Not My Type

I finished reading Melanie Jacobson's new book, Not My Type, last week, and it inspired me to write a thank you note to my 3rd grader's school teacher.  I'll tell you why in tomorrow's blog post (that is, if I get around to writing the blog post), but right now I want to talk about the book.

There is a scene in the tv show Friends where we find out that Rachel tells people her favorite movie is Dangerous Liaisons, but in reality her favorite show is Weekend at Bernie's.  I feel like that sometimes.  If people ask me for book recommendations, I will try to come up with "serious" literature to recommend.  But really, most of the time, I prefer happy, fluffy chick lit.  (Not to be confused with romance novels.  They aren't happy or fluffy in my opinion.)  Melanie Jacobson's books are my favorite genre in reality.  But if you ask me, I'll swear I prefer the serious stuff. (P.S. In no way am I saying the genre is "bad." I am totally jealous of Melanie's talent, and wish I could write like she does.)


In the book Not My Type, the main character's name is Pepper Spicer.  Okay, first of all, I love how other characters in the book tease Pepper and her other family members about their names.  I won't tell you what their names are, but judging by the last name, you could probably figure out a couple of them. So anyway, Pepper has something happen in her life (I won't ruin it by telling you what it is, but rest assured it has to do with a boy) and she becomes a Grumpy McGrumperson.  Her therapist dad suggests (okay, he kind of bribes her) that she writes one thank you note per week for one year to someone in her life for whatever reason she can come up with.  The story unfolds from here, including but not limited to: back-handed compliments within said thank you notes, making a fool of herself, a good friend, a job, crazy dates with weird boys, music concerts, discussions of yummy food, and descriptions of funky/cool clothing that I will never be cool enough to wear.

More than once I thought while reading this book, "Ooh, that was a good plot twist that I never saw coming!"  I really enjoyed reading Not My Type.

P.S. If you will remember, I wrote a review about her book The List.  Melanie Jacobson may just be becoming one of my favorite fluffy chick lit authors.  Keep 'em coming, Melanie!