okay. before i began to read this book i thought to myself in all honestly this book has to be based on some part on me, because i love shopping. i buy things i don't necessarily need but love all the same; i want them (and over this end part of the year being a jobless bum living overseas, i've probably spent a little more than i should have not thinking it though very clearly - aka goodbye savings!) and i'm not in any excessive amount of debt (it's nothing at all that i don't have a clear, grasp hold of. i'm very good at keeping track of my finances.).

but once i really started getting into this book, i realised this book is absolutely nothing like me or could ever be based on me at all. this character literally has no self control and lies her way out of every single situation (to people she loves) and my interpretation suggests she doesn't feel an inch of remorse. i am not like this, nor could i ever be like this. even aware of her out of control debt, she stills spends money on things she doesn't need, trying to justify it to herself (even though there's no way anyone could justify the kind of purchase she makes - she's nuts.) literally ignoring letter upon letter from the bank throwing them away or putting them in a drawer, just pretending that they don't exist. i don't know how anyone could ever be like this. if i ever got even one letter from the bank, i'd shit my pants - i know personally i wouldn't spend another unnecessary cent until everything i owed had been paid. i just cannot fathom anyone who could be like this. anyone. it's crazy.

that being said, i did read this book within a 24hr time period. i just cannot help myself. i am a chick-lit lover, no matter how much i ever try to deny it. it's so easy and i usually find it hard to stop reading so i hardly ever put a book down once i start.
i want to change, but i can't. i am who i am, and i love a terrible chick-lit read more often than not. sigh. send me to chick-lit anonymous if it must be done.
i don't think you can really hate a book if once you finish it you instantly download the next one in the series. yep. i'm that sad...

on to book two....