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Books to Go Now (2014), Edition: Unabridged eBook, Kindle format, 269 pages
Description
What if you found yourself climbing out of a bedroom window, naked, in the middle of the afternoon, to avoid being caught in bed with your married lover? Would you have second thoughts about dating? After Shayla Ross discovers that yet another potential �Mr. Right� is, in fact, incredibly wrong for her, she decides to go on a diet. No. She�s not going to forgo her much-loved, sinfully-delicious girl scout cookies or her (admittedly too frequent) trips to McDonalds. Shayla is going on a dating diet. An incredibly hapless and infinitely loveable heroine, elementary school teacher Shayla Ross decides to take her summer vacation from teaching as a period of self-discovery. Much to the chagrin of her meddling mother, Shayla sets out to find herself and, in the process, bumbles into a series of successive funny and heartwarming interpersonal interactions that will have readers falling in love with her.… (more)
User reviews
LibraryThing member Julita.Floyd
I love this book !!! is a classic chick lit, our heroine is in her thirties, tired of having the worst dating and boyfriends, she decides to go on a diet without men, to learn to love herself and maybe find love along the way.
Shayla is our heroine that really likes junk food and bad guys,
I love Shayla romantic flashbacks, which help us understand why she is as it is.
I read the book in one night! I could not stop reading, highly recommended for fans of the genre!
Shayla is our heroine that really likes junk food and bad guys,
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accompanied by very entertaining characters, her gay best friend Brice, his mother, his father and Dunkin, amongst others. I love Shayla romantic flashbacks, which help us understand why she is as it is.
I read the book in one night! I could not stop reading, highly recommended for fans of the genre!
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LibraryThing member jadavid
This book is fun. I had a good time reading it. Would love to read books by this author.
LibraryThing member Conkie
In the Interest of...
* Full Disclosure * #1.0 Upon realizing this story was written in a first person narrative, I chose to read the other LibraryThing Early Reviewer book I'd won, first.
* Full Disclosure * #2.0 After writing my review of the other book, I grumpily started reading this book.
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* Full Disclosure * #4.0 Two-third's the way through, the light bulb finally turned on. Shayla's funny! I love her self-deprecating and honest voice. Her "aside" stories are well-timed and often, poignant in their telling.
* Full Disclosure * #4.5 Four-and-a-half versus five stars? Because Shayla surely deserved a little more time to talk about her true "Mr. Right."
* Full Disclosure * #5.0 Yes, I would read another story by Ms. Lyons; happily so.
* Full Disclosure * #1.0 Upon realizing this story was written in a first person narrative, I chose to read the other LibraryThing Early Reviewer book I'd won, first.
* Full Disclosure * #2.0 After writing my review of the other book, I grumpily started reading this book.
* Full
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Disclosure * #3.0 Page by page (or would that be "tap by tap"?), I had to keep asking myself why I wasn't getting annoyed with the heroine's "voice."* Full Disclosure * #4.0 Two-third's the way through, the light bulb finally turned on. Shayla's funny! I love her self-deprecating and honest voice. Her "aside" stories are well-timed and often, poignant in their telling.
* Full Disclosure * #4.5 Four-and-a-half versus five stars? Because Shayla surely deserved a little more time to talk about her true "Mr. Right."
* Full Disclosure * #5.0 Yes, I would read another story by Ms. Lyons; happily so.
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LibraryThing member jurai2
I started the year out with an awesome book, and I think I might not read anything else for the next few weeks so that I can end the year with an equally awesome book. I absolutely LOVED The Dating Diet and am eager to get my hands on more of Daralyse Lyons' books.
Like many 30-year-old women,
This book had me laughing out loud several times, including while I was reading in public. From the opening scene, where Shayla jumps out of a window naked to an equally embarrassing closing scene, I was hooked. Shayla's BFF, a gay guy named Brice, and her platonic guy friend Dunkin join Shayla while she crosses various items off her self improvement list. These and others are characters I've fallen in love with and want to be friends with.
Like many 30-year-old women,
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Shayla has an overbearing mother and a history of failed relationships. A kindergarten teacher, Shayla decides to spend the three months of summer vacation to "find herself," and while doing so, she decides to take a break, or a diet, from dating.This book had me laughing out loud several times, including while I was reading in public. From the opening scene, where Shayla jumps out of a window naked to an equally embarrassing closing scene, I was hooked. Shayla's BFF, a gay guy named Brice, and her platonic guy friend Dunkin join Shayla while she crosses various items off her self improvement list. These and others are characters I've fallen in love with and want to be friends with.
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LibraryThing member Adrienna_Turner
This is the first time reading this author's work. The title fooled me since I thought at the time I was going to read something on dieting but then realized it had to do with dating. When I started reading the novel, it was speaking on an adulterous affair with one of the teacher's students
I did not realize it was "chick-lit" which I realized years ago I do not enjoy reading such literature or this type of genre. I was unable to complete it and read about halfway through which was very difficult to get this far for me.
I received a complimentary copy from LibraryThing to provide an honest review.
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father. I shook my head on how could she do this...and some of the sense of humor. Clearly dating goes bad until the point the main female character wants to stop dating--or go on a dating diet. However, she does back to when her mother forced her to date at 12 years ago, to expose her breasts and even wear makeup, and allow a boy to kiss her! What mother does that to their 12 year old daughter to pressure them to date an 8th grader. I am just shaking my head--no! I am not sure how much more I can read from this point. I did not realize it was "chick-lit" which I realized years ago I do not enjoy reading such literature or this type of genre. I was unable to complete it and read about halfway through which was very difficult to get this far for me.
I received a complimentary copy from LibraryThing to provide an honest review.
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Original language
English