Home Sweet Own Book 31

I read Lust, Lies, and Love Over Lunch by Krista White for Near. Her business is based in Washington, DC which is right in my backyard so I thought it would be perfect. It was also $0 when I got it for my Kindle. Despite being a freebie, I found it disappointing.

Claiming to include anecdotes was a bit of an exaggeration. The code names were either hokey or totally ridiculous (Samson & Delilah, Mickey & Minnie). All interesting details about the people in question were omitted so they were completely anonymous. The anecdotes themselves were so brief that they were barely worth reading. Saying she included stories of actual dates was bordering on false advertising.

Most of the advice is common sense stuff I wouldn’t need a matchmaker to tell me. Don’t wear a stained shirt, let the other person talk, avoid politics and religion, shower, etc. People are paying good money to hear stuff I know be default? Really?

Another annoyance was that I got this book since her business is based in DC. I thought it would be more interesting since I’ll be hearing about stuff in one of my favorite cities. So many details were omitted about who, what, where, and when that these dates could have been taking place in New York, L. A., Chicago, or Schenectady for all the difference it made.

Each chapter couldn’t have been more than a couple of pages but still managed to have a song attached to it. I don’t know what White was trying to do with all the music references but it felt like useless filler to me. I’m not that into R&B so I’m not going to look any of it up. Basically, the whole book was a waste of my time.

1) Fiction – A Once Crowded Sky by Tom King

2) Nonfiction – The Man Who Loved Books Too Much by Allison Hoover Bartlett

3) Sci-Fi – Redshirts by John Scalzi

4) Fantasy – The Last Dragonslayer by Jasper Fforde

5) Mystery – Book of Lies by Brad Meltzer

6) Horror – Call of the Jersey Devil by Aurelio Voltaire

7) Memoir/Biography – Data, A Love Story by Amy Webb

8) Chick Lit – Me and Mr. Darcy by Alexandra Potter

9) Feminist – Commencement by J. Courtney Sullivan

10) Teen – What Happened to Goodbye by Sarah Dessen

11) Holiday

12) Essays – What Was I Thinking? ed. by Barbara Davilman & Liz Dubelman

13) Short Stories – Smoke and Mirrors by Neil Gaiman

14) Library

15) Animal

16) Book about Books – Judging a Book By Its Lover by Lauren Leto

17) New – Pitch Perfect by Mickey Rapkin

18) Old – Dark and Stormy Knights edited by P. N. Elrod

19) Pop Science – Why Men Fake It by Abraham Morgentaler, MD

20) Near – Lust, Lies, and Love Over Lunch by Krista White

21) Far

22) Graphic Novel – Love and Capes: Do You Want to Know a Secret? by Thomas F. Zahler

23) Reread – Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

24) Wild Card

25) Otherworldly Creature – Those Who Fight Monsters edited by Justin Gustianis

26) Free – Point Your Face at This by Demetri Martin

27) Noteworthy

28) Bestseller – How to Be a Woman by Caitlin Moran

29) Themed Anthology – Red edited by Kris Goldsmith

30) Steampunk – The Immersion Book of Steampunk edited by Gareth Jones and Carmelo Rafala

31) Movie-Book – One for the Money by Janet Evanovich

32) Media – Doctor Who: Touched By an Angel by Jonathan Morris

33) Travel – Love with a Chance of Drowning by Torre DeRoche

34) Food

35) Classic – Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

36) Humor – Sleep Talkin’ Man by Karen Slavick-Lennar

37) Poetry

38) Past – Stasiland by Anna Funde

39) Future

40) Dystopia/Post-Apocalyptic

41) Zombie

42) Sports – Red Rising by Ted Starkey

Music: That’s What You Get by the UMD Trebelmakers