She reminds me of myself (a detailed review will follow as soon as I find the time) ( )

Thr first book in the Shopaholic series, Confessions of a Shopaholic is one of my favorite books! Throughout this book we follow Becky Bloomwood who is obsessed with shopping and drowning in debt. She just can't help herself when she sees a sale sign. You will laugh laugh out loud at all of the crazy things Becky thinks of to help solve her situation. But when she falls for a high powered executive, her secret could get out and ruin more than just her credit score. Overall a great, fun read that I recommend to anyone who likes chick-lit and shopping! ( )

Becky Bloomwood is an attractive 20 something living well beyond her means in a posh London neighborhood. Becky reveals the secret life she leeds as a shopaholic who is drowning in debt in an often humorus first person tone. Becky is aware of her problem but just can't stop, often making up wild excuses to herself to justify her overspending. She spends her days ironically faking her way through her job as a financial journalist, mindlessly copying her facts directly from press packs and avoiding phone calls and letters from bill collectors. I would recommend this book to anyone looking for a bit of mindless chick lit humor, not a difficult read and it definitely has its funny moments. ( )

rebecca bloomwood lives in a trendy part of london, and works in a savings magazine "sucessfull savings". unfortunately though she actually doesnt make a ton of money, she loves to shop. She shops so much, even on uneeded and ridiculous things. She gets into debt, but starts avoiding derek smeeth who starts calling for an appointment. She meets and becomes aqaintences with luke brandon who works at the main publisher for the magazine that rebecca works for. He is also on the list of the 20 richest bachelors in europe. She starts to fall for him, but gets mad when he asks for her opinion when he is shopping for his girlfriend. For a while she tries to save money, but just ends up buying more than ever. When all of her cards are eventually cancelled, she runs away to her parents house, and claim that derek smeeth is her stalker. She then finds out that a family she gave financial advice to missed out of 20,000 dollars because they followed what she told them. She had actually known about the 20,000 dollar offer, but had not been paying attention. She then writes an article that is adamant against the program which encouraged many people to change their insurance, right before a 20,000 offer became available. The article becomes a big deal, and she ends up going on live tv to debate Luke Brandon, who happens to be a genius. She is so good during her debate that he admits she is right, and that the program was bad. She ends up getting a monthly spot on the show to talk about finance. She then agrees to meet Derek Smeeth. After this she has dinner with Luke Brandon and eventually ends up dating him. She blows off the meeting with Derek Smeeth, but sends him te money to pay off all of her debt.

Sophie Kinsella thrills, annoys, and stresses you out! But in the end is a light feeling of redemption. There is no climax in her novel, because of the 1st person point of view, she'll take you to the innermost thoughts of the character so you'll feel whatever she's feeling. 5 stars! ( )