Gossip columnist and single New York City girl Mel lives lives in the most exciting place in the world, yet she's bored with her lovelife. But thin...
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Aug 20, 2008
Connie
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Well it is almost 1 o'clock and I just finished this book. I couldn't put it down. I really enjoyed it! I gave it 5 stars, the definition for 5 stars is "it was amazing" and I probably wouldn't say that because I don't think you can say that chic lit is "amazing". If I had to give it a score out of 10 I would give it a 9 1/2 only a couple things bothered me, first there is swearing not much though but that always bothers me it really isn't necessary and the other thing is
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May 29, 2011
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Jan 22, 2009
Jennifer
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Ok - just to warn you - This entire book is in e-mail format. Yup. 379 pages of e-mails. Truth be told - I really liked it!
So we have Mel Fuller who writes the page 10 celebrity gossip column for the NY Journal. She is late to work (for about the 50th time) because she found her neighbor lady laying face down with her dog barking like mad. She really likes her neighbor Mrs. Friedlander and feels bad for her 2 cats and dog (a great dane named Paco - who has a Great Dane in NY City?!? More...
So we have Mel Fuller who writes the page 10 celebrity gossip column for the NY Journal. She is late to work (for about the 50th time) because she found her neighbor lady laying face down with her dog barking like mad. She really likes her neighbor Mrs. Friedlander and feels bad for her 2 cats and dog (a great dane named Paco - who has a Great Dane in NY City?!? More...
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Jun 19, 2008
Candy
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Title: Boy next door
Author: Meggin Cabot
Copyright date: 2002
Publisher: HarperCollins publishers
How many pages: 374 pgs
How long it took me to read: 10 days
Category: Fiction
I learned about this book from: borrowing it from the library in the beginning of the year but not getting to read it.
This book was purchased at: G books
This book is: amusing
Other books by these authors: Princess Diaries series, Pop idol, big boned, jinx, queen of babble in the big city More...
Author: Meggin Cabot
Copyright date: 2002
Publisher: HarperCollins publishers
How many pages: 374 pgs
How long it took me to read: 10 days
Category: Fiction
I learned about this book from: borrowing it from the library in the beginning of the year but not getting to read it.
This book was purchased at: G books
This book is: amusing
Other books by these authors: Princess Diaries series, Pop idol, big boned, jinx, queen of babble in the big city More...
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Mar 06, 2008
Samantha
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This is one of Meg Cabot's Boy Series books (Every Boy's Got One and Boy Meets Girl) which are written in 21st Century epistolary style, this particular book in all email messages.
Melissa Fuller lives in New York at a small newspaper and lives next door to an older woman who has an "accident", forcing Mel to tend to her neighbor's three pets. Mel suspects foul play while the police hunt down the neighbor's only living relative, a nephew named Max. Max is too busy vacationin More...
Melissa Fuller lives in New York at a small newspaper and lives next door to an older woman who has an "accident", forcing Mel to tend to her neighbor's three pets. Mel suspects foul play while the police hunt down the neighbor's only living relative, a nephew named Max. Max is too busy vacationin More...
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May 07, 2008
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Nov 24, 2008
Jennifer
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Ah, the modern epistolary romance*! This one is conducted entirely via email and is quite charming. As with all epistolary stories, there's a certain level of incredulity that people would sit around typing all this stuff up, though every romance comes with a certain incredulity threshold so this isn't particularly an obstacle. I like the email style, in part, because it takes so much less time to write a quick little email (say an hour) than long rambling letters (staying up all night) and the
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Jan 18, 2012
Rhoda
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I picked this book up at an airport. I wasn't expecting much from it, just a light read for the journey. I LOVED it. It's written entirely in emails, which meant that the characters' voices were very strong. It was almost like a radio play - all dialogue. I spend so much time 'chatting' to people via email, that the email conversations seemed entirely natural to me. (I know other people can find it irritating).
The story has a really nice set up. The boy next door is pretending to be so More...
The story has a really nice set up. The boy next door is pretending to be so More...
Dec 09, 2011
Katrina
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I wasn't sure I was going to be able to finish this one because, while there were some things I genuinely liked about the email format in which it was written, the format overall left me wanting. The story picked up, however, and I found myself not minding the email format so much. After a little while, I found myself engrossed, wanting desperately to find out who attacked the neighbor and whether or not Mel and John would get together (OK, so admittedly I knew this was an inevitability since it
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Jun 03, 2011
Rebecca
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Another book written in email format. For adults, sort of, this time. A Meg Cabot book, who is best know for PRINCESS DIARIES books which are lame, so I thought I would pick this one up, hoping for a bit more mature. Yeah, no such luck. Yes, the characters are older, but they act like they are 13 still. And an email format doesn't make it better.
Mel's neighbor gets attacked and she now takes care of her animals, but can't anymore, so she contracts her neighbor's only relative who happe More...
Mel's neighbor gets attacked and she now takes care of her animals, but can't anymore, so she contracts her neighbor's only relative who happe More...
Mar 19, 2011
Amanda
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This is a recommendation from that really cool website I found a while back.Htere are several boooks by these two authors - the woman writes the part of the woman in the book and the man writes the part of the man in the books, in alternating chapters. Or maybe they write the chapters of the opposite sex... no I'm pretty sure they write their own.
Anyway, interesting way to tell a story though admittedly, it's a litle gimmicky. The authors are British and I am really beginning to enjoy More...
Anyway, interesting way to tell a story though admittedly, it's a litle gimmicky. The authors are British and I am really beginning to enjoy More...
Mar 01, 2011
Nadine
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In diesem E-Mail Roman begegnen wir Mel Fuller, Reporterin in New York, zuständig für die Klatsch-Kolumne ihrer Zeitung, ihre Nachbarin wird überfallen und sie nimmt Kontakt zu deren Neffen auf, damit er sich um ihre Katzen und ihren Hund kümmert, da Mel diese Aufgabe nicht mehr mit ihrem Job vereinbaren kann (sie ist ohnehin etwas chaotisch und ständig zu spät dran). Besagter Neffe allerdings weilt gerade mit Top-Model Vivica in der Karibik und fordert kurzerhand einen Gefallen ein, den ihm ein
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Nov 07, 2010
Rachel
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The Boy Next Door is told entirely in emails between the characters. It's copy-written in 2002 so the characters all have dial-up and can't email and talk on the phone at the same time. It was pretty funny to realize how much technology has changed in just eight years. Anyway, having the story told entirely in emails made the story flow a little awkwardly at times. I definitely had to suspend reality when I found myself wondering if someone would really write an email with that much detail and j
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Aug 19, 2010
Laura
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This novel is by the author of the very popular ‘The Princess Diaries’ books [which are published under the name Meg Cabot and are for children:]. Meggin Cabot has written several book for adults which I have read and enjoyed.
‘The Guy Next Door’ is about a gossip columnist called Melissa Fuller who works for the New York Journal. Mel [as she is known to her friends:] moved to New York from a small town in Illinois and is desperate to write ‘proper’ articles but hasn’t yet been given More...
‘The Guy Next Door’ is about a gossip columnist called Melissa Fuller who works for the New York Journal. Mel [as she is known to her friends:] moved to New York from a small town in Illinois and is desperate to write ‘proper’ articles but hasn’t yet been given More...
Jun 11, 2010
Sarah
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I have never read a book in all email format before, I have in chat format though. This was an interesting read from start from finish, it wasn't a book that contained morals and main ideas that should be used in life, it was just a fun read. The story takes place in New York, it is sort of that sex and city type of feel. Mel who is journalist meets Max (at least she thinks she met Max). Through-out the whole story it revolved around so call Max's and Mel's love and did I mention a murder (How
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Jun 10, 2010
Victoria
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Nov 14, 2009
Lilyrose
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To:Meg Cabot
From: Lilyrose
Subject: Guilty pleasure novels.
Dear Meg,
I've been reading ridiculously complicated books, nonfiction, biographies that have arguably been great, have taught me much, but have always required great concentration and patience. And sometimes, I need a break. I deserve it. Don't I?
Which is where you come in. Your novels are my guilty pleasures. I am an avid fan of yours, so much so that I can ever ignore your disastrous Nicol More...
From: Lilyrose
Subject: Guilty pleasure novels.
Dear Meg,
I've been reading ridiculously complicated books, nonfiction, biographies that have arguably been great, have taught me much, but have always required great concentration and patience. And sometimes, I need a break. I deserve it. Don't I?
Which is where you come in. Your novels are my guilty pleasures. I am an avid fan of yours, so much so that I can ever ignore your disastrous Nicol More...
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Oct 23, 2009
Henny
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Novel ini bercerita tentang wanita lajang berusia 27 bernama Mel. Dia adalah seorang wartawan gosip dari harian New York Journal. Mel memiliki segudang permasalahan, mulai dari pacarnya yang berselingkuh, surat peringatan dari HRD NYJournal karena keterlambatannya, sahabat yang tidak pede dengan tubuhnya yang gemuk, perseteruan dengan harian New York Chronicle dan lain-lain.
Suatu hari Mel tiba-tiba menghilang dari kantor. Setelah dihubungi ternyata dia sedang mengurus tetangganya yang kom More...
Suatu hari Mel tiba-tiba menghilang dari kantor. Setelah dihubungi ternyata dia sedang mengurus tetangganya yang kom More...
Jun 23, 2009
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Jun 15, 2009
Light, Funny, Enjoyable Book, February 23, 2006
When Melissa Fuller's elderly next door neighbor, Helen Friedlander, is brutally attacked and left in a coma, Mel contacts Mrs. Friedlander's nephew, Max, so he can take care of his aunt's dog and two cats. But Max, a photographer, has better things to do, like vacation with a supermodel, so, unbeknownst to Mel, he sends his cold college buddy, John Trent, to pretend that he is Max in order to stay in his aunt's More...
When Melissa Fuller's elderly next door neighbor, Helen Friedlander, is brutally attacked and left in a coma, Mel contacts Mrs. Friedlander's nephew, Max, so he can take care of his aunt's dog and two cats. But Max, a photographer, has better things to do, like vacation with a supermodel, so, unbeknownst to Mel, he sends his cold college buddy, John Trent, to pretend that he is Max in order to stay in his aunt's More...
Dec 02, 2008
Holly
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Dec 08, 2011
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Sep 23, 2011
706sashaf
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From the beginning of this book I knew I would like it. What I didn't know is that I wouldn't love it. From the beginning to the middle I was falling head over heels in love, like the characters in the book but, at the end I was completely dissatisfied. Books need an interesting ending to make the book wonderful and this one completely tricked me.
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Anyway the main character, Mel falls in love with someone who she thinks is a famous millionaire, yet he More...
Jul 26, 2011
2004- While the idea of telling novels entirely through e-mail is becoming more common, this is the first novel I had read using this style. The main character, Melissa Fuller, who works at New York Journal as the gossip columnist seems like a fun, genuinely nice person. Her main problem is she can't find a man, a good man that is. Then, one of her elderly neighbors is found in her apartment unconscious, apparently the victim of an attempted murder. Her only living relative is a playboy photogra
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Oct 25, 2010
Jen
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Picked this one up from the Borrow a Book shelves at work to tide me over until the books I put on hold through the library get to my branch, and it immediately made me laugh because I work with a bunch of engineers, so this was probably sent to work from somebody's wife. The Boy Next Door is comprised entirely of e-mails to/from the characters. There are no chapter breaks or dates used throughout, so it's interesting to see what you can clean from what people choose to talk (or gossip) about.
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Oct 02, 2011
706sarah
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When i started The Boy Next Door i wasn't sure if this was the book for me. It was a fairytale almost; someone falls in love with someone else who turns out to be impersonating the person who was supposed to be there, but all turns out well. I'm not normally the reader for that type of genre, but it wasn't all that bad. It was slow going, and the climax seemed to stop and stay on hold for awhile. I just kept asking and asking what was going to happen?? I couldn't take it!!
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Nov 22, 2010
A.
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Thank goodness for Meg Cabot, because after finishing IOU, I felt ready to put off reading for the foreseeable future (see review at tometombfidelity.blogspot.com). I needed something interesting, stat!
Along came The Boy Next Door. This was the first book by Meg Cabot I have read. I am glad I did! I read the book yesterday evening. The Fort Worth Star-Telegram called it "A fast, addictive read." Indeed it was.
The book takes the form of emails. The entire story is to More...
Along came The Boy Next Door. This was the first book by Meg Cabot I have read. I am glad I did! I read the book yesterday evening. The Fort Worth Star-Telegram called it "A fast, addictive read." Indeed it was.
The book takes the form of emails. The entire story is to More...
May 15, 2011
Dana
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It's a new twist for me because instead of a book from a first person perspective what Meg Cabot did was use emails from the characters to tell the story.
It can be a little confusing at times but the story was fun especially the part where Mel wrote an article about John being the most eligible bachelor in town and tons of girls where parading outside his office building.
But, I have to admit I skipped a few paragraphs because of Mel and her bestfriend got all whiny with each More...
It can be a little confusing at times but the story was fun especially the part where Mel wrote an article about John being the most eligible bachelor in town and tons of girls where parading outside his office building.
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Mar 21, 2011
Nic
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This was such a fun and sweet read. Several times it had me laughing out loud. Entertaining and fast paced book that is entirely written in emails. I had to admit it took me a little bit to get into due to the writing style. I also found it lacked a little depth but I think that is again due to the style of book. Overall, a light and amusing read that will bring a smile to your face.
Bookers Challenge #4 Thank you Crystal :)
Bookers Challenge #4 Thank you Crystal :)
Oct 19, 2011
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