Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella, Delta Books, 2001 Genre: Fiction
Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella is a humorous book with a lot of detail and action although it may not be real. It takes place in London, Europe where Rebecca Bloomwood works as a financial journalist at Successful Savings and goes about her every day life. Rebecca goes through many tough times trying to keep her job, paying bills, trying to make more money, and figuring out her complicated love life.
“ Kinsella’s Bloomwood is plucky and funny… You won’t have to shop around to find a more winning protagonist.” – People
“ If a crème brulee could be transmogrified into a book, it would be Confessions of a Shopaholic.” – The Star-Ledger
Confessions of a Shopaholic shows Rebecca in her energetic, fast pace life style. Being a novel the book gives much detail on the challenges Rebecca faces and the tasks she must face each day. Can You Keep a Secret also by Sophie Kinsella is very similar in the sense that there are two girls in there mid twenties trying to keep their jobs as they try to get promoted. Also in both stories each one of the girls ends up in a relationship with a c.e.o of a major company.
Sophie’s writing style is very similar and the books and it talks about some of the same problems like business meetings, relationships, and work but they both have different conflicts. They are difference between the books is that Confessions of a Shopaholic is about money and being in debt but Can You Keep a Secret is about keeping people from embarrassing you and securing your social status. In both books you get a lot of detail and imagery and get a glimpse of Rebecca and Emma lives.
“ As I sit on the tube on my way home, I stare at my reflection- outwardly calm and relaxed. But inside, my mind’s scurrying around like a spider trying to find a way out. Round and round, legs flailing, no escape…” (Page 181)
I enjoy reading books by Sophie and I would like to read more. This book affects me in a major way because I learned a lot from it. I learned that you should not run away from your problems you will only get in more trouble and find yourself in terrible situations, instead you should deal with them head on and they will get better before you know it. I enjoyed that the book was funny and once I got into I just wanted to keep reading and find out what was going to happen next. That is one thing about Sophie Kinsella’s work, I always wanted to keep reading and never put the book down.
Monday, December 15, 2008
Friday, October 3, 2008
The value of getting pumped for lacrosse
Is value today what it used to be? Value is different to everyone but value today is much different today then it used to be. Today people care about designer bags, brand clothes, and how much everything is worth. People used to only care about what they had and not how much it was or where they got it. It was the fact that they had it that meant so much to them. I try to remember that and value things for what I think of them not what anyone else thinks.
Beep, beep, beep, my alarm obnoxiously sounds. I lay there thinking of how much I can’t wait to see everyone when my dad yells at me to get up and rips the covers off my bed. I get up casually and get on the most prized piece of clothing I own, my Western Mass lacrosse uniform with my last name embroidered in blue on my shorts and a vibrant 14 on my chest. I run to the car to stop my parents from honking and I get in anxiously. We quickly pick up Kara and we are on or way. The adventure awaits us.
Swoosh! The ball rushes out of my stick and into the back of the net. Woohhh!! The crowed cheers and we rush back to get into our positions. All we hear is the echo of our cleats into the bleachers and the occasional outburst of one boisterous voice from the stands. We chase the ball down the field, hitting everyone’s pocket with a great impact until I see her wind up and fire the ball into the top right corner of the net. The whistle blows and the game is over. We get a roaring applause from our parents as we jog over to our coaches.
Tweet! Tweet! Tweet! The whistle blows as we score again and again. We are unstoppable. There are a couple close calls but we get through them all as a team and we play like we have been together our whole lives. We celebrate our victories for the final time. We all wish this would last forever. We slowly get into our cars and drive away from the place where we had so many memories and moments we will never forget.
I have been playing lacrosse since third grade and there is no other sport in the world that I would want to play more. Gorgeous is the only word I have to describe it, as I see my harrow lacrosse stick shinning across the room. Without it there would be no possible way for me to play. I bought my blue shaft and white head in 5th grade at a lacrosse jamboree. It was quite expensive but in the end it was worth it. I keep it in a special bag that is made to fight it perfectly. It sits in the closet, waiting for my grab. I keep it safe so no one can steal it and in the same exact spot so I can grab it quickly when I am ready to go. Lacrosse is a very important part of my life.
I put the curved pieces around my ears and press play. BOOM! My song abruptly starts and I start singing along. Sadly it stops and I scroll down the list of songs and pick another favorite to play. I look at the silver front the the aluminum back, so perfect that I can see my reflection in it. I listen for hours and hear mostly country mixed with a couple pop and r&b songs. Suddenly my favorite song Summertime by Kenny Chesney starts blaring in my ears and I sing along. Everybodys eyes are on me and I get the hint that I am a terrible singer but that doesn't stop me.
Beep, beep, beep, my alarm obnoxiously sounds. I lay there thinking of how much I can’t wait to see everyone when my dad yells at me to get up and rips the covers off my bed. I get up casually and get on the most prized piece of clothing I own, my Western Mass lacrosse uniform with my last name embroidered in blue on my shorts and a vibrant 14 on my chest. I run to the car to stop my parents from honking and I get in anxiously. We quickly pick up Kara and we are on or way. The adventure awaits us.
Swoosh! The ball rushes out of my stick and into the back of the net. Woohhh!! The crowed cheers and we rush back to get into our positions. All we hear is the echo of our cleats into the bleachers and the occasional outburst of one boisterous voice from the stands. We chase the ball down the field, hitting everyone’s pocket with a great impact until I see her wind up and fire the ball into the top right corner of the net. The whistle blows and the game is over. We get a roaring applause from our parents as we jog over to our coaches.
Tweet! Tweet! Tweet! The whistle blows as we score again and again. We are unstoppable. There are a couple close calls but we get through them all as a team and we play like we have been together our whole lives. We celebrate our victories for the final time. We all wish this would last forever. We slowly get into our cars and drive away from the place where we had so many memories and moments we will never forget.
I have been playing lacrosse since third grade and there is no other sport in the world that I would want to play more. Gorgeous is the only word I have to describe it, as I see my harrow lacrosse stick shinning across the room. Without it there would be no possible way for me to play. I bought my blue shaft and white head in 5th grade at a lacrosse jamboree. It was quite expensive but in the end it was worth it. I keep it in a special bag that is made to fight it perfectly. It sits in the closet, waiting for my grab. I keep it safe so no one can steal it and in the same exact spot so I can grab it quickly when I am ready to go. Lacrosse is a very important part of my life.
I put the curved pieces around my ears and press play. BOOM! My song abruptly starts and I start singing along. Sadly it stops and I scroll down the list of songs and pick another favorite to play. I look at the silver front the the aluminum back, so perfect that I can see my reflection in it. I listen for hours and hear mostly country mixed with a couple pop and r&b songs. Suddenly my favorite song Summertime by Kenny Chesney starts blaring in my ears and I sing along. Everybodys eyes are on me and I get the hint that I am a terrible singer but that doesn't stop me.
I hate CD players and Cd's; they are an inconvenience and not portable without making everything difficult. I don’t care about mp3 players or other music devices. There is one thing I love, my 4GB iPod nano.
My two-year-old 4GB iPod mini was pretty nice but it had problems and wouldn’t play a selection of songs without the hassle of deleting the songs that played so I knew it was a good time to invest in a new one. I hand picked my silver ipod nano and it soon became the love of my life. For the next couple of weeks I only listened to my ipod. The cover flow, pictures, and cool layout grabbed my attention. It became more important then anything for a moment.
My lacrosse tournament in Lake George had a great impact on my life and I will never forget it. The experience helped me get better and will help my lacrosse career. Without it I would never have been able to meet all of my friends and strengthen the relationships I already had. All of the girls have made a huge impact on my life.
My iPod is very important and without it I wouldn’t have experienced as much of the music world as I have today. It also helps me get pumped and excited for games. Without it I wouldn’t be able to play as well. The songs have messages in them that are a constant reminder to always try your hardest and push yourself so you can get somewhere in life.
Both playing lacrosse and listening to music remind me that you should try hard and you should enjoy it. If it doesn't appeal to you then you should try something different. Lacrosse and my iPod are both valuable to me. My iPod and lacrosse tournament compare because without my iPod I wouldn't have been able to be as pumped and as ready to play as I was. Also they both let me experience more in life than I had before. Some days I feel like running around and getting active and sometimes I just feel like sitting around and listening to my iPod. Whatever I feel like doing, playing lacrosse and and listening to my iPod are there for me.
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