I Love You, Beth Cooper

by Larry Doyle

I bought I Love You, Beth Cooper in a bookstore in Berkeley when we were on vacation in 2008, but I never could get into it. I realized this fall that it had been made into a movie and kept meaning to pick it back up, but I never got around to it until this Christmas break.

This book is absolutely hilarious and was totally meant to be made into a movie. It's about a nerdy boy who professes his love of a beautiful cheerleader in his high school valedictory address, and then winds up spending a wild evening with her, trying to escape from her jealous, homicidal boyfriend. There's no deep meaning here, but it's a fun romp.