library material - weaker than the first books

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	• Shopaholic & Baby Sophie Kinsella Dial Press Trade Paperback, 2007 - 384 pages average customer review:based on 187 reviews view larger image
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library material - weaker than the first books

In my opinion, this is not the best Kinsella's work, even though it has enough funny moments to keep you entertained. And it's not even because Becky didn't "grow up", as some other reviewers suggested. In the real life, women understand what had happened to them only after the baby is born, and so many of us just love to be not practical when it comes down to "baby stuff". So, I wasn't bothered by the fact that Becky continues to behave as if she is still 14 years old (that's certainly part of the charm, and one of the reasons for me to read these series).
It's simply that in "Shopaholic & baby" the humor of most situations wears down, the plot follows the main line of the previous books, with the variation of Luke's ex-girlfriend coming to the scene... and some of these "funny" situations actually made me cringe because of their absurdity.
In addition, I began to be annoyed by the fact that Luke is so absolutely perfect and understanding. Sophie Kinsella attempted to make him less perfect with all this "affair" story, but somehow it did not work for me - any normal guy that I know would immediately see the difference between friendship and flirt... and probably be more than a little upset about his wife's 16 offshore overdrafts!
I was able to re-read the first books in the series, when I needed to relax and rewind, but not this one. I suggest borrowing the book from the library and waiting for the next installment.

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BEST SHOPAHOLIC BOOK YET!

I absolutely LOVED this book...I thought it was her best book yet! it kept me smiling and laughing throughout the whole book!

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Sloooow shipping.

I was very disappointed to wait ten days to receive this book. Another book ordered the same day from another vendor was received four days earlier. What was the delay? I will go with the more efficient vendor in the future.

Perhaps a 5-pram garage is too small

In SHOPAHOLIC & BABY, Becky Brandon (nee Bloomwood) is preggers and shopping for two, a fact that should inspire merchants to giddy anticipation and give worried pause to husband Luke, who fields the bill. As in all previous Shopaholic novels, Becky is compelled to spend money on mountains of Stuff, often in multiple copies.

Early on, Bex deserts the care of the established, distinguished Dr. Braine, who delivered Luke, for Dr. Venetia Carter, who, after all, is the A-list obstetrician to the rich and famous that gives out fab goodie bags at the first office consultation. Venetia is drop-dead gorgeous with long, swishy, red hair. And, on Becky's initial appointment with her new health care provider accompanied by Luke, she learns that her husband and Carter were a dating pair back in their Cambridge days. Even Luke, reluctant to give up Braine, is pleasantly surprised at renewing an old acquaintance with the woman he remembers as Venetia Grime. Then, as the weeks of her pregnancy progress and she loses her figure, Becky begins to wonder if Luke and Venetia aren't being just a little too chummy. Why are they seeing each other so frequently, ostensibly in the company of mutual friends, and why are they texting each other in Latin?

In addition to her spendthrift ways, Becky's charm (and exasperation) for any follower of the series is her rampant imagination, which here, in conjuring up images of Luke and Venetia together, leads to desperate measures. What's a poor girl to do? Why, hire a private detective, of course, and then go shopping for prams. (Who else but Bex would consider purchasing five strollers for an imagined range of activities from pavement walking to extreme mountaineering?) After all, there's no situation so distressing that it can't be ameliorated by a new Hermes scarf or being featured in a Vogue photo shoot for an article on London's yummiest mummies-to-be.

The Shopaholic series is so Chick Lit that I'm ashamed to admit that I enjoy the fluff more than is seemly for any self-respecting male. SHOPAHOLIC & BABY doesn't disappoint, though Venetia, in the end, isn't perhaps as publicly humiliated as she deserves. Maybe this is due to the fact that author Sophie Kinsella is basically as good-hearted as her heroine and wouldn't intentionally do anything too cruel. Sophie, in order to depict Becky's character as comprehensively as she does, must either know someone with Becky's proclivities or herself be just like Bex. The prospect of someone like that roaming the streets in real life is mind-boggling scary.

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