Title: Confessions of Shopaholic Author: Sophie Kinsella
ISBN: 978-0-385-33548-5
Recommended Grade Level of Reader: Adult Crossover (Acceptable Content for 9th and Up)
Publisher: The Dial Press
Media Type: Book
Copyright: 2001
Genre: Fiction
Reader's Annotation: Credit cards. Shopping. What more can a girl ask for?
Plot Summary: Becky Bloomwood, a financial writer for a British magazine, has more interest in shopping than she does in stocks, bonds, and mutual funds. In fact, she is in a tremendous amount of debt thanks to her addiction to clothes, shoes, purses, accessories and anything that strikes her fancy whether related to fashion or not. It isn't until she writes a human interest story, rather than financial advice, that she gains notoriety. Her article sparks not only an interest in her life, but also her friends' and family's lives as well.
Evaluation: (A) Becky Bloomwood is a likeable character who uses naivety and humor to get her through her daily life. She avoids letters from her bank and credit card company hoping that they will just disappear, fudges her credentials when applying for a new job, and gets butterflies around the man she has a crush on. In many respects, Becky is a realistic character experiencing true-to-life emotions. Anyone who has gotten carried away with shopping or maxed out a credit card will find this story realistic, but for those who haven't, Confessions of a Shopaholic is so comical that it will not matter. This is a laugh-out-loud story that will make it difficult to put the book down.
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