Confessions of a Shopaholic: Going Broke Was Never This Much Fun
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Its been a while since I've read this book, but remember really enjoying this book and the whole series. I'm hoping to give it another life with another owner so I'm putting it in GoryDetail's Movie Themed Bookbox. Hope wherever it ends up, someone will get enjoyment from it.
Happy trails, book!
This book enjoyed a brief stop in San Juan, Puerto Rico, before continuing its travels. It came in GoreyDetail's Based on the Book Box I received just last week.
I picked this book from the box on a very womanly day in which I was in pain and craving some chocolate ice cream, if you know what I mean. I thought I'd spend the whole day in bed with this book, and I did. It was a very light read, at times entertaining, but also annoying. The character Becky Bloomwood seems a little dumb (although she does have the potential to be otherwise, which makes it worse for me) and extremely materialistic and superficial. Her daydreams about getting married with a rich man or a rock star, hanging out at pricey venues and being admired for her (expensive) looks were adolescent. Are readers supposed to be endeared by her simplicity (which is only of mind, because she does crave luxury and status)? I was very happy to see her character change and mature towards the end, although it seems that it's only temporary, by the looks of the next book's first chapter's preview at the end of this one. I understand that people like a release from all the grim stuff of real life, but I personally can't stomach so much... shallowness. I was really glad to see Becky steer her life into deeper waters and do something beneficial to society for a change, as up to the point when she realizes that she wants to help the Martins she seemed to me, if harmless, one of the worst kind of people I could meet.
All things considered, Kinsella's style is perfect for the genre. Very light and easy reading.