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    Mini Shopaholic

    Written by Sophie Kinsella

    Narrated by Emily Gray

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    About this audiobook

    Becky Brandon thought having a daughter was a dream come true - a shopping friend for life! But two-year-old Minnie has her own chaotic approach to shopping. On top of motherhood, there's the financial crisis, and even Becky's personal shopping clients have to cut back. Join Becky to find out who will get a gold star, and who will end up on the naughty step…
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherW. F. Howes Ltd
    Release dateMar 1, 2011
    ISBN9781407472911
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    Mini Shopaholic
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    Sophie Kinsella

    Sophie Kinsella has written a number of bestsellers, including the Shopaholic series, Twenties Girl, Remember Me?, The Undomestic Goddess, and Can You Keep a Secret? Confessions of a Shopaholic was made into a major motion picture starring Isla Fisher and Hugh Dancy. Born in London, she studied at New College, Oxford. She lives in London with her husband and family.

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    • 4/5
      Very entertaining, made me laugh at the absurdity of all the muddled she gets into.
    • 5/5
      I loved this book! As always, Sophie Kinsella captures the spirit of the modern married wife, mother, and career woman with charming grace and lots of laughs! A great pick-me-up after a long day. Can't wait till the next installment happens in Hollywood!
    • 3/5
      This book does not have anything to do with the title really, the story about their daughter Minnie was a tiny sideline and the big story was Becky trying to throw a huge surprise birthday party for Luke. I wish it was more about their daughter and how Beckys actions affect her and it being the last in the series I wish Becky would finally cure her shopaholic ness.
    • 1/5
      This book was downright depressing for me. I'm a big fan of the first Shopaholic book and I still consider it one of my all time favorites. Since the first book Becky has gotten married and even had a child but she still acts the exact same. I'm not expecting much, but I can't figure out he she manages to stay married with all the lies she tells for no reason. I have no clue how anyone could put up with all the lies for that long. It's almost as though she's a pathological liar and everyone around her thinks its cute.

      I was hoping to see a little bit more maternal instinct in Becky, but it seems like her daughter is just a fun accessory.

      I know this is chic lit, so I wasn't expecting much but its just so unbelievable and sad that I could barely stand it.

      I could go on and on but in the end, I was just so disappointed, although I did mange to finish the book, I couldn't return it soon enough.
    • 1/5
      I really enjoyed the Shopaholic series of books for a bit of very light hearted entertainment and avidly looked forward to reading this one, but I found it very disappointing in the extreme. Motherhood has changed Becky's personality completely, instead of laugh out loud funny, she has become whiny, self centred and irritating. The writer is blatantly inconsistent and unrealistic in that Minnie, Becky's daughter is initially characterised with complex behavioural difficulties, but these have suddenly been ameliorated. Sadly I would not recommend this book to anyone no matter how desperate they are for reading material.
    • 4/5
      Another great addition to the series of Becky the shopoholic, complete with a 2-year-old in tow.. I love this series! A great twist at the end, with the usual mess in the middle, makes for another light, fun read. I can't wait for the sequel that's sure to come!
    • 4/5
      I enjoyed. At the start I was thinking "insipid" and kinda wimpy with same ol' Becky daydreaming ridiculous stuff, plotting how to shop, etc. and totally headed towards ruining the 2-year old. Then it did switch with a a more grownup Becky thinking about others and got downright hilarious with the surprise birthday party planning (during part of which she let Luke assume she was hiding secret shopping stuff again where she actually kept to a promise and did not buy anything new for self). Hilarious stuff about 75% of the way thru when it had gotten out of hand and several million newspaper readers, business contacts, YouTube and other internet media outlets were all in on the party and she had to drum up ways to keep Luke away from email, computer, etc. Glad I got thru first third where I was honestly thinking that maybe Shopaholic series had run its course.
    • 5/5
      Light-hearted and fun. Becky always finds the most amazing way out of her dilemmas.
    • 5/5
      Another great Becky story!!! Hope we get some LA adventures!!
    • 3/5
      I was able to read the Confessions of a Shopaholic years ago and I wasn’t able to finish the other parts after. I’ve always liked the fun, light readings of Sophie Kinsella so I decided to finish her Shopaholic series to give me a positive boost on my “freakish” month. :D It’s nice to delve into feel-good-funny novels once in a while. :D
    • 3/5
      I love Becky Bloomwood because she's got issues like the rest of us; however, in this installment I found myself a little irritated with her. I realize that she's got a problem, but that doesn't mean you give into your child whenever they want something. And I HATE how she's always telling white lies but then has to be rescued. She's a little too damsel-in-distress sometimes. With that said, it's a fun book because it takes you away from your own problems and by the end, I loved Becky again
    • 4/5
      Another triumph for Becky Brandon neé Bloomwood!
    • 2/5
      I generally like Becky Brandon (née Bloomwood) because even though she’s a bit ditzy and not centered in reality she’s sweet and endearing. I’ve followed her through the series and I always thought that even though she struggled with her shopping addiction she at least attempted to rein it in and be funny about it. However, in this book she seems to have lost some of her charm and became a rather annoying character. Being that this is written in first person it made the book rather hard for me to get through. Since I was listening to it on audio I couldn’t skip the irritating bits. I thought Rosalyn Landor did a good job on the narration. However, there were a few times where I had to stop the audio because I was getting seriously irritated with Becky.

      Kinsella usually throws in a few twists to further the plot line, but I felt like something was lacking with this one. The focus for this book started with Becky and Luke’s problems with their lack of parenting skills and then there was a slight twist on the recent economic recession, which I thought was cool of her to mention. After this it went downhill and turned into Becky’s obsession with Luke’s party. Usually, I find Becky’s hi-jinks funny and some of them were but for the most part she came off as selfish and delusional.

      One of the things that I found highly annoying was Becky’s selfishness and lack of regard for how her shopping and behavior has affected others, particularly her daughter. In previous books she’s always been a tad selfish in her shopping. She shops mainly for herself with little regard for money, her mounting debts, space, etc. She lies about it and invents bogus stories, but it’s funny because it’s only hurting herself. Her friends and family help her along the way and in the end she learns a lesson and mends her ways. This time I felt like Becky has learned absolutely nothing, which is very surprising to me after all she has been through in the previous 5 books. As a grown married woman and mother, I had hope that she could see the example she was setting for Minnie. Nope this was not the case. Minnie, going through her terrible twos, is even worse than her mother. To remedy the problem Luke decides to hire Nanny Sue for tips. What does Nanny Sue say? That Minnie is modeling normal behavior for a 2 year old. I’m sorry, but getting banned from several Santa’s grottoes and dragging a mannequin from a store because it’s “MINE” is not typical 2 year old behavior. It makes me wonder what hellish kids Nancy Sue deals with on her show. I also didn’t understand how by the end of the book Minnie seemed more calmed when Luke and Becky didn’t do anything differently with her. It was like Nancy Sue came and all of sudden Minnie was a different kid.

      I really hope this is the end of the series since the quality has gone dramatically down in my opinion. Every other page used to have me in stitches, but this one for the most part had me rolling my eyes. More than anything the story felt very forced. It’s like Kinsella needed to come up with a story on a whim because it was in her contract or something so she picked a point to focus on and beat it to death. I don’t know if it is that I’ve outgrown the series or if Becky just needs to mature. However, I don’t see how without any character development this series can progress any further than it has.
    • 5/5
      I loved this one! It didn't start off so great, it was a bit slow but after about 50 pages it really picked up. Becky is still as crazy as ever and now she has a sidekick- her 2 year old daughter, Minnie. The book mostly centers around Minnie's ever increasing behavioral problems and Becky's attempt at hosting a surprise birthday party for Luke. Like everything Becky does, it gets way out of control and she gets herself into loads of ridiculous situations as usual. This one was a really fun and light, and probably one of my favourites in the series. A very funny, quick read.
    • 4/5
      For anyone with a daughter, niece, granddaughter who is a little diva, this book is a great read! I have a niece myself and sometimes I could relate with Becky's little one, and other times I thanked God that I didn't deal with what she did. So sad that the series doesn't have any more books in line yet!
    • 4/5
      Becky got a little hard to take at some parts, but mostly a funny and enjoyable read! Another wild adventure!
    • 3/5
      I always get so frustrated reading this series, but I can't stop! I just want to reach into the book and slap her! I do like Kinsella's writing style, especially when I need a lighter read.
    • 5/5
      I love this series. Mini shopaholic is so cute and a super fun read. I love the added aspect of the baby. I can't wait to see what Sophie Kinsella comes up with next for this series. This is definitely a light and airy read and not for someone who is wanting a classic piece of literature but Kinsella's books are a breath of fresh air between those books.
    • 5/5
      Sophie Kinsella is absolutely fabulous and I'm one of her biggest fans! Mini Shopaholic is adorable and when Mini throws tantrums at the stores when she doesn't get what she wants made me laugh until my sides hurt. I can't wait until her next book!
    • 3/5
      This book was very disappointing for me. Normally I enjoy Sophie Kinsella's books for a quick, light-hearted, humourous read. This time, however, Kinsella was lacking her usual wit. Becky, the main character, is no longer charming and funny. On the contrary, she came across as a silly little girl. She hasn't matured at all from the last books and I'm fed up. Kinsella needs to move on from the Shopaholic series.
    • 4/5
      I'm a huge fan of Sophie Kinsella, but I must confess a secret: I'm not a fan of the Shopaholic series. Even though it is, without a doubt,the series that catapulted her to fame, I've never really impressed by the books. So I didn't read this expecting to be charmed or thoroughly caught up in Rebecca's antics. But you know what they say...sixth time's the charm. Or something like that. This being the sixth book in the series I've decided to make a list of my six likes and dislikes. 1) "Becky's art form is unique," Luke suddenly chimes in. "She creates...unreal worlds. Fantasyland, some might call it." Rebecca's escapades reaches an alarming high in this book. It amuses me to read about the lengths she will go to just to achieve life's everyday necessities. 2) I really enjoyed the story but I felt that some portions were a repetition of the other books in the series. For example: Rebecca and Suze's fight reminded me of the one they had in Shopaholic and Sister and Rebecca's suspicion of Luke reminded me of Shopaholic and Baby. 3)Like mother, like daughter...If you thought Rebecca was a handful, wait until you read about Minnie. She is the embodiment of the phrase "terrible twos." Already banned from four shopping malls, she settles her need for retail therapy by shopping online, and making frequent trips to Starbucks for her much loved "biscuits". 4) Rebecca and Luke's marriage bothered me a lot. Luke sends out major sugar daddy vibes-granted he and Becky are almost the same age but he barely spends ten pages of the book without her Blackberry or running off to work.His priorities seem to be work, Blackberry, Becky and Minnie (in that order). 5) Just the fact that I had to cry from laughing too hard. 6) Many things were left unsaid. Kinsella failed to mention what the altercation between Luke and his mother was and she also failed to deliver a reconciliation between mother and son. I guess we'll have to wait for another book.
    • 4/5
      I had been disappointed with the last of the series, so I was delighted to see that Kinsella is back in the game with this one. Whereas I feared it would all be about little Minnie's tantrums, I was glad to see a complication of plots and events, ludicrous situations and comical observations. Kinsella does a good job of mixing flightiness, friendships, misunderstandings, exaggeration and poignant emotions. Anything that makes me laugh out loud deserves four stars!
    • 1/5
      I have looked at this series for years but not read one. I have read some others of Sophie Kinsella's books and enjoyed them. So, I finally decided to read a shopaholic book.Not my cup of tea. I found the main character to be annoying and childish. I kept waiting for it to improve, but it did not. I won't be reading any more of this series.
    • 3/5
      I can't say that I loved or hated this installment of the Shopaholic series. Honestly, I found myself so completely stressed out over the obvious lack of parenting skills displayed by Becky--well meaning or not--and her uncontrollable spending habits. Over and over again, Becky somehow tells herself that it's all okay, validating whatever bad behavior her daughter exhibits or extra dollar she spends on designer duds. As a reader, it often left me exhausted and unable to escape and enjoy the story!One thing that I can say for Kinsella's series is that there is never a dull moment. I found myself laughing aloud at many scenes in the book, and can thank her for creating such memorable moments on insanity for me (such as having her toddler grasp onto a mannequin in a store and refuse to let go, to the point where the manager asks her to take mannequin and all, just to get her out of the store). I also still really like Luke. Honestly, I'm not sure how such a sensible, well put together, hottie like Luke could continue to put up with his wife's nonsense. By the end, I once again could see the love and connection between the couple, but there for awhile, I wondered if she wouldn't drive him away with her zany ways!As one final point, I have to say that there is an obvious "cliff hanger" of sorts to this book. I'm not sure why Kinsella would end with so many things up in the air, other than the opportunity to come back with a sixth book. Really, I'll have to pick up whatever follows Mini Shopaholic just so I know what happened after the big birthday bash! To put it simply, be prepared for not much of a tidy wrap up. I'm sure there has to be more to come.
    • 4/5
      I felt mixed feelings about this story - some of it was really funny, some of it made me annoyed (I'm not a shopaholic and kept thinking that really Becky should have learned something by now!), and there were some glimpses of genuine emotion that made the story for me. The narration was great.
    • 3/5
      Synopsis: Rebecca Brandon (nee Bloomwood), our favorite over-spending heroine, is now a mother to a precocious 2-year-old. Living in with Rebecca’s mother and father, Becky and Luke have fallen on difficult times. Luke has had a tricky situation on his hands with a former client. Becky is still working at The Look, which is doing well after Becky’s brilliant plan involving her designer friend, Danny.But a financial collapse in the London banking system makes Luke and Becky’s situation more dire. No one is shopping, except perhaps Becky, so The Look is suffering. Luke’s clients are in an uproar over the financial collapse. And in the midst of all of this is little Minnie Brandon, who is quite the opinionated, and possible out of control, toddler.Trying to brighten a dreary situation, Becky decides that the perfect thing to do is throw a surprise birthday party for Luke. Nothing lightens a mood like a good party, right? But can Becky handle the birthday party and a child that is running amock?Review: I have truly enjoyed this series, but I have to say, this is my least favorite book in the series. All of the things I adored about this book are true of the entire Shopaholic series. I love Kinsella’s writing. Becky Bloomwood Brandon is a totally loveable and dynamic character. I love that the series is set in London. I totally dig the British slang and expressions.With this novel, though, I felt like Kinsella became confused during the telling of her story. The title of the book is Mini Shopaholic and the novel begins by highlighting some spectacular behavior on the part of Minnie Brandon. I had assumed from the title that this book would be about Minnie turning into a mini-Becky.Instead, the story really focuses on Becky trying to throw a surprise birthday party for Luke. The surprise party is 90% of the plot of this book. It should have been titled Shopaholic Throws A Party instead of Mini Shopaholic.I found the idea of Becky struggling with a smaller version of herself to be a much more compelling storyline than the one I ended up with. Reading 300+ pages about someone trying to plan a party is very dull. The small bursts of Minnie’s antics and Jess’, Becky’s sister, unfortunate love situation were the only things that added levity to the long stretches of dull.Would I recommend this book? I’m not sure. I guess if you are a fan of the series, then yes, I would. But get it from the library. I wouldn’t recommend purchasing it.
    • 4/5
      Another book in the shopaholic series from Sophie Kinsella. I have read all the books in the series, and there wasn't anything new of different in this enstallment. However, I find the books comforting and easy to read. Even though the events can be predictable, I did want to find out what happened in the end. I would recommend this book to people who enjoy light, fun reading.
    • 4/5
      In a return to the silly, blundering but lovable Rebecca Bloomwood, Sophie Kinsella has crafted another installment to the Shopaholic series that made me smile, giggle, cringe, and ultimately close the book with a sense of satisfaction. Readers of Becky's exploits may recall that the previous book or two was, er, less than stellar (at least in my opinion), and there were fewer laughs to go around. This time, Becky's efforts at motherhood redeem the storyline and bring back her lovable side.I think what helps this book is the fact that Becky is no longer supremely focused on herself. That schtick has been done already, and she has to have learned something by now... but what young mother doesn't feel the pressures to give the best to her child, to indulge her daughter now and again, and feels the pang of guilt at saying 'no'? As Becky does her best to raise a toddler, she's doing it out of love for another human being, and not for some self-obsessed venture at having the next pair of shoes.There was one element of a subplot that I felt disappointed in (I thought the resolution of the situation was quite poor), but aside from that, this is one of the best Shopaholic installments in a long time. Becky is the same old silly, semi-clueless heroine she's always been, but she's grown beyond her narcissistic tendencies and faces some struggles that, quite frankly, might be expected from someone in her position.All told, I really enjoyed this one and I'm glad I didn't give up on the series.
    • 4/5
      While I enjoyed this book and the messes Becky gets herself into (and mostly out of) and her relationships with Luke, her parents, and her best friends, this book was missing something. It still had the humor, but I think it was missing the ‘cringe-worthy’ messes that Becky got herself into. The ones that were too painful to read. The ones that you understood, but kept shaking your head. This one, though enjoyable, felt watered down to me.
    • 3/5
      I have read all of the books in the Shopaholic series and I think the main character of Becky Brandon is starting to get annoying. Kinsella is a great author, but I think it's time to move on to a new series perhaps. I found it enjoyable, although very uncomfortable in some parts as Becky gets herself into the worst situations, and was an easy read. Good for a quick, vacation read.