Monday, October 29, 2007  Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List  Naomi
and Ely's No Kiss List. By Rachel Cohn and David Levithan. 2007.
Copy supplied by publisher, Random House (imprint: Alfred A.
Knopf Books for Young Readers).  The Plot: Naomi and Ely are
been best friends since forever; grade school, high school, and
even college. Naomi loves Ely, Ely loves Naomi; Ely is gay, but
that doesn't stop Naomi from believing that Ely, her best
friend, is, well, the one. Despite the evidence to the contrary:
gay, remember?  Naomi and Ely have a friendship preserving "no
kiss" list; the cute doorman has just been added. Naomi didn't
think she had to add Bruce the Second, her current boyfriend, to
the list; wouldn't it be obvious?  But Ely kisses Bruce the
Second. And it changes everything.  The Good: Do girls like
Naomi exist, for real? Both Naomi and Ely are New York City
kids, thru and thru. Naomi is the gorgeous one: you can just
imagine that the Eagles song is about her (city girls just seem
to find out early, how to op