Summary:
The main character is a woman named Rebecca Bloomwood. She works as a financial writer for Successful Savings. Her job doesn't pay much, which causes herself to get deeper and deeper into debt. Her low wage quite pay for her obsession of designer apparel. As she charges up her VISA, she gives the bank excuse after excuse for her debt. When her ideas of winning the lottery and marrying a prince fail, she gets a book on controlling your cash. She begins to cut back on expensive lunches, but only to spend that time shopping at expensive stores. It is when she lands a financial headline article, she is redeemed.
Review:
The book was good, but slow starting off. It wasn't until the ending that it got interesting. It had a good financial lesson incorporated in it although I found it aggravating to read about excuse after excuse instead of stop shopping. Overall it is a funny book because there are people out there like this woman. I'd suggest girls read it rather than boys because girls will be able to relate to it. There is also a movie of the book coming out which will be interesting to compare.
Quote:
" The page is black with type. A series of familiar names rushes past my eyes like a mini shopping mall. I try to take them in, but they're moving too fast. Thorntons, I manage to glimpse. Thorntons Chocolates? What was I doing in Thorntons Chocolates? I'm supposed to be on a diet. This bill can't be right. This can't be me. I can't possibly have spent all this money."
- I chose this quote because it is the type of excerpt that made me laugh. It sums up herself as an addict to shopping. It also made me think of how admitting your problem is the first step to recovery, and she denies it in this quote
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This seems like an awesome read! It seems like it would be very funny and enjoyable. The plot of the story is something I'd be interested in reading. It's defiantly my kind of book because I love to shop. And the nice part about this book is that it is not only entertaining, but it has a lesson and has something you can take away from the story's overall message. Like how to manage money when you don't have much to begin with.
ReplyDelete*~Madeline Kacen
I think that the girl in this book should read the book i read, "Rich Dad Poor Dad." The book would help her save her money and also invest it so she can get some use off the money she makes instead of spending it on clothes. Hopefully sooner or later she has enough clothes and should put her money to a better use.
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