The Boyfriend List: 15 Guys, 11 Shrink Appointments, 4 Ceramic Frogs and Me, Ruby Oliver (Ruby Oliver #1)
Release Date: September 26th, 2005
Number of Pages: 229 pages
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 229 pages
Format: Paperback
Ruby Oliver is 15 and has a shrink. She knows it’s unusual, but give her a break—she’s had a rough 10 days. In the past 10 days she:
lost her boyfriend (#13 on the list),
lost her best friend (Kim),
lost all her other friends (Nora, Cricket),
did something suspicious with a boy (#10),
did something advanced with a boy (#15),
had an argument with a boy (#14),
drank her first beer (someone handed it to her),
got caught by her mom (ag!),
had a panic attack (scary),
lost a lacrosse game (she’s the goalie),
failed a math test (she’ll make it up),
hurt Meghan’s feelings (even though they aren’t really friends),
became a social outcast (no one to sit with at lunch)
and had graffiti written about her in the girls’ bathroom (who knows what was in the boys’!?!).
But don’t worry—Ruby lives to tell the tale. And make more lists.
lost her boyfriend (#13 on the list),
lost her best friend (Kim),
lost all her other friends (Nora, Cricket),
did something suspicious with a boy (#10),
did something advanced with a boy (#15),
had an argument with a boy (#14),
drank her first beer (someone handed it to her),
got caught by her mom (ag!),
had a panic attack (scary),
lost a lacrosse game (she’s the goalie),
failed a math test (she’ll make it up),
hurt Meghan’s feelings (even though they aren’t really friends),
became a social outcast (no one to sit with at lunch)
and had graffiti written about her in the girls’ bathroom (who knows what was in the boys’!?!).
But don’t worry—Ruby lives to tell the tale. And make more lists.
I liked the book, it was fun and interesting! I sometimes got frustrated though (due to the protagonist's way of acting and thinking). It was an entertaining read and I'll read the sequel when I've got the time. ^ ^
E. Lockhart's way of writing in this book was lovely ! with lots of funny footnotes. The footnotes could be a bit sidetracking, but I guess that was the point sometimes. Either way I liked it.
The Boyfriend List revolve about Ruby Oliver an ordinary teenage girl. Ordinary as in having a shrink and panic attacks.
Ruby goes to a small elite school in Seattle where everything circles around boys and gossip. Ruby and her friends are reasonably popular, but that changes for Ruby when that thing on that party with Jackson happens. Ruby loses all her friends, and everybody else too. She becomes a leper, an outcast and a rumoured slut.
One thing about Ruby is that she can be insecure at times, which prevent her from doing the thing she wants to do, such as asking what she wants to know. Instead of keeping shut and assuming the worst. though I'm pleased to inform you that during the course of the book Ruby grows as a person, and discovers things about herself she didn't know she had in her.
I think this book is about overcoming obstacles in life, and to believe in yourself...
I'd recommend The Boyfriend List to all YA lovers as I thought it was fun :D. It kind of resembles Just Listen by Sarah Dessen. But Just Listen is a bit deeper and more emotional and not as funny written as The Boyfriend List.
E. Lockhart's way of writing in this book was lovely ! with lots of funny footnotes. The footnotes could be a bit sidetracking, but I guess that was the point sometimes. Either way I liked it.
The Boyfriend List revolve about Ruby Oliver an ordinary teenage girl. Ordinary as in having a shrink and panic attacks.
Ruby goes to a small elite school in Seattle where everything circles around boys and gossip. Ruby and her friends are reasonably popular, but that changes for Ruby when that thing on that party with Jackson happens. Ruby loses all her friends, and everybody else too. She becomes a leper, an outcast and a rumoured slut.
One thing about Ruby is that she can be insecure at times, which prevent her from doing the thing she wants to do, such as asking what she wants to know. Instead of keeping shut and assuming the worst. though I'm pleased to inform you that during the course of the book Ruby grows as a person, and discovers things about herself she didn't know she had in her.
I think this book is about overcoming obstacles in life, and to believe in yourself...
I'd recommend The Boyfriend List to all YA lovers as I thought it was fun :D. It kind of resembles Just Listen by Sarah Dessen. But Just Listen is a bit deeper and more emotional and not as funny written as The Boyfriend List.
Rating:
4 Chocolate Chip Cookies
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