Sophie Kinsella's Shopaholic Abroad will prove a big treat for fans of The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic with the irrepressible Rebecca Bloomwood, the financial journalist with the stratospheric credit card bills, returning to the high streets. But things have changed for the impulsive shopper: "I'm a completely different person from the old Becky. I'm a reformed character. I haven't even got an overdraft!" Her high-flying boyfriend Luke has got a job in America and Becky's going with him to the land of "yellow taxi cabs and skyscrapers, and Woody Allen and Breakfast at Tiffanys"; she's also got the possibility of a television slot advising viewers on money matters. Of course New York also has department stores, lots of them:

There's always that buzz as you push open the door, that hope, that belief that this is going to be the shop of all shops, which will bring you everything you ever wanted, at magically low prices.
And Rebecca starts to indulge in the poetry of purchasing. Unfortunately she's brought down to earth with a bump, the light and glitter and the voices telling her she was the next big thing are an illusion, her debts are still scary and her boyfriend hates her. So it's back to England for Becky, for an inventive denouement and a delayed happy ending.
This is a hugely engaging novel. The breathless pace speeds you through the story, and Becky's character is so funny and feckless that you'll be laughing out loud, while turning a blind eye to your own credit card bill. This is a must-read for retail therapy addicts everywhere.

RELEASE NOTES:

This one is going to lisatam in Portugal :o)

Hope you enjoy it!

I have just received the book. And what a beautiful bookmark! Thanks a million Caffcaff!
As soon as I finish reading it, I will start a BookRing in Portugal!

Great story! Wouldn't we all love to have a never ending bank account for shopping????

I will now start a BookRing, as promised.


Thanks again, Caffcaff, for sending me the book!

I am starting a BRing.

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Jill
Huntgodess (só quer receber o livro em final de Agosto)

Chegou!! Obrigada LisaTam!!
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Acabei! Entretanto vou esperar um pouco antes de enviar pois a Huntgoddess só quer receber o livro no final de Agosto! Gostei bastante do livro, é muito divertido, e fiquei com vontade de ler o resto da colecção! Muito obrigada Lisatam pelo empréstimo e pelo envio!

18/09/2006
I received the book today.
I'm glad I'm the last on this list, 'cause I also received the neverending story, and was already reading the hawkmistress!

I will read it as soon as I finish one of the books i will be reading.

3/11/2006

I loved the book. I read it very fast, considering all the work I've been doing.

What should I do with the book?

As no one else has subscribed the BRing, please be free to release the book on a BC Zone, so that its journey will carry on! Happy readings!

The book will stay at my house until I can go to a BC meeting or someone askes me.

I really liked the book and I would gladly trade it for the next or the previous one (I'm assuming there's a next, 'cause I want to know all about her marriage...).

I decided to do a RABCK and this was one of the books first asked for, so I will be sending it to sofiacavaco soon.

And it arrived today!

Huntgodess, thank you for the RABCK!

Well I found this book in Porto and when passing trough the leafs I' ve found it funny the story of a finantial adviser having so much trouble with bills to pay
So I decided to bring it with me to my vacations in Greece, and had some laughs with it
I will release it probably in Athens or Milan airport