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Post by bookaddict on Oct 13, 2006 10:53:26 GMT -5
For those of you who like Sophia Kinsella the author of the shopaholic series, i'd like to tell you that she also goes under the name Madeleine Wickham.
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Bina
First novel published
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Post by Bina on Oct 13, 2006 11:32:57 GMT -5
I think I´ve read the first in the series. Good beach reads.
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Post by bookaddict on Oct 13, 2006 11:34:20 GMT -5
yes she is
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Isa
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Post by Isa on Oct 13, 2006 13:47:43 GMT -5
I've only read Confessions of a Shopaholic and I didn't think much of it. It just seemed like a rather bland imitation of the Bridget Jones books...
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carl3y24
First poem written for Mother’s Day
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Post by carl3y24 on Oct 13, 2006 13:53:55 GMT -5
I've read all of her books and I liked them all
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Kristie
Novel turned into BBC miniseries
"If a book is well written, I always find it too short."
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Post by Kristie on Oct 13, 2006 14:05:38 GMT -5
I read the Undomestic Goddess under her pseudonym Sophie Kinsella and then Cocktails for Three under her real name Madeleine Wickham. I found out when I bought Cocktails for Three that Sophie Kinsella was a fake name (because it said that on the back cover).
What are your favourites of hers? I LOVED Undomestic Goddess, but I wasn't too fond of Cocktails for Three
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carl3y24
First poem written for Mother’s Day
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Post by carl3y24 on Oct 13, 2006 14:40:29 GMT -5
Yeah I loved Can you Keep a Secret? is was a good book and I loved Undomestic Goddess
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Kristie
Novel turned into BBC miniseries
"If a book is well written, I always find it too short."
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Post by Kristie on Oct 13, 2006 14:49:21 GMT -5
the shopaholic series is on my TBR list
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Post by bookaddict on Oct 13, 2006 15:04:22 GMT -5
I like the Shopaholic series. I read it for a light, fluffy read. I wasn't expecting anything great out ot it. I wanted a laugh, and that's what I got. They were good.
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lostgirl
First short story featured in regional newspaper
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Post by lostgirl on Oct 21, 2006 23:11:10 GMT -5
I liked the 1st SShopaholic books. They were silly fun. Like "I Love Lucy". The 4th I didn;t like. It lacked the same sense of fun but kept much of the stupidity. I haven't read any of the books she wrote under her pen name though.
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katiaisme
Collection of short stories published by an independent editor
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Post by katiaisme on Oct 22, 2006 9:45:23 GMT -5
I just took out Confessions of a Shopaholic from the librairie.It looks like an easy and fun read.
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Post by bookaddict on Oct 22, 2006 13:55:10 GMT -5
ya I think the first one is really good....especially since she's a financial consultant who has tons of debt.
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Kristie
Novel turned into BBC miniseries
"If a book is well written, I always find it too short."
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Post by Kristie on Oct 22, 2006 14:18:43 GMT -5
haha that's ironic! sounds funny...
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zeldafitzgerald
Collection of short stories bought by Random House
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Post by zeldafitzgerald on Oct 27, 2006 6:53:27 GMT -5
I liked the first shopaholic book ok, but i hated all the sequels because I felt it was the same main story over and over, and the main character got incredibly annoying. It's discouraged me from trying anything else of hers.
When I need something light and beach-read-like I read Jennifer Crusie. She has a lot of books out, some are published as paperback romances but the best are the ones that came out as regular fiction hardcover. She writes well, creates very likable characters, and all her books are very fun and interesting. My favorites are "Welcome to Temptation" and "Bet Me."
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katiaisme
Collection of short stories published by an independent editor
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Post by katiaisme on Nov 4, 2006 12:38:30 GMT -5
Well i stated reading Confessions of a Shopaholic and it was really boring so i stop reading it cause here better out there.
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