Perfect Parties: Tips and Advice from a New York Party Planner

Author: Linnea Johansson
Creator: Marcus Samuelsson
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
Category: Book

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Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars

7 reviews
Sales Rank: 133095

Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 160
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.8
Dimensions (in): 10.2 x 7.9 x 1

ISBN: 1602391165
Dewey Decimal Number: 641.5
EAN: 9781602391161
ASIN: 1602391165

Publication Date: October 2007
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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description

Ever wish you could host a glamorous bash like the ones covered in People magazine? You can—with tips and ideas from Linnea Johansson, party planner extraordinaire. She’s thrown celebrations hosting some of the biggest names in the Big Apple, including Jennifer Lopez, Donald Trump, Reese Witherspoon, Sean Combs, and Martha Stewart. And on these fully-illustrated and festive pages is her best advice for planning a fabulous event. She covers everything from invitations to decorating, from hors d’oeuvres to cocktails. So look no further for ways to create a New Year’s Eve extravaganza, birthday blowout, or even just a very special night out with friends. Whatever questions you have, Linnea has the answers.

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1 out of 5 stars

Awful to read, worse to look at! August 23, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful

I am shocked at the earlier 5-star reviews of this book, and have to wonder if the author's friends submitted them! This book is so poorly written, and looks like a scrapbook from the 80s. Obvious that there was little to no editing in this book, and that goes for the photography as well as written content. The pictures looked washed out, and the party designs, plating, food...everything looks completely outdated! Sorry to be so harsh...not a good book at all.

2 out of 5 stars

What a disappointment! April 13, 2008
8 out of 8 found this review helpful

After reading all of the five star ratings, I was so excited to get this book. It was a huge disappointment! First of all, there are so many obvious spelling and grammatical errors that it's a serious distraction - the very first sentence of this book by a professional party planner has the word "planner" spelled incorrectly! I know this isn't a textbook on English grammar but the overall feel is that this book was slapped together with so little care or thought (which would seem to contradict a professional planner's aesthetic) with the hope that the celebrity name dropping and many color photos would carry the book (it doesn't). I buy books like this to be able to see things in fresh and different ways and this book just didn't do it for me. Although there are plenty of color photos, I found the pictures were not very inspiring and the tips and recipes were banal. It's probably not the worst out there but certainly not worthy of five stars in my book.

5 out of 5 stars

Perfect Parties December 19, 2007
2 out of 4 found this review helpful

Straight from New York Party Planner, Linnea Johansson, this is an excellent guide to planning a party. Flowers, décor, cocktail and appetizer recipes, and many more tips fill these pages. If you are planning a wedding, anniversary, or just a killer bash, pick this up.

5 out of 5 stars

I am now a master party planner! December 16, 2007
2 out of 3 found this review helpful

I really liked the mixed content of this book. Lots of party planning tips AND lots of recipes, and all felt young and fresh! After I bought Perfect Parties I've thrown three events at home and each time I've found lots of inspiration and ideas although the parties have all been very different from each other. It's a slam dunk, and a great book to have at home when you need that little extra help to throw a fab party. Linnea might be the next Martha Stewart!

5 out of 5 stars

Easy and Interesting December 5, 2007
2 out of 4 found this review helpful

Im not a big creative party planner! But I love to have people at my house...This book has helped me with creatve inoovatve and most of all EASY tipa ad ideas how to have a fun different part! The language is good, and it is really easy to navigate throughout the book. Personally I love to have something look complcated but it is so easy to do! Kudos to authors!!