( Novelicious)īecky knows she has a problem, and she only has two options: cut back or earn more money, and unfortunately, neither one works out so well for her. Naturally, this has saddled Becky with a massive pile of debt, as her bank representative, Derek Smeath, keeps reminding her. She lives in the Fulham section of London with her best friend, Suze Cleath-Stuart, and writes for a financial magazine called Successful Savings. And yes, she loves to shop. Like any pilot episode, it establishes Becky as a character. The first book, Confessions of A Shopaholic, which came out in 2001, is pretty sedate in comparison to the other books in the series. It serves as a prime example of what not to do when adapting well-loved novels for the screen, but we’ll get back to that. Only the first two of the currently eight novels have been made into a film, though, and that was 2009’s Confessions of A Shopaholic. Her best-known work is, of course, the Shopaholic series, which follows the misadventures of big spender Becky Bloomwood. Her books have a bit of bite to them, and her characters are diverse and interesting. However, I do like me some Sophie Kinsella. Or, heaven forfend, wear something from Sears. The characters never snap a heel or get a run in their stockings. That’s pretty much all there is to books of that genre. Chick-lit can be very one-note: High-end fashionista meets handsome stranger and everyone looks fabulous.
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