{"id":251,"date":"2019-11-21T14:30:00","date_gmt":"2019-11-21T14:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thathappyreader.ca\/staging\/4750\/staging\/4750\/?p=251"},"modified":"2019-11-21T14:30:00","modified_gmt":"2019-11-21T14:30:00","slug":"christmas-shopaholic-by-sophie-kinsella","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thathappyreader.ca\/staging\/4750\/christmas-shopaholic-by-sophie-kinsella\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-wA8amnFZHO0\/XdXt2GtiUXI\/AAAAAAAAGLc\/ky2-YsKPWxMUe1fsil1blYl-7MYTKE4pQCLcBGAsYHQ\/s1600\/IMG_5828.JPG?ssl=1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"861\" data-original-width=\"943\" height=\"363\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-wA8amnFZHO0\/XdXt2GtiUXI\/AAAAAAAAGLc\/ky2-YsKPWxMUe1fsil1blYl-7MYTKE4pQCLcBGAsYHQ\/s400\/IMG_5828.JPG?resize=400%2C363&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #45818e;\">This book is the perfect read both for fans of the Shopaholic series or for standalone holiday fiction. &nbsp; Becky Brandon, nee Bloomwood, is given the task of hosting Christmas for the very first time for a group of family and friends. &nbsp;In true Becky style, nothing is straight-forward or easy, but instead full of challenges and getting in way over her head. The \u201cperfect\u201d Christmas is never easy, but the antics of Mrs Brandon make for a lot of belly laughs and OMG\u2019s! &nbsp;From trying to join an All Men\u2019s Club in order to win the perfect gift for her husband Luke, to trying to create her own Vegan Turkey, this book had me laughing like only Becky can.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #45818e;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"color: #45818e;\">I highly recommend this book to anyone who enjoys a good comedy or feels stressed preparing for Christmas. &nbsp;A definite 5 star read!<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #45818e;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"color: #45818e;\">Thank you to Random House Publishing Group and Netgalley for the opportunity to read an ARC of this book in exchange for the honest review provided here.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #45818e;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"color: #45818e;\">My rating: &nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"caret-color: rgb(69, 129, 142); color: #45818e;\">\u2b50\ufe0f<\/span><span style=\"caret-color: rgb(69, 129, 142); color: #45818e;\">\u2b50\ufe0f<\/span><span style=\"caret-color: rgb(69, 129, 142); color: #45818e;\">\u2b50\ufe0f<\/span><span style=\"caret-color: rgb(69, 129, 142); color: #45818e;\">\u2b50\ufe0f<\/span><span style=\"caret-color: rgb(69, 129, 142); color: #45818e;\">\u2b50\ufe0f\/5.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This book is the perfect read both for fans of the Shopaholic series or for standalone holiday fiction. &nbsp; Becky Brandon, nee Bloomwood, is given the task of hosting Christmas for the very first time for a group of family and friends. &nbsp;In true Becky style, nothing is straight-forward or easy, but instead full of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,33,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-holiday-reads","category-humour","category-womens-fiction"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - 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