Shopaholic And Sister (Shopaholic # 4) - Sophie Kinsella
Book Synopsis: What’s a round-the-world honeymoon if you can’t buy the odd souvenir to ship back home? Like the twenty silk dressing gowns Becky found in Hong Kong…the hand-carved dining table (and ten chairs) from Sri Lanka…the, um, huge wooden giraffes from Malawi (that her husband Luke expressly forbade her to buy)… Only now Becky and Luke have returned home to London and Luke is furious. Two truckloads of those souvenirs have cluttered up their loft, and the bills for them are outrageous. Luke insists Becky go on a budget. And worse: her beloved best friend Suze has found a new best friend while Becky was away. Becky’s feeling rather blue—when her parents deliver some incredible news. She has a long-lost sister! Becky is thrilled! She’s convinced her sister will be a true soulmate. They’ll go shopping together, have manicures together.…Until she meets Jessica for the first time and gets the shock of her life. Surely Becky Bloomwood’s sister can’t…hate shopping? Sophie Kinsella is a former financial journalist and the author of the bestselling novels Confessions of a Shopaholic, Shopaholic Takes Manhattan, Shopaholic Ties the Knot, Can You Keep a Secret?, and The Undomestic Goddess. She lives in England, where she is at work on her next book.
"I. HATE. SHOPPING." - Jessica Bertram.
Three words that Becky Brandon would never ever say.
When Becky hears the news that she has a half sister, she could not be more thrilled!
Finally, a sister, someone who can replace the hole that her friend Suze left when she got a new best friend! But, that's the least of Becky's worries... she might have gone a bit overboard with the whole souvenir shopping during her and Luke's 10 month honeymoon. Armed with a brand new Angel bag, and a whole apartment full of junk (priceless memories), Becky's determined to turn it all around, especially when Luke gives her a strict weekly spending budget of 20 pounds.
What can go wrong?
So far, this has probably been my favorite book in the series, and I'm hoping things will only go up from the next book.
Today, I just found out that Sophie Kinsella is just a pseudonym, and Madeleine Wickham is her real name.
Well, I'm off to read the next book in the series: Shopaholic And Baby!
Rating: ★★★★★