Rating: 
Summary: An Entertaining Read
Review: This is a very funny, thought provoking, and enlightening look into the modern dating scene. If you've had bad dating experiences (as I'm sure we all have) and want reassurance that you are not alone, this is the book for you. I found it a bit odd, however, that the book was classified in my local Borders store as "self-help" because there's not much advice to be had. The chapters are framed by some good, old-fashioned common sense sayings from the author's grandmother, but to me the book is more one woman's exploration of what she's looking for from herself and a potential partner than advice to others. There are also a couple of places where the publisher should've been a little more diligent in editing - watch for some misspellings and small gramamtical errors. Overall, it's a good summer read and a good starting point for anyone on the dating scene to perform some honest reflection and self-analysis.
Rating:
Summary: An Entertaining Read
Review: This is a very funny, thought provoking, and enlightening look into the modern dating scene. If you've had bad dating experiences (as I'm sure we all have) and want reassurance that you are not alone, this is the book for you. I found it a bit odd, however, that the book was classified in my local Borders store as "self-help" because there's not much advice to be had. The chapters are framed by some good, old-fashioned common sense sayings from the author's grandmother, but to me the book is more one woman's exploration of what she's looking for from herself and a potential partner than advice to others. There are also a couple of places where the publisher should've been a little more diligent in editing - watch for some misspellings and small gramamtical errors. Overall, it's a good summer read and a good starting point for anyone on the dating scene to perform some honest reflection and self-analysis.
Rating: 
Summary: Twenty eight down, twenty four to go.
Review: What would make a smart, attractive, charismatic investment
banker commit to going out on a date every Friday night for
a full year? Predictable situations often invoke unpredictable
behavior. Facing her thirtieth birthday, and suffering from a
broken heart, Ritta is depressed. After a session with her
therapist who prescribes medication for her depression, she
decides to re-write her script. So she embarks on a 52 week
dating sabbatical. This book shares the good, the bad and the
ugly side of dating through the eyes of a woman who desperately
needs a man to complete her life.In EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT: MY YEAR OF DATING MISADVENTURES, Ms.
McLaughlin tells her story with open-hearted honesty, bravely
sharing her flaws and her reckless actions while she dates 28
different men. Her account of these outings exposes how
deceitful, insincere and dogmatic some men are. Three best
friends serve as the life preserver that saves her from
drowning in an emotional cesspool after each failed encounter. Though this is an interesting read, at times it is repetitive
and predictable. But, to the author's credit, the escapades
are sometimes hilarious and sometimes dismal as they depict
realistic scenarios of people looking for love in too many
places.
Reviewed by aNN
of The RAWSISTAZ Reviewers
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