Shopaholic and Baby — Sophie Kinsella
Yep, I’m still around. Just not reading much apart from my son’s children’s books. Or if I am reading, I’m not finishing the books because I just can’t seem to get into them. I recently gave Sophie Kinsella’s Shopaholic and Baby a try, and gave up a third of the way in. Something about Rebecca Bloomwood’s immaturity and stupidity just made me really irritated with her, despite having enjoyed her character in the other Shopaholic books. This time around, I became really annoyed that here she was, into the 5th book in this series, and she’s STILL financially irresponsible, selfish, and just plain stupid. And, oh yeah… it all turns out well because she’s got this rich husband who cleans up her messes, or she gets some grand idea to turn everything around. No thanks, I’m not buying it anymore. How much longer can Kinsella keep going with this character?
Initially, I thought I’d like this book because Rebecca is going through the same life changes I’ve recently gone through. She’s having a baby (my little boy is almost 11 months old) and she’s moving to a new house (I recently sold my house and am moving to a new one in a couple of weeks). But, unlike Becky, I didn’t manage to buy my dream house by promising to give the owner my expensive suede boots. I think that was the point I rolled my eyes and said, “This is so stupid.”
So I gave up on it. Who knows, maybe the book redeems itself in the last half, but I didn’t care to stick around and find out.
