1. Finding Audrey--Sophie Kinsella
How was this? I once made it through about 1/3 of a Shopaholic book. I thought she was a good writer, but the premise annoyed me so much.
I kept trying to soldier on, because I wondered if my disdain for it was because I was pro-feminist or horribly chauvinist. Did I not like it because I think frivolous shopping is stupid and girly, or did I not like it because I think it portrays a negative and annoying stereotype of women as being stupid and girly?
In the end, it was the cutesy tone that got to me. "I'm a financial analyst, and yet I spend stupidly because I just can't help buying shoes! Teeheehee!" was too much. I thought, okay if this were a book about a dude who is a financial analyst but spends too much time and money hanging out in bars talking about sports, football tickets and picking up women would it annoy as much? And yes, it would bother me as much.
But I did think she was a good writer. So I might be interested her non-chicklit offering even though I'm also not too big into YA. Unless it's going to be about a girl who develops a crush on a boy and talks about boy bands all the time.