I don't know whether I should be ashamed by this but at the moment I'm reading the new Sophie Kinsella book called Mini Shopaholic. I fell in love with the series when I read the 1st book which has been turned into the pretty lame film called Confessions of a Shopaholic. I think a lot of women would be able to identify with the protagonist, well those who like shopping anyways (*hands up* me! ME!). I remember requesting my first overdraft and thanking the stars for 'Becky Bloomwood' who was responsible for the idea. I do not thank her so kindly for it now! But I adore the way in which Kinsella captures the shopping instinct- if you've ever experienced the 'rush' of retail therapy I seriously recommend these books, easy if sometimes predictable reads but laugh out loud funny. She's good at suspense and little twists too.
Other books I would wholeheartedly recommend are
1. The Clockwork Orange - appeal for all adult readerships, so many facets to this story. Legendary Literature!
2. The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King -I would describe the genre as fantasy but even though I'm not a fan of those kinds of books these are mind blowingly fabulous!
3. Hannah's Gift - factual 'life story' type book which is achingly sad and above and beyond other books in the genre. Extra poignant if you have children. Certainly made me re-evaluate a few things
4. Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials have also been surprisingly enjoyable. I'd been putting off reading them and did take a little while to capture my attention but they are great! Very unusual and captivating. Not seen the film yet but I will look it up when I get chance...
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