Confessions of a Shopaholic (Movie Tie-in Edition) (Shopaholic Series)
by Sophie Kinsella
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Author: Sophie KinsellaEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2009-01-20
ISBN: 0440244870
Number of pages: 384
Publisher: Dell
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Book Review: Don't Panic ! It is just a visa bill ..A very Large scary bill
Summary: 5 Stars
Rebecca Bloomwood, is a 25 year Financial journalist,whose boss seems to appreciate her exuberant personality and often sends her to cover important press conferences all over London.
She also rubs shoulders with the most fabulous A - list friends, living in this spectacular flat in London's trendiest neighborhood (Her boss would kill to live in her building,But HE can't afford it.)Her blue collar parents are so proud that she is done so well for herself, Her friends and colleagues are green with envy.
Oh, If they only knew.
The only problem is her so called life is nothing more than one big fat sham.
Although she loves her job, she doesn't really make all that much, and her friends are all buying houses and getting married and moving up in the world.
Poor Becky can't even get her current boyfriend to have sex with her, no matter what she does to try to pique his interests.
She is literally wallowing in debt trying to keep up with all of her friends( who can truly afford this lifestyle) To top it all off,Rebecca is stalked by creditors night and day, and is terrified of answering the phone.
Sometimes when she has had a really bad day, she dumps all the mail that looks like bills into the sewer drain or someone else's dumpster and forgets all about it.
Whenever she gets down about all these things, she goes shopping.
For clothes mostly, and what a wardrobe she has. I listened to the book on tape and that was half the fun of this book, hearing the narrator bring life to the high fashion designer clothes Becky buys and her rationalizations on why she needs them.
My favorite scene in the book is where Becky falls in love, with a silk blue scarf with this enormous price tag that she just can't live without. She can't find her credit card and she is completely broke so she begs people at the financial conference she is covering for money under the pretense that she has a sick Aunt Ermentrude dying in the hospital who just has to have this scarf.
One of the speakers at the conference, a very successful Financier,by the name of Luke, overhears all this and gives her the money for it. Becky is so happy until she runs into him and she is wearing Aunt Ermentrude's scarf.
I adore this book, because I think a lot of people can relate to Becky's want to fit in,even it means ruining your credit for years ,and even decades to come.
A lot of people on here classify her as an idiot.
I thought she was a very charming ,smart young woman ,who turns into huge little girl whenever she happens to end up in the mall.( I don't quite get this way with clothes, but put me in a good restaurant or a bookstore and I am a goner.)The only really bad thing I can say is Sofia Kinsella writes in British English. What I mean by this is ,she uses a lot of English slang . She also writes everything in English currency,which makes it hard to understand if your aren't from Great Britian.
Here are a couple of basic definitions
pound is a dollar and fifty cents
quid is slang for a dollar,
loo is the toilet
p----d means drunk
Knackered means exhausted
If you really like stories with happy endings and lots of belly laughs and silly heroine,please give it a try.
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Summary of Confessions of a Shopaholic (Movie Tie-in Edition) (Shopaholic Series)
Millions of readers have come to adore New York Times best-selling author Sophie Kinsella?s irrepressible heroine. Meet Becky Bloomwood, America?s favorite shopaholic?a young woman with a big heart, big dreams?and just one little weakness.Becky has a fabulous flat in London's trendiest neighborhood, a troupe of glamorous socialite friends, and a closet brimming with the season's must-haves. The only trouble is that she can't actually afford it?not any of it.
Her job writing at Successful Savings not only bores her to tears, it doesn't pay much at all. And lately Becky's been chased by dismal letters from the bank?letters with large red sums she can't bear to read?and they're getting ever harder to ignore.
She tries cutting back. But none of her efforts succeeds. Becky's only consolation is to buy herself something ... just a little something....
Finally a story arises that Becky actually cares about, and her front-page article catalyzes a chain of events that will transform her life?and the lives of those around her?forever.
Sophie Kinsella has brilliantly tapped into our collective consumer conscience to deliver a novel of our times?and a heroine who grows stronger every time she weakens. Becky's hilarious schemes to pay back her debts are as endearing as they are desperate. Her "confessions" are the perfect pick-me-up when life is hanging in the (bank) balance.
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 making money, then this silly, appealing novel is for you. In the opening pages of Confessions of a Shopaholic, 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 Successful Saving. 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.
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 Mona Lisa 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.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 Successful Saving. Unlike her opposite number in Bridget Jones's Diary, 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. --Regina Marler
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