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Summary: Charming Read You Won't Put Down
Review: This book is great. I bought it on a whim to keep me occupied on my B-school vacation and I couldn't put it down. It's one of those books that you can't wait to read when you get home. I felt like the characters were so true-to-life, numerous times I'd say to myself, "Oh my gosh! That is so-and-so!". Not so sure how realistic is the ending, then again-it is fiction. But I would highly recommend this book. A great read for any gal who wants to get a tiny window into the mind-boggling brain of a guy. It won't tell you everything, but it'll definitely give you a fresh perspective. Well done Mr. Dearie! I'm eagerly awaiting your second novel.
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Summary: First Half - Great! Second Half - Lost its Way
Review: This book was all right. The first half grabbed me and I didn't stop until I finished, but the book really took a turn for the worse half way through. I recommend it, but it's not the best I've ever read!
Here's a tip: PRURIENT means "Inordinately interested in matters of sex." I had to look it up the first time I encountered it in the book. I've lived 29 years without needing to know the meaning, yet this author found it necessary to use the word 5 times within 130 pages! Very Annoying.
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Summary: Buy it!
Review: This is a great book - smart, funny, hard to put down. A story of the end of adolescence and the beginning of adulthood in New York City.
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Summary: I loved it!!!
Review: This is one of the only books that I have read that honestly describes the plight of every single guy you ever meet in New York, if not the world. Not only did I wonder why the author was giving away our precious secrets, I wondered how he managed to get away with it! I couldn't put the book down. My only regret is reading the book so soon, I would have enjoyed it much more sitting on the beach drinking a cool cocktail, served to me by either a short man in a white suit, or a HOT island goddess. Hopefully she wouldn't have read the book yet, or she would be able to know everything I was thinking!Kudos to the author.
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Summary: Excellent view of "the dating game" from a male perspective
Review: This story does an excellent job of putting the reader inside the mind of the protagonist, Jack, as he tries to come to grips with the heartbreak caused by a cheating fiancee and his reluctance to put his heart at risk again. At times I felt like I was eavesdropping on a locker room discussion, confirming my beliefs and (in some ways) my fears about the way men act when we women are not around. But the fact that these conversations ring so true are a credit to the author...he makes Jack flawed, but he is also heartfelt and sincere as well. The book gives you hope that Jack's emotional growth throughout the book continues and is permanent.
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Summary: fun gender bender romance
Review: Wall Street banker Jack Lafferty still recovers from being cuckold by his fiancee Kim and the overall viciousness of the Manhattan swinging singles scenes on a reticent individual like himself. He vows no more women believing that they just turn his lonely miserable existence into hell. At a wedding, Jack meets lawyer Sarah Mitchell. Everyone sees they are meant for each other besides being single professionals in the city. Though they share a love for the arts and each participates in their own way, Jack, still hurting to the core, avoids Sara until an epiphany and several coincidental encounters makes him realize she is the one for him. However, Jack may be too late and then Kim has returned with plans for her former fiancé. Though the use of random encounters is overdone, contemporary romance readers will appreciate this insightful Manhattan tale starring a gender bender male willing to abstain from the opposite sex yet seeking an eternal love. Jack is a great character, whose lack of self deprecating humor and overall depressing outlook over his love life makes him seem real. The rest of the cast brings the Big Apple to life or enables the audience to better comprehend Jack's forlorn feelings. LOVE & OTHER RECREATIONAL SPORTS is a solid tale of a guy giving up after failing to find love when the one is finally there. Harriet Klausner
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Summary: The guy's point of view
Review: What a fun read! I have enjoyed lots of chick lit (Bridget Jones, Girl's Guide to Hunting and Fishing, etc.) and it was so refreshing to have a witty look at dating and relationships from the male perspective for a change. The protagonist is sympathetic without being a sap, smart, and realistically likable. The cast of supporting characters is also great. I am looking forward to Dearie's next book (unless HBO wisely hires him to write scripts for 'The Mind of the Married Man' before he finishes it!)
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