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Summary: Every Funny Night
Review: Every Friday Night, by Ritta McLaughlin,was a fun read. In Every Friday Night,the author recaps a year's worth of her personal dating experiences while living in New York City. From playboys, to men with no manners, to brothers with baggage, Ritta has dated them all. After each date, Ritta is provided with some insight into the male psyche but little into her own. It takes several botched dates, and a little self-discovery, before Ritta learns the ultimate key to being happy. Meanwhile, she has the support of her best friends and her uncle to pull her through.I found Every Friday Night to be quite entertaining. It was fun reliving Ritta's dating horrors, as they reminded me of my own. After a while, however, reading about each date became a little monotonous. Chapter after chapter, the reader was forced to go out with Ritta without a break. It was not until the end of the book that some sort of growth was realized. Perhaps timely for Ritta, but tedious for the reader. If you are looking for a fun read, with laughs, and an opportunity to say, "Been there, done that," I say make a date with Ritta one Friday Night. T. Rhythm Knight
APOOO BookClub
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Summary: Diverse and many questions unanswered
Review: I only enjoyed reading this book because it was diverse, especially in the men she supposibly dated. Although I give it 3 stars because they were a lot of things unsaid; Was Kay pregnant? Was Olga able to have a baby after all? What did these people do for a living that they spent most of their time at happy hour? I also think that she only attracted "Lawyers and Doctors", like Kay said because she did look like the "linen napkin type". What did she do to attract these men? She should have given that advice. Also, how many guys did really call her back after the book was published. I suggest she starts publishing a next book.
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Summary: Quick, light reading for the buppie on the go.
Review: I think this is one of the first books for a buppie by a genuine buppie. (For those not in the know, a "buppie" is a "black urban professional.") It has the perfect blend of high power ego-trippin (complete with the name dropping of top schools, professional degrees, and the hottest night spots in NYC) and cultural sayings that just about everyone in Ms. McLaughlin's age group (myself included) can remember being said by their parents, grandparents, church elders, or some other individual who helped raise them. Also, like all good buppies, Ms. McLaughlin and her friends use just the right sprinkling of "urban" slang to add flavor to their otherwise intellectually charged conversations. Quite honestly, I could picture my own friends and even myself in a lot of these situations. The diary-style writing is a little jarring at times . . . but being the busy buppie that I am, it made for a good read during those busy commutes to and from the office. Definitely a good pick-up-put-down piece. My only criticism is that some readers outside of the buppie set (most notably white folks) may not be able to follow all of the conversations because they are peppered with so many colloquialisms. But, that didn't take away from my enjoyment of the book personally . . . in fact, I would have found it far more irritating if she either (a) watered-down the language or (b) provided explanatory phrases for those not in the know. So, that's the reason for the four stars . . . but otherwise, I enjoyed the book and would recommend it for a plane trip or something like that.
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Summary: It was ok
Review: The book was entertaining, but perdictable. There was a lot of time spent at happy hours and things of that nature. The books makes it seems impossible for a successful, heterosexual, professional woman to find a good man. I would recommend the book as a quick read for a plane ride or something of that nature.
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Summary: Quick, light reading for the buppie on the go.
Review: This book starts out funny and cute but gets a little annoying halfway through. The author goes from one pathetic date to another. Perhaps the book should've been shorter before I had a chance to start wondering why such a smart, talented lady keeps atracting such sorry dudes.
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Summary: Every Friday Night
Review: This book takes you on a wild ride from laughing so hard that you cannot breathe to feeling empathy for the author. It is refreshing to get a black woman's perspective on dating!!!!!! It makes for a GREAT saturday afternoon read.
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Summary: Entertaining
Review: This book was a cute, somewhat interesting read, but their were some things that annoyed me about the book, and I am not blaming the writer, I blame the editor. The book states that names were changed, characters were given non-everyday names as Olga and Kay--but there were never any real physical descriptions of the friends who were mentioned throughout the book. Also, the men that she dated were not given good physical descriptions. I feel some of this was in part by the publishers efforts to make this a more mainstream book vs. an African-American book. The dating stories were funny, but after awhile they got kind of boring. The author went on a lot of bad dates. I grew bored of one misfit guy after another and would have liked if this book took a different twist in the middle. It is entertaining.
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Summary: Entertaining
Review: This book was a cute, somewhat interesting read, but their were some things that annoyed me about the book, and I am not blaming the writer, I blame the editor. The book states that names were changed, characters were given non-everyday names as Olga and Kay--but there were never any real physical descriptions of the friends who were mentioned throughout the book. Also, the men that she dated were not given good physical descriptions. I feel some of this was in part by the publishers efforts to make this a more mainstream book vs. an African-American book. The dating stories were funny, but after awhile they got kind of boring. The author went on a lot of bad dates. I grew bored of one misfit guy after another and would have liked if this book took a different twist in the middle. It is entertaining.
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Summary: Great Book!
Review: This book was excellent. It was a fun read and I really enjoyed it. It's good to know that a lot of women these days are having some of the same problems that Ms. McLaughlin had with dating. Again, Great book. Sisters, Read this book!
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Summary: Great Book!
Review: This book was excellent. It was a fun read and I really enjoyed it. It's good to know that a lot of women these days are having some of the same problems that Ms. McLaughlin had with dating. Again, Great book. Sisters, Read this book!
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