Who loves "Confessions of a Shopaholic"?
 

I heard so many great reviews about it, so I recently picked up a copy and ever since, I got addicted to it and loved it :)

Does anyone else loves this book also?

Me me me!!!

You have to keep reading the others in the series though.:D

And guess what? Today I just picked up a brand new copy of Shopaholic Takes Manhattan ^_~ *winks*

*goes back to my own reading and hides away from GC for a while*

Decent mind candy - but for some reason, I can't get into the latest one.

CT4 got me hooked. Patiently waiting for the new book in Feb. '07.:D

LOOOOOOOOOVE this series!! The last one was Shopaholic and Sister, and it leaves room open for a baby, but Sophie Kinsella hasn't written one after it! There's SO MUCH so she could do for Becky Bloomwood having a baby, I hope it's continued!!

Shopaholic and Baby is due in February 2007. Pun intended.

I best get cracking on that Shopaholic and Sister, then!

I've read them all, but I did not like "Shopoholic and Sister" at all, for some reason.

The "Do Want to Know a Secret" and the "Undomestic Goddess" are both great, though. :)

I read the first one -- to be honest, it read like something I would've written when I was 14 and even then would've realized it was crappy and predictable. To be fair, I'm kind of a snob about books, so no big deal.

OK, you officially made my day.

I think as long as you take it what it's for: mindless chick lit, they're entertaining. Sometimes it's nice to have a break for fluffy fiction.

I love her books, they are great for reading druting the school year. After reading class texts for hours I dont care that mutch about feeding my brain with something "well writen"

woohoo!

and I can see another interesting series of Shopaholic and Daugther:p ....spending loads of money on her daugther, haha. In fact, I read this newspaper article a while ago saying that parents nowadays spend tons of money on designer baby stuff. Like coach baby hats, baby clothes and such...:eek:

and on another note, I found myself thinking in british accent these days...how bloody scary...:p haha

HEE!!! I did the same thing while reading her books. I even took to saying bloody a lot as well. :o

I did too. Just like after I started watching the Crocodile Hunter (RIP), I started speaking in an Australian accent and saying Crikey. LOL

oooooo!!! *starts dancing around on the spot in joy!* A new piece of litrature I can sink my teeth into!!! Thanks for telling me about this girls!!! :D


As for the Crocodile Hunter, hes going to be sadly missed. He was a good guy and whatever Terri and her family has done with his remains, I'm sure that its honourable. A few days after he died Australia also lost another iconic figure in the form of Peter Brock (9-time Bathurst 1000 winner and 1-time Bathurst 24hour winner) in a horrific crash during a Rally Car race in Western Australia. That week was a sad one for Australia......

I'm going to be brave and come out and say I can't read the Shopaholic books. After reading part of the first one, I had to put it down several times. I just couldn't read about someone making such persistant terrible choices. Who thinks like that? It wasn't just about a shopping addiction either, but lying about her job/qualifications/EVERYTHING. Drove me off the wall.

/Sorry, needed to vent that. MAYBE I could be convinced otherwise, but I dunno.

*spoiler alert??*




You know what, as much as I love the book itself, I do admit at one point I wanted to slap her in the face and tell her to read all those bills and do something with it and also her behaviour :mad: but felt a lot better towards the end when she finally faced her own problems and tackle it:D

Oh my dear Lord. I just joined the Confessions of a Shopaholic group on MySpace :o and the first thread I see is mention of 2 Sophie Kinsella movies. One for Confessions and the other for Can You Keep A Secret?(which I have also read).:D :D :cool: :cool:


Who would you cast to play Becky? Luke?

ETA: Her website http://www.randomhouse.com/bantamdell/kinsella/

I don't know about Becky, but when I was reading the book, I always picture Luke looking like Julian McMahon (from Nip/Tuck and Charmed)
http://image.com.com/tv/images/proce...a/38/46060.jpg

I totally fell in love with him ever since I wacthed Charmed and secretly hoped he could be with Phoebe :p

How about you? :)

Yeah Jules is some kinda hunk! Its kinda funny, as his Dad excelled in politics and became the Prime Minister of Australia, while Julian has gotten all the way to Hollywood. I've admired him since I first saw him in the aussie tv-show, "Home and Away".

CT4 and CutieCat, I always pictured Colin Firth in the role of Luke but that could be because he's pretty much my go-to guy when I think of an actor with a British accent.

I loved Confessions of a Shopaholic, Shopaholic Takes Manhattan and the wedding one (whose name escapes me at the moment).

Am I the only one who wanted to go out and buy a Denny and George scarf after reading Confessions? I was really disappointed to find out that Denny and George doesn't exist in real life!

I think I would prefer unknowns in all of the roles that are genuine Britains. :)

I just wanted to go shopping with Becky Brandon nee Bloomwood PERIOD. LOL

The wedding one was Shopaholic Ties the Knot.:cool: Read Shopaholic and Her Sister to see how much Becky buys on her honeymoon, LMAO.

haha. I can definately see him as Luke if they ever made a movie about this book.

I read the first book twice (the second time this summer) and Can you keep a secret. I'm a big fan of british chik lit books.

I can easily see Kiera Knightly as Becky - or go with a total unknown, someone who can do the "ooh, pretty, must buy!" glaze over their eyes.

Hugh Grant is too old for Luke, but I always think of his style - the dark hair posh guy look. Surely, there's a second one in Britian!

I got my copy of Shopaholic and Baby this morning from the library. :D

I am on page 3 and already laughing!! :cool:

I'm 87th on the list for my library. It looks like they ordered quite a few copies so it shouldn't take too long to get it.

I was #37 and was really surprised when I got the e-mail last night. I figured I wouldn't get the book until late March, early April.

Ooh! I just checked our library and I'm #2 in the queue now.

NONE available in my library system. :mad:

i should have reserved it.

I just finished chapter 2 and I must say I am going to be really sad when I get to the last page. :(

I'm on hold at the library. :(

I'm 15th at my library - hopefully I'll get it soon! :)

I sure wish you all weren't so cheap and/or broke:p :p and would go out and buy it today and curl up and read it tonight so that we could engage in a lively discussion tomorrow.:o :p

I just ordered it from Amazon....so I can probably discuss in about a week.

My mom works at Barnes and Noble. I'm getting my copy from her this weekend.

You get a silver star!

It would be gold if you went tonight. :o :p

FYI: Shopaholic lovers. They have made a "Confessions of a Shopaholic" movie. It stars Isla Fisher.

Oh...and in the movie, Becky Bloomwood is NOT English.

I just saw the trailer for this! It's a little weird that she's not British...but I guess she doesn't need to be for the movie to be good.