New Book from Sophie Kinsella

I am excited to share that Sophie Kinsella is working on a new ‘Shopaholic’ novel! Kinsella posted the news on her website, not offering any details yet but saying she is excited to get into Becky’s world again. I will be sure to post any updates as soon as they come!

The Undomestic Goddess by Sophie Kinsella

Samantha Sweeting is about to make partner at the prestigious law firm Carter Spink- something she has worked her whole life on becoming. Samantha really doesn’t have a life anymore because of it, she has put her all into her career;  almost no friends, no love interest, living off of take out orders, barely even knowing her neighbors in her apartment complex. But this ambitious 29-year old doesn’t care. Partner is what she wants, and partner is what she will get.

Until she finds an untouched, overlooked memo on her desk, signaling her mistake and costing her company 50 million pounds. She stumbles out of the office, her second home, and slips onto the first train she sees. She gets off somewhere in the country and knocks on the door of the first house she finds, intending to ask directions to the nearest hotel.

Instead, she is met by Trish Geiger, a spacey but kind housewife who thinks Samantha is her new housekeeper. Samantha is still confused about all the sudden changes taking place in her life, and decides to play along as housekeeper until she can sort things out. Only problem is- she has no domestic bones in her body. She gives it her all though, trying to master laundry, cooking, and cleaning, while trying not to let the Geiger’s stumble upon her true identity.

The Undomestic Goddess by Sophie Kinsella has funny elements and charming characters, but the plot is a little out there. Kinsella finds a way to pull it off though, easily drawing me into the story and Samantha’s love interest with the gardener who knows she is not truly a housekeeper, and the element of mystery surrounding that unseen memo costing Samantha her career and promotion. Another witty novel from Sophie Kinsella.

Can You Keep a Secret? by Sophie Kinsella

Emma Corrigan couldn’t be more humiliated. In hopes of being promoted to marketing executive at Panther Cola, Emma completely ruins a high priced deal, and more in likely dashes her dreams of that promotion, even possibly putting her job on the line. On her way back home to London, Emma’s flight experiences dangerous turbulence, causing her to think she is living her last moments. The handsome American stranger sitting next to her gets an earful of all of Emma’s most intimate secrets, including how much she hates her job, she’s not sure she loves her boyfriend who, on paper, seems perfect, how she ruined a business deal, she hates her flatmate, the snobby Jemima, and so on and so on.

Well, the plane doesn’t crash. Everyone is alive and well, and Emma bids a shaky and somewhat awkward goodbye to the American passenger, embarrassed of her rambling tirade. She gets real embarrassed the next day when she is introduced to Jack Harper, CEO of Panther Cola- aka the American passenger from that awful flight. The head of the company knows that she hates her job, the deal she blew, how she lies about her real weight, and just about every other secret Emma had been keeping.

Can You Keep a Secret? from Sophie Kinsella, author of the Shopaholic trilogy, serves up another humorous novel that will make you laugh and want to cry all within a few pages. The stories of deceit, love, and scandal will hold your attention, rooting for the heroine who is incredibly believable and easy to sympathize with when her secrets are spilled to the public. I didn’t think the love story was quite as believable, mainly because Jack’s character was a little too in shadows. That aside, the novel was still entertaining and irresistible to put down.

Remember Me by Sophie Kinsella

One day, she’s Lexi Smart: shy, crooked teeth, frizzy hair, with a  no-good boyfriend and life seeming to go nowhere. The next, she is Lexi Smart: powerhouse businesswoman with glossy hair, manicured nails, and a fast car. Remember Me touches on a classic case of amnesia with Lexi being a victim of a car crash, causing her to lose her memory of the past three years. The last she remembers is her old self, getting ready for her fathers funeral, furious with her low life boyfriend and dumpy assistant’s job. She doesn’t remember how she got to this amazing place in her career, why she is suddenly so beautiful, and worse- who her husband is.

It seems as thought Lexi has gotten everything she every wanted, seemingly overnight for her. Money. Power. Love. But something is wrong. Her best friends hate her. They won’t even speak to her after she’s been in the accident. All the employees that work under her seem to despise her. And she’s feel no connection what so ever with her fabulous rich husband. How did she possibly marry him? And why does his colleague, Jon, keep trying to tell her that Lexi should be with him?

Sophie Kinsella nails it again with Remember Me. Not only is there humor, a light hearted spirit, but the reader feels the frustration and urgency Lexi is struggling with throughout the chapters. We want her to regain her memory; we want to know just as bad as she does how she got to this unfamiliar place. The characters are relatable and the plot is witty and fast paced, a real page turner while new events and surprises are uncovered.

 

Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella

Confessions of a Shopaholic. All chick lit readers should be well aware of this fabulous Sophie Kinsella novel turned movie starring the red headed beauty Isla Fischer. Becky Bloomwood is the lovable main character, with a weakness for designer labels and debt chasing her to the extreme. Her thought processes can make you laugh for the entire duration of the book, with crazy schemes running wild in her head. You cringe as she continues to rack up debt after debt, and can do nothing else but shake your head as the tales she tries to feed to her bank manger.

As Becky continues to go further into debt, her schemes to get out will make you chuckle. Win the lottery (she actually planned out everything she was going to buy with her winnings.) Marry the 15^th most eligible bachelor in London, worth millions of dollars (she really went on a date with him!) Each and every plot twist brought a smile to my face, and Kinsella shows off her powerful writing skills in her debut novel.