Confessions of a Shopaholic (Shopaholic Series)
by Sophie Kinsella
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Author: Sophie KinsellaEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2003-11-04
ISBN: 0440241413
Number of pages: 368
Publisher: Dell
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Book Review: Confessions of a Shopaholic
Summary: 4 Stars
If you love to shop and you love fashion, then you will definitely love this book, Confessions of a Shopaholic. This book is a hilarious story of a single woman living in England, who is trying to get herself out of the financial mess she got herself into from shopping. The worst part is she is a financial advisor for a local magazine.
Becky Bloomwood lives in a well known apartment complex in England with her best friend Suzy. She writes for a financial magazine, giving information on how to use smart banking, and saving your money well. She doesn't even like her job, and she is always finding ways to get out of press conferences, and writing the articles.
Becky could take some advice from her job on financing though, because Becky herself has a hard time managing her money. She is a shopaholic; spending her money whenever she can, and even sometimes when she can't. Her credit cards are maxed out, and she has no more money left, but somehow she finds the money to buy that beautiful sweater in the department store window. The bills are always pilling up in her mailbox, but she manages to find new ways to get rid of the bills. She "accidentally" looses them, throws them out without looking at them, or hides them, because she doesn't want to know how much of a debt she is in. She knows that she has a trouble spending money, and even tries to make herself a budget to manage her money better. But Becky cannot fight the urge to shop when there is a sale, and sometimes is a foolish spender, buying things she doesn't need and will never use.
Soon, she meets a man, Luke Brandon, from a highly successful financial company, and soon realizes that she likes him. Then she finds out some important information about his company, that not only saves her financial situation, it changes her life, and saves Luke's company.
The author of this book, Sophie Kinsella, is the author of 3 different books. She has written 2 other books in the series of the Shopaholic, Shopaholic Takes Manhattan, and Shopaholic Ties the Knot. Both of these books go on the same adventures with Becky on spending her money and her job, but she also goes on newer adventures, traveling to America, and even meeting someone of her dreams. Sophie has also written another book called Can You Keep a Secret? that stars a totally different character. Sophie is now a writer, but like Becky, she used to be a journalist for a financial magazine also.
This is a great book only if you are looking for a light summer read. It's a book you would enjoy to read if you were just relaxing. It doesn't require much thinking about what is going on in the book, because it is easy to follow what the plot is. Also, this is not the kind of book you would read to go into big depth. It's just an easy, fun book to read. It is about fashion and shopping, rather than any other serious subject. But the book is hilarious, that will keep you laughing, and wondering why and how she does the things she does. Her hilarious acts keep the book going and you will find yourself waiting to see how she gets out of the messes she gets herself into. I personally enjoyed this book because of I was just looking for an easy read over the summer too. I liked how Becky always got herself into those hilarious messes. She does some crazy things that I would never think to do, and she does it all just to get out of paying a bill, something we all have to do in our lives. I would recommend reading this book, but just for something to sit back and relax to, and also to laugh about.
Summary of Confessions of a Shopaholic (Shopaholic Series)
Millions of readers have come to adore New York Times best-selling author Sophie Kinsella?s irrepressible heroine. Meet Becky Bloomwood, America?s favorite shopaholic ? a young woman with a big heart, big dreams?and just one little weakness.Becky has a fabulous flat in London's trendiest neighborhood, a troupe of glamorous socialite friends, and a closet brimming with the season's must-haves. The only trouble is that she can't actually afford it?not any of it.
Her job writing at Successful Savings not only bores her to tears, it doesn't pay much at all. And lately Becky's been chased by dismal letters from the bank ?letters with large red sums she can't bear to read?and they're getting ever harder to ignore.
She tries cutting back. But none of her efforts succeeds. Becky's only consolation is to buy herself something ... just a little something....
Finally a story arises that Becky actually cares about, and her front-page article catalyzes a chain of events that will transform her life?and the lives of those around her?forever.
Sophie Kinsella has brilliantly tapped into our collective consumer conscience to deliver a novel of our times?and a heroine who grows stronger every time she weakens. Becky's hilarious schemes to pay back her debts are as endearing as they are desperate. Her "confessions" are the perfect pick-me-up when life is hanging in the (bank) balance.
If you've ever paid off one credit card with another, thrown out a bill before opening it, or convinced yourself that buying at a two-for-one sale is like making money, then this silly, appealing novel is for you. In the opening pages of Confessions of a Shopaholic, recent college graduate Rebecca Bloomwood is offered a hefty line of credit by a London bank. Within a few months, Sophie Kinsella's heroine has exceeded the limits of this generous offer, and begins furtively to scan her credit-card bills at work, certain that she couldn't have spent the reported sums.
In theory anyway, the world of finance shouldn't be a mystery to Rebecca, since she writes for a magazine called Successful Saving. Struggling with her spendthrift impulses, she tries to heed the advice of an expert and appreciate life's cheaper pleasures: parks, museums, and so forth. Yet her first Saturday at the Victoria and Albert Museum strikes her as a waste. Why? There's not a price tag in sight.
It kind of takes the fun out of it, doesn't it? You wander round, just looking at things, and it all gets a bit boring after a while. Whereas if they put price tags on, you'd be far more interested. In fact, I think all museums should put prices on their exhibits. You'd look at a silver chalice or a marble statue or the Mona Lisa or whatever, and admire it for its beauty and historical importance and everything--and then you'd reach for the price tag and gasp, "Hey, look how much this one is!" It would really liven things up.Eventually, Rebecca's uncontrollable shopping and her "imaginative" solutions to her debt attract the attention not only of her bank manager but of handsome Luke Brandon--a multimillionaire PR representative for a finance group frequently covered in Successful Saving. Unlike her opposite number in Bridget Jones's Diary, however, Rebecca actually seems too scattered and spacey to reel in such a successful man. Maybe it's her Denny and George scarf. In any case, Kinsella's debut makes excellent fantasy reading for the long stretches between white sales and appliance specials. --Regina Marler
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