false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165966997m/9416.jpg 9416 48 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 <I>making</I> money, then this silly, appealing novel is for you. In the opening pages of <I>Confessions of a Shopaholic</I>, 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 <I>Successful Saving</I>. 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. <p>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 <I>Mona Lisa</I> 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. </p> 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 <I>Successful Saving</I>. Unlike her opposite number in <I>Bridget Jones's Diary</I>, 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. <I>--Regina Marler</I> 3237433 book 2000 Confessions of a Shopaholic (Shopaholic, Book 1) total:51913|5:12190|4:14811|3:14986|2:6240|1:3685| 51913 181319 67870 4295 4 18 false false Tue Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2004 Tue May 08 21:06:49 -0700 2007 Wed May 09 22:01:12 -0700 2007 more...]]> 1 16 false false Sun Nov 11 10:18:07 -0800 2007 Mon Nov 12 15:21:41 -0800 2007 more...]]> 3 8 false false Thu Aug 14 00:29:05 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 25 09:02:39 -0700 2008 When women are depressed, they eat or go shopping. Men invade another country. It's a whole different way of thinking.

setuju deh, soalnya gw samasekali gak ngerti ama "hobi" kaum cewe tentang shopping ini. semua cewe pasti doyan shopping meski tidak s...more...]]> 1 7 false false Fri Jul 18 09:28:50 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 18 09:29:20 -0700 2008
But, my praise stops there.

The main character of this book, Rebecca Bloomwood, is the most annoying, daft, and ridiculous character I have ...more...]]> 1 7 false false Thu Sep 25 07:29:29 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 19 10:40:51 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 25 07:29:29 -0700 2008 one too many
The first 200 pages or so are spent with the main character, Rebecca, avoiding all her collection calls and all the letters in the mail from her creditors. She stuffs things into truck...more...]]> 1 7 false false Mon Sep 29 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 22 12:30:13 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 01 18:42:20 -0700 2008 one to many more...]]> 5 5 false false Sat Mar 01 07:24:41 -0800 2008 Sat Mar 01 07:37:13 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 5 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Sat May 10 20:06:55 -0700 2008 Sat May 17 01:45:17 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 4 false false Tue Oct 16 14:55:48 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 17 21:12:26 -0700 2007 more...]]> 1 4 false false Fri Oct 05 01:59:07 -0700 2007 Thu Jan 08 01:11:46 -0800 2009 nearly once
If there is a male equivalent to women’s mindless pursuit of name-brand (read: expensive) fashion, it would ...more...]]> 1 3 false false Thu Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Fri Aug 10 08:52:12 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 10 08:55:50 -0700 2007 The protagonist is irritating and irrational to the point of annoyance.
I surmise though that this series and it's popularity has to do with how people view money. I lik...more...]]> 4 3 false false Thu Oct 02 16:53:01 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 02 16:55:45 -0700 2008
I laughed. I cried. I finished reading this month’s chick lit novel—Confessions of Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella. I have to admit that when I started it, I didn’t like it very much--I could not readily identify with the main character, Becky Bloomwood. She is a British, single,...more...]]> 4 2 false false Mon Jan 28 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 23 13:53:47 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 28 09:19:18 -0800 2008 It takes wrong turns along the way, I had no will to read it sometimes, it is, sorry to say, full of debts and lies, and cheating as well (not romantically), and it shocks a bit....more...]]> 4 2 false false Sun Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Sat Nov 03 21:00:45 -0700 2007 Sat Nov 03 21:02:00 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 2 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Jan 16 20:10:58 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 11 20:22:12 -0800 2008
Her other titles are also great reads and I cant wait until Remember Me is released.
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Shopping is some kinda healing, right?
No girls would offense me, I guess.

I think everybody will love Rebecca Bloomwood, our heroine.
She's funny and out-of-control addicted to shopping brand-names (with good excuses). When I first read it, I think, ooh.....more...]]> 1 3 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Feb 26 15:15:28 -0800 2008 Wed May 14 12:19:13 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 2 false true Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 01 02:26:26 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 15 06:50:02 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Thu Apr 09 13:43:20 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 15 03:36:15 -0700 2009 3
I'm not a big fan of chick-lit generally but the shopaholic series is pretty special, mainly because of Sophie Kinsella's comic timing.
If you are in need of cheering up (but don't have the money to indulge in a little retail therapy yourself) this i...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=9416