My Not So Perfect Life by Sophie Kinsella
It took me ages to read this book. I had to renew it from the library three times. Why? I like Sophie Kinsella's novels; well, most of them. The Shopaholic novels are the exception. I read the first one years ago, and found the idea of a chick lit novel that centers around a woman who has a spending addiction not very entertaining. Especially when she gets the guy and the happy ending. What does that say about being responsible?! But I have read some of her other novels, and I have enjoyed them very much. I did end up liking this novel, too. I had a very hard time getting into Katie's story. It is, after all, very much like other British chick lit plots: country girl yearns to be a London ad agency superstar; falls for the handsome director, has a perfectly perfect sophisticated boss with a seemingly enchanted life. But of course life hands Katie some setbacks and she has to find her real, authentic self....