Questions About The Boyfriend List: 15 Guys, 11 Shrink Appointments, 4 Ceramic Frogs and Me, Ruby Oliver (Ruby Oliver, #1)

by E. Lockhart (Goodreads Author)

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why has no one made a list of all the movie titles mentioned throughout the series why agggg???????????

jess! these are the ones i found in the boyfriend list!!
- Taxi Driver
- Movies where the couples hate each other half the time: Ten Things I Hate About You. …morethese are the ones i found in the boyfriend list!!
- Taxi Driver
- Movies where the couples hate each other half the time: Ten Things I Hate About You. One Fine Day. When Harry Met Sally. You've Got Mail. Intolerable Cruelty. The African Queen. Addicted to Love. Bringing Up Baby. The Goodbye Girl. How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days. As Good As It Gets. French Kiss. Groundhog Day. A Life Less Ordinary.
- Movies where after breaking up, it turns out the man actually loves the women madly and can't exist without her: Pretty Woman. An Officer and a Gentleman. Bridget Jone's Diary. The Truth About Cats and Dogs. Reality Bites. Jerry Maguire. Persuasion. High Fidelity. Say Anything. Notting Hill. Grease. Four Weddings and a Funeral. Runaway Bride.
- Nightmare on Elm Street
- Carrie
- Movies where the apparently hopeless dorky guy who's been there all along eventually gets the girl: The Wedding Singer. Dumb and Dumber. When Harry Met Sally. There's Something About Mary. Beauty and the Beast. While You Were Sleeping. Revenge of the Nerds. Lots of Woody Allen movies. (ew)
- The Breakfast Club
- Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex But Were Afraid to Ask(less)

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Is it okay to read the second book without reading the first?

Vivian It's fine. The second book gives a brief recap of what happened in the first.…moreIt's fine. The second book gives a brief recap of what happened in the first.(less)

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Is this the first book?

Vivian Yes, this is the first.

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Is this one of those books that makes having to see a psychiatrist look bad? For example, "I'm not crazy" "No, I'm not crazy" etc. and implictly shaming mentally ill people?

Mariska Actually no. Ruby questions everything and anything and in the very beginning of the book she says that she thought that seeing a shrink was for "craz…moreActually no. Ruby questions everything and anything and in the very beginning of the book she says that she thought that seeing a shrink was for "crazy people". But she soon figures out that that's not entirely true. I felt like towards the ending of the book she learns to appreciate her shrink. In the ending she even says that she thinks it's nice to go see her shrink. She gets the choice to stop her sessions, but she decides she doesn't want to. (less)

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Is this book appropriate for 12-15 year olds? Do you have any recommendations? I am making a list for my niece and need some help!

Mariska Yeah it totally is. The book is actually about the high school years of the main character. Ruby is almost 16 at the end of the book.

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