From a corner in the library

  Book Info

Name: The Boyfriend List: 15 guys, 11 shrink appointments, 4 ceramic frogs and me, ruby oliver
Author: E. Lockhart
Date of publication: March 22nd, 2005
Synopsis: "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’!?!)" [From Goodreads.com]

My expectations for this book were really high... and I was highly disappointed.
After reading We Were Liars, I thought all Lockhart books were gold. I'm not saying is a terrible book, but it is not my style. For starters, Ruby is not very likable and there's a big collection of boys that confused me, by the end I wasn't sure who did what.
There were some funny moments here and there, but mostly I was bored. Also, the footnotes. I get it, it was meant to give the reader an insight on Ruby's mind and her conversations with Doctor Z... but sometimes they were so long that it took me a while to remember what I was reading when I got back to the book. Some of them were funny, others confusing and others not necessary at all.
In conclusion, if I ever meet Ruby this is what I would do...

The good thing is that I won't be spending more money buying the other three books ;)