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Summary: Funny and very witty
Review: "Confessions of a Shopaholic" by Sophie Kinsella deals with Rebecca Bloomwood who is a financial journalist writing for Successful Saving. Her main problem is that she is a compulsive shopper and because of that, she gets herself into trouble with banks, the credit card company and she even owes money to her roommate Suze. Deep in debt, Rebecca is also depressed as she feels that her life is static, with a so-so career, no boyfriend and is constantly hassled by the banks and credit card companies urging her to pay. Kinsella gives a good insight into the life of a shopaholic and how a person can get into serious trouble if she/he is not cautious. Not a shopaholic myself, I always find it difficult to understand how people can get into debt just by buying clothes, or any other things. Reading this book makes me realize that this habit can be considered a disease just like alcoholism. Even though shopaholics know that it is wrong to keep buying especially since the bank letters piled up, they seemed to have no self-control. The moral of the book is that, shop but have self-control and be moderate. I highly recommend this book for all the shopaholics and non-shopaholics out there. It doesn't matter which group you belong, you'll learn something from "Confessions of a Shopaholic." Not to mention that it is highly entertaining.
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Summary: Shopaholic series
Review: I enjoyed the entire "Shopaholic" series but I gave it 4 stars rather than 5 only because the books are easy to read and great way to just zone out and relax, they are not great literature. But they are rather fun to read and hard to put down because you are always wondering what the next crisis Becky will get herself into and how she will get herself out. You can relate to her if you have an ounce of the "shopaholic gene" in you, although, I wonder if there are people out there that are this crazy about shopping and if they get themselves this seriously in trouble. I consider myself a shopaholic but I have never gotten in the situations Becky has gotten into, not even close !
I have reccommended them and loaned the books to all my friends and we all agreed they are a great summer book to read or a way to get away from boredom and monotony of everyday life with a giggle. Do not expect a deep or serious novel with Sophie Kinsella's writing. She writes for the 20's and 30's woman who has a sense of humor.
I look forward to more books by Sophie Kinsella.
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Summary: Shopaholic is hoot
Review: I loved this Shopaholic book. It was really great. Rebecca (Becky) Bloomwood is a finacial journalist for a mediocer company in London. She doesn't like the job because it is boring and would actually rather be out shopping. This leads to her downfall. She owes everybody lots of money 6,000 pounds to be exact and does not know what to do. Then one day she does some shopping and finds out that her cards have been cancelled because she has not paid them off. She then goes into hiding at her parents house outside of London where she tells them that she is being stocked. While she is at home she finds out that their next door neighbors got scamed on a deal with their bank and writes a report on it for another paper. This leads to her going on a morning talkshow head to head with Luke Brandon a man she sort of likes. This leads to her getting a perminate spot on the talk show as well as a date with Luke that ends with them getting a hotel room for the night. This is a humarous book that continues with SHopaholic Takes Manhattan.
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Summary: Fantastic Read!
Review: What a fantastic story. I listened to the unabridged audio version and fell in love with Becky the main character. Becky was very well written and I can see a bit of her in all of us. Becky works for a financial magazine doing column work on subjects that she thinks she knows nothing about. Well weather or not she knows anything about them she is defiantly no using any of the advice that she writes about. She is continually in debt and is very overdrawn but does that stop her from buying a new scarf (even when she has to borrow money to do so?) not hardly as you know it is a necessity. I spent most of this book laughing hysterically, especially when the letters to and from her bank and credit card company are read. But, what will happen when things start to fall apart? Listen/read to find out. If you liked Bridget Jones Diary you will love this book. It is great fun fiction!!! Becky has become one of my favorite characters of all time. So much in fact I went out and bought the other 2 in the series. I had to know what happened to her!!
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Summary: Kind of annoying but overall not a bad read
Review: I'm still a little undetermined about this book. On the upside, I didn't NOT finish reading it, which I will do with books that simply don't catch my interest or are just simply boring. However, I was tempted when, into the fourth chapter, there still wasn't much plot other than Becky's addiction to shopping and increasing debt. I found this side of her highly annoying. I mean, really, someone with this much trouble with shopping needs professional help. She also thinks nothing of lying, which I also find disturbing. The plot that was harked on the back cover didn't start until page 230... kind of far back when it's only a 245 page book or so. Everything else was Becky finding neat things to buy and turning to shops every time something went remotely wrong (which was often). Granted, the descriptions are fun and Becky is quirky and an oddly interesting character. I don't think I'd like her in real life - too flighty and shallow. Even with all this, I still enjoyed reading the book and give it three stars. It's definitely not the best time I've spent with a book, but then again, it wasn't the worst.
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Summary: Fun and Entertaining!
Review: Cofession of a Shopaholic" is Sophie kinsella's first book of the Shopaholic trilogy. It reveals the main character, Rebecca Bloomwood, a financial journalist who cannot manage her own financial matters generously. Working in a financial journal, "Successful Savings", is a career Rebecca never wanted to have. She would rather fancy herself working in popular magazines such as Marie-Claire, Harper's Bazaar, Vogue, etc. She loves fashion and all the glamorous things but unfortunately she does not have enough money to afford her tastes.
Most of all she is crazy about shopping and always making some excuses for what she has bought. Then she is trapped in debt troubles but ignores most of warning letters from the banks and again makes some lame excuse letters for delaying the payments. She tries either cutting back or making more money but nothing succeeds. Her love life problems make everything even worse. She feels that Luke Brandon, a successful handsome millionaire she has a crush on, makes fun of her. Desperately, she leaves all behind for a moment and runs to her parents' home. There she finds a financial case which has made her parents' neighbor lost a huge windfall because of listening to her wrong advice to switch their investment. Rebecca feels really bad about it but suddenly she has the idea to make a great article about it for she senses that the financial company might have cheated their investors. She gets a big attention and an offer to perform in a television show. From that moment her life begins to change and she also gets Luke, the millionaire, attracted to her. The novel is hilarious and funny. Sophie Kinsella is able to create such a character who can be the reflection of some chicks for the girly things such as going for shop without any particular reasons, collecting the shopping bags just in case she needs them to show off, dreaming to have a prince charming, and many others. This book is worth to read if you are looking for an entertaining and amusing story.
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Summary: I couldn't put it down!
Review: I work in loans and had a customer recommend this book to me! I loved it and have passed in onto some coworker who also really enjoyed it too! This is a book for anyone that enjoys to shop and does not like to have debt! I never got into a character as much as I have with this series! When I finished this book I started searching for the next one in the series! I just started that one the other day and this evening already ordered the third book! I would recommend this to anyone!
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Summary: This is a fun book
Review: This is fun book. Becky, the main character, is a shopohoic who is dodging her creditors and trying to budget. She has a unique way of justifying all of her purchases that had me laughing out loud. I just loved this book from start to finish! Only, I could relate to it a little to well in some places... :o)
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Summary: not my cup of tea...
Review: The only reason I finished reading this book was because I was stuck on an delayed airplane and had nothing better to do. It seemed like a dumbed-up, cheaper version of Bridget Jones's Diary and only took me two and a half hours to read. The main character, Becky, was infuriating. I wanted to slap her and yell "SNAP OUT OF IT!!" I had panic attacks thinking about how much money she was spending. The ending was completely ridiculous. I want my $11.95 back.
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Summary: Confessions Of A Shopaholic
Review: The book Confessions Of A Shopaholic is all about a girl named Rebecca Bloomwood. Becky is a writer for a financial newspaper, and this job bores her out of her mind. She also does not get paid very well at all. She lives in London with her best friend Suze. They have great and glamorous lives filled with all the latest fashion trends.There is just one problem, Becky can not afford any of it. She has letters from banks and credit card company's about her owing them money sent to her almost every day. Everytime she gets one she ignores it in any way possible, but this is getting harder and harder to deal with. She tries to cut back on her spendings by going on a budget plan. After that doesn't work she tries to make more money. When that plan fails she goes back to spending money and having more and more problems with her money and now even her love life. After all this mayham a story comes up that Becky just can't resist taking and it is actually something she is interested in. This article causes a lot of changes in her life. Are they bad or good? What will really happen to Becky and her glamorous life? I really enjoyed this book because it always made you want to turn the page to read more and see what exciting thing might hapen next. Becky was a fun character to read about and try to relate to because she really wanted live a glamorous life, but she just didn't have the money to do it. She juggled all kinds of situations and it was always fun to see what problem she might step into. I would recomend this book to any girl that loves to shop and wants to live a glamorous life, or just anyone who wants to read an exciting, fun filled book.
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