The Alphabetical Hookup List A-J

By Phoebe McPhee

Book Overview

How 3 girls tried to hook up with 78 guys in 1 semester: the first installment.
Our heroes:
Jodi Stein, cheerleader, bat mitzvah, and sorority hopeful, whose life plan prominently features her high school sweetheart, Buster.
Celeste Alexander, tormented intellectual and virgin, the daughter of a former Buddhist monk and ex-nun.
Ali Sheppard, a soul lost in a sea of lollipops and glow-sticks, whose long distance boyfriend is a trip-hop hypnotica DJ named Sensei.
It doesn't seem as if these three roomates have much in common. Not at first. But then a night of misery brings them together -- a night when Jodi finds Buster in a compromising position, Celeste discovers an unexpected side to her date, Jordan, and Ali has a distressing phone call with Sensei. What starts as a simple game -- a game born of heartbreak, a bottle of tequila, and a Scrabble(R) board -- evolves into a three-woman sexual revolution.
Forget boyfriends. Forget "life partners."
This is the future.
This is the Alphabetical Hookup List.
The ABCs will never be the same.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0743448421
• ISBN13: 9780743448420
• Release Date: July 2002
• Publisher: MTV Books
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.0" x 8.0"
• Age Range: 14 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 9 and higher

Customer Reviews

Very Fun!

I bought this book at my school's bookstore and it was well worth the money. I would laugh out loud in bed at night. Therefore, my roomate read it and about 10 other girls in my hall read it before the year was up. It is absolutely hilarious for a college freshman, but I'm sure other people would find it funny too. It's really fun and easy to read, not too much thinking.

SO HILARIOUS!

This book is so laugh out loud funny! I read it on a trip and people kept looking at me because I couldn't stop laughing. The whole series is awesome read them all!

A Different Type of ABC's

The Alphabetical Hookup List A to J, K to Q, and R to Z are three books in a fictional series by Phoebe McPhee. Three girls, Jodi Stein, Celeste Alexander, and Ali Sheppard are all roommates at Pollard University. These three girls seem to have nothing in common at first until one night when Jodi finds her boyfriend, Buster, in an awkward position; Celeste discovers an unexpected side to her crush, Jordan; and Ali has a bad phone call with her boyfriend, Sensei. This only leaves one problem-- they all are left single. What starts out as an innocent game of scrabble turns into a bottle of Tequila and the hardest contest ever--each girl has to kiss one guy for each letter of the alphabet. The catch? The guys have to be in alphabetical order according to their first names, not as easy as it seems. The girls never thought that they would ever go to the extents that they did to try to get different letters of the alphabet. Who would have thought that kissing other girls, monkeys, old men, gay guys, straight guys and even ex-boyfriends could bring three girls so close to be almost like sisters?The first book concentrates on defining the rules of the game, the relationship of the girls with each other, and their journey through first semester earning their letters A to J. Throughout the first book the girls learn from each other and begin to bond through each of their relationships, which are later discussed in the second and third books. The girls each encounter their own problems, such as, Ali gets her letters by kissing girls, Jodi finds out that Celeste slept with her ex-boyfriend and Celeste finds out that her new crush is almost 35. The first book is the most interesting because it sets the stage of the series and introduces each girl's true self. Book two, K to Q, focuses mainly on the second half of the first semester and the girls encountering even bigger problems. During this book the girls earn the reputation as ...because someone has found out about the contest and unless the girls do exactly what he wants...there reputations will be ruined. One of the girls discovers that playing the game is not worth losing a boyfriend over so she has to make a huge decision...lose a boyfriend? Or lose 2 of your best friends?And finally in book three, R to Z, the girls have discovered their true selves and have grown to become the best of friends. You would think this book ends like any other novel or series, but after reading this series you will see that it does not.I really enjoyed reading this series, it is fast paced and is guaranteed to keep you wanting to read more. I'm not one to enjoy many books, and in fact I hate reading, but these books really kept me interested. I would recommend these books to anyone who likes to read humor and can handle a little adult content. I would especially recommend this to every teenager and to any parent who needs an enlightening on today's society and the lives of teenagers in the twenty-first century. Teenagers an

Fun and Fast-Paced

Ok, so this series details the friendship of 3 college roomates..."Jodi" is the jocky popular girl who wants to join a sorority, "Celeste" is the shy, smart virgin who has rebelled from her hippie parents by becoming super-straight and uptight, "Ali" is the lost girl who is constantly trying to find herself by clinging to new groups and scenes (currently she is a club kid). These girls all think they have nothing in common and don't really like each other at all, until one night when all three are dumped by their boyfriends or love interests and they bond over it. With the help of tequila and a game of Scrabble they invent The Alphabetical Hookup List...a top-secret game where they have to kiss guys whose names start with each letter of the alphabet, in order. Whoever finishes the alphabet first wins a night in Atlanta at the losers' expense. It kind of serves as a way for them to get their minds off of relationships and heartache, and liberate themselves by having fun and not taking guys or relationships so seriously. But obviously that is easier said than done.I didn't really know what to expect with this book, but I ended up enjoying it immensely. It's laugh-out-loud hilarious, goofy fun not really to be taken seriously but at the same time, it has a sweetness about it. And it's pretty easy to identify with especially if you're young and female. The characters (caricatures?) are all delightful spoofs of people in real life that I've known. Especially soul-searching Ali...and Buster, unfortunately I've known way too many guys like him. I loved Celeste's hippie parents, influencing her to cut loose and try pot, even hooking her up with some, never mind that she has no interest in it. I've known families like that too. And the whole sequence in the movie theater where Celeste was on a date with Andy the Bloated and Jodi was with her immature ex Buster was probably the most hilarious part in the book, and that's saying something. I kind of doubted that Jodi would know who Bob Dylan is though, much less know what the cover of Blonde On Blonde looks like. But oh well. I liked all the pop culture references in the book. And the footnotes were interesting, ranging from trivial side info, to funny, to funny-bizzare ("Everyone knows Wednesday is the new Thursday."??), but I got a real kick out of them. Phoebe McPhee rocks. If you're up for a light-hearted, fast-paced read that will make you laugh, read this series!!!

A Must Read!

I've read all three and they are great! Every girl should read these books. They are so funny and you'll love talking about the stories to your friends that are also reading them. I just wish there was more than three!