2008 Woodie Awards
Shopping has never been so much fun
Jenn Dolinsky
Issue date: 11/9/04 Section: Entertainment
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"Okay. Relax. I can handle it." Except, she can't. The stack of credit card bills all marked in red, the shoes she just has to have, the $2,000 bag that others will envy...Becky Bloomwood has to have it all.
"Confessions of a Shopaholic," by Sophie Kinsella, is a sharp, witty look into one woman's high stack of credit card bills and the shopping splurges that create them. Becky's roommate, Suze, discovers her best friend's credit card woes and tries to help her clean up her act, telling her to reorganize and get rid of things she doesn't need to show her that every purchase she makes can't be made on a whim. Becky just shoves all of her materialistic endeavors into the closet and later ends up under a pile of them.
Suze is a likable character and her hilarious motivation to get her friend to stop overcharging but then wanting to squeal over every unnecessary purchase is realistic. Many girls watch their friends fly into debt and try to help, but at the same time can't help be a bit jealous of their cool shoes, handbags, clothes and jewelry. Becky is a financial journalist and while trying to break ground in her credit card bills, also discovers a particular story of interest on her parents' next door neighbors.
They've been discarded by a company that, after they made a bad decision to change on Becky's advice, steals their money. Becky decides to research the story and becomes famous after it is printed. However, as it turns out, her new-found fame is partly brought down by the fact that her love interest, Luke Brandon (a sexy business type) is the person in charge of the company she's out to ruin.
Following Becky's destruction of over-shopping and charging everything in sight is a fun, hilarious journey. Along the way, she has bad dates, a few laughable purchases, and deals with the downfall of situations she has created. There are three stories (so far) that follow the first book in this comedic series. "Shopaholic Takes Manhattan" follows Becky and Luke to New York where Becky finds herself in a whole new world of shopping troubles (and just when you thought she'd learned her lesson).
"Confessions of a Shopaholic," by Sophie Kinsella, is a sharp, witty look into one woman's high stack of credit card bills and the shopping splurges that create them. Becky's roommate, Suze, discovers her best friend's credit card woes and tries to help her clean up her act, telling her to reorganize and get rid of things she doesn't need to show her that every purchase she makes can't be made on a whim. Becky just shoves all of her materialistic endeavors into the closet and later ends up under a pile of them.
Suze is a likable character and her hilarious motivation to get her friend to stop overcharging but then wanting to squeal over every unnecessary purchase is realistic. Many girls watch their friends fly into debt and try to help, but at the same time can't help be a bit jealous of their cool shoes, handbags, clothes and jewelry. Becky is a financial journalist and while trying to break ground in her credit card bills, also discovers a particular story of interest on her parents' next door neighbors.
They've been discarded by a company that, after they made a bad decision to change on Becky's advice, steals their money. Becky decides to research the story and becomes famous after it is printed. However, as it turns out, her new-found fame is partly brought down by the fact that her love interest, Luke Brandon (a sexy business type) is the person in charge of the company she's out to ruin.
Following Becky's destruction of over-shopping and charging everything in sight is a fun, hilarious journey. Along the way, she has bad dates, a few laughable purchases, and deals with the downfall of situations she has created. There are three stories (so far) that follow the first book in this comedic series. "Shopaholic Takes Manhattan" follows Becky and Luke to New York where Becky finds herself in a whole new world of shopping troubles (and just when you thought she'd learned her lesson).
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