Not My Type by Melanie Jacobsen was a great read. It's told in first person by Pepper Spicer, the character the story is about. Pepper has a really fun, quirky personality. In the first chapter, she comes home from work at the sandwich shop she manages to find that her family has planned a surprise family birthday party for her. She was in a bad mood already from work, but when she finds out that her dad let her little sister pick chocolate cake, which she despises, she goes over the top. She tips the cake off the counter onto her other sister's new shoes and storms out of the room.
Her dad comes to talk to her after that and she complains about her terrible life. She's 23, she hates her job, she's single and still living at home, she shares a room with her 7-year-old sister, and she's still paying off the debt for a wedding that never happened.
Her dad challenges her to change it. He challenges her to start thinking about other people occasionally instead of herself all the time, and if she doesn't like something about her life, then change it. He tells her he wants her to write at least one thank you note a week and to at least try to get a new job that she enjoys or move out of the house.
She knows that moving out of the house isn't an option, so she agrees to her dad's idea. She applies for a bunch of journalism jobs, and after bombing out on an important interview, she finally gets a job offer to write a dating column. For the job, she has to do online dating, and go on one date a week and write about it.
This book is a fun read as Pepper tells about all her many escapades as she tries to succeed at her dad's challenge. From her first journalism interview, to several interesting dates, to discussing her parents' idea to name all her siblings after spices (Pepper, Coriander, Ginger, Mace, and Rosemary), this book will keep readers reading until they've finished it.
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