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Suggestion for new reader who likes shopaholic books

joyfulone

New Member
Hi there,
I have a friend who is in her late 20s and had never read a book until she read Sophie Kinsella's "Confessions of a Shopaholic". She loved it and is now reading the whole series.

I am an avid reader and want to encourage her in her newfound love of literature, but I am more into the classics.

I would like to buy her a book for her birthday that is a little bit of a step up in terms of literature from the shopaholic series, but I don't want to discourage her with anything too challenging.

What she loved about the shopaholic series is that she couldn't put it down, it was funny and down to earth (she loved that there was swearing and drinking!!).

Can anyone suggest some awesome books that would be equally appealing to her but with maybe a tad more substance?

I know that sounds really snotty, and I don't really mean it that way, I just want to show her that there are a LOT of books that she could find interesting, if she just tries them, but I'm afraid that if I point her in the direction of stuff I like, it will be too stuffy for her and will reinforce the idea she has that the only books she's able to read are these. Not that there's anything wrong with these, but she's almost done the series and I don't want her to give up reading when it's over!

Thanks so much
 
Pobby & Dingan by Ben Rice. A pearl of a novella with brevity and gravity in equal measure... and a story which will yank furiously at the strings of your heavy, heavy heart.
 
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