Shopaholic Takes Manhattan (july book 1)

Title: Shopaholic Takes Manhattan
Author: Shopie Kinsella
Pages:352
Yearly Count: 38

Honestly, what can I say....a guilty pleasure or brainless?! Oh, well I still enjoy a sit-com book every once in a while. Becky gets into trouble again, and we all know what will happen then...she'll figure it all out in the end. I do enjoy these, but nothing is gained from them at all, seriously nothing.

I can't help but be pretty annoyed that she can do whatever she wants financially and in the end it all works itself out!! Now, if that is not a fairytale book than what is?! I would hope that people who are living in the real world would understand the concept of overdraft fees, delinquent bank accounts, overdrawn, and maxed out line of credit!!!! Ah, it freaks me out that probably some people read these and think that things really do end up tied in a neat bow even if you outrageously over spend, that things will all be fine in the end. So, yeah..that I do not like about this series of books.

And that is all I have to say about that...

Confessions of a Shopaholic

Title: Confessions of a Shopaholic
Author: Sophie Kinsella
Pages: 312
Completed: 14th, March, 2008
Yearly Count: 9
Snaps: 3/5

However goofy and silly you have thought these books are, well...they probably are. But, I choose to read it because my good friend becky recommended it to me and lent it to me. It didn't start out strong with me, I seemed to be mostly annoyed at the Shopoholic for the beginning of the book, but I am not entirely unsure that the author did not mean to do this. Not to far into the book, it gained that addictive quality for me, meaning whenever I got a second it was what I would go to grab.

The book is worth reading, it is really naive, and obnoxious, and sometimes you just want to grab the shopaholic and strangle her so that she will learn to make better choices...but she does learn some things that make her much more likable after the first bit. She definitely grew on me, and now, even though I have filled my craving for chick-lit for a little while, when I need a brainless break I will definately pick up the next one! Like I mentioned about it earlier, for what it is it is good. It is fun to read, it has that brainlessness of watching tv...but you are reading! Give it a try, let me know what you think.