I actually have read this book before, but I don't remember it at all so for today it's my book of choice. Already I'm remembering why I enjoyed it so much. Take, for example, this passage that the main character, Courtney, writes in reaction to being dumped by her boyfriend, Dave:

"Anyway, now he wants to forget the whole thing and 'move on' and 'grow,' like a transplanted house plant in fresh soil. Mom tries that all the time. Each one dies. That's why she has the world's largest rock garden. Rocks, she can grow - or steal from national parks.

"I hate plants.

"I hope he gets replanted in that expensive soil that houses sink into and disappear. I hope he gets...what's that thing where you try to save water in your garden? Zeroscoped...xeriscaped...whatever. No water for Dave."

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What makes this book so enjoyable is the somewhat angsty, always funny voice of the protagonist. Unlike so many journal books, her entries actually sound as though they really were written by a high school girl, and the various things that she notices are both entertaining and refreshing. I recommend this book to anyone who has read and enjoyed teen diary-style books in the past.