This book has earned its place as my new most embarrassing book to read in public to date. It is utterly predictable and I usually do like more depth and emotion, but I couldn't re. The Boy Next Door is a romantic story Mel, young gossip columnist for a New York newspaper, who ends up falling in love with John, a crime reporter and all around cool guy from a wealthy family…only get this, due to totally pointless and silly circumstances, John is forced to conceal his real identity from Mel, resulting in a web of lies. Thank you Sarah for the suggestion! The two end up in hilarious, awkward situations that leads Min Ah and her closeted boyfriend to believe they are gay. This book has earned its place as my new most embarrassing book to read in public to date. Which is sad because the last book I read by this author was really good. Support Role. 379 pages of e-mails. I even found myself liking the main character, even though I had very little in common with her. So, I asked on twitter what makes people think something qualifies as an epistolary work of fiction, and while I said that I wanted at least 50% of written communication, I think it's possible that 100% is too much? their house- since it's RIGHT NEXT TO EACH OTHER! KyuTae and KiJae are two college students who just moved next to each other. I didn't think anything could be lighter than Sophie Kinsella, but apparently Meg Cabot has managed to make her adult novels even lighter (if this is representative) and just as fun. If it was mixed up with email, texting, voice memos, whatever, I think it would work better for me. The cultural references are also so hilariously early 2000s that it was hard for me to not screen grab every single one. The love story of HongJo a cat that turns into a man and SolAh a woman who is like a puppy. I really enjoyed it! It just became normal. But this one had just too much. I love dialogue, character interaction, the author interjecting snarky observations about what's happening. [made up an entire article to get revenge against someone, causing a lot of problems for people, including some cops. Genres: Friendship, Comedy, Romance, Youth. They soon figure out that they are both friends with Kim Min Ah. NEVER has that happened. Granted, based on when I THINK this was set, texting was probably less of a thing or nonexistent, but wow, some of the times they were emailing just felt dumb. 4.5. I loved it! by Avon. “I can't join a gym! Think "I've loved you my whole life", Sneaking in windows, Oh are we sitting in your bedroom like we have a million times before but this is somehow VERY different?, Run in's at the most predictable place -i.e. I made a special point to fold the pages of this book over, hiding the cheesy cover which seemed to scream the announcement “Yes I read mindless, fluffy chicklit!” I guess I wouldn’t have been so embarrassed to be reading this book if it had not been for the general low quality of the entire concept. Well it is almost 1 o'clock and I just finished this book. I made a special point to fold the pages of this book over, hiding the cheesy cover which seemed to scream the announcement “Yes I read mindless, fluffy chicklit!” I guess I wouldn’t have been so embarrassed to be reading this book if it had not been for the general low quality of the entire concept. Ok, I'm not gonna lie...I didn't even finish this book, but that's because it was so absolutely boring that I couldn't even force myself to continue. NOT HARD ENOUGH TO MAKE HER CRY, THOUGH. A delightful frothy romance written entirely in emails to and from our heroine and her friends, love interest, coworkers, family, and acquaintances. Are you starting to understand my embarrassment in reading this book? The other thing is really stupid, the main character (Mel) calls her mom and dad mommy and daddy, I don't know, something about an adult doing that just is weird to me, so every time in the book she did it I cringed. Go Dok Mi is a ′city Rapunzel′ who Playlist. She has an older boyfriend, strict parents and a great best friend. Korean Drama, 2017, 15 eps. 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's a romance novel, but it's still nice reading about those moments). 6.5. (2017) College students, Park Kyu Tae and Sung Gi Jae are two awkward neighbours that have a small disliking towards each other. I absolutely adore this book and the concept!!! She is caught spying by her other neighbor, Enrique Geum. I don't know how Meg Cabot did an all-email book and make it so amazing. The two end up in hilarious, awkward situations that leads Min Ah and her closeted boyfriend to believe they are gay. But I really couldn't put it down. Korean Drama, 2016, 7 eps.