Here is how things stand at the beginning of newly-licensed driver Ruby Oliver's junior year at Tate Prep:
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Dec 16, 2010
Tatiana
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"The Boy Book" is the second book about Ruby Oliver. While I thought the first book was great by itself and didn't actually require a sequel, I enjoyed this installment just as much as the first one. In this book Ruby continues learning about relationships with boys and her friends and figuring out how to balance both, although very often she remains her own worst enemy. Once again, plenty of lessons about love, friendships, female empowerment, written in a very clever and engaging way
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Jan 25, 2011
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How would you feel if your mother said this about you? "[She] is neurotic and I don't want her having those panic things again, plus she's obviously got some sexual issues. I want her in therapy." Just another day in the life of Ruby Oliver, teenage drama queen (not of the annoying sort) and resident boy-crazy girl who even made herself a Boyfriend List (see The Boyfriend List: 15 Guys, 11 Shrink Appointments, 4 Ceramic Frogs and Me, Ruby Oliver for more details) that landed her in a
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Jul 13, 2011
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I'd promised to hold off on reading this for one of my meh-reading days, but I just couldn't help myself and picked it up and...
... I loved it...
I'm done pretending to possess any self-control whatsoever when it comes to this series because I am most definitely starting the third one now. Why, you ask? Ruby Oliver is a little more aware of goings on in Tate. She's a little tougher, not so naive but still funny as heck. I think the first one was sufficient on it's own, b More...
... I loved it...
I'm done pretending to possess any self-control whatsoever when it comes to this series because I am most definitely starting the third one now. Why, you ask? Ruby Oliver is a little more aware of goings on in Tate. She's a little tougher, not so naive but still funny as heck. I think the first one was sufficient on it's own, b More...
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Aug 07, 2011
Paige
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Now a junior at prestigious Tate Prep, Ruby is slightly less of a leper than she was the previous year. She has a good friend in Noel and Nora is her friend again too (but not Cricket or Kim). Her new school year starts off with a bang as Nora's hooters get a close-up, Noel and Ruby form the Hooter Rescue Squad to help her, Ruby gets an internship at the zoo, Jackson starts giving her notes while he steps out with a girl other than Kim (who is More...
Now a junior at prestigious Tate Prep, Ruby is slightly less of a leper than she was the previous year. She has a good friend in Noel and Nora is her friend again too (but not Cricket or Kim). Her new school year starts off with a bang as Nora's hooters get a close-up, Noel and Ruby form the Hooter Rescue Squad to help her, Ruby gets an internship at the zoo, Jackson starts giving her notes while he steps out with a girl other than Kim (who is More...
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Aug 04, 2011
Heather
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Re-read...Ruby is back for another torturous year at Tate. Armed with tidbits from Doctor Z and the go to boy guide, The Boy Book, Ruby is attempting to wade through the remaining muck left behind from her disastrous sophomore year in which she lost not only her boyfriend, but all of her friends and was left branded with the blue spots of social lepersy.
The Boy Book is a perfect continuation of Ruby’s story and naturally, there are boy issues. First there's Noel, who she can't quite More...
The Boy Book is a perfect continuation of Ruby’s story and naturally, there are boy issues. First there's Noel, who she can't quite More...
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Feb 10, 2009
Steph Su
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Ruby Oliver is back and more beloved than ever! At the start of junior year, Roo’s ex-best friend Kim is in Japan, and she’s still not speaking with her ex-boyfriend Jackson, whom Kim “stole” because she believed they were meant for each other. The only two people she’s sort of friends with are Noel, a guy who can be in any social group or none at all anytime he wants, and Nora, the only one out of her original group of four friends who will still speak with her. Roo continues her therapy sessio
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Nov 14, 2008
Isabella
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I think this book was good, but the problems between the characters were kind of stupid. For example: Kim and Ruby were best friends. Ruby had a boyfriend named Jackson. Kim tood away Rubys boyfriend and then Ruby got him back. Instead of Ruby getting mad at Kim for being the first one to steal her friends boyfriend, Kim got mad at Ruby for stealing him back.
All of the problems were like that, and I didn't like that, but I loved the way the author wrote. She talked as if she was speaking More...
All of the problems were like that, and I didn't like that, but I loved the way the author wrote. She talked as if she was speaking More...
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Nov 12, 2011
in a sentence or so: Ruby is back for her Junior year at Tate Prep and is navigating the waters of high school while putting the slut rumors behind her, making new friends, and using what knowledge she has of boys to her advantage. excessive list-making and hilarity ensues.
this is book two of the Ruby Oliver quartet. if you have not read book one, there will be some spoilers abound. also, you should TOTALLY get on that because it’s hilarious and Ruby is a fun gal.
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this is book two of the Ruby Oliver quartet. if you have not read book one, there will be some spoilers abound. also, you should TOTALLY get on that because it’s hilarious and Ruby is a fun gal.
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May 05, 2011
V.E.
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Okay, I must admit that I was already sold after The Boyfriend List: 15 Guys, 11 Shrink Appointments, 4 Ceramic Frogs and Me, Ruby Oliver but this book literally has me gushing. The series is only getting better. And even though it seems like it's just a book about high school girls liking boys, it ha really useful and deep messages like:
1) Life can get really complicated and you have to do the best you can
2) Doing the right thing isn't always easy, especially when you're not even sur More...
1) Life can get really complicated and you have to do the best you can
2) Doing the right thing isn't always easy, especially when you're not even sur More...
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Mar 16, 2011
Rachel
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I enjoyed this story even more than the first. I donlt know if this is because this one is sligtly less soul shatteringly empethetically depressing or because our heroien, Ruby, isn't so irriating when it comes to descion making. She also doesn't whine as much; althougt there is some whining involved but give her a break it's teen angst. Mostly I think I liked reading this book more because it follows more of a strict pattern and time line. With Roo #1 she seemed to jump around from past to "
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Feb 17, 2011
Cory
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This wasn't bad. Sure, it's full of cliches, and Ruby doesn't get with the guy I wanted her to get with, but honestly, I didn't expect this to be amazing. It's teen chick-lit, and it delivers as teen chick-lit.
I haven't read the first book in the series, and I don't want to read the first book. But if I ever come across the sequels, I might read them if I'm bored.
Ruby reminds me of Junie B. Jones. Weird, but true. And Noel reminds me of the Colonel from Looking for Alas More...
I haven't read the first book in the series, and I don't want to read the first book. But if I ever come across the sequels, I might read them if I'm bored.
Ruby reminds me of Junie B. Jones. Weird, but true. And Noel reminds me of the Colonel from Looking for Alas More...
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Oct 27, 2010
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How much do I adore Ruby Oliver?! After reading The Boyfriend List earlier in the year (and loving it!), and hearing about upcoming fourth book in the Ruby Oliver series, I was absolutely desperate to read The Boy Book sooner rather than later. And again, I loved it.
In this, Ruby is still a sort of pariah at Tate Academy. All of her old friends still aren't speaking to her after the events from The Boyfriend List. As she begins her junior year, she's still friends with Meghan, she's More...
In this, Ruby is still a sort of pariah at Tate Academy. All of her old friends still aren't speaking to her after the events from The Boyfriend List. As she begins her junior year, she's still friends with Meghan, she's More...
Oct 09, 2010
Jessica
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The Boy Book by E. Lockhart continues the story of high schooler Ruby Oliver and the rest of her “friend-less” junior year. In the previous book, The Boyfriend List, Ruby is shunned by her three best friends after she violates one of the rules of the all-knowing “Boy Book.”
The second installment explains the rules of the Boy Book, written by Ruby and her three friends throughout the course of high school. After a summer of traveling with her mom, Ruby heads back to school and gets a jo More...
The second installment explains the rules of the Boy Book, written by Ruby and her three friends throughout the course of high school. After a summer of traveling with her mom, Ruby heads back to school and gets a jo More...
Jun 13, 2010
Jenny
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With a horrible reputation as the girl who will sleep with any guy, Ruby Oliver begins eleventh grade without a boyfriend, friends and respect. Though she was the innocent victim, she decided to cope with what she had instead of trying to get revenge. Eventually, she finds herself being the one to initiate a lot of things on her own and begins to find out what type of person she really is. As cliché as it may sound, this book shows you that good things do come to those who wait (and pla
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Jan 20, 2011
Rena
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I wasn't sure whether I should rate it 2 or 3 stars. It's probably 2.5.
This was my first book of E. Lockart. Totally not over the moon with it. It feels like one of those cheap, Nickelodeon cartoons or something. Occasionally a good line will pop up or Ruby will behave in a way that gives credit to all the teenage girls out there. She analyzed everything, overthinks it mainly, and I have no idea if most teenage girls think that much but I know I did. There’s a lot of, “Did he say that More...
This was my first book of E. Lockart. Totally not over the moon with it. It feels like one of those cheap, Nickelodeon cartoons or something. Occasionally a good line will pop up or Ruby will behave in a way that gives credit to all the teenage girls out there. She analyzed everything, overthinks it mainly, and I have no idea if most teenage girls think that much but I know I did. There’s a lot of, “Did he say that More...
Dec 31, 2009
Kelly
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Full review at http://yannabe.com/2009/12/29/boy-book-t...
Summary: Ruby Oliver just started her junior year, but she still doesn’t have much to speak of in the way of friends—and definitely no boyfriend. Not only that, but the one boy she wants to move into the BF column? Roo’s former girlfriend who’s slowly warming back up to a friendship with her happens to have a crush on that same boy.
Review: The rest of this series made for quick, fun reads. The two issues I had with More...
Summary: Ruby Oliver just started her junior year, but she still doesn’t have much to speak of in the way of friends—and definitely no boyfriend. Not only that, but the one boy she wants to move into the BF column? Roo’s former girlfriend who’s slowly warming back up to a friendship with her happens to have a crush on that same boy.
Review: The rest of this series made for quick, fun reads. The two issues I had with More...
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Jun 24, 2011
Liz
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The Boy Book was an excellent continuation of The Boyfriend List; Ruby Oliver was back, zebra print glasses and all. In this one, Ruby was slowly trying to repair her reputation – it’s never easy shedding the labels of “leper” and “slut”, no matter whether they really apply to you or not, which Ruby knew better than anyone else. She was beginning to make friends with Nora again, and with Meghan and Noel, things started to seem almost normal. Until Nora admitted she liked Noel, and Ruby’s life wa
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Jan 19, 2012
Jennifer
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Ruby Oliver is a really great character. A little neurotic, a lot boy crazy, wonderful at making lists, and extremely humorous. I really enjoyed the first book in this series and the second book was just as engaging.
So much of her teen angst is self-inflicted, but even as an adult I feel like I can relate to some of her idiosyncrasies...(over thinking things, occasional circular arguments with myself about conversations I've had with people, a willingness to admit my mistakes even when it' More...
So much of her teen angst is self-inflicted, but even as an adult I feel like I can relate to some of her idiosyncrasies...(over thinking things, occasional circular arguments with myself about conversations I've had with people, a willingness to admit my mistakes even when it' More...
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Jan 10, 2010
Lizzie
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It is pretty much crazy how much these novels read like a handbook for being a person. In context you might think that they are really just an explanation of how one first-world girl is living, with lots of hot tubs and cell phones, though she is not herself the owner of hot tubs or cell phones. And they are that, surely. Mostly because all of the people around Ruby, affecting her, are that context.
But yes. So good that one writer decided to just make it her job to unpack that li More...
But yes. So good that one writer decided to just make it her job to unpack that li More...
Jul 25, 2011
Jen
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Original Posting—The Boy Book: A Study of Habits and Behaviors, Plus Techniques for Taming Them (Ruby Oliver #2); Micheal L. Printz Honor Winner
The Boy Book: A Study of Habits and Behaviors, plus Techniques for Taming Them is a Micheal L Printz Award Winner. I chose this book as my audio book and it was a cute look inside a teenage girl's life in dealing with friends, boyfriends, crushes, school, and body image. Ruby Oliver is the main character and uses the "boy book" a.k.a. More...
The Boy Book: A Study of Habits and Behaviors, plus Techniques for Taming Them is a Micheal L Printz Award Winner. I chose this book as my audio book and it was a cute look inside a teenage girl's life in dealing with friends, boyfriends, crushes, school, and body image. Ruby Oliver is the main character and uses the "boy book" a.k.a. More...
Jun 02, 2011
Emily
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Another hilarious installment in the life of Ruby Oliver, this time documenting everything you could possibly need to know about boys. This includes: The Care and Ownership of Boobs, Levels of Boyfriends, Clever Comebacks to Catcalls and Why Girls are Better than Boys as well as a number of other need-to-know pieces of boy wisdom.
In case you weren't aware by now, girls are better than boys because we smell better, always carry tampons and are more likely to survive if we fall off More...
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Jan 17, 2011
Katya
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Ruby Oliver continues her journey to self-discovery in this second installment in E. Lockhart 's second installment in the Ruby Oliver series. Once more, we are given a harsh, but honest, view on the lives and dreams of teenagers nowadays.
One of the things I love about books is when they manage to draw me in, make me emotionally vested, get me to root for one hero and hate the next as if I were an actual participant. I honestly wish a painful, horrible experience on Jackson for what More...
One of the things I love about books is when they manage to draw me in, make me emotionally vested, get me to root for one hero and hate the next as if I were an actual participant. I honestly wish a painful, horrible experience on Jackson for what More...
Sep 06, 2009
Ali
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The characters in this book are Ruby Oliver, Nora, Meghan, Kim, Jackson, and Noel. Ruby, Nora and Kim all used to be best friends, until Ruby started going out with Kim's ex boyfriend, Jackson. Now Kim is in Tokyo and Ruby made a new friend named Meghan. Now that Ruby and Jackson are broken up, her and Nora are starting to become friends again. But Ruby is also becoming friends with Noel. Noel is very mysterious and goes to Tate Prep.
This book takes place in a small suburban town. Al More...
This book takes place in a small suburban town. Al More...
Feb 16, 2011
Jessica
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This book is hilarious! I loved it because it made me laugh a lot and it was interesting.
Roo is in a mess, all of her friends left her just for some stupid little thing that she did. I really don't think that they were good friends at all, if they were they would understand what she is going through. They were friends for a really long time too. I think that they would have been better friends then that because everyone makes mistakes sometimes and you need your friends most when that happ More...
Roo is in a mess, all of her friends left her just for some stupid little thing that she did. I really don't think that they were good friends at all, if they were they would understand what she is going through. They were friends for a really long time too. I think that they would have been better friends then that because everyone makes mistakes sometimes and you need your friends most when that happ More...
Feb 12, 2009
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Apr 07, 2010
Emily :3
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This was a pretty funny book. I admit, I haven't read the first book of the Ruby Oliver series (the boyfriend list, it was already checked out in the library) but after reading the first few chapters I have a pretty good idea of what the first book was about.
In this book, Ruby is back. Kim has left for Japan and none of her friends will talk to her after what "happened". Ruby's only friend is Noel, a skinny chain smoker who has athma, and Morgan, a very pretty girl who can More...
In this book, Ruby is back. Kim has left for Japan and none of her friends will talk to her after what "happened". Ruby's only friend is Noel, a skinny chain smoker who has athma, and Morgan, a very pretty girl who can More...
Jun 18, 2008
Annabella
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This book is the sequel to "The Boyfriend List." After losing her friends and her boyfriend in the previous book, she attempts to make new friends and get over the loss of her old ones. It was good although you should read the first book before this one or else it might be a bit confusing!
Feb 05, 2012
Sara
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I can't help it, I love Ruby Oliver. She's a teenager but she might as well just be me. Thanks for helping me work through my issues, Ruby. This one didn't get to me quite as much as the first one, but I still loved it. I think I might have to go for the third one next :)
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Dec 23, 2010
Greta
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Ruby Oliver (the main character) is hilarious!! She's so fun; I would want to be her friend if she was real. ;)Another cool thing about The Boy Book is that it's set in Seattle (I probably already said all of this about The Boyfriend List...but oh well!) so it's fun to hear stuff about Woodland Park Zoo and all. I think I liked The Boyfriend List better though...it was more interesting. Oh, and beware: this is NOT a guide to guys! AT ALL. The "boy book" is this thing the main character
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Apr 18, 2010
Sri
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Owh, ternyata ini buku kedua ya. Hehehe, setelah buka goodreads malah baru tahu.
Ruby adalah seorang remaja putri yang sering kali tidak tahu apa yang dilakukannya. Menurutku wajar sebagai seorang remaja. Dan menurutku, dengan orang tua yang cukup memperhatikannya dan beberapa orang teman, walaupun Ruby baru saja ditinggalkan oleh teman-teman dekatnya, Ruby sebenarnya tidak memerlukan seorang shrink. Bagiku Ruby normal-normal saja. Tapi ceritanya Ruby sempat mengalami panic attack. Ya, mung More...
Ruby adalah seorang remaja putri yang sering kali tidak tahu apa yang dilakukannya. Menurutku wajar sebagai seorang remaja. Dan menurutku, dengan orang tua yang cukup memperhatikannya dan beberapa orang teman, walaupun Ruby baru saja ditinggalkan oleh teman-teman dekatnya, Ruby sebenarnya tidak memerlukan seorang shrink. Bagiku Ruby normal-normal saja. Tapi ceritanya Ruby sempat mengalami panic attack. Ya, mung More...
