A Poem for What's Her Name

Doc #1

by Dani O'Connor

Doc has given up on love. After a number of disastrous dates with women she met on an Internet dating site, the college professor has fully resigned herself to the fact the perfect woman just doesn't exist. Fully prepared for a lifetime of loneliness, she is amazed to find a message in her inbox worth reading twice.

Genres: Lesbian, LGBT, Lesbian Fiction

170 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 2001

About the author

Dani O’Connor is a former teacher, starving artist and moderately successful business owner. She was born in a small Wyoming town but currently resides near Dallas with her partner, a multitude of animals and a growing collection of Converse and cowboy shirts. (from the author's website)

Reviews

[Dide · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a wonderful, witty and just generally entertaining memoir.
I have a vague recollection of reading the third book of this series years ago and I remember enjoying it.
I look forward to going through these books again in the future.

[T · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is hilarious. The sarcasm coming from Doc from the very first page is just my style of dry cynical humor. The story is pretty straight forward: girl places profile on dating site, goes on to describe some hilarious dates, then meets the perfect partner. Then we get to hear about some of their life together, etc. All throughout, you get the incredibly humorous and pleasant story telling. There is no deep plot, no mystery or thriller; just a story about doc's life and the growing relationship with 'what's her name'.

character development was great.
writing/editing was near perfect.
hot and steamy: average.

overall this book is perfect for some laughs and entertainment, and the author's writing style/story-telling make it easy to enjoy.

[Alisha Bell · Rating 5 out of 5]

i picked up "poem" in barnes and noble a while back and absolutely loved it! so when "same socks" came out, i went out and got it as soon as i could and devoured it overnight.

Dani's writing is very real-life, witty, sarcastic at times, and her description and dialogue has depth but is also so easy to read.. which is great because i have the attention span of a goldfish.

wait. what were we talking about?

[Diana Day-Admire · Rating 5 out of 5]

The first time I ever actually LAUGHED out Loud for real was when I read this book- from the first pages where we are learning about Doc through a personal ad placed in a paper and all the wacky antics as a result of it I was rolling on the floor.

I love that it is a easy and fast read and O'Conner has away with pacing and plot that I wanted more immediately upon completing it- I haveread all the others in this series as well- and Wish she would write more!

[Adriana · Rating 3 out of 5]

I’m writing this review in 2026. The first time I read this book was in 2018. For some reason I liked it a lot more now than the first time I read it. The writing is by no means amazing but i still enjoyed it and it made for a nice read before bed. I don’t remember what I thought of the ending when I was in college but since finishing it for the 2nd time I find the ending very sweet and wholesome.

[Tatiana · Rating 2 out of 5]

there is, like, no conflict in this book. if you want to read about two people falling in love and having minimal bumps along the way, be my guest, but it struck me as very odd and more of a i-love-you-so-much-i-wrote-a-book-about-how-awesome-you-are book. it does have some funny moments that i appreciated, though.

and i kinda just want someone else to read it and see if they have the same reaction.

and this is why amazon is a crapshoot in terms of finding new interesting lez books

[Ulla · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this book - such a refreshing approach to lesbian romance! And after reading books about the Nazi concentration camps and psychotic murderers, Dani O'Connor is just what I need! :)

[Riles En · Rating 4 out of 5]

Funny and light

[Eva Reddy · Rating 4 out of 5]

A really funny coming-out story. No bullshat! Grin.