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 Hilarious San Francisco Dating Tragicomedy Jul 04, 2008
From the girl who wore The Red Dress to our high school reunion comes a novel that every guy should read who hopes to better understand the female POV on the search for love. I picked up Perfect On Paper out of a sense of duty to my Palo Alto High School classmate but was laughing within 2 minutes of picking up the book and didn't stop chuckling to myself until I finished all 300 pages.
Despite being longer than your average chick brick, Murnane packs high volumes of romantically tragic comedy into every page, enlightening us men on what really goes on in the congenitally single woman's mind & social network and at the same time giving a her-spective on how women perceive and deal with mens' often ruthless approach to the mating game.
Perfect on Paper is a fun, light read Jul 04, 2008
This book reminded me a bit of the book 'Bridget Jones Diary'. It also reminded me of the movie, 'Someone Like You'.
This is a fun, light read. The storyline is interesting, the characters are well written and and it's got some very funny moments. I liked Waverly's character. You want things to be okay for her.
 A fun read Jun 28, 2008
This book was recommended to me. I read it in like 3 days. It was just such a fun book. Waverly and friends are such enjoyable characters. It is the perfect book to read at the beach this summer. I look forward to the sequel.
I loved it! Jun 26, 2008
I took this book with me on a mini-vacation just to take my mind off of work. I really enjoyed the main character, Waverly, and liked how the author had her quit her job and pursue her passion of writing the Honey notes. Life's too short and I appreciate the reminders that the greatest gift to yourself is to put yourself in situations that make you happy. Waverly does this by dropping her job and doesn't dwell on the relationships that she has to really work hard at. I look forward to see the sequel!
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Amazing debut novel Jun 26, 2008
Waverly Bryson warns her fiancé who interrupts her wedding dress fitting that it's bad luck for him to see her. Little does she know - he's there to dump her. After mourning the loss of the relationship, she picks herself up and with the help of her friends Mackie and Andie, starts to put herself out there again, only to be stuck in dating purgatory. Her quotable doodles in the form of "Honey notes" soon turns into a full time gig and Waverly finds that her life as she has known it is about to change drastically.
Maria Murnane's debut novel is a total gem. Every awesome review you read about it is spot-on. She has crisp dialogue, great comic timing, a truly self-deprecating heroine, wonderfully well drawn secondary characters, and accurate descriptions of one of the most beautiful cities that manage to transport the reader to the Union Street haunts she and her friends frequent. Her characters are not perfect - even the seemingly perfect ones display their flaws at one time or another... well except for maybe Today reporter Scotty Ryan. It's a nearly perfect novel (just got tired of the wardrobe descriptions which will inevitably date the novel) - an amazing feat for a first time novelist.
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