This First-Reads giveaway is pretty much alright. Not science, more like memoir. Clever writing, self-deprecating but not terribly self-absorbed or whiny. Not too sure how helpful it would be. She didn't come out with any grand insights. I just now I'm glad to be out of the dating pool, because that scene does tend to bring out the worst in us. We tend to get insecure, to get self-conscious, to get confused - and nothing really works.

One thing she should have tried, imo, was to drink less. Partying until the wee hours before a lunch date is probably not the best idea, nor is wearing beer-goggles (literal or figurative). And I was bothered by her perspective that someone who lived thirty miles away was much too far. I mean, even in Washington D.C. do you really expect to find The One" within a bike ride?

If you do pick it up, and find yourself having trouble, for whatever reason, getting through it, do at least read the conclusion. Like I said, no grand insights or magic formula, but some nice ideas." ( )

Cute book. Her struggles with dating and finding a potential husband were definently something I could relate to. It was a funny book and makes you look at dating with a touch of humor. ( )