The Bookish Island's Book Review:
The Serial Dater's Shopping List by Morgen Bailey
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Disclaimer: This book was sent to me from the publishing company through NetGalley.com in exchange for an honest review.
Title: The Serial Dater's Shopping List
Author: Morgen Bailey
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Pages: 334
Publisher: Bloodhound Books
Published: 2018
Genre: Women's Fiction, Romance
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Date Read: July 24 > July 25, 2018
Rating: ★★☆☆☆
31 dates in 31 days – what could possibly go wrong?
Isobel MacFarlane is a recently-turned-40 journalist who usually writes a technology column for a newspaper based in Northampton, England, but her somewhat-intimidating boss, William, has set her the task of meeting 31 men, via a local internet dating site, all within a month.
Having an active, though fruitless, social life with her friend and ‘Health & Beauty’ colleague Donna, she knows what she wants in a man, so creates a shopping list of dos and don’ts, and starts ticking them off as she meets Mr Could Be Right Except For, Mr Not Bad, Mr Oh My Goodness and Mr Oh So Very Wrong.
Follow the ups (there are a few) and downs (there are many) of the dating process and intertwined with her experiences, get to know her colleague and family, including her niece Lola who, apart from being an amazing storyteller, can eat ambidextrously whilst wearing a Princess glove puppet on her right hand, and Baby, William’s non-too-healthy African Grey parrot.
The Rating:
My Review:
The Serial Dater's Shopping List is about Isobel who is tasked to write articles about her experience going out with 31 guys on 31 dates.
It read more like an article the entire way than a fictional novel in the romance genre. Though I guess the romance aspect is Izzy going on those random dates with the guys.
I didn't understand what was happening most of the time as I was reading this. I kept trying to find someone Izzy would have matched up with by the end. I thought something was going to happen to her and her boss. And something sort of happened but I didn't get it. Because it happened in the last 100 pages.
Izzy's life in this was super simple. She would work and gossip with her co-worker/friends. Then she would go home and spend just enough time either watching a movie, a series or read a book before she gets dressed and goes out. During the night she goes and meets up with the guys she had chosen and they talk and stuff. Usually, it doesn't go smoothly and I think that's when the interesting bit was supposed to happen but I just found them meh. Not boring but not entirely entertaining. Then again it was probably just me and the time I was reading this book.
It read more like an article the entire way than a fictional novel in the romance genre. Though I guess the romance aspect is Izzy going on those random dates with the guys.
I didn't understand what was happening most of the time as I was reading this. I kept trying to find someone Izzy would have matched up with by the end. I thought something was going to happen to her and her boss. And something sort of happened but I didn't get it. Because it happened in the last 100 pages.
Izzy's life in this was super simple. She would work and gossip with her co-worker/friends. Then she would go home and spend just enough time either watching a movie, a series or read a book before she gets dressed and goes out. During the night she goes and meets up with the guys she had chosen and they talk and stuff. Usually, it doesn't go smoothly and I think that's when the interesting bit was supposed to happen but I just found them meh. Not boring but not entirely entertaining. Then again it was probably just me and the time I was reading this book.
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