Booty Nomad

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Summary: Laugh out loud funny!!
Review: I loved Booty Nomad. It reminded me of many interesting situations with women in my own life, and the one-liners were hilarious. I can't wait to read it again. It's mainly a book for guys. I think that most girls would find it completely chauvinistic. Trust me guys, you'll love it. You'll support him, and feel sorry for him at times. You'll totally relate to all of his problems, especially how to deal with 10 different types of women at the same time. A highly reccommended read.

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Summary: Maybe I Just Didnt Get It
Review: I read this book to provide a 'listeners' opinion on a BBC radio show review to coincide with its UK launch. Well, I managed to plough my way through it and I admit that there were several parts which I found genuinely funny and perceptive. Unfortunately these were matched in equal number by sections which were both banal and repetitive. This seriously detracted from the books rating, and I think that is a shame. Scott has a generally readable style which, when he avoids the lengthy exploration of the irrelevant, makes me expect that he has a good future as an author.

The characters were quite entertaining and while I thought the device of referring to his girlfriends by a trait or label rather than by name would be annoying, it did actually work quite well.

Anyone expecting pages of unfettered sexual activity will be disappointed as this book, rightly, deals with the passage of relationships and the angst of a young male in the new millennium. But why do we keep eavesdropping 3-way conversations with his parents, why the constant angst about Victoria's Secret, why the unnecessary blow by blow (sorry) account of Puppet Yoga (which was probably the nearest to lurid sex that we get!).

On the flip side one characters tirade when incensed at a family party was a stroke of literary brilliance. I laughed for ages over the poignancy and perceptiveness of that - we all would because we've all wanted to say just that ourselves but never dared to do so.

The radio review spent much time discussing why the cover of the UK edition was different to than in the US. I don't have a problem with the cover design. My feeling is that the back cover is too far away from the front. At 400 pages this book is too long. Judicious editing and the avoidance of irrelevance and repetition could have saved perhaps 80 pages and made it a less arduous read in the process.

On balance, the book is OK, particularly for a first novel and shows promise for the future but could have been better. Yes, it's worth a read because there are good bits just don't expect the earth. There is a film being made - maybe wait for that then read the book to see what Scott originally meant.

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Summary: Very sex in the city!
Review: I'm not sure the world needs a male version of Bridget Jones. That's especially true when you consider that the Bridget character had more going for her than the main protagonist in this book named David. For that matter, the same could be said for all the characters in this book who are all self-centered, clueless and without ambition.

Of course not all is bad; the book has some excellent insights and can be very funny in spots. The main character's work as a producer for a children's puppet show proved to be a great source for laughs and his infatuation with a co-worker was insightful. Unfortunately, the focus was on David's pathetic lovelife outside of work with a collection of women who he only remembered by nickname.

I'll skip trying to explain the plot of the book because there wasn't one of any substance. This is a book that is about as significant as a television sitcom. It was funny in spots and entertaining every once in awhile, but you could spend your time so much more productively. I'll give this writer another chance because he can be funny, but I hope he will spend some energy on characters who aren't as pathetic.

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Summary: Great book!
Review: It had me laughing from the first page. The thing that really stood out for me was the fact that here was a man who actually had a good female friend he relied on. Every book in "Urban Fiction" I read always tries to divy us up into men on one side and women (and gay men) on the other, which I am unable to relate to. Mebus' world, however, comes as a breath of fresh air with its very real look into a group of New York friends. These are relationships I recognize. And when Annie and David are sitting on the stoop at the end, looking to the future with only their friendship as a certainty, I was right there with them. Living in New York for many people is about parents on the phone and friends as your new family. This book captured that reality in a both funny and real way. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

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Summary: Dreadful just dreadful !
Review: Scott Mebus joins the roster of authors penning the sad love life of guys (think Bernie Jones rather than Bridget). If you liked Love Monkey, this book's for you. It's funny, contemporary and, at times, poignant. In addition, it's given a reading by Mark Feuerstein that'll make guys want to be his pal and girls offer him comfort.

Protagonist David is a pretty ordinary guy with a job he doesn't particularly like, and a string of relationships that started in high gear and soon ground to a discouraging end. He's not at all sure of his ability to find the right girl for him.......then "The Goddess" enters his line of vision.

She's perfect in every way. But, how to woo her? How to win her? And therein lies this thoroughly enjoyable story. A must for all guys and gals playing the singles dating game.

- Gail Cooke

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Summary: LEARNING TO PLAY THE DATING GAME
Review: Scott Mebus joins the roster of authors penning the sad love life of guys (think Bernie Jones rather than Bridget). If you liked Love Monkey, this book's for you. It's funny, contemporary and, at times, poignant. In addition, it's given a reading by Mark Feuerstein that'll make guys want to be his pal and girls offer him comfort.

Protagonist David is a pretty ordinary guy with a job he doesn't particularly like, and a string of relationships that started in high gear and soon ground to a discouraging end. He's not at all sure of his ability to find the right girl for him.......then "The Goddess" enters his line of vision.

She's perfect in every way. But, how to woo her? How to win her? And therein lies this thoroughly enjoyable story. A must for all guys and gals playing the singles dating game.

- Gail Cooke

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Summary: Funniest book I have ever read!
Review: This book is hilarious. Not only does it give a girl a look into the male psyche, but it also makes you laugh out loud. (I mean, do they REALLY think those things?!)
I have already purchased several copies to give as gifts to my male AND female friends. I am sending some to my soldier friends overseas...they could really use a laugh right now, and this will be perfect!

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Summary: Dreadful just dreadful !
Review: This book was appalling , it was profoundly unfunny and dull prehaps the author should keep his day job at MTV

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Summary: shallow but with one very funny part
Review: This was a very shallow book trying to be deep and meaningful. As I was reading the book, I was wondering how the heck did it ever get published since it really is not that good, and then I read the back cover, I found that the author worked at one time for MTV - so it explains a lot. The story is similar to one of those brainless "soap-opera" sitcoms that they sometimes have on MTV. Anyways, I just kept reading because I wanted to find out what would happen. It was hard work forcing myself to read it through, but I did. There is one very gut-splitting funny part in the book, that thoroughly rewards you for plowing through the book. Towards the end, the book becomes very disjointed as it jumps from one story to another, as if it changes its mind suddenly and becomes a collection of short stories instead. If anything, I'd advise one to read it for the one really good laugh that it has. I have never laughed so hard in a long time from reading a book.