Today’s book review is a nice light-hearted romp into the magical world of shopping in high-fashion London. My review copy of The Personal Shopper was a freebie from Amazon; the review request came through the author, Carmen Reid, and her husband, Thomas Quinn.

I met Thomas last year during his attempt to get a fabulous idea up and running online: fed up with “required reading” lists, Thomas set up a site in which readers would be able to submit their own list of the Top 100 to-be-read books. It was a clever and interesting idea, and - never one to miss out on an opportunity to tell people what to read - I dutifully submitted my list. Unfortunately, the idea didn’t catch on - but Thomas’s blog is still online, and definitely worth checking out. But I wanted to give a shout out to Thomas for it anyway - and if anyone out there likes the idea (and you should), leave a comment and let him know! (BTW: Don’t get upset if you don’t see a lot of comments; J-E.com hasn’t been getting many comments lately. That’s a testament to me, not the idea TQ!)
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