28th November, 2007
Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella
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Published in 2000
ISBN: 0440241413
The first book of the popular Shopaholic series! It has another title, too, which is ‘The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic’. Yup, we meet Rebecca Bloomwood and in this book, she and Luke aren’t together. Yet. I wanted to know how they met and boy, it’s all absolutely exciting. I couldn’t stop reading last night and just kept turning the pages to know what happens next!
Rebecca or Becky is 25 years old and she completely adores shopping. She’s a financial journalist at Successful Saving magazine. Although she finds her work hopelessly boring, she sticks to it because it’s a job and she gets paid. Oh, she also gets bombarded with numerous letters from her bank and Visa. Why’s that? Well, she’s spent too much and hasn’t paid the bills yet, that’s why!
Finally, taking her dad’s advice, without his knowledge, she tries to C.B. which means ‘cut back’ on her spending. However, she ends up spending more money instead. When she felt like there’s no more hope, her flatmate, Suze, suggested that she tried to Make More Money so she can pay off her bills.
Somehow, Becky applied to be a Saturday shop assistant at a clothes store. Sure, she loves clothes and all, but hiding a pair of jeans from a customer??? That’s hilarious! You never know what she’ll do next. She makes up lies and all kinds of stories just to get her own way and to me, she comes across as a very selfish person.
How’s her relationship with Luke in this book? He’s deemed a genius and he built his company, Brandon Communications from nothing. Also, he’s in the list of the 100 Richest Bachelors. Tarquin, Suze’s cousin, has also made the list. He’s interested in Becky but she’s not that into him, unfortunately. Anyway, things changed after she spotted him in the richest bachelor list.
Becky thinks that Luke Brandon likes her. But, she’s not quite sure. She even had a good time choosing a luggage bag with him. Apparently, the luggage was for his girlfriend! Was she furious when she found out! And all the while she thought that he actually liked her. Since then, she’s never trusted him and decided to hate him.
At the beginning of the book, only bad things happened to her. Partly because she caused them to happen. You feel sorry for her and yet you just want to laugh out loud at her silliness! It’s like the other Shopaholic books I’ve read. And I have two more books to go – the one where she gets married and the other one with the baby!
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On December 7, 2007 at 3:51 am nylusmilk said:
when i first read this, i actually hated becky bloomwood! i thought she was so idiotically bimbotic… but i grew to love her just like becky’s loved ones.
On December 16, 2007 at 1:49 pm Josette said:
Hi nylusmilk,
Yes, I was pretty annoyed with Becky in the beginning. She’s always so over-confident and extremely optimistic. Hahaha! ‘Idiotically bimbotic’…that’s a nice phrase to describe her.
On December 16, 2007 at 6:33 pm KittyCat said:
I’m reading this book now and thought it’d be one of those fluffy chick lit novels. It’s actually *very funny* and yes, I can’t help liking Becky Bloomwood for all her ditziness. I’m starting a writing career seriously and see a lot of myself in her - yikes!!!
On December 20, 2007 at 9:50 am Josette said:
To me, the Shopaholic books are quite addictive. I don’t mind reading about Becky and her silliness. Some parts are really funny - that’s why I look forward to the other Shopaholic books.
Hope you enjoy this book as much as I did! Happy Reading!