better as a written book. I also didn't like that it didn't really end, but just set up things for the next book. Still definitely a fun, light-hearted read and it hooked me enough for me to want to read the next one.
    • 2/5
      Let me be up front about something here—the first two times I tried to read this book I couldn’t get past the first few chapters because it enraged me. When I actually finished it and found out that it wasn’t so bad, I gave the plot a chance, and I like the plot, but there are still some massive issues.

      Here’s why I contemplated throwing it against the wall: The very first chapter of the book introduces us to main character Emerson, describes herself as geeky and not very fashion-conscious, and complains that everyone is ignoring her persuasive speech about gaming. In contrast, Popular Clichéd Mean Girl Whitney is described as being perfect and blonde and everyone hangs on her every word. By means of deduction, we’re supposed to be sympathizing with Em, because she says that she’s geeky and is a brunette.

      CHARACTERIZATION DOES NOT WORK THAT WAY.

      There’s nothing in the book showing us that Em’s a geek or a nerd. She says that she likes playing video games, but we never get the sense that she’s really into Journeyquest (bland game of choice), aside from getting to spend time with a guy she likes. Not only does she not feel sympathetic, way to break the cardinal writing rule of ‘show don’t tell.’ A laundry list of traits is not characterization. Also, I was really sad to see that Meg Cabot fell back on the “Popular blonde cheerleaders are EVIIIIIL” stereotype, especially after reading Lana in the final Princess Diaries volumes. It’s really tiring at this point.

      Which brings me to my second biggest problem: Em and her mother are crazy straw feminists, to the point of saying that a girl looks pretty is automatically shameful and judging a person on their looks. Uh, really? I’m by no means attractive, but I like to dress up and decide to make myself look nice every once in a while. I’m not trying to impress anyone, it’s just sometimes I get in the mood. It’s all well and good to encourage Em and her sister Frida to see beyond the artificialities of a person (although considering how Em goes on and on about how hot Christopher is, doesn’t seem to have worked), but this borders on the ridiculous.

      If I had to put my finger on it, a lot of the series focuses on “Judging people based on their looks is bad! You can’t tell a person’s insides from their outsides!” but drops the ball whenever Em has to become Nikki Howard. Take for example, the real Nikki’s best friend Lulu. Now, I love Lulu, she’s my favorite character in the whole series—she’s sympathetic, she really cares about Em/Nikki, and she’s funny—but I hated the way she was characterized. Lulu’s first described to us by Em as a celebutante who’s famous for being famous, and Em thinks she’s (and Nikki) are both brainless beautiful twits. And once we get to met Lulu, we find out…that she’s a dumb blonde with a heart of gold. Dropping anvils should be like making sure the plot gun goes off at the right time; having Lulu surprise Em by being intelligent (by Em’s standards) would have been a great twist.

      There’s a lot of plot that could have been good but gets shoved down. The public buys into the “Nikki Howard has amnesia” story (which would have been debunked quickly, especially if someone who’s as famous as Nikki apparently is was involved), Em has to learn to keep up appearances, and the spyware she finds on Nikki’s computer is introduced way too late in the book. If anything, this would have worked a lot better if all three books were just one big novel, and feels like a trilogy just to be a trilogy. Now, the spyware and how Em was going to live on as Nikki did interest me, which is why I picked up the next two volumes. But the characterization issue was so massive, it left a bad taste in my mouth. It really relies on the reader liking Emerson because she’s supposed to be just like them: geeky, not popular, prefers books to clothes. But again, give me something that shows me why I should like her, and not a list of things that I should be able to relate to. A relatable character is someone that the readers should see pieces of themselves in—play up Em’s lack of confidence, make her an actual geek (and one who knows what she’s talking about, because, really, referencing the same three lines from Star Wars does not a geek make), make her someone who could actually exist in real life.
    • 4/5
      After an accident at the Stark Megastore opening, Em is no longer who she was before. She wakes up and she is now Nikki Howard, a teen supermodel. Her thoughts and thinking are still her own, but she now has Nikki's body. Em is uprooted from the life she has always had and now has to live Nikki's life....her modeling, her friends, her loft.This is the first book I have read that involved a brain transplant resulting in the memory of the owners brain, with the body of someone else's. It was a very good read. It is a simple read though. Doesn't give much details on some things, and I LOVE details :)
    • 4/5
      Airhead, Being Nikki, and Runaway, by Meg Cabot, are the three books that make up the Airhead trilogy. The story is very far fetched. After an accident in a department store, Emerson wakes up to find her brain transplanted onto the body of a supermodel. Emerson has to pretend to be Nikki while trying to remain herself. The first book hooked me enough to keep reading but honestly I find them all a bit silly. That darn Meg Cabot can always hook me into her stories, weird as they might be. While I can’t wholeheartedly recommend them to adults, the target teen audience might enjoy the trilogy.
    • 4/5
      The concept of this book is incredibly innovative and intriguing. I loved Meg Cabot's past books and this series is no exception. The main character was both funny and endearing, I really felt like I knew her at the end of the first book. Nikki and the main character were perfect foils for each other, Nikki bein harsh and selfish and the main character being far more caring and funny. The characters that Meg Cabot placed in the book with these two personalities really allowed the main character to stand out and tell her story. As a neuroscience student, I love the brain. The ability to transplant brains both frightens and intrigues me, this book gives a novel approach as to what could potentially happen if the process was ever successful. This book is great for teens/young adults (female).
    • 3/5
      This book was unique. It had an uber-cool idea of a plotline and an intriguing main character who didn't want to be cast in her role. The only problem was that it was kind of weird.
    • 5/5
      I really loved this book!! although it was kinda slow at first , it turned out to be really good!
    • 3/5
      A really good book about an ordinary girl who switches place with a supermodel. Really good!
    • 4/5
      This was a very good book. When the girl got hit by the jumbo tron and died, I thought it was wierd that they switched spirits with eachother. It took me a little while to understand the book. I would consider reading the second book.
    • 4/5
      Emerson is a teenage girl who enjoys computer games and despises girls who are into fashion and makeup and celebrities. However, after an accident, she discovers that her brain has been transplanted into the body of a famous model - Niki Howard.
    • 4/5
      Emerson Watts (Em) is a tomboyish gamer, not a party girl. She begrudgingly accompanies her younger sister to the grand opening of the Stark Megastore so that her sister can see her celebrity crush, Gabriel Luna and her idol supermodel Nikki Howard. While waiting in line for Gabriel’s autograph, a flat-screen TV falls from the ceiling and lands on Em. She wakes up from a coma a month later and learns that her life has been forever changed.The back cover of this book is really vague (like my description above) so I had no idea what to expect from this book. I just picked up it because I’m on a personal mission to read/listen to all of Meg Cabot’s books. I was surprised to discover as I listened to this book that this book is partly science fiction. It’s definitely not hard science fiction but if you don’t think about how unrealistic it is and just go with it then it’s a very fun read. I don’t want to give too much away – part of the fun is not knowing what happens ahead of time.This book is the first of the Airhead series – I’m looking forward to listening to the rest of the books in the series.
    • 3/5
      When Emerson Watts agreed to accompany her little sister, Frida, to the new Stark Megastore, she expected to be both bored and annoyed by the teeny-bopper fashion scene. She wasn't interested in Nikki Howard, teen supermodel and the new Face of Stark Enterprises, or any of the fashion world's trappings. When Em leaped to push Frida from a falling large screen TV, the last thing she expected or wanted, was to wake up as Nikki Howard. But that is exactly what happened when Nikki died of a brain aneurism at the same event. Rather than lose the Face of Stark, the billionaire owner convinced Em's parents to try a brain transplant. Now Em, who didn't know a Manolo from a Jimmy Chu if she had even heard of them, must carry out Nikki's contract and move into her world to pay for the expensive surgery that saved her life.
    • 4/5
      In "Airhead", Emmerson (Em) Watts dies. At least, people think that. When Em is forced to go to a new super mall with her sister, a paint-balled TV falls. Em's sister unfortunately, was under the TV, also forcing Em to save her sister's life in exchange for her own body. Although, super model is in the accident too. And is also hit by the TV. With Em's body dead, but not her brain, and the Supper Model Nikki being brain dead, Em's parents make the hard decision of going with a certain doctor. A doctor that decided to make Em into Nikki. Now, Em's brain and mind are in the body of Nikki, and nobody can find out or else Em's parents owe two million dollars to the doctor.It was a good book to me. I do plan on reading the rest of the series. I was really interested about who put and is using the hacker device on Nikki's computer. I really recommend this book!
    • 3/5
      What would you do if you woke up and found that your brain had been transplanted into someone else's body? That's what happens to high schooler Em Watts after a freak accident. The real Em is not your typical girl: she likes video games, doesn't care about fashion, and makes fun of the popular crowd with her best friend Christopher. That all changes when she's wakes up in the body of supermodel Nikki Howard. Now she has to be Nikki or else her parents have to pay back the money the Stark Corporation, Nikki's modeling sponsor, paid for the surgery. Can she remain herself in another girl's body, especially a girl that represents everything she used to hate?
    • 3/5
      My first Meg Cabot read, Airhead was a perfect blend of entertaining and emotional. Don’t get me wrong, this book wasn’t dark and moody but it did have it’s share of the typical teenaged angst that comes with a young girl seeking out her true identity. Particularly given the outer body experience of being both Em Watts, resident outcast, and Nikki Howard, supermodel extraordinaire.Airhead had a straightforward plot, with very few surprises for this reader. I think some of that lack of surprise comes as a result of my age. I suspect that younger girls who pick this up will be more able to ride unsuspectedly into some of the twists and turns. This isn’t to say I didn’t enjoy the plot because I did, very much so in fact. The story (which I won’t outline here so you can experience it for yourself) was captivating to me. This is mainly due to the endearing characters Cabot built. Even the quirky sidekick LuLu wasn’t nearly as annoying as one would suspect.Speaking of characters, Em is written expertly. She is all piss and vinegar at the outset. Fighting social injustice and not at all interested in conforming to the in-crowd at her school, she’s got her best friend Christopher at her side and that is all she needs. Happy to be with him and playing video games she doesn’t feel any need to slim down, polish up or dumb down. It is this attitude that creates a scenario whereby Em navigates a series of valuable life lessons.How Em weaves through her double life is both courageous and heartbreaking — the distance from her true family, the care she gives those used to Nikki’s formerly bitchy ways, and the struggle to clue the one person she cherishes most in on the secret of who she really is — makes Airhead a wonderful read. Even better is the fact that all of this soul searching and positive change is done in the least preachy way possible thanks to Cabot’s wit and charm.The first in a trilogy, I was glad that I already had the remaining two on hand when I read the first. The story is so endearing and captivating I had to read all three straight through. This is a series young girls will assuredly enjoy but so will their mothers.
    • 5/5
      An interesting girl story about how one adjusts to changes and a new life, this book describes something every girl at a certain age dreams pleasantly, reading this book made me feel as if I was Em/Nikki herself and I enjoyed it very much.
    • 3/5
      Emma Watts isn't interested in fashion or being popular. She would rather spend time with her best friend Christopher playing video games. When she has to escort her sister Frida to the grand opening of the SoHo Stark megastore so Frida can see her current celebrity crush, Gabriel Luna, she drags Christopher along since she knows she will be completely bored. But then tragedy strikes; While being jostled by the crowd who suddenly realizes famous model Nikki Howard is in the audience, a large glass object falls from the ceiling, knocking Emma unconscious. When she awakes, she feels different, disoriented. She soon realizes why.I always enjoy reading books by Meg Cabot. They are creative and humorous and this first book in her "Airhead" series is no different.
    • 3/5
      An interesting premise in a mediocre book. None of the characters were that interesting, particularly Emerson Watts and her crush Chris. It reminded me of The Real Real by Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Krauss with the story about a plain Jane thrust into celebrity culture. However the whole book just felt like a big setup for something bigger (which it probably is). However, none of the characters were particularly compelling so I may never know what the bigger story is. Oh well. Meg Cabot has written better books so I'll probably stick with those.
    • 3/5
      I like Emerson Watts, she's the anti-fashion and all things girly. She hates it with conviction, she called the trendy and popular girls in her school - The Walking Dead. So when her little sister decided that she'll follow in their foot steps she couldn't do anything but look out for her. And this includes chaperoning the little brat to the grand opening of Stark Megastore. (It is an all in one department store) While her sister swoon over how marvelous and awesome Gabriel de Luna, Lulu Collins, Brandon Stark and the mega teen super model Nikki Howard, she has computer games and the ridiculousness of the whole beauty industry in mind. But when the said supermodel Nikki showed up at the opening and a fatal accident happened. The next thing Em knew she was in a hospital gown, her skin was hooked up with so many wires and everybody keeps calling her Nikki. Gabriel visited her from the hospital and she was kidnapped by Lulu and Brandon. After much shock and thinking she realized what was done to her. Well I certainly did not see that coming. I was thinking for on swapping lives or the Freaky Friday thing that Lulu suggested. I was surprised and still don't know if I like that idea or not. It is a litte bit futuristic and too sci-fi for my taste. Maybe book two will up the ante. I am very much interested in what things Emerson will do. Now that she has the power err the face to influence people.
    • 4/5
      About~ Emerson Watts is gone. Emerson Watts didn’t even want to go to the new SoHo Stark Megastore grand opining and had zero interest in meeting the newly appointed face of Stark, teen supermodel sensation Nikki Howard. But how was Em to know that disaster would strike, changing her- and life as she’d known it- forever? One bizarre accident later, and Em Watts, always the tomboy, never the pretty princess, is no longer herself. Literally. Now getting her best friend, Christopher, to notice she’s actually a girl is the least of Em’s problems. But what Em’s pretty sure she’ll never be able to accept might just turn out to be the one thing that’s going to make her dreams come true…. Nikki Howard is here to stay.My Review~ My mom has always told me to spread my Horizon and to read something that does not have to deal with vampires, demons, werewolf’s, or anything that goes bump in the night. So for once, I listen to her and I’m so glad I did. Airhead is the first chick-lit novel I have ever read, and I won’t be regretting it any time soon. I loved the plot of the story. It’s not like any other plot I have ever read. This time it’s not a life of death situation. It’s totally different. This book is about a 16 year old girl who is such a tomboy and after one bad accident she wakes up finding herself in a body of a supermodel. But not just any supermodel, but instead teen supermodel sensation Nikki Howard. The setting of the story takes place in New York (the fashion state). Emerson/Nikki has boy issues, friend issues, and most important trying to act like a model issues. This book caught my interest from the first page. I highly recommend this book to be on your TBR pile, if have not read it yet.Plot: 4/5Characters: 4/5Ending: 5/5Cover Art: 5/5Pages in Novel: 337ISBN-13: 978-0-545-04054-9ISBN-10: 0-545-04054-XOther books in the Series: Being Nikki, Runaway
    • 4/5
      This book was a hit for me because it made me laugh out loud. Em is funny! And the situation she finds herself in, while difficult to buy, also presents such interesting things to think about: what makes a person a person? what is it ilke to survive your death? what is it really like to walk in another person's shoes?
    • 3/5
      16-year-old Emerson Watts’ biggest concerns are playing video games and trying to get her best friend, Christopher, to realize that she’s a girl. But then a freak accident transplants her permanently inside the hot body of Nikki Howard, the entertainment industry’s biggest teen star.As Em struggles to realize what happened to her, she also must adjust to Nikki’s body’s cravings and fend off advances from an onslaught of male Nikki admirers. She also realizes, however, that being a star may have some unsavory sides to it…When I read AIRHEAD, I remembered in full force the strength of Meg Cabot’s writing. She is able to take even the most ludicrous or most overused scenarios and make them fun and interesting. AIRHEAD has Meg’s usual charm and humor, though it is not really a standout novel of hers.Emerson is a great protagonist, earnestly devoted to her video games without overdoing her “outsider status” among her classmates. Nikki is a surprisingly deep and conflicted character—not just your average bitchily perfect “queen.” The plethora of supporting characters are just the slightest bit two-dimensional, but they all have distinct personalities, and all have their good and bad parts, which makes me content to look forward to what else they will do in the sequels.The plot stalls for most of the book as Em slowly pieces together what happened to her. Indeed, the pace is so slow as to be very nearly infuriating. AIRHEAD seemed like a huge introduction for the rest of the series: nothing in terms of conflict and resolution occurs. It’s difficult to appreciate this as a stand-alone novel. Luckily, the second book in the series, BEING NIKKI, is out already, and the third, RUNAWAY, is coming out in Spring 2010. I am admittedly still curious to find out what happens to Em inside Nikki’s body, so I will probably continue reading the series to find out. After all, it’s Meg Cabot, and her books are like candy: some are better than others, but you just can’t stop eating any of them!