Who doesn’t love reading? Everyone loves reading! Okay, maybe not everyone, but I am sure most of us love reading. This post is dedicated to all book readers, everything about what I think of my books.
I have this idea of making “book reviews” on all my novels and my sisters’ novels when I was re-arranging my novels. So, enjoy reading!
I would like to start with, Sophie Kinsella’s books (some of the books are yet to be found!) and not in order, just so you know.
1. Shopaholic & Baby
This is the time when Becky Brandon (nee Bloomwood) got pregnant. This book would be one of my all-time favourite! It’s just funny to read about her life being pregnant, shopping for all those branded baby items, clothes, baby strollers. There’s also some “conflict”. She went to the celebrity, must-have obstetrician who happens to be Luke’s – her husband – glamorous, intellectual ex-girlfriend. There’s also part when she went house-hunting with Luke, when they were interviewed by this magazine about them living in the house (when they hadn’t even bought the house!). Oh about the shirt! The Red-haired girl. MUST READ! I won’t tell you everything here!
Becky’s life is blooming! She’s working at London’s newest fashion store The Look, house-hunting with husband Luke (her secret wish is a Shoe Room) … and she’s pregnant! She couldn’t be more overjoyed – especially since discovering that shopping cures morning sickness. Everything has got to be perfect for her baby: from the designer nursery, to the latest, coolest pram, to the celebrity, must-have obstetrician.
But when the celebrity obstetrician turns out to be Luke’s glamorous, intellectual ex-girlfriend, Becky’s perfect world starts to crumble. She’s shopping for two…but are there three in her marriage?
2. Shopaholic & Sister
This book, I would say, funny but.. stressful? It’s worth to be read too.
There’s too much troubles here, I suppose. She becomes on a strict budget, she doesn’t have a job, her best friend Suze has a new best friend. Not until she knew that she has a long-lost sister. She’s so excited that she thought of going shopping together, do everything together. Until she meets her sister, she became totally shock. Her sister hates shopping, always recycle things, buy some cheap things on a cheap store. It’s funny, seriously, except when you read the part about her sister, which is just… stressful. You can’t stop reading this because you’ll be so eager to read what will happen next, blablabla. I wouldn’t tell much. Must read yourself!
Becky thought being married to Luke Brandon would be one big Tiffany box of happiness. But to be honest, it’s not quite as dreamy as she’d hope.
The trouble started on honeymoon, when she told Luke the tiniest little fib, about the teeniest little purchase. Now she’s on a strict budget, she doesn’t have a job – and worst of all her beloved Suze has a new best friend. Then she receives some incredible news. She has a long-lost sister!
Becky has never been more excited. Finally, a real sister! They’ll have so much in common! They can go shopping together… choose shoes together… have manicures together..
Until she meet’s her – and gets the shock of her life. It can’t be true. Surely Becky Bloomwood’s long-lost sister can’t… hate shopping?
3. The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic
I don’t quite remember much of this book. It’s about her being a financial journalist….. I’ll re-read this book! Hhaha. I think this was the book that they made into movie (Confession of a Shopaholic) because I saw something about the green scarf (?) inside.
She’s a journalist. She spends her working life telling others how to manage their money. She spends her leisure time… shopping.
Retail therapy is the answer to all her problems. She knows she should stop, but she can’t. She tries cutting back, she tries making more money. But neither seems to work. The stories she concocts become more and more fantastic as she tries to untangle her increasingly dire financial difficulties. Her only comfort is to buy herself something – just a little something…
Can Becky ever escape from this dream world, find true love, and regain the use of her Switch card?
The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic… the perfect pick me up for when it’s all hanging in the bank balance.
4. Can You Keep a Secret?
Not a shopaholic series.
This book is a total must-read book.
It started on the plane. She’s scared of flying. So gets so nervous that most of her secrets came out from her mouth to the man next to her who happens to be the company’s elusive CEO. There’s this time when he mentioned about it LIVE on TV and things happened. Okay, I’ll stop here. Go and buy this book!
Meet Emma Corrigan, a young woman with a huge heart, an irrepressible spirit, and a few little secrets:
Secrets from her boyfriend:
I’ve always thought Connor looks a bit like Ken. As in Barbie and Ken.
Secrets from her mother:
I lost my virginity in the spare bedroom with Danny Nussbaum while Mum and Dad were downstairs watching Ben-Hur.
Secrets she wouldn’t share with anyone in the world:
I have no idea what NATO stands for. Or even what it is.
Until she spills them all to a handsome stranger on a plane. At least, she thought he was a stranger…
Until Emma comes face-to-face with Jack Harper, the company’s elusive CEO, a man who knows every single humiliating detail about her…
5. The Undomestic Goddess
Another good read
Samantha is a high-powered lawyer in London. She works all hours, has no home life, and cares only about getting a partnership. She thrives on the pressure and adrenaline. Until one day… she makes a mistake. A mistake so huge, it’ll wreck her career.
She walks right out of the office, gets on the first train she sees, and finds herself in the middle of nowhere. Asking for directions at a big, beautiful house, she is mistaken for the interviewee housekeeper and finds herself being offered the job. They have no idea they’ve hired a Cambridge-educated lawyer with and IQ of 158 – Samantha has no idea how to work the oven.
Disaster ensues. It’s a chaos as Samantha battles with the washing machine… the ironing board… and attempts to cook a cordon bleu dinner. But gradually, she falls in love with her new life in a wholly unexpected way.
Will her employers ever discovered the truth? Will Samantha’s old life ever catch up with her? And if it does… will she want it back?
6. Remember Me?
It’s about a girl who lost her memories after an accident and woke up at the hospital as a brand, new person who she never knew who she is. I read this last year. 346 pages worth of reading. I found a smaller version of this in Best Eastern. This was bought by my first sister in UK.
Lexi wakes up in a hospital bed after a car accident, thinking it’s 2004 and she’s twenty-five-year-old with crooked teeth and a disastrous love life. But, to her disbelief, she learns it’s actually 2007 – she’s twenty-eight, her teeth are straight, she’s the boss of her department – and she’s married! To a good looking millionaire! How on earth did she land the dream life?!
She can’t believe her luck – especially when she sees her stunning new home. She’s sure she’ll have a fantastic marriage once she gets to know her husband again. He’s drawn up a “marriage manual”, which should help.
But as she learns more about her new self, chinks start to appear in the perfect life. All her old friends hate her. A rival is after her job. Then a disheveled, sexy guy turns up… and lands a new bombshell.
What the **** happened to her? Will she ever remember? And what will happen if she does?
7. Twenties Girl
I haven’t read this. Will prolly read ASAP. It sounds interesting.
Lara has always had an overactive imagination.
Now she wonders if she is losing her mind. Perfectly normal twenty-something girls just don’t get visited by ghosts! But inexplicably, the spirit of Lara’s Great Aunt Sadie – in the form of a bold demanding, Charleston-dancing girl – has appeared to make one last request: Lara must track down a missing necklace Sadie simply can’t resist without.
Lara’s got enough problems of her own. Her startup company is floundering, her best friend and business partner has run off to Goa, and she’s just been dumped by the love of her life.
But as Lara spends time with Sadie, life becomes more glamorous, and their treasure hunt turns into something intriguing and romantic. Could Sadie’s ghost be the answer to Lara’s problem – and can two girls from different times end up learning something special from each other?
Well, guys, I’ve got something to do now. I will continue this post tomorrow. So, you can rest your eyes a bit before continue reading these, alright? I still have 25 or more books to be reviewed!
Book lover,
