Funny. Light. Completely brainless. Perfect beach book. The main character is a completely out of control shopaholic, and will go to any lengths to conceal her addiction while still feeding it on the sly. It's a thoroughly enjoyable book, but it has a fatal flaw, the flaw that made me give it a "liked it" rating instead of a "really liked it" rating. This chick drives me NUTS! It is almost physically painful to see her destroying her life for a new scarf or perfect shoes. Priorities, woman! Pay your rent, stop buying couture, and get a real life!

There are several more books in the series, most of which I've read. I guess I'm a glutton for punishment when it's funny and entertaining punishment.

I remember reading this book on my early 20's. I still remember the giggling and the good time reading it. It is typical chick lit but with a twist of shopaholic. The story is light beach reading type of book. Funny.

After finish reading this book, I feel like i want to go shop until I drop. But of course I can not afford expensive clothes. The movie is also very funny. I re watch it over and over again.

I went to a friends house today for the first time and her bookshelf was a DISASTER! so me being me took out all her books and started organizing them, then I found 2 copies of THIS book and she just went— "here...you take one" and I was like— "wh-you mean FOREVER" and she was like—"yes, go ahead I have two".
I mean can have 10 more friends like her!!!!!!!!!!

Dear girls,

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...there must be the one who's more crazy than me? owing many debts. I love shopping but can control my finance well. I think Sophie has developed good plots and
personality of the protagonist (being shopaholics and financial consultant on TV at the same time) She can make it, WOW!

Ohhh..now she has a baby with Luke. Let's see next disaster (but happy-ending) she's made for her child

Wants more credit cards, Mrs. Brandon (ex-Bloomwood)?
I give this credit to you, five stars!!

So I used to work with this girl called Sarah, who was a real no bullshit kind of person. I really liked her because she was intelligent and articulate, someone I could actually hold a conversation with. She was well read, she kept up on current events and she could talk politics while maintaining integrity and respectability. When I saw this book on the break table in the back, I never would have thought that it was hers. When I found out I made fun of her. I couldn't believe a girl like her was reading one of those girly indulgent drugstore bookshelf books about some cutsey flustered vunerable woman who almost manages to overcome her sweet, sugary problems by the last few pages. Almost. Over the next few days, when I would be taking my 20 minutes for lunch, I started to leaf through the book for lack of better reading material (I had read the copy of People from three months prior so many times I could probably name the make-ups, break-ups, new babies and total tramps.) After a few chapters I was inexplicably hooked. I had to know what else the silly little spendthrift was going to get herself into and of course, eventually out of. I read it over the course of about 4 or 5 lunch breaks. It was easy to slip into the back of my mind, underneath the homework assignments and papers and substantial literature I was in the middle of, behind the bills to pay and the jobs to keep up with. It was the easiest book I have ever read, truly light and to be totally honest, well written. The woman has an undeniable personality and voice. I haven't been interested enough to get any of her follow up books, but every time I pass them in the "literature" section at the drug store, I consider it for about half a second.

My curiosity with this book has finally ended.

In my humble opinion, the movie is a million times better.

No....seriously, trust me.

IT

IS

I'm just going to promote the movie and convince you guys to watch it.

Why? Well kids....


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Yeah I was pretty much hoping those pictures proved my point so like, Watch. This. Shit. Now

Y'all won't regret this !! I promise, you'll thank me. Okay, just thank me in the form of a $500 gift card to my local book store so I know it's real ;) ;) ;)

I know: I’m late to the party on this one. This was the perfect feel-good book for traveling and reading with jet lag. It gave me palpitations at times — Becky’s misadventures with letters from the bank and credit card companies were distressingly reminiscent of my own 20s. I loved how her situation resolved itself, and I loved her voice and her (again, very familiar) delusions — as well as how very British it all was.

–Claire Handscombe



from The Best Books We Read In April 2017: http://bookriot.com/2017/05/01/riot-r...

Becky Bloomwood has what most twenty-five-year-olds only dream of: a 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, she can't actually afford it --- not any of it.

This is me or was me or still kinda me but I'm growing up and learning my harmful ways. I LOVE to shop and a pair of shoes used to make my heart beat faster than seeing a cute man. So I LOVED this book, I thought it was adorable and such a fun read... perfect chick lit style and Sophie Kinsella's bread and butter. You can't happen to fall for Becky Bloomwood even with her disastrous ideas.

Elayne Boosler said:
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 semua memiliki kadar yang separah becky. ceritanya tentang seorang becky yang tak bisa mengontrol hobi belanjanya sehingga dikejar-kejar surat tagihan dari bank padahal dia kerjanya jadi jurnalis keuangan, hahaha. cuman gw sering bengong sendiri baca buku ini, gak tau kenapa.. perasaan koq sulit sekali untuk "masuk" kedalam kepala seorang becky. apalagi ketika dia udah ngomongin barang branded seperti sepatu, syal, gaun keluaran chanel, armani, prada, louis vuitton, dorce gamalama.. eh, dolce & gabana etc. sumprit! dari dulu gw kagak ngerti soal ginian mah. jadi sering bengong sambil nyabutin jenggot karena gak ngerti bacanya. yah, kayak nabrak tembok lah. dasar geblek! dah tau di covernya ada tulisan kayak gini Chicklit (Chick Literature), yang berarti "bacaan cewe", ditujukan untuk Anda, para wanita muda yang cerdas, mandiri, berani, dan jujur pada diri sendiri... dst lah wah.. setelah ngaca bentar and gw baru sadar kalo ternyata... gw punya jenggooooot! dasar nekat bin geblek :D

analisis super sotoy cowo nekat bin geblek: gini deh, buat cewe punya hobi shopping (gak perlu separah becky lah), mereka pasti suka buku ini. At some point they can related the protagonis to themselves, tapi buat beberapa cewe (mungkin) they will find the protagonist irritated them, bisa jadi mereka gak terlalu suka ama buku ini. bener-bener sotoy pan? heuheu. gw sih ngasi bintang tiga karena secara umum ceritanya lucu karena becky selalu menjustifikasi hobi blanjanya dengan alasan2 yang bikin nyengir dan ada bagian2 tertentu yang bikin gw ngakakak. misalnya ketika becky bekerja part time di sebuah dept. store dan ngumpetin celana jins yang diincernya biar gak dibeli pelanggan=)) ato ketika disebuah pertemuan pers secara tak disangka-sangka bertemu dengan derek smeath, menejer bank yang "ngejar" becky dengan surat tagihan. simpati gw buat derek untuk "kesabaran dan ketabahannya" menghadapi becky :D

dah ah, mo shopping dulu nih. biasa, mo beli pisang keluaran perkebunan dolce gabana :D

*dan sarimun sotoy pun pergi kepasar*

2,5 / 5⭐

“There's nothing like your mother's sympathetic voice to make you want to burst into tears.”

The secret dreamworld of a shopaholic is an easy to read book, with some romance and comedy. And that's exactly my problem with it. But don't get me wrong, the book does get better while you are reading it.

The first 60% of the book was the main character, Rebecca "Becky" Bloomwood, trying to stop her shopping addiction, and then coming up with the most ridiculous excuses to justify her need to spend money. The worst thing is that then she proceeded to create a really unlikely to happen plan to make herself rich. According to my sister I'm supposed to find it funny, but I did not. Specially when she lied to people who were trying to help her. Basically, a girl who lied to everyone, with no self control and overwhelmed with her debt.

“Everyone's moving on without me, into a world I don't understand.”

However, by the second half of the book Rebecca makes a change for the good. She starts getting a hold of her life and starts thinking rationally. I was confused - I couldn't put the book down.

This book made me realise that I am not into comedy books. I give it 3 stars because, even though Rebecca could get on my nerves at first, by the end of the book I had actually started to like her.

I love Sophie Kinsella's books, they are always so fun. This one wasn't different. But the main character annoyed me many times. She is not only a shopaholic but, a compulsive liar as well. I thought she would learn from her mistakes, but she didn't. Very disappointing. I believe that since I watched the movie and she learned everything she needed in 1h 45min I expected Becky to learn by the end of this book. I hope she gets better in the other books. Still, very funny.

Cute book.. Light hearted and was good for a change!