It also doesn’t help that I read some of Madeleine Wickham’s standalone novels that were published afterwards and I felt like she just writes the same type of heroine all the time. I just got tired of reading about the same situations all the time and that included the heroine. I tended to gravitate away from the light-hearted, often predictable plot-lines of chick lit and more towards the “darker”, twisty plot lines of young adult fiction and adult romances. Part of the issue is that I grew out of “chick lit”. I revisited the series again when I started university but it was hard for me to get back into them and I couldn’t bring myself to read the last 2 books (Shopaholic to the Stars hadn’t been published yet). They were fun, light-hearted reads that had me chuckling and captured my attention. These were my Meg Cabot days (I think we all have those) and I really loved the fun scenarios of “chick lit” and the dash of romance in them. I was in my mid-teens when I started reading this series and I loved Confessions of a Shopaholic. Find out why I stopped reading the rest of the series below… PLEASE NOTE: That I have only read the first 4 books in the series (up to and including Shopaholic and Sister). Genre: Chick Lit, Contemporary, Humour, Romance, British Lit There is a novella after book 3: Shopaholic on Honeymoon Her ‘confessions’ are the perfect pick-me-up when life is hanging in the (bank) balance.Series Review: Is this series worth your time? Does it get better as the novels progress? Or does it get worse? Find out below:Īuthor: Sophie Kinsella (aka Madeleine Wickham) Becky’s hilarious schemes to pay back her debts are as endearing as they are desperate. Sophie Kinsella has brilliantly tapped into our collective consumer conscience to deliver a novel of our times-and a heroine who grows stronger every time she weakens. Becky’s only consolation is to buy herself something … just a little something….Finally a story arises that Becky actually cares about, and her front-page article catalyzes a chain of events that will transform her life-and the lives of those around her-forever.

And lately Becky’s been chased by dismal letters from the bank-letters with large red sums she can’t bear to read-and they’re getting ever harder to ignore. Her job writing at Successful Savings not only bores her to tears, it doesn’t pay much at all.

The only trouble is that she can’t actually afford it-not any of it. Becky has a fabulous flat in London’s trendiest neighborhood, a troupe of glamorous socialite friends, and a closet brimming with the season’s must-haves. Meet Becky Bloomwood, America’s favorite shopaholic-a young woman with a big heart, big dreams…and just one little weakness. Millions of readers have come to adore New York Times best-selling author Sophie Kinsella’s irrepressible heroine.

Confessions of a shopaholic novel