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Wednesday, November 4, 2009

M or F?


No, this does not stand for male or female but for Marcus or Frannie. Let me try to explain this: this is one of the most confusing romantic comedy novels I have EVER read, but it was GREAT. And normally I don't tell the whole story, only a basic summary that keeps you hanging so the book isn't forever ruined on here, but for this book I will make an exception and tell all because it was so good.
Frannie and Marcus are best friends. Marcus is gay, but they are both looking for love. Marcus tries to help Frannie find her crush online by chatting with him, and his name is Jeffrey. So they chat with him and Frannie goes on a few dates with him and has a great time, although Jeffrey sort of refuses to make a move. Meanwhile Marcus keeps chatting online with Jeffrey pretending to be Frannie WITHOUT FRANNIE KNOWING.
Suddenly Marcus realizes HE likes Jeffrey. A lot. And Frannie finds out about Marcus chatting with Jeffrey and they havre a fight. That's when Frannie starts to think maybe JEFFREY could be gay, and she decides to test this. So she makes hot chocolate, lights a few candles, and puts on a nightie (yes, a NIGHTIE) to impress Jeffrey, only when he comes over and she tries to make a move he barfs practically on her lap, and she realizes he must definitely be gay.
So now Frannie and Marcus are friends again and Frannie is trying to hook Jeffrey up with Marcus. Also, there seems to be a connection going on between Frannie and Jeffrey's best friend Glenn. So Marcus 'accidentally' ditches the movies to leave Glenn and Frannie on their own, and he goes to meet up with Jeffrey and maybe see if he can get up his nerve to tell him how he feels because he thinks Jeffrey's gay.
This is where the MAJOR PLOT TWIST comes in. When Frannie realizes she's being set up with Glenn she tells Glenn this. Glenn's reply? "I'm gay, didn't you know?" And Frannie also figures out that they were wrong about Jeffrey, and that he wasn't gay, just shy. So they rush up to where Jeffrey and Marcus are sitting, right when Marcus is about to put a move on Jeffrey, and Frannie breaks it up!
Now comes the huge surprise: Jeffrey hadn't really been on the chat room, either. Glenn had been chatting for Jeffrey, so basically Glenn and Marcus had been chatting under the names of Jeffrey and Frannie, and they're PERFECT for each other!
Jeffrey and Frannie, however, realize they weren't meant to be, although Jeffrey really liked Frannie. But Frannie does end up with someone... and that's where I leave off.
This book is really confusing at parts, especially because right where you think you know where it's going, you get COMPLETELY turned around and facing the other direction. But it was a good read, and I swear on George's ear that it was laugh-out-loud funny. I was cracking up in the corner of my living room while my family was watching the World Series, and I looked like an idiot. But anyway: ♠♠♠♠

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