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Shopaholic & Baby
Plot : Easy to Follow
Entertainment : Very entertaining
This is the fifth book in the 'Shopaholic' series. Becky is working in London’s newest store, The look and she is pregnant. She was so overjoyed when she found out that shopping could cure her morning sickness. She wants the best for her baby, from the designer nursery, the coolest pram to the celebrity obstetrician-Venetia Carter. But later, she found out that Venetia was Luke’s ex-girlfriend and she started to suspect and affair was going on between her husband and her obstetrician. So, she hires a detective to follow Luke, but the results were not what Becky was hoping to hear. Becky went to the hospital pretending to be in labor in order to confront with Venetia and the hospital called all of Becky’s family and friends. Luke told Venetia that he loves Becky and only her. The stress of the confrontation causes Becky’s water to break and she give birth to a girl named Minnie.
Book Review/ comment:
In this book, the format is still the same, Becky still goes crazy when shopping =) and Sophie Kinsella is still as good in making Becky the charmingly air-headed shopping maniac that make me laugh.
Shopaholic & Sister
Plot : Easy to Follow
Entertainment : Light reading and exceptionally enjoyable
This is the fourth book in the 'Shopaholic' series. Rebecca Bloomwood (Becky) is now happily married to Luke Brandon, and they are happily on honeymoon using the ticket Rebecca has bought. They end their 10 months trip with a visit to Milan, where Becky met Nathan Temple, who helps her buy the angel bag that she dreamed of ever since it was released. Then, when they returned to London, Luke was shocked that Becky has bought so many souvenirs during their vacation, there are 2 truckloads of souvenirs and the bills for them are outrageous. This make Luke insists that becky go on a budget. This makes Becky a little blue but to make things worse, she found that Suze has found a new best friend while she is away. She is feeling rather depress when she gets the biggest shock of her life, she has a long lost sister- Jessica (Jess). Becky was so excited in meeting her new sister and only disappointed to find out that her sister hates shopping and is a total opposite of her. Becky and Luke start to have some problem when Luke is getting more involved with his business with Aracondas group. Their relationship went to become worse when Nathan Temples asked Luke for his advice and Becky promised to return his favor without realizing Nathan is a criminal. Finally, Becky went to Jess’s village and to try to patch things up after she think Jess will be able to assist her in solving her marriage problems, but Jess shut the door in Becky’s face. While she is waiting at the general store, she finds out that there’s a protest against a shopping complex being built in that village. She joins the protest and went on dangerous hike to try to bond up with Jess. During the hike, she fells and broke her ankle but this give the 2 sisters a chance to know each other better. Becky did not know the whole world was looking for her when she is away and Luke and Becky get back together after the accident and he eventually tells Becky that the centre was moved to another field.
Review/ comment:
Plot :Easy to follow
Entertainment: Very entertaining
This is the 3rd book in the ‘shopaholic’ series. The book opens with both Becky and Luke staying in New York. Becky is happily working as a personal shopper at Barney’s while helping suze to prepare her wedding. Luke proposed to Becky after Suze’s wedding. As in the last 2 books, Becky has problem in this one, her problem is her mother and her future mother in law are both planning a wedding for her and both of the wedding are on the same day. Her mother is planning a sophiscated wedding in the family garden while luke’s mother has arranged a wedding planner to plan a biggest and dreamiest wedding in a plaza. As becky does not know how to say no to either party, she needs to crack her head to find a best solution. So, the enchanted birch forest that take place in the plaza go 1st while the warmth and home-welcome wedding go next.
Review/ Comment
This isn’t’ a deep book, neither it has any in-depth plot but none the less, it is still entertaining and will bring a smile on your face. In my opinion, one thing good about this book is that it does not focus as much on Becky’s spending as the last 2 books while it focus more on the wedding dilemma, and this is a really good change and it makes me enjoyed the book more.
- By Sophie Kinsella
Plot : Fast paced and Easy to Follow
Entertaining Value : Good
As people who read the confession of the shopaholic remembered, Becky is now on TV advising people on how to manage their finance. Becky ‘s boyfriend, Luke, asked Becky to go to New York with him. While in New York and with all the success going to her head, Becky lets things get totally out of control for a second time. All her private life, her spending details and her increasing debt were published back in UK.
After she was fired from the TV show, Becky found that Luke hasn’t call her even when he is back in London. She was depress and when she discovered that Alicia was behind something, she did not went to Luke but go to his partner, Muchael Ellis. Michael offer to help her put by providing her a job in Washington. But she refused and went to work in Barneys. Later, Luke went to the store and ask for forgiveness from Becky and the story ended happily.
Review and Comments
This book is as interesting and funny as the previous one. The storyline is simple and girly but I still get hook and wanted to read and finish of every single page. I like the concept where most chapters begin with letters from Becky’s bank manager or from some of the store manager. Also, I enjoyed the first person narrative as it allows me to feel more involved with becky’s thought.
Plot : Fast paced and Easy to Follow
Entertaining Value : Very entertaining
I remembered I was in the cinema deciding what movie I should watch for that day when my friend and I came across this movie. Then, we thought, let’s just watch something light since the poster of the movie seems so funny. I enjoyed the movie so much that when I came out of the cinema, I decided to get the book and have a read. The main character of the story Rebecca Bloomwood (Becky), is a financial journalist of Succesful savings. Becky love to shop and when she shops, she is filled with excitement, especially when she is depress. She just couldn’t stop spending and ignored the shop. However, all these shopping have make her overspend and her income could no longer cover her bills. So, she makes excuse after excuses for her need to purchase and she will ignores all the letters that was sent to her from the bank and credit card company – she throws them away unopened, she hides them and she tells lies.Becky knows she should do something about this, so she starts to cut back on her spending but that does not work. So she gives up and keeps on shopping.
On a visit to her parents one weekend, the neighbors asked becky about her opinion of switching to a new type of investment suggested from their bank. Becky told them this is a good idea as she has vaguely heard something about this new company. Several weeks later, when Beacky is back home for her another visit, she discovered that it was a scam and her neighbors were swindled out of 20,000 pounds because they switch their investment. So, becky wrote an article detailing the incidence and what are the advice the financial company gave and this was published in the press. Becky was invited to give financial advice in Morning coffee ( a show on TV). By having this job, Becky was able to pay off her debts.
Review and Comments
This book is really interesting and funny and sometimes a little silly too. You wouldn’t notice how fast time pass when you read this book.
