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Jan 30, 2012

Rowena rated it:

What a fun book this turned out to be. I wasn't in the mood for a Women's Fiction book but I'm glad that I picked this one up to read because it ended up being a delightful story about a young woman who goes on a bad date and the chaos that comes after.

Grace O'Bryan is thrilled that she's finally going on a date with Brandon Farrell, a guy that she is digging from her Thursday night Zumba class. She's so excited to be going on this date that she dresses up and when her date ends up bei More...

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Jun 25, 2011

Mara rated it:

Slightly dull, the pacing is slow, and some of the characters sure come off as dumb - especially the main character.

Grace had a bad date - the blurb touted it as the worst date she had ever had, but my reaction to it was huh? really? that's it? - so she came up with the idea to change her bookclub into a club that would review boyfriends. Now if this sounds like a good idea to you, to air out your dirty laundry like that in front of others, perhaps you will like this book. As for me More...

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Jun 11, 2011

Marsha rated it:

I was looking for a light-hearted summer read, so I picked this book up off the display shelf at the front of my local library. Thank you librarians! This novel satisfied my need to read a good book. Not since Harry Potter have I been attached to many characters or read a book that's good enough to keep me awake until 2 am. I just had to know what happened next! It helped that this book is set in Florida and has references to Gainesville, home of UF and my Florida Gators, bike week and other spe More...

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Mar 14, 2011

Samantha rated it:

Grace O'Bryan is still single, even after dating plenty of bachelors in the Daytona Beach area. During her book club meeting with some of her best girlfriends, Grace has the idea to turn the book club into a boyfriend club. The woman can exchange stories about the men they have dated, warn each other about the bad apples, and hopefully find potential winners through their discussions. But while Grace envisioned just a close group of friends meeting, her friend Ellen takes the club a bit too seri More...

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Nov 26, 2010

Bookaholics rated it:

The Boyfriend Club of the Month by Maria Geraci
Contemporary Romance -Dec. 7th, 2010
4 stars

Grace is fed up of dating losers. After a horrible first date with cute guy, she suggested to her book club that instead of reviewing books, they should the review the guys around Daytona, FL. Then Grace meets two adorable guys - Joe Rosenblum, her sexy dentist who sounds too perfect to be true, and Brandon Farrell, the guy whom she had the disastrous first date with. Between decidin More...

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Jan 04, 2011

Jenna rated it:

This is a good chick-lit novel. There were various parts that I really enjoyed, including many of the characters and the fact that a lot of the story felt realistic. Grace is an average chick-lit heroine, with everyday problems involving her family, love life and friends.

Most of the main characters seemed well-developed. Grace was very relatable and it was easy to sympathize for her. The whole "Boyfriend Club" was annoying but of course, that was the goal and it was what lead More...

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Jan 18, 2011

Stephanie rated it:

“The Boyfriend of The Month Club” is an average chick lit novel. I was looking forward to reading this book, so I am very sad to say that I was bored by it. All the main characters are very well developed, relatable, and charming. The premise is good. Yet, I could never quite get into the story. It never drew me in. The whole novel felt a bit ambiguous. I kept waiting for that clincher, which would make the entire book an incredible 5 star read, but it never came.

The heroine, Grace, More...

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Jul 21, 2011

Ruth rated it:

Grace is busy running her family's tourist shop in Florida; trying to bring it into the 21st century and solvent financially. She has a group of girlfriends that she started a book club with. They meet the first Sat. of the month in the store. It turns out that Grace doesn't read the book, she sees the movie version. Enter a new man in her life, who happens to be the most eligible bachelor in Daytona. Their first date is set for the area's swankiest, new French restaurant in the area. Only More...

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Jan 27, 2011

Susan rated it:

There are lots of books out there about single women trying to find the perfect man, so I wasn't sure what to expect with Maria Geraci's latest, THE BOYFRIEND OF THE MONTH CLUB. What I found inside the pages was a highly readable and funny tale of a Daytona Beach woman, Gracie O'Bryan, who's juggling her crazy friends and relatives, her rotten love life, and her job managing the family-owned Florida Charlie's, a big tourist stop off a major highway. Gracie's wary of love after a long-term rela More...

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Nov 11, 2010

Lisa rated it:

The book centers around Grace, a 30 year old single girl fed up with dating cads. After a first date gone bad - Grace vents to her Saturday night book club which consists of three of her closest girlfriends, Sarah, Penny, and Ellen. During the discussion Grace gets the idea to turn the book club into a women's empowerment group where boyfriends, not books, are reviewed. Ellen devises a system that matches each review subject with his literary counterpart. Grace has already had her Henry Craw More...

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Dec 18, 2010

Kate rated it:

I really enjoyed this book. It kept me reading until way past my bed time. Grace was such a great character and so easy to relate to, although I think if I'd had friends like hers, I wouldn't have been quite so nice and forgiving LOL The idea of a boyfriend of the month club is very appealing and I loved the idea of relating each man to a literary figure, particularly the Jane Austen ones.
The love story really kept me guessing right until the end and I enjoyed how neatly Ms Geraci tied up a More...

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Jun 14, 2011

Rosa rated it:

This book helped pass the time but truthfully i'm tired of books that just pass the time. I want to read something that has me so involved that i can't peel my eyes aways and that I don't notice the passing of time. Shame this book is not one of them. I did like how every chapter seemed like a short story it had a point made and cleared by the end of that specific chapter but thats all the praise i'm giving this book.
the main character in this book is foolish to me and the author truly made More...

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Dec 15, 2010

Chelsea rated it:

I found most of the characters uninteresting (not even unlikeable, just uninteresting), the frequent invocations of Jane Austen and the Brontes wishful thinking at best, and the only actually enjoyable part of the book was the (very very) side plot of Charlie and Sarah (I had to walk across the bookstore in the middle of that sentence to make sure I had remembered their names correctly).

Given the opportunity, I would have liked to have a chat with Grace about her self-esteem. But what

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Jan 13, 2011

Mary rated it:

so far - i'm disappointed. I'm about 1/2 way through. My biggest problem is that the author thinks she's WAY more clever than she actually is, so the writing is very boring to read. too bad - it has so much potential. I'm debating whether or not to finish it or start working on something else in my list...

Just finished. Glad to say the book didn't get any WORSE but sad to say it still only gets 2 stars. There were a few parts that moved really quickly - hence the finished book. I More...

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Sep 13, 2011

Anyra rated it:

This was the last unread book in my house so I gave it a shot. This book was a total surprise! Maybe it's because I really didn't expect much - I grabbed it at Costco one day - but it ended up being a really sold piece of "Chick Lit." It's got a really likable Bridget Jones meets Carrie Bradshaw kind of protagonist - Daytona Beach style - and the clever way the story turns romantic literary archetypes into a dating algorithm is clever! Fun, easy read.

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Dec 11, 2010

Nicole rated it:

After a bad date Grace and her friends decide to change their book club from rating books to rating men. With just a few descriptors they can help you decide which literary hero your man represents, good or bad. They're all there: Mr. Darcy, Mr. Rochester, Heathcliff, Colonel Brandon, Laurie, Wickham... The book club soon gets out of hand and they soon discover that life is more complicated than literature.
Anyone who loves classic romances will love this book. Geraci plays off all More...

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Feb 28, 2011

Bridget rated it:

Do you know how sometimes when you are reading a book and the characters are doing something so obviously stupid and you know it's going to blow up in their face and you just want to reach into the pages and shake them so that they stop?? Just me? Anyways - I felt like that about 50% of the time while reading this. That said, it wasn't an entirely bad book. The characters are likeable enough and it's a really quick read.

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Jun 16, 2011

Rachel rated it:

I have a sort of amnesia when it comes to these sorts of books, the kind that define chicklit. There always things that annoy me while I'm reading them, but then after it's over I want to read another one.

Anyway, this was fluffy fun, with a couple of things that very much entertained me, and a couple of things that really annoyed me. It was good subway reading, though.

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Jan 01, 2011

Stacy rated it:

Really fun book with charming characters and a Florida setting full of authentic details. There were a couple of coincidences in the book with characters running into reach other or showing up at just the right time, but the characters were so likable and the story so charming that I didn't mind. I was disappointed to finish as it was a good read.

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Mar 16, 2011

Bianca rated it:

I won this book on the Goodreads Givaway and couldn't wait to start reading it. I really liked all the characters in Geraci’s book. They all had their own unique personalities and little quirks. I absolutely loved Grace and how she interacted with everyone in the book. I couldn’t help but smile whenever she was around or talking about her family. I think that Geraci did a wonderful job and I would definitely read other books done by her.

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Mar 05, 2011

Jamie rated it:

Grace and three of her best girl friends meet once a month for a book club in the back corner of a store. One night she is supposed to have a date with a man named Brandon but he changes where they were going to go (a nice french restaraunt) to a dive bar (the Wobbly Duck). There he proceeds to pick fun at her family business, she promptly dumps a beer on his head and walks out. How sad for him that this night so happens to be bookclub night. She rants to her friends and they decide to change th More...

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Mar 14, 2011

Stefany rated it:

Fun "chick lit" book. I HATED her friend Ellen, and thought Grace's reactions to her seemed out of character because she let her get away with a lot. But otherwise I really liked the characters and the story. It was hard for me to put down.

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Feb 19, 2011

Laura rated it:

This was a fun read and I understood a lot the characters feelings at different points in the book. It was a quick read for me and I enjoyed all of the references to men in literature who women love and love to hate!

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May 27, 2011

Alison rated it:

It was ok, just eh. There were points where I was really excited to keep reading, but a lot of it was somehow tedious. Maybe I just didn't really like the ending. Not my cup of tea, anyway.

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Aug 05, 2011

Patricia rated it:

For some reason this story dragged on for me. Not sure why. The characters are interesting. I liked a lot of the action and the book is certainly funny.

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Jun 18, 2011

Heather added it

Well, I am somewhat biased, but I thought Boyfried was fantastic. I wasn't able to put the book down for even a minute. Another hit by a great author!!

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Jan 31, 2011

Dara rated it:

I would probably give this book 3 1/2 stars if I had that option. Cute, kept my attention. Good fluff book...nothing intense. I could handle it when I was doped up on my vicodin cough syrup. lol

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Jan 16, 2011

Sabrina rated it:

Solidly charming contemporary romance. Found myself smiling quite a few times while reading. And it had a happy ending for everyone--even the side characters! I love that.

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Sep 10, 2011

Jennie rated it:

This book was nice, I honestly was rooting for Brandon and I did not care that he was gay I was actually disappointed. I liked her with Brandon more, with Joe I liked him at first but it felt more like lusting.

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Mar 08, 2011

lilly bear ♡ rated it:

edit: I adored it! Grace was relatable and fun to get to know. More review soon!

Thank you for the giveaway win, goodreads! This book looks terribly cute and funny. I really haven't read too much chick-lit, but one of my new years book resolutions was to expand my genres past my usual comfort zones (YA urban fantasy, paranormal romance, dystopian). To that end, I am looking forward to reading and reviewing this one. And, I must admit, the Florida girl in me enjoys reading books taking More...

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