By Sophie Kinsella
Anybody read this book? It’s the first of her trilogy … absolutely fantastic. It reminds me a lot of Bridget Jones’s Diary. Some nice, light and fun reading that any girl who has an addiction to shopping can identify with. If you need a break from serious books, here’s a good suggestion to try out.
Totally 2nd this! It's a great book, as is the rest of the trilogy. Becky is hilarious, and I can seriously identify with her addiction. I love great chicklit books like this; even my sister, who hates chicklit, admits this book was a great read.
Read all three, the second one is the best because of all the New York shopping. The last one focuses mainly on her wedding preparations.
There's a another part being released this summer, where Becky finds she has a long lost sister who - shock horror - hates shopping.
Sophie Kinsella released her second series: Can you Keep a Secret? Apparently, it’s just as good as this series.
I didn’t know she’s coming out with a fourth book about Rebecca! I’m starting the second one tonight. 
You guys are waaay behind then. The second and even third books have been out for ages. So long ago that they've now started giving them away free with magazines.
Shahreen, these books just came out here last month. They seem to be flying off the shelves.
I read the version they released in the US, and it is slightly different from the original versions so maybe thats why they have only just now been released in Canada too - because they had to edit them?
Anyway, the first book is being made into a film. Reece Witherspoon is up for the part of Becky.
so apart from shopping what else is in the storyline?
Nothing.
Xara, here’s a summary (and no, it doesn’t give away the whole story) :
Rebecca Bloomwood just hit rock bottom. But she’s never looked better…
Becky Bloomwood has a fabulous flat in London’s trendiest neighborhood, a troupe of glamorous socialite friends, and a closet brimming with the season’s must-haves. The only trouble is that she can’t actually afford it – not any of it.
Her job writing at Successful Savings not only bores her to tears, it doesn’t pay much at all. And lately Becky’s been chased by dismal letters from Visa and the Endwich Bank – letters with large red sums she can’t bear to read – and they’re getting ever harder to ignore.
She tries cutting back; she even tries making more money. But none of her efforts succeeds. Becky’s only consolation is to buy herself something … just a little something…
Finally a story arises that Becky actually cares about, and her front-page article catalyzes a chain of events that will transform her life – and the lives of those around her – forever.
Sophie Kinsella has brilliantly tapped into our collective consumer conscience to deliver a novel of our times – and a heroine who grows stronger every time she weakens. Becky Bloomwood’s hilarious schemes to pay back her debts are as endearing as they are desperate. Her “confessions” are the perfect pick-me-up when life is hanging in the (bank) balance.