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Confessions of a Shopaholic

By Sophie Kinsella

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| Mass Market Paperback | 9780440244875

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Rebecca Bloomwood just hit rock bottom. But she's never looked better...

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The Best Reviews: Sophie Kinsella, Confessions of a Shopaholic

"Bridget Jones Goes Shopping" On the heels of the phenomenal success of Bridget Jones's Diary comes a multitude of trendy Brit-Chick Lit novels. CONFESSIONS OF A SHOPAHOLIC stands out amongst the crowd. Becky Bloomwood is a Shopaholic. Being somewhat ... (read full critics)

thebestreviews published on Fri, 17 Sep 2010

CONFESSIONS OF A SHOPAHOLIC

Imagine if you will a character with the shoe-shopping fervor of Imelda Marcos, the trendy fashion sense of a British Carrie Bradshaw (Sex and the City) and the meager budget of, I don't know, say, Marge Simpson. Who am I describing? Rebecca Bloomwoo ... (read full critics)

teenreads published on Thu, 16 Sep 2010

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3 people find this helpful

Very funny. The book described how our heroine, Becky, fell in and out of the cycle of shopping-happy-VISA debt-upset-shopping. While being marveled at how much she can shop, I also couldn't stop laughing when I read the book.
The only side effect is - after the shocking reality check of "shop ... (continue)

Very funny. The book described how our heroine, Becky, fell in and out of the cycle of shopping-happy-VISA debt-upset-shopping. While being marveled at how much she can shop, I also couldn't stop laughing when I read the book.
The only side effect is - after the shocking reality check of "shopping could lead to debts", I probably will not want to go shopping for a while.

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material girl said on May 11, 2007 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

2 people find this helpful

The ABC of Bad Chick Lit

Asinine, Brainless, Clichéd. It’s not that I’m surprised; the title is enough to send my cortex into a debilitating palsy. But honestly, even as far as chick lit goes, this book makes an instruction manual for how to buckle a seat belt look like a dissertation on quantum physics. I mean, it is on ... (continue)

Asinine, Brainless, Clichéd. It’s not that I’m surprised; the title is enough to send my cortex into a debilitating palsy. But honestly, even as far as chick lit goes, this book makes an instruction manual for how to buckle a seat belt look like a dissertation on quantum physics. I mean, it is one thing to write a light romantic comedy with delicious, albeit predictable plot twists and happy endings. But it is quite another to intoxicate oneself on nail polish remover and discharge a brochure on the modern day, fiscally retarded frivolous female using the writing sophistication of a remedial third grader, which is exactly what Kinsella has done here. If you want to know the gist of this story it is as follows: Single girl likes shopping. Single girl maxes out credit cards. Single girl accidentally uncovers scandal at local bank that honestly, a mountain goat would have found suspect but for some reason the whole of London’s financial sector is apparently bowled over by the revelation. Single girl becomes famous, lands super high paying job, is no longer in debt, and randomly starts dating the wealthiest man in England so she’s no longer single.
I know. Let that sink in a second. Now electrocute yourself because if you’re anything like me your brain is flat lining, and move on with your day and far, far away from this book.

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ReadingQueen 12/17 said on Dec 29, 2010 | Add your feedback

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This book was a very easy read, quite amusing, and good for a giggle. A girl who enjoys shopping perhaps a little too much and finds herself lacking finances ends up lying and making up outrageous stories to avoid paying her bills. It was a bit predictable as to who she would end up with in the end, ... (continue)

This book was a very easy read, quite amusing, and good for a giggle. A girl who enjoys shopping perhaps a little too much and finds herself lacking finances ends up lying and making up outrageous stories to avoid paying her bills. It was a bit predictable as to who she would end up with in the end, but otherwise I am looking forward to reading the rest of the series.
It definitely made me think a little harder about what I spend my money on, that's for sure. This book has instilled a fear of debt in me.

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fuzziwuzzi said on Jan 7, 2009 | Add your feedback

As the name of the book tells, it is the confession of a shopaholic. Her name was Rebecca Bloomwood.
Rebecca fancied shopping very much and bought all sorts of things, no matter useful or useless, like clothes, makeup, home furniture, accessories, especially those expensive, brand-named ones. ... (continue)

As the name of the book tells, it is the confession of a shopaholic. Her name was Rebecca Bloomwood.
Rebecca fancied shopping very much and bought all sorts of things, no matter useful or useless, like clothes, makeup, home furniture, accessories, especially those expensive, brand-named ones.
Spending so irrationally no doubt made her visa got cancelled, with credit card debts and account overdraft. The funniest thing was her strategy to ignore all the letters from banks, simply throwing them into the drawers and bins unopened. She also pretended when she received phone calls from the banks.
She did try to sort the money problem out, by restraining herself from buying as well as earning more through part-times jobs. However, it just made her feel bad and because of that, she bought even more crazily as a treat. It came to a point that she could do nothing but escape to her parents' house.
Then dramatically, she got a chance to write a finance article on the papers. She was also lucky enough to get on the telly for the Morning Coffee. She finally found her place to stand as a downtoearth 'financial expert' and, all problems vanished. What a happy ending.
There were many embarrassing moments encountered by Rebecca which made one giggle. This was really a creative topic and the author did create a very live shopaholic.
　
"As I stare at it, I can feel little invisible strings, silently tugging me toward it."
"I can't escape my thoughts. They're churning round in my head, like a record that won't stop, over and over and over."
"Forgive my reticence in contacting you before. But the more I think about it, the more I realize how much I enjoyed our evening together and how much I would like to repeat it."

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Candy said on Jan 6, 2012 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

Read in PDF format provided by a friend and read in office in spare time. Happy to see Becky can finally solve her finacial issue but the whole story indeed only happens in a novel....
Becky is so funny and interesting, i quite like her~!
Knowing there is another book of mini shopaholic, thought ... (continue)

Read in PDF format provided by a friend and read in office in spare time. Happy to see Becky can finally solve her finacial issue but the whole story indeed only happens in a novel....
Becky is so funny and interesting, i quite like her~!
Knowing there is another book of mini shopaholic, thought who is Becky & Luke's daughter and waiting to know about their story!!!

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喵陽 said on Oct 16, 2011 | Add your feedback

Nice laught and easy to read, a good way to practice your English.
Anyway it makes you think about your wrong behaviors... everybody has postponed something in their lives.

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Cindyzappa said on Jun 14, 2011 | Add your feedback

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Mass Market Paperback 348 Pages
ISBN-10: 0440244870
ISBN-13: 9780440244875
Publisher: Dell
Pub date: Jan 01, 2009
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