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Confessions of a Shopaholic (Shopaholic, #1)

by Sophie Kinsella (Goodreads Author)

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Reading for the 4th time

read in January 2015

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Daphne said: " Re-read December 2017
I flew through this book. I still love it :)

Original Review
I went into this book having heard mixed reviews. I had heard that the main character was petty, superficial and shallow. And, for most of the book, she it! Becky (the ma ...more "

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(page 160 of 312)
"I should have seen that coming" — Jan 25, 2015 05:35PM

Dec 20, 2017 02:35PM · see review

Daphne’s Quotes

“I gasped. "Wait a minute! Am I a guinea pig? I'm a guinea pig!"
"No, it's not like that," she said.
I stared at her.
She stared at me.
I stared at her.
"Okay, it's exactly like that," she said.”
― Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary

tags: guinea-pig, humor, reality

107 likes

“We are expected to take life seriously, yet life rarely takes us seriously. Therefore, we ought to laugh at every moment lest we allow life to take the final laugh.”
― Ashtyn Newbold, The Captain's Confidant

3 likes

“Remember what I told you about need versus want? We don't need you because that implies you had to fix something in us. We were never broken. We want you, Wallace. Every piece. Every part. Because we're family. Can you see the difference?”
― T.J. Klune, Under the Whispering Door

tags: belonging-to-someone, family

50 likes

“This version of him isn't perfect. None of them are. New isn't the same as perfect. Growing up isn't inherently loss, it's just change.”
― Kiersten White, Mister Magic

tags: change, flaws, growing-up, perfection

6 likes

“You're my family! You were family before any of them. I've missed you even when I didn't remember you. Everything I've done since losing you has been about getting back to you. And I know I've left you behind before for other families, but not this time. I can't do it again.”
― Natasha Pulley, The Kingdoms

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