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Now several years post-divorce, relationship expert and humorist Mark Miller has experienced more than five hundred first dates. In 500 Dates, composed of fifty-five humor essays, Miller features the highlights and lowlights of those dates.
Among the true dating tales and revelations you will find in this book are:
• How Miller and his date learned the limitations of a man b...more
Published February 3rd 2015 by Skyhorse
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Jan 23, 2015Bunny rated it did not like it
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I tried. I genuinely, truly, really tried. Tomorrow makes a month since I started this, and I'm only 61% through it.
I requested this book because it sounds absolutely hilarious. Online dating is an absolute nightmare for all involved. Yes, there is a chance you will find someone compatible. Even if you don't end up married forever, you can have a lot of fun, or hey, at least get your rocks off.
There are specific 'dating' websites for that, co...more
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This book is so bad that I was excited to finish it so that I could write a scathing review. This guy may have been on 500 dates, but he must not remember most of them because he spends most of the book rambling on about who knows what. Not funny and not what it claims to be about.
Consider, instead: Couplehood or He's Just Not That Into You: The No-Excuses Truth to Understanding Guys or Data, A Love Story: How I Gamed Online Dating to Meet My Match...more
This book title and description were seriously misleading. I anticipated reading stories about, if not 500, a fair number of dates. Instead, I read about maybe three dates over the course of eight pages, and the rest was just made of the stereotypical joking about men and women being different. I got through it because it was an easy read, but if you want to save yourself the annoyance, I would stop about a quarter of the way through and just accept that you wasted previous time of your life.
May 18, 2021Kristin rated it did not like it
Sorry - either I lack any sense of humour or this was really really bad … I thought I would read about 500 different dates and experiences, or at least 100…nope - this was just a repetetive and boring book about the authors silly thoughts and bad humour!
Sep 20, 2020viva rated it it was ok

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As a reluctant, bloody-but-unbowed veteran of the online dating wars myself (aah, who am I kidding…I'm a current combatant), I was primed for a uniquely insightful and interesting take on the online dating experience. Miller is a vastly experienced humor columnist and staff writer, but this book too often resorts to hackneyed points about men, women and relationships (men are ALWAYS thinking about sex, emirite, ladies?!?!) and doesn't engage enough with the actual unique properties of dating in ...more
I love books like this. Ones that contain stories of the author's personal experiences or even the experiences of others which the author has meticulously put together in a way that allows one story to flow wonderfully into another. There is just something so real about books like this one. And after reading a bunch of fantasy fiction, which is my particular favorite genre, it is nice to sit down with something that can make me laugh or think or just enjoy what the author has to say.
The title a...more
Mar 03, 2015PC rated it it was ok
Although I have not had the pleasure of a date garnered via an online dating service, anyone that had ever been on a few dates with the opposite sex could understand and enjoy this sometimes very humorous book. Although I had the vague feeling that I had heard some of the more obvious comparisons between Male/Female personalities in jokes both in media and print before, it held true enough to cajole a laugh out of me. I could not help but wonder thinking of a particular date to which he referred...more
500 Dates is truly funny. You could open to any page at random and it'll probably make you laugh. Any single, dating adult will recognize many of the scenarios and know he or she is not alone in the crazy world of dating. The author takes what can be a depressing, overly serious subject and injects it with humor, heart and insight.
Reading between the lines, between the laughs, it's apparent the author respects women. As a woman, obviously I appreciate that.
I don't remember the last time I laugh...more
Apr 06, 2015Mike rated it it was ok
Meh. I think this was largely cobbled together from various articles, blog posts, and bits of a stand-up routine, and so it is pretty disjointed. The narrative bits about his dating experiments are ok; overall it reads like a pretty tame stand-up routine. Relationships and men vs women observational humor probably works better in a nightclub than in a book. The title is a little misleading too -- there are some stories specific to online dating but not a lot. Maybe the material wouldn't feel so ...more
Oct 02, 2014Gretchen rated it liked it
I received an ARC from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
The beginning of this book was very funny, and I enjoyed hearing about the author's mishaps with online dating. About halfway through, though, I started to lose interest. I'm not sure whether there just wasn't enough subject matter to seem fresh for the whole duration, or if the author started trying too hard. A lot of the jokes as the book went on stopped being funny and came across as mean-spirited. I think hearing more abou...more
Strictly speaking a 2.5. I was expecting something along the lines of Aziz Ansari's 'Modern Romance', but was sorely disappointed. Yes there were initial chuckles, but as the depreating and stereotype depictions wore on, it got way too cliched and eroded my appreciation for the book. Thankfully a bit of it was salvaged by Section Four's The Onion style pseudo news quirk reports, but by then it was too little, too late....more
500 Dates had its funny moments. It was interesting seeing the dating side from a man's perspective and from the on-line side. Thanks to Goodreads First Reads for the chance to read it. This was a fun easy read. Anyone just reengineering the dating world may appreciate some of the advice....more
Feb 27, 2015Helene rated it it was amazing
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I recently won 500 dates on the great book review website goodreads. 500 dates is a very funny book about the 500 first dates the author has.not only is this book about his many 1st dates, but also about his experience, and how to turn courtship into a much deeper relationship also.
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I received a free copy of this book from the Goodreads First Reads Program in exchange for an honest review. A humorous and insightful book, although I enjoyed the first half of the book more.
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Mar 01, 2015Connie rated it liked it
FTC Disclosure: I received this book free from Goodreads hoping I would review it.
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Obviously, six brief paragraphs cannot possibly begin to capture the scope and depth of my life experience. That would take a seventh paragraph, which I hope to add when I get the chance.
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