The Lonely Hearts Club by Elizabeth Eulberg

Rating: 4/5 - Really liked it. Maybe not re-readable, but still entertaining.



Age R: PG-13

Release Date: December 29, 2009

Excerpt.

Synopsis:
I, Penny Lane Bloom, do solemnly swear to never date another boy for as long as I shall live. All right, maybe I’ll reconsider it in ten years or so when I’m no longer living in Parkview, Illinois, or attending McKinley High School, but for now I’m done with guys.
They’re all lying, cheating scum of the earth.Yes, every last one of them. Pure evil.
Sure, there are some that seem nice, but the second they get what they want, they’ll dump you and move onto their next target.
So I’m done.
No more dating.
The end.

Thoughts:
Liked the jokes. Liked the characters. Loved the cuteness. Extra points for the club idea.
This book is basically about an awesome club plus your typical boy likes girl, girl likes boy, but obstacles get in the way kind of story (well, in this one it's more like boy's been knowing girl). Even though I've seen this storyline done more times than I can count I still liked reading the book because a) it was a quick light read and b) it is pretty cute.
I liked how Elizabeth Eulberg created this headstrong girl with an awesome idea to make a LHC focused on friendship coming before any boy who might want a girl to change for him. This book's mostly full of girl power and it's great to read about especially when a bunch of YA books (+ real life situations) have all these chicks that get mistreated and/or change for a guy.
Now, I did really enjoy reading this book, but for me it's more of a one time thing. It's not so incredible that I find myself thinking about re-reading it. That's probably because of the storyline. Unless that storyline includes some extremely unique things then it's hard for me to love it especially when it's pretty darn predictable. I don't like predictable. Still I couldn't help but enjoy reading it. This is one of those cute books to read when you want to be entertained and maybe even when you need a pick me up after a break up.

Quotes:

When we do find someone we think is special, we forget about our friends. Why do we do this? Why do we bother?

Crap. I had completely forgotten that my first class was ---- with ----. Crap.
Or, more appropriately, caca.

part of the LHC rules-
4) Members must be supportive of their friends, despite bad choices in clothing, hair, and/or music.
Violators of the rules are subject to membership disqualification, public humiliation, vicious rumors, and possible beheading.

Note:
It really annoyed me that in this part of the book where an 8 yr old is mentioned, the author makes her sound younger. What 8 yr old do you know that hugs teddy bears and her brother's leg? I don't know any and I know quite a few 8 yr olds and was one myself. I can understand the bear thing I guess, but the leg hugging? She's too old for that. I don't think an 8 yr old would do that especially when the brother is a 16 yr old. If they're of average height, they're just too tall. I'm silly. Ignore me.

Related:
-Elizabeth Eulberg
-The Beatles
-Buy It
-strong, headstrong female protagonist
-humor
-book to read after a break-up

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