Friday, November 20, 2020

Confessions of a Shopaholic

 

Confessions of a Shopaholic was in the local free little library so I grabbed it since I saw the movie years ago and vaguely recalled it was amusing. Even better my memory was correct and I laughed my way through the story.

Becky is not a fan of his boring job at a financial magazine at all but she likes the paycheck which pays for her shopping sprees. Happy with her life of splurging on anything her heart desires Becky ignores all the financial advice she writes about as she happily hands over her visa card every time her debt account is empty. Not really caring how much she is spending Becky has a bit of a break down upon receiving her bill and decides it is time to turn her life around.

I really have very vague memories of the movie but I recall liking it which was the case with the book until I got to the very end. It just stopped, horrible way to end a book. I understand that it is a series but some sort of transition needs to occur between books, I was looking to see if someone had torn pages out of the book but alas that was not the case. While I would like to know what happens further with Becky I am not sure I will continue with the series since the ending was so abrupt. 

Thursday, November 5, 2020

The Travelling Cat Chronicles

 

I grabbed The Travelling Cat Chronicles out of a local Little Free Library. It took me two tries to really get into the story but I am glad I did not give up on it. 


A stray cat who is happy to be a stray cat has its life change when hit by a car. Unsure what to do and in terrible pain the cat approaches a man who feeds him. Quickly the man takes the cat to the vet and cares for the cat while he is healing. During this time the two start to form a bond and soon the cat is named Nana and Satoru is a proud owner. 


All of a sudden life is turned upside down when Satoru takes Nana on a journey across Japan to find him a new home for some unknown reason. Along the way the two meet up with various people from Satoru's past as he searches for the perfect home for Nana. 


I have never read a story told from a cat's point of view before. Hiro Arikawa made Nana seem so real that often I forget he was a cat. The story was vivid with lots of moments that pulled at your heartstrings. Bits of humor were added in and I like how the story had a epilogue that answered all my questions.