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The Treasure Map of Boys: Noel, Jackson, Finn, Hutch, Gideon—and me, Ruby Oliver (Ruby Oliver #3)
by
E. Lockhart
Ruby is back at Tate Prep, and it’s her thirty-seventh week in the state of Noboyfriend. Her panic attacks are bad, her love life is even worse, and what’s more:
Noel is writing her notes, Jackson is giving her frogs, Gideon is helping her cook, and Finn is making her brownies. Rumors are flying, and Ruby’s already-sucky reputation is heading downhill.
Not only that, she’s...more
Noel is writing her notes, Jackson is giving her frogs, Gideon is helping her cook, and Finn is making her brownies. Rumors are flying, and Ruby’s already-sucky reputation is heading downhill.
Not only that, she’s...more
Hardcover, 248 pages
Published
July 28th 2009
by Delacorte Books for Young Readers
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Jun 21, 2012
Nataliya
rated it
4 of 5 stars
·
review of another edition
Recommended to Nataliya by:
Catie
Ruby Oliver, she of red lipstick, glasses, fishnets, vintage clothes, mystery novels, and old movies, is at the point where she needs to reevaluate her life, her goals, and her relationships, perhaps grow a backbone, and, well, draw a treasure map. And so she does, in her trademark anxiety-and-quirk-filled way, which is just "Spankin' with a side of ennui."
Among the other lessons of
The fourth book in this series is most definitely my favorite, but it’s this one that really cemented Ruby Oliver into my fictional-soul-sister-for-life hall of fame forever and ever. In book two, Ruby was struggling to be a better friend – to be more considerate and thoughtful – while at the same time stand up for herself and respect her own feelings. But how far should she go in the name of friendship? How much should she sacrifice? It’s easier to see that line with frenemies like Kim and bad-...more
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"The Treasure Map of Boys" is the third book about Ruby Oliver, a 16-year old girl unsure of what and who she wants in her life. Ruby's life is messy and stressful and she always seems to be trying to figure out how to deal with her overbearing parents, ex-boyfriend, potential boyfriends, her on and off friends, and undeserved reputation of a roly-poly slut.
Once again, E. Lockhart doesn't disappoint. Her knowledge of the inner works of a teenage girl's mind is profoun...more
"The Treasure Map of Boys" is the third book about Ruby Oliver, a 16-year old girl unsure of what and who she wants in her life. Ruby's life is messy and stressful and she always seems to be trying to figure out how to deal with her overbearing parents, ex-boyfriend, potential boyfriends, her on and off friends, and undeserved reputation of a roly-poly slut.
Once again, E. Lockhart doesn't disappoint. Her knowledge of the inner works of a teenage girl's mind is profoun...more
What does Ruby Oliver have that has me going through her books one after another? It's not like she's perfect, she is so far from being perfect.
She's boy crazy.
(Or maybe just plain crazy?)
She's slightly neurotic.
(Make that very neurotic.)
Her friends Suck.
(Let's face it, they do suck. Boo!)
She is completely aware of the fact that she does not know what she wants!
(But with the help of the awesome Dr. Z, some bitchy llamas, zoo animals that don't judge, and her parents, the new dog named Polka D...more
She's boy crazy.
(Or maybe just plain crazy?)
She's slightly neurotic.
(Make that very neurotic.)
Her friends Suck.
(Let's face it, they do suck. Boo!)
She is completely aware of the fact that she does not know what she wants!
(But with the help of the awesome Dr. Z, some bitchy llamas, zoo animals that don't judge, and her parents, the new dog named Polka D...more
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The Treasure Map of Boys was as hilarious and meticulously plotted as its predecessors, The Boyfriend List and The Boy Book. Once again Ruby Oliver's quirky, hilarious voice shone through to narrate this tale ridden with teenage angst. I don't think anyone captures the high school experience better than E. Lockhart. She is right up there with Meg Cabot and Sarah Dessen.
The Treasure Map of Boys begins after winter break of Roo's junior year. The relative stability Roo established at the end of Th...more
The Treasure Map of Boys begins after winter break of Roo's junior year. The relative stability Roo established at the end of Th...more
Reviewed by Sally Kruger aka "Readingjunky" for TeensReadToo.com
Ruby "Roo" Oliver is trying to be good. Since the beginning of the school year she has had a thing for Noel, but her promise not to go after any guy one of her friends is interested in is complicating matters. Nora told Roo she likes Noel and that makes him off-limits.
Although her focus is on Noel, the other guys in her life are sending strange message as well. Jackson is back to his old self, flirting with Roo. Nora's college-age b...more
Ruby "Roo" Oliver is trying to be good. Since the beginning of the school year she has had a thing for Noel, but her promise not to go after any guy one of her friends is interested in is complicating matters. Nora told Roo she likes Noel and that makes him off-limits.
Although her focus is on Noel, the other guys in her life are sending strange message as well. Jackson is back to his old self, flirting with Roo. Nora's college-age b...more
Jul 21, 2011
Lizzie
rated it
5 of 5 stars
Shelves:
2010,
meg-s,
young-adult,
existential-romance,
borrowed,
book-of-the-year,
i-should-own-this
Oh this one you guys. Everyone.
How bad does it hurt seeing Ruby have trouble. She is so mad and so trying. She's learned how to stick up for herself but that sometimes makes things worse. The fight at the zoo, and Nora still judging her, and every single time she dissolves into another panic attack, which get so much worse in this book I lost count.
I love the Tate Boys Bake campaign. And the fight with the older girl, and the scene there at the bake sale. With Jackson, when she says what she thi...more
How bad does it hurt seeing Ruby have trouble. She is so mad and so trying. She's learned how to stick up for herself but that sometimes makes things worse. The fight at the zoo, and Nora still judging her, and every single time she dissolves into another panic attack, which get so much worse in this book I lost count.
I love the Tate Boys Bake campaign. And the fight with the older girl, and the scene there at the bake sale. With Jackson, when she says what she thi...more
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Dear Miss E. Lockhart,
I cannot ardently enough express my love for this book...best in the series so far. Ruby makes me jittery and uncomfortable, just like I am reliving my teenage years...something I know I should not enjoy so very very much, but I'll be darned if I can put your books down. Seriously.
Love,
Michelle
Disclaimer/confession...before I tell you why I love this book, and all the books I've read by Lockhart so far. I jumped on the Twilight bandwagon...I'm not ashamed to say I enjoyed...more
I cannot ardently enough express my love for this book...best in the series so far. Ruby makes me jittery and uncomfortable, just like I am reliving my teenage years...something I know I should not enjoy so very very much, but I'll be darned if I can put your books down. Seriously.
Love,
Michelle
Disclaimer/confession...before I tell you why I love this book, and all the books I've read by Lockhart so far. I jumped on the Twilight bandwagon...I'm not ashamed to say I enjoyed...more
Yes to it all.
Ruby takes some backwards steps, but look at how she stands up for herself with (view spoiler).
Jackson continues to pain me. Nora continues to interest me. I relate to her in many ways and would like to read her story, too. But her Nora-ness is something that so many girls and women encounter: (view spoil...more
Ruby takes some backwards steps, but look at how she stands up for herself with (view spoiler).
Jackson continues to pain me. Nora continues to interest me. I relate to her in many ways and would like to read her story, too. But her Nora-ness is something that so many girls and women encounter: (view spoil...more
Re-read in February 2012.
What can I say? Ruby Oliver has dazzled me yet again. She is the voice of the female species, or at least, the neurotic half of it.
Regardless of how many times I revisit Ruby's story, I never fail to find something new to love about her. She's the kind of girl we've all been and while we, as Ruby, should all strive to be better, who she is is kind of awesome. Over the years, The Ruby Oliver series has become a bit of a guilty pleasure. Something that I delve into when I'...more
What can I say? Ruby Oliver has dazzled me yet again. She is the voice of the female species, or at least, the neurotic half of it.
Regardless of how many times I revisit Ruby's story, I never fail to find something new to love about her. She's the kind of girl we've all been and while we, as Ruby, should all strive to be better, who she is is kind of awesome. Over the years, The Ruby Oliver series has become a bit of a guilty pleasure. Something that I delve into when I'...more
Here's what's on the inside cover( from theboyfriendlist.com)
"Ruby is back at Tate Prep, and it’s her thirty-seventh week in the state of Noboyfriend. Her panic attacks are bad, her love life is even worse, and what’s more:
Noel is writing her notes, Jackson is giving her frogs, Gideon is helping her cook, and Finn is making her brownies. Rumors are flying, and Ruby’s already-sucky reputation is heading downhill.
Not only that, she’s also: running a bake sale, learning the secrets of heavymetal...more
"Ruby is back at Tate Prep, and it’s her thirty-seventh week in the state of Noboyfriend. Her panic attacks are bad, her love life is even worse, and what’s more:
Noel is writing her notes, Jackson is giving her frogs, Gideon is helping her cook, and Finn is making her brownies. Rumors are flying, and Ruby’s already-sucky reputation is heading downhill.
Not only that, she’s also: running a bake sale, learning the secrets of heavymetal...more
E. Lockhart's forthcoming The Treasure Map of Boys: Noel, Jackson, Finn, Hutch, Gideon--and me, Ruby Oliver is a strong follow-up to The Boyfriend List and The Boy Book. As with the others, if you can't tolerate a certain level of obsession over boys, boys, boys, and what their actions might possibly mean, this is not the book for you. The secret of Lockhart's success is to make the story more about Ruby's struggle for acceptance at school (and some kind of mental clarity about her relationships...more
To me, E. Lockhart’s books are the best of Teen Chick Lit– they are realistic without taking themselves too seriously, they are funny without sacrificing wit and without blithely avoiding the difficult problems that come with learning who you are, who you love, and what’s important to you, as some chick lit does. Over the course of these four novels, Ruby suffers a major falling out with friends, goes to therapy because she starts having panic attacks, gets a job at the zoo, sees lots of films,...more
Yang saya baca versi terjemahan bahasa Indonesianya.
Saya maraton baca petualangan Ruby Oliver ini dalam waktu kurang lebih 2 minggu kali ya... Buku pertama, so..so. Buku kedua, mulai menarik, dan buku ketiga sejauh ini yang paling saya suka.
Di buku pertama, Ruby bikin list tentang semua cowok yang pernah muncul dan terlibat dalam kehidupannya. Oleh karena itu, membacanya jadi agak membingungkan. Karena alurnya maju mundur, jadi terkesan sedikit melompat-lompat. Buku kedua, karena landasan teori...more
Saya maraton baca petualangan Ruby Oliver ini dalam waktu kurang lebih 2 minggu kali ya... Buku pertama, so..so. Buku kedua, mulai menarik, dan buku ketiga sejauh ini yang paling saya suka.
Di buku pertama, Ruby bikin list tentang semua cowok yang pernah muncul dan terlibat dalam kehidupannya. Oleh karena itu, membacanya jadi agak membingungkan. Karena alurnya maju mundur, jadi terkesan sedikit melompat-lompat. Buku kedua, karena landasan teori...more
The only reason this isn't five stars is I haven't quite connected to the books on that deep, delighted, super-sucked-into-the-universe level, even though I'm enjoying them a lot and they're very fast, addictive reads. I loved the conclusions Ruby drew in this book and how she's slowly becoming more aware of herself and finding her own definitions of right and wrong (and hopefully slowly approximating mine, too). The ending of this book made me ridiculously happy and I can only hope that continu...more
David Lee Roth fronts retro-metal band Van Halen. The man has been known to wear studded chaps without pants underneath and to pair that article of clothing with a gold breastplate and an off-the-shoulder shirt. I think that’s all you need to know. - TMoB, p. 152
I flew through books #2 and #3 in E. Lockhart's Ruby Oliver series. I started book #2 last night and read about half. I finished the other half this morning and read all of book #3 this afternoon.
...more
I love the way dogs want to lick you rig
Now I geddit! The snowman is actually the marshmallows Gwen Archer made for the bake sale.
This is the third Ruby Oliver book I'm reading and I gotta say E. Lockhart has a knack for cute titles, cute covers and one hell of a heroine. At first it's easy to get my bearings back and bear with Ruby's neurotic way of thinking after not reading the series for so long.. but then faced with more ramblings and pages of self-doubt and over-analyzing, I begin to get nervous myself. But then, what a sweet th...more
This is the third Ruby Oliver book I'm reading and I gotta say E. Lockhart has a knack for cute titles, cute covers and one hell of a heroine. At first it's easy to get my bearings back and bear with Ruby's neurotic way of thinking after not reading the series for so long.. but then faced with more ramblings and pages of self-doubt and over-analyzing, I begin to get nervous myself. But then, what a sweet th...more
The Treasure Map of Boys was another amazing book in the Ruby Oliver series. In this one, Jackson started talking to Ruby again, Nora was in like with Noel more than ever and even Meghan was on the road to leaving the state of Noboyfriend (which I found quite hilarious :P). Ruby, though, was having trouble denying the way Noel made her feel (even though we’ve known since forever!), or the weirdness between her and Jackson. She didn’t know what to do about any of it, which I thought was quite rea...more
The Treasure Map of Boys continues the saga of Ruby Oliver and her journey in the state of “noboyfriend.” In the previous books The Boyfriend List and The Boy Book, Ruby has just started therapy because of her panic attacks and is learning to live life with just a few friends after losing all of her friends sophomore year.
In The Treasure Map of Boys, Ruby finds herself falling for Noel, but knows she shouldn’t because one of her only friends Nora likes him. She struggles with old feelings for he...more
In The Treasure Map of Boys, Ruby finds herself falling for Noel, but knows she shouldn’t because one of her only friends Nora likes him. She struggles with old feelings for he...more
I was torn as to whether or not to tag this as "post-modern." On the one hand, footnotes are pretty much the hallmark of post-modernism (is that the correct way to use the word hallmark?). On the other hand, the story is fairly straight-forward teen romance, so... I didn't do it.
Ok so it isn't actually straight-forward teen romance. I checked this book out for a couple of reasons. The main one is that I couldn't find the book I was looking for at the library so I kinda had to call an audible. Th...more
Ok so it isn't actually straight-forward teen romance. I checked this book out for a couple of reasons. The main one is that I couldn't find the book I was looking for at the library so I kinda had to call an audible. Th...more
Jasper Fforde's
Shades of Grey
took me forever to read. I just don't have a lot of discretionary times these days what with B and D sucking away hours on end. And Shades of Grey, though loads of fun, is long and involved and full of invented words like loopholerly. So, I followed up my Fforde's dystopic romp with several short books that I could blow through in a matter of hours.
First in line was the 3rd in E. Lockhart's Ruby Oliver Series. Ruby still has a tough time managing her life, her fri...more
First in line was the 3rd in E. Lockhart's Ruby Oliver Series. Ruby still has a tough time managing her life, her fri...more
The Treasure Map of Boys begins with a quick recap of events, not getting in the way of the story, but serving as a nice reminder. Ruby is as quirky a narrator as always, and I loved her typical engaging thoughts. Although not that much happens plotwise, Ruby's snarky narration is just awesome enough to keep my interest. I'm proud of how much Ruby has developed over the series, into the self-assured girl we see in this book, reminding me of Meg Cabot's Mia Thermopolis and her endless quest for s...more
Full review at http://yannabe.com/2009/12/29/boy-boo...
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 The Boyfriend List—too man...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 The Boyfriend List—too man...more
In this third book about Ruby Oliver (The Boyfriend List 15 Guys, 11 Shrink Appointments, 4 Ceramic Frogs and Me, Ruby Oliver, The Boy Book A Study of Habits and Behaviors, Plus Techniques for Taming Them), Ruby is in a state of boyfriendlessness along with her two remaining friends. She's had a hard year at school, having a list of former boyfriends and love interests fall into the wrong hands in a previous installment.
And she's still going to a therapist for her panic attacks, even though her...more
And she's still going to a therapist for her panic attacks, even though her...more
In this third Ruby Oliver novel, Ruby continues to obsess about boys and friends – but mostly boys. Readers of the first two books will know that she hasn’t had good luck with either one, managing (through a series of miscommunications, mishaps, and mistiming) to alienate and/or anger many of the students in her small and prestigious Seattle private school.
Although I was an insignificant person in my own large urban high school, my younger daughter’s experiences in her tiny public charter school...more
Although I was an insignificant person in my own large urban high school, my younger daughter’s experiences in her tiny public charter school...more
Never A Dull Moment
The Treasure Map of Boys
By E. Lockhart
Pub. Date: July 2009
4 out of 5 stars
PG-13 - Profanity and Inappropriate Sexual Behavior
Recommended
Boys complicate things… but Ruby is so sick of being alone…
Ruby Oliver’s reputation has been run into the ground, straggled, and buried several times in the past year. All because of boys. Well… not boys exactly. More like Ruby’s relationship with boys. She has been in the state of no boyfriend for a successful 37 weeks hoping it will help coo...more
The Treasure Map of Boys
By E. Lockhart
Pub. Date: July 2009
4 out of 5 stars
PG-13 - Profanity and Inappropriate Sexual Behavior
Recommended
Boys complicate things… but Ruby is so sick of being alone…
Ruby Oliver’s reputation has been run into the ground, straggled, and buried several times in the past year. All because of boys. Well… not boys exactly. More like Ruby’s relationship with boys. She has been in the state of no boyfriend for a successful 37 weeks hoping it will help coo...more
Although the Ruby Oliver books often seem to be all about boys, I never really felt as if they were. To me, The Boyfriend List felt as if it was about Ruby and her inner discovery into herself and her relationships with others. Granted it was told through her experiences with fifteen different guys, but it never felt like a book about boys. Same with The Boy Book. The second Ruby Oliver book was about friendship, acceptance, and moving on with your life despite the bad things that happen. But th...more
It takes Ruby until page 173 in book 3 to understand what it means to be a true friend, and, having figured it out on her own, she is able to teach others. It will take Nora a while longer:
"I stood there, trying to think if there was anything I could say that would make things better. "It just seems that like friends should forgive each other,'I said lamely. "Or at least try to understand each other. Not shut down completely."
Is this how it feels to be an only child? I wonder.
"Also, I was livin...more
"I stood there, trying to think if there was anything I could say that would make things better. "It just seems that like friends should forgive each other,'I said lamely. "Or at least try to understand each other. Not shut down completely."
Is this how it feels to be an only child? I wonder.
"Also, I was livin...more
I loved this book! It is so cute(:
THE TREASURE MAP OF BOYS is the third novel (after THE BOYFRIEND LIST and THE BOY BOOK) starring Ruby Oliver. Ruby (the daughter of a performance artist/copy editor and a container gardener) is a student at Tate Prep, a Seattle private school that she attends on scholarship. She and her parents live on a houseboat instead of in a mansion like her classmates, and she spends a lot of her time worrying about how (or even whether) to fit into the so-called Tate Univ...more
THE TREASURE MAP OF BOYS is the third novel (after THE BOYFRIEND LIST and THE BOY BOOK) starring Ruby Oliver. Ruby (the daughter of a performance artist/copy editor and a container gardener) is a student at Tate Prep, a Seattle private school that she attends on scholarship. She and her parents live on a houseboat instead of in a mansion like her classmates, and she spends a lot of her time worrying about how (or even whether) to fit into the so-called Tate Univ...more
Jun 08, 2012
Jacob Proffitt
rated it
3 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
audible,
young-adult
This book is pretty much what I expected it to be. And that's a good thing. Ruby continues to grow into the person she wants to be, but with bumps along the way. Most of the rest of my comments would be spoilerific, so I'll stop there about plot things.
The parents were mellower in this book than they have been in previous installments. And that's a good thing as well. It may be that they just seem to have less screen-time than in previous books, though. I've developed a strong dislike of her par...more
The parents were mellower in this book than they have been in previous installments. And that's a good thing as well. It may be that they just seem to have less screen-time than in previous books, though. I've developed a strong dislike of her par...more
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E. Lockhart is the author of a number of teen novels. She has had nine official boyfriends, if you count the boy who asked her to go with him at a 7th grade dance and then basically never talked to her again. She has never been on a sports team of any kind and got excused from gym class by going to ballet lessons. She has a tattoo, cuts her own hair, and has worn the same perfume since high school...more
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“Absorbing the fact that sometimes, people do cut you slack and forgive you and want you anyway.
Sometimes they do. And when they do, even if it's not a happy ending, it is delicious”
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Sometimes they do. And when they do, even if it's not a happy ending, it is delicious”
“There's something about seeing a guy's feelings written down, something about him taking that risk and committing that heart to paper, that means so much more than anything he could just say.”
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