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Summary: Like reading about me!
Review: I loved this. It was like an exaggerated, british, more in debt, story of my life! I identified with the main character like I did with Bridget Jones! The best part was probably the outlandish plans she convinces herself will work to get herself out of debt. Very amusing! Great for a light read.
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Summary: Calling all Shopaholics! This is the book for you:)
Review: ~Meet Rebecca Bloomwood......an in-debt, financial journalist(how ironic), and a full-blown shopaholic. Her bills are sky high, and her attempts to dodge the bank's letters regarding them are laugh out loud funny.....as is her reasoning behind her impulsive shopping. Of course, everything that she purchases is a need, not a want. A sale is a gem of a find and she would be foolish to pass it up. Sales are great investments right? They save her money...right? So to pass one up would be silly and foolish. That is how she thinks. She reasons that each and every purchase is a necessity, ranging from a shirt, to a sleek travel coffee mug. There is a little romance involved in the novel as well.*I enjoyed this book immensly. I could not put it down! It was a fun, fast read and I am dying to read more by Sophie Kinsella. Many times I laughed out loud as I read. It is a book you will want to recommend to all of your girlfriends. :) Any girl who loves to shop will enjoy this humorous read.*
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Summary: Hated it!!!!!!
Review: If you like shallow people and compulsive lying...this book is for you. The story was a little too far fetched for me.
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Summary: guilt free read for all women who cant stop using that visa
Review: This book is a non stop page turner-- the kind where you realy feel part of the book-- it is clever, exciting, smart and yet for anyone real women who has to have to sweater no matter how much money you have charged on your visa and no you cant pay it back but buy it anyway-- they this is the book for you. At the time i owed some money, a very meger amount compared to the amount in the book, but it is a good laugh and in all reality very true-- if you use it as a guide to help you manage money it will work. This book was soo good i have read it 4 times since august 2001 and allready ordered her next not due to come out till jan 2002--- everyone will love this book.
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Summary: Grab A Copy Of This Book and Say "Charge It!"
Review: That's what our heroine, Rebecca Bloomwood, does fifty times a day. Clothes, make-up, scarves, boots, anything that has a price tag is fodder for Rebecca's shopaholic paradise. Unfortunately, Becky has maxed out her Visa, is getting threatening letters from her bank, and has borrowed from her roommate. Even more unfortunately, she can't curb her addiction to shopping. Sophie Kinsella gives us the funniest, most messed-up, and yet most endearingly vulnerable heroine of the year. If you've ever aspired to be trendy and glamourous but didn't quite have the budget to accomplish this, you'll laugh and cry along with Becky as she attempts the two biggest ways to achieve financial security---Cutting Back and Making More Money. Her attempts are disastrous, her failures hysterical. So, what does she do? She gives herself a little consolation prize...just a tiny little purchase, and another, and another....cause Becky was born to shop and couldn't stop if her life depended on it. As an added joy, she is also a financial journalist who writes articles advising others how to manage their money. Light, clever, and totally disarming, this is a quick, fun read sure to please anyone who gets an adrenaline rush walking into a mall.I can't wait to read the upcoming sequel "Shopaholic Takes Manhattan" for more side-splitting fun shopping with Becky!
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Summary: Funny, Inspirational, REAL!
Review: There's a little bit of Becky Bloomwood in all of us! Becky believes money grows on trees and credit cards are free money. Digging herself deeper in debt with each purchase, she uses her wit and silliness to keep her above water. This book is a laugh out loud book no doubt, and the twists and turns of Becky's life keeps readers turning the page! A must read if you've ever went a tad overboard while shopping! Only took me two days to read!
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Summary: Love it, like it, read it
Review: This book is really funny. It made me laugh out loud several times. A book for everyone who likes shopping and always running out of money. The second one is as much fun as the first one. Read it and you'll love it!
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Summary: Hits too close to home
Review: Can I say that when I was reading this book I felt like I was reading my life? This was truly an amazing book and an incredibly fast read. I read this book within 5 days because I was not able to put this book down at any point. I was able to connect with this book because it took place in London ( a place that I am very familiar with) So if you enjoy reading and you want something that will make you laugh than this is the book for you!
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Summary: ONE TRUE SHOPAHOLIC HERE!
Review: Can I just say that reading this book felt like I was reading my life? This is one of the best books that I have ever read. I am a person who hates to read and when I stumbled across this book at [a local store] I picked it up thinking that it looked good just from the title, and I thought that I would give it a chance. I couldn't put the book down and I high recommend this book to anyone who enjoys shopping and a good laugh. This book took me 5 days to read and I can totally see myself reading this book again and again. I was able to relate to a lot of it considering the fact that I could picture a lot of the details that were being described because I had been to England several times adn love it there. It felt like home. Definately pick this book up and READ IT!
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Summary: Should be "Confessions Of A Compulsive Liar"
Review: The success of a twentysomething-urban-fashionista-chick book often depends on how well the audience can relate to a character or situation. Aptly titled, "Confessions of a Shopaholic" it should be something totally identifiable, right? We all love to shop. We've all been in debt. (still am). But even the super- shoppers among us will be turned off by Rebecca Bloomwood, the superficial, neurotic, materialistic, annoyingly insecure character. She's not endearing at all. You don't feel sorry for her because she is a compulsive liar who must constantly put up a "front". It is a pathetic, sad story about a girl with an addictive behavior. You'd think that she even has a sense of style but to be honest, there is very little shopping in this book. It's mostly about her debts and how she lies to everyone around her. This girl is just too extremely hard to like, extremely hard to identify with. Moreover, the story is not believable. She has these socialite friends but the author never mentions any typical comparison of "trying to keep up with the joneses." At least give her some humanity so we can sympathize with the know-all feeling of trying to win a popularity contest! The character is downright superficial, unlovable, pitiful. She deserves to be miserable, after telling stupid lies and hurting people around her-- you end up being disgusted. Kinsella just cannot make this novel humorous or realistic. Come on, Rebecca is a financial writer who knows nothing about what she's writing? Gimme a break--this is really a weak, weak excuse. The ending of 'Confessions' is also a scapegoat ending -trite, sappy, and a very DUH epiphany ("wow, i had all this financial knowledge stored in my head and never used it! now i can budget myself!"). Disappointing. If you think compulsive liars are hilarious, then get this book. I know that I sure don't.
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