These books are seriously addicting. I know the main complaint people have about these books is how annoying Bex can be, but I don't mind her. She has her moments where I would like to smack some sense into her, but overall I like her funny, awkward moments.


Bex is basically running around like a chicken with her head cut off throughout this whole book. She has promised both her mother and her mother-in-law that they could plan her wedding, and nobody knows...Not even Luke. Also, both weddings are in separate countries. The story had Kinsella's usual humor littered throughout. I will admit she is the queen of laugh out loud humor. She can make you cringe and laugh at the embarrassing situations her heroines get into.


Dragging out the decision about where to have the wedding was the only bad part. After a while it got old, and I just started skimming just to see how it would end.

revisited this book i read years ago and it’s still a very fun silly read! the main character is, for lack of better words, sort of a bimbo but it’s very fun

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Whether you have dreams of your perfect wedding or have experienced your perfect wedding, readers of this novel will feel all of Becky Bloomwood’s trials and tribulations in this third book of the ‘Shopaholic’ series. It’s a story that will appeal to all: young or old; single or settled; rich or poor. Once more, Kinsella has produced a narrative that will delight fans.

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One of the best chick-lit series I've read! Becky Bloomwood is a delight and adorable! She has her issues, of course, but somehow you can't help loving her! Part of what makes these books so funny and cute is the ability Becky has to justify every purchase she makes. And her shopaholic problems aside, she's a sweet, kind and big-hearted person.

My sister and I were actually able to go to an author talk with Sophie Kinsella, and she's just as adorable as Becky!

So far there are 5 books in the series (Confessions of a Shopaholic is the first), and all are worth the read. My favorites are books 1, 4 and 5, but 2 and 3 are really important and also really good!

Again, without giving lots away I can tell you little more about this book than the title already does. But, just imagine the delights of a shopaholic with an excuse to purchase all things wedding-related.:)

Happy reading!

Winner of Annie's Awards 2005:

"Favorite Comedy" - 2nd place

Oh no! Oh no! What happened to Sophie Kinsella when she wrote this book??!!!
Needless to say I wasn’t really pleased with the third novel. The problem book series have, especially when the first two novels were really good, is that the reader is hungry for more good story telling. But unfortunately, with Shopaholic Ties the Knot, it seems like the author has lost her fire….OH NO!!!
Okay, what didn’t I like about it? Well, for starters, the plot seems really ridiculous. Becky Bloomwood’s character builds a certain level of expectation particularly readers she was introduced to in two prior novels. She is a Shopaholic, right? Then why would she allow two other people to plan her wedding? I mean, if she loves to shop, then what better way to start the story with Becky not being able to resist the huge million-dollar industry of Weddings? There are tons of irresistibly spending sprees she could have done and could have used the excuse, ‘Hey, I only get married once!’ to explain her splurges. But instead Ms. Kinsella takes the reader to a bizarre scenario where two weddings are being planning for Becky to occur on the same day. How weird is that! I know this is fiction, but at the very least try to think of the readers and how they would relate to the main character! I just got married very recently and I was hoping for the book to indulge me with wedding (mis)adventures so that I can relate, laugh, and recollect about my own wedding planning (not that I splurged…well, maybe a little…)!
The new characters Ms. Kinsella introduced are annoying and incomprehensible. First there is Becky’s NYC bestfriend, Danny. He is supposed to be an up and coming designer. Hmmm, really now…then why does he leech off his older brother (who pays the rent) and lies about having his clothes being sold in Barney’s? And when he does design Becky’s outfits, the clothes come apart!!!?? Becky wears one of his ‘T-shirt Gowns’ (what the heck is that???!!!) when she walked down as Suze’s maid-of-honor, but the pieces of the outfit were coming off!!! Isn’t the criteria of a good fashion designer not just in the creativity of the work but the WORKMANSHIP and innovation of the sewing! Danny also creates Becky’s wedding gown by making ‘denim’ ruffles? WHAT?????!!!! What bride in her right mind would wear such a thing in a supposedly posh wedding at the New York Plaza, where Hollywood Stars get married? The theme of the wedding is Sleeping Beauty, but Becky has DENIM material on her gown? I am completely appalled at the ridiculousness of all this! Ms. Kinsella should have done some research in dress-making…OR should have not created the Danny character and stuck it out with Suze, whom I always found to be super cool!
The character of Luke’s Mom, Elinor, is incomprehensible. Did Ms. Kinsella do this on purpose? Are we really not suppose to understand her? She is rich, snobbish, and very narcistic (she has ‘secret’ surgeries in Switzerland), who apparently does not really care for Luke and is in fact using him for his time to build up her charity work. However, if she really doesn’t care much for him and is using him for money, then why would she pay six figures to throw them a wedding? Why not be consistent and have him pay for the wedding? The falling out Luke eventually had with Elinor causes him to break down, which Becky calls ‘mid-life crisis’. I find this part of the story very unconvincing. In the end, Luke and Elinor made-up in such a casual way that I end up shaking my head and asking the question, “Why go through the trouble of putting a crisis in the story when it is clearly half-baked crisis?”
The part I like the best was whenever Becky would find ways to ‘cover’ her expenses on the bank statement. One of the arguments she and Luke had was “Is a Miu-Miu skirt a house hold expense?” I found that quite funny, but everything else in the story, I shrugged in disappointment.

WHY IS THIS GIRL STILL NOT IN THERAPY BRO?????!


Spoilerrrr alert*******

AND WHY IS SUZIE MARRIED TO HER COUSIN AND HAD HIS CHILD?????? This book is fucked up sorry

among the Shopaholic series,

this is the best book for me.
Becky was so smart that she got married TWICE :D her dream wedding and her traditional wedding courtesy by her mom. :) though in this book she had a very crucial decision making. She's so stressed that she didn't know how to handle it.

4.3 stars
I really loved this one as well. I think it's safe to say that I'm in love with this series

Rebecca Bloomwood is probably the only character I forgive being an absolute pain in the ...
She makes me furious and eye-rolling, I want to shout at her and still I find myself enjoying the books.

I loved all the wedding talk. Must the Disney princess inside me still waiting for her big day.

I don't know how Sophie Kinsella does it, but she takes the exact same plot as the other two Shopaholic books, and makes it even better. I've read 5 books by Sophie Kinsella, and they've all been essentially the same. They all had:

-A silly but lovable main (female) character
-A hot love interest who is more professional, but loves the MC's quirks
-A large cast of supporting characters
-Silly and unbelievable situations

Even though all of her books follow the same formula, I can't help but love them.

This book is pretty much the first two books with a few changes. Becky starts out getting a bank statement that really is too large, Becky gets into some money trouble, Becky miraculously solves her problems and comes out a better person. Sure, I've read it before, but I loved it the first time, and I loved it again this time. You can never have too much of a good thing.

If you liked the first two books, you'll like this one just as much.

Now, on to the next one!

Becky: "Sekarang aku Becky Brandon, ingat! Mrs Rebeca Brandon.
Luke: (Menggeleng) "Hanya ada satu Becky Bloomwood, jangan pernah berhenti menjadi dia."


Tidakkah itu sangat romantis? Luke membiarkan Becky untuk tetap menjadi dirinya sendiri, bukan merubah dirinya bahkan setelah Becky menjadi bagian dari dirinya.

Bukannya bermaksud untuk membocorkah akhirnya, toh judulnya telah lebih dahulu mengatakannya.

Ini tentang si gila belanja yang ... Boleh saya iri dengan hidupnya? Setelah dikejar-kejar hutang dan rangkaian kebohongan, akhirnya dia mendapatkan Luke, pekerjaan yang paling disukainya, tinggal di New York dan lamaran...lamaran...lamaran, ketika mendengar kata lamaran tidakkah telingamu juga langsung mendengar lonceng pernikahan?

Pernikahan indah, hanya saja ... Percayalah ... Saya pribadi sih akan memilih pernikahan paling sederhana, ngundang pegawai KUA untuk menikahkan di masjid aja, karena saya tahu betapa tertekannya semua orang ketika mempersiapkannya. Dan bayangkanlah ada dua persiapan pernikahan besar-besaran di dua negara, Inggris dan Amerika!


Jika memilih pernikahan di Inggris, itu akan menyakiti Elinor, calon ibu mertuanya. Bukankah Becky anak tunggal? Tak mungkin menyakiti ibunya yang telah mempersiapkan pernikahannya dengan penuh cinta, bahkan dengan pernikahan super mewah di The Plaza. Becky harus menghadapi dilema.


Seperti biasa agak dibuat kesal dengan Becky yang menunda-nunda masaah seperti biasa, menggunakan kebohongan kecil untuk berkelit, dan selalu pandai membuat alasan. Membaca ini agak melelahkan, selelah mempersiapkan pernikahan *anggap saja begitu*

Di halaman 365, saya merasa agak mirip Elinor. Bukan secara fisik karena dia digambarkan begitu mirip Bette Davis, tapi dari sikap keras yang sama-sama kami miliki, ya rela berlari dari apa yang begitu kami ingatkan di saat hal itu begitu dekat untuk diraih. Elinor dingin dan kaku, tapi untuk beberapa orang, begitulah cara mereka mencintai. Seperti yang dia ungkapkan.


"Aku mengambil keputusan, aku mempertahankan keputusan itu. Bukan berarti aku tak menyesalinya."


Berbahagialah Becky, karena beruntungnya kau mendapatkan Luke untuk kau nikahi!

In het derde deel van de Shopaholic reeks, zegt Becky 'ja'. Aan veel verbeelding laat het hier niet toe natuurlijk. Weer weet onze Becky zich een beetje in de nesten te werken wat voor hilarische momenten zorgt. Trouwen lijkt fijn maar voor Becky is het een rollercoaster rit van jewelste. En stress is een beestje dat ze als huisdier bij zich draagt gedurende deze periode.
Leuk boekje, al vond ik dit tot nu toe het minste deel van de drie die ik gelezen heb.
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