Okay, so this is the second time I've read this book and I'm happy to say my rating went up a star. I guess since this series is pretty popular I can just sort of dive into some spoilers.

First off, Suzy gets married to Tarquin who is her cousin? So this actually made me cringe so hard because of the whole cousin getting married situation. Then on top of that Suze was pregnant. Which yay I'm happy for her but at the same time internally cringing because she had sex with her cousin and is now pregnant with her cousins baby...



Then the whole wedding planning disaster between Becky, Luke's Mom, Robyn, and her own mother. It was very hectic and completely hilarious to read about. I'm happy that she found a way to fake the wedding that Robyn and Luke's Mom wanted but actually married Luke where she wanted - which was back home in England. Plus, it was the wedding her mother was freaking planning too.



Speaking of Luke's Mom - UGH I just did not like the woman. She frustrated me and honestly she was a huge bitch the entire time. Luke deserves way better and she really needs to fix her act if she wants to have any sort of friendly relationship with Luke and Rebecca in the future. Oh, I feel like I should mention Alicia because she was briefly mentioned in this book and I still sort of kind of hate the bitch.



Then there's Luke - who I absolutely adore. I'm so glad that he and Becky are married now!! God, they are so freaking adorable. He was so funny during the fake wedding and how he was so surprised that they weren't really married ... yet. Then at the real wedding he was just plain adorable. I love him so much!

I can't wait to dive into the next book!

Lucu..seger..jadi tau rasanya gimana jadi orang yang ga bisa nahan keinginan dan berusaha terus menerus untuk membohongi diri sendiri..hampir sama sih aku juga boros dan susah kalo pegang duit banyakan dikit..tapi tetep tau batas dan ga sampe ngutang2 gitu..hebatnya cewek ini kan dia selalu bisa nyelesaiin masalahnya dan tahan hidup dalam kebohongan >_< kekacauan yang dibuat bener-bener ga terduga hihi

Tentang penulisannya sih aku suka gaya nulisnya si Sophie Kinsella..beda dari yang lain..tetapi gampang dimengerti..dan detail - detail kecil yang ga perlu diceritakan kayak tagihan atau surat dari bank menambah kelucuan cerita dan membuat kita jadi mengenal karakter tersebut lebih dalam

kalo yang buku ini ceritanya waktu si bex mau nikah ama pacarnya..cuman tetep aja sifat shopaholicnya ga sembuh - sembuh dan akhirnya jadi kekacauan yang cool hehehe ga bisa ngomong apa2..dah lupa soalnya

A volte ritornano.
Ho iniziato a leggere i libri di kinsella per caso (e non in ordine cronologico).

Onestamente ero abbastanza scettica, credevo di trattasse di una lettura "perditempo". Invece mi devo ricredere.
È una lettura piacevole, senza dubbi leggera ma comunque ben strutturata.

Ho iniziato a leggerli in ordine cronologico, i love shopping in bianco è il terzo della serie e mi è piaciuto.
Personalmente sono da intervallare con libri più "impegnativi" o comunque quando si legge molto e si ha bisogno di una pausa senza smettere di leggere.

I personaggi principali rimangono gli stessi in tutti i libri e alla fine ci si affeziona.
È bello vedere come Becky, in un modo o in un altro (per nulla scontato), alla fine riesce a cavarsela.

Credo, inoltre, che anche se in chiave ironica, passa il messaggio che molte volte giustifichiamo l'ingiustificabile con le scuse più assurde (le lettere di risposta che Becky riceve dalla banca alle sue richieste più disparate sono meravigliose).

3.5

This series is slowly turning into my guilty pleasure that I enjoy greatly, however, this is my least favorite so far in the series. Becky gave me a headache in this book. I'm not sure how she got herself into the situation of having 2 weddings and continued to not fix it.

I know this is supposed to be a fun and girly read, which it is but at some points I just wanted to pull my hair out.

When Becky and Luke get engaged, they have mothers on both sides of the ocean wanting to plan the wedding and have it held in England (Becky’s mom) and New York City (Luke’s mom). As the mothers plan in different countries, Becky just can’t decide where she wants to have her wedding… and the plans continue onward with neither mother knowing the other mother is also planning! And Becky just can’t seem to come to a decision and can’t bring herself to tell anyone the crisis she’s having in trying to decide – she doesn’t want to let anyone down.

I feel like “chick lit” is not the kind of thing I think I would like, but when I do read it, I really do (most of the time) tend to really enjoy it! This book (and series) is no exception there (even though I don’t shop, am not “into” fashion, and I often get annoyed with Becky. I did feel like I had a solution for her early(ish) on in the book, and it kind-of (but not completely) went how I was thinking. But, I still enjoyed the ride (even when I was frustrated with Becky). There was a more serious side to this one, as well, involving Luke and his mother.

*yawn*

What? Did I really do that? I, who LOVED the first two Shopaholic books?

Why yes I did. This book could not have been dragged out longer. I don't know if Sophie just ran out of tangled spots for Becky to work her way out of, but man did this book drag. By the end I couldn't care less if Becky actually got married or not.

I thought there would be more fun with the wedding planning - Becky's style versus her mother's or Luke's mother's style. Lots of shopping, spending too much - I mean, that's why I love these freaking books so I can shop vicariously through the character.

No deal.

Just a lot of "GET ON WITH IT!"

I won't be reading the fourth installment. I'm blatantly against silly people procreating (which is why I have no children of my own). The idea that Becky is going to have a baby now is just silly. And the premise is tacky and cliche.

Stick with the first two books and enjoy them. Skip the third.

As much I loved the writing, Becky just drove me nuts! She really needed to grow up and stop acting like an entitled baby. She thinks about having a baby after Suze, but only because she wants to shop for it. Not be a mother. She wants the Plaza wedding, but also her wedding at her parents' but can't say no to either one. I did like the little twist at the end, but it was a little to late for me to really enjoy it as the whole book was me wanting to slap her silly and tell her to wake up look at reality!!

Also, I didn't feel the love between Luke and Becky as he was barely in the book. I saw more of his real mom, who is the biggest bitch on the planet, then I saw him. Just didn't feel it.

lord strike down this evil woman. she's not even a shopaholic in this which is crazy given its the wedding special like hellooo many shopping opportunities here but she just lets everyone else plan it. her just signing all the papers her mother in law gave her lordd how can one be so stupid like she is just proving elinor right.. and also i hate elinor soz i really do not gaf. and becky is insane for giving her a list of things to say that she knows luke wants to hear from her and elinor is crazy for going along with it instead of giving him a speech entirely her own. suze and tarquin hilarious as always for being cousins that got married

oh and sorry luke PISSED ME OFFF for being totally not involved in the wedding like please get in there and do something. oh my god

I love Kinsella's books, and I loove Becky, but this one was my least favorite. The way she had to drag on the wedding decision totally wore out my patience. What sucked was that THAT was basically the main part of the story. At some point, I was so irritated at her that I wasn't really concentrating on what I was reading because I wanted to hurry up and get to the conclusion. And it's too silly how Luke was so unaware of the chaotic wedding planning, don't you think? Almost pretentious. I mean, my boyfriend is totally successful/super busy and I may be a ditz.. but he would know if I'm planning two weddings. But yet it was definitely entertaining, and it did make me want a spectacular wedding at Plaza. Wouldn't anyone?

Yesterday, although clear and sunny, came with a chilly biting August wind that the south-eastern part of Australia is known for. I have in my new house, a designated ‘reading room’ which is a little family room off the kitchen/dining room that has big windows. It has no TV access point so we put our second couch in there, along the windows and I made it my quiet room. The sun pours in there in the afternoon and it’s perfect for curling up and enjoying a book.

I finished this book in one afternoon, they’re just that easy to read. As I said in my Library post, this is the first time I’ve read one of these novels as previously I’ve listened to the audiobooks and the woman who reads it is very good. I was happy to discover that my like for them transferred over just as much and I really enjoyed this book. So much so that my fiance, upon wandering into the room totally unnoticed by me, commented several times on the fact that I was laying on the couch giggling to myself.

I do love Becky Bloomwood. This novel picks up with Becky and Luke still living in Manhattan, Becky is still working as a personal shopper at Barney’s, although that hasn’t stemmed her passion in shopping for herself. Luke spends some time wondering how their household account keeps getting overdrawn and where their joint statement is – Becky has hidden it, and then in a last ditch attempt to prevent Luke from finding out she’s been buying shoes and clothes from their household account- spills white out onto it.

This could be portrayed as an unhealthy relationship, in that Becky hides her purchases from Luke and attempts to deceive him about the statement, but this book addresses more than once Luke’s tolerance and even his joyful amusement in Becky and it’s pretty obvious he has every idea what she’s doing. Luke, up until this book, is a workaholic – driven and dedicated to his company, Brandon Communications and it’s clear in this book that he regards Becky as his antithesis and someone who keeps him from taking life too seriously. She reminds him to have fun, and he finds her take on life refreshing and funny.

Becky’s former flatmate Suze is marrying her cousin Tarquin (in something I found a fraction icky, but apparently legal) and Becky is the bridesmaid. A misunderstanding leads to her proclaiming that she never wants to get married, well not at at least for 10 years! She’s lying of course, which is just as well, as Luke is quite obviously planning to propose. Becky joyfully accepts and Becky’s mother starts planning the ultimate wedding in Becky’s hometown.

The problems begin when they go back to New York and meet with Luke’s mother, the repressed and icy Elinor and hear of her plans. She intends to give them a huge, extravagant wedding, booking the Plaza Hotel and hiring a wedding planner with no expense spared. Becky of course, is totally seduced by the idea of a big and lavish wedding with four hundred guests, a thousand dollar cake, the Philharmonic orchestra, a stunning designer dress instead of her mother’s wedding dress and she finds herself agreeing to both weddings, one on each side of the world which are due to be held on the same day in less than five months. She’s soon in so deep that she can’t bear to back out of the Plaza wedding and risk not only Elinor’s wrath but also being sued, nor can she break her mothers heart. Her mother has been working diligently on the other side of the Atlantic, and when Becky visits home, she finds that the whole house is being done up for the wedding, which just makes her guilt and misery even worse.

Luke undergoes an interesting character growth this book. In the first book he’s kind of distant and amused by Becky and although it’s obvious he’s attracted to her, he’s always exactly the same: in control, composed, capable, dynamic. In this book, his drive to impress Elinor, the mother who left him, desert’s him when he realises that she didn’t leave him by force, but by choice. This coupled by a friend of his who has a medical issue, leads to him completely falling apart, questioning life, what it means, why he bothers to work so hard. He is going through a semi mid-life crisis: he stops shaving, stops going to work and starts giving away his money and shoes to random people on the street. This only adds to Becky’s stress level, as not only does she have to figure out how to cancel one of the weddings without being sued or destroying her parents, she also has to ‘fix’ Luke and get him out of this slump that he’s in.

Although the book is a tad over the top, as someone who is planning a wedding (albeit a very relaxed and casual one), it’s easy to see how things can just completely snowball. Everyone wants to take over a wedding, and sometimes it’s very hard to get your voice heard on what you want. Becky is bullied into the Plaza and the wedding at home because she never once sits down (with or without Luke) to think about what she wants her wedding to be and she ends up being swayed on everything because she’s just indecisive and eager to please everyone. Elinor is very concerned about public image and the lavish wedding she’s throwing isn’t so much about Luke and Becky’s wants or happiness, but more about the publicity for her charity.

This book was a lovely 2hrs or so of escapism. I really need to own them all as I enjoy them so much. I do love Becky’s voice. Even though she’s completely frivolous and obsessed by shopping, she’s warm and so easily likable. I think I’d love to have a friend just like her.

"-¿Quieres una respuesta sincera o la que da más puntos en Cosmopolitan a "¿Realmente te quiere tu novio?"
-La segunda -escojo tras meditarlo un momento.
-Deseo participar en todos los detalles de nuestra boda -contesta con seriedad-. Sé que si mostrara falta de interés en cualquiera de las etapas sería una clara señal de que no me he comprometido contigo como la mujer bella, cariñosa y especial que eres y, en ese caso, no te merecería.
-Eso no ha estado mal -acepto muy a mi pesar-. Ahora dame la verdadera.
-Nos vemos en el altar".

mamma mia's voulez-vous sequence except it's 407 pages long