The Bachelor Chronicles

by Ron Geraci

In a no-holds-barred account, "This Dating Life" columnist for Men's Health magazine details his emotional and sometimes hilarious dating adventures, catastrophes, and successes in New York City as he searches for Ms. Right. Original.

242 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2006

Reviews

[Mitch · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a humorous visit to the writer's past experiences with bachelorhood and the dating with which he tried to end it all.

He's clever and funny about it, but it still leaves you with the sense that dating is a bleak, desperate, bankrupting and ego-destroying voyage for men tossed relentlessly between their sex drives and their belated urges to get themselves into something more solid, lasting and monogamous.

I give the guy credit for ruthlessly examining his own motives and actions with various women. Then again...

His experience was hardly typical. After all, early on he began writing a column in Men's Health on his dating experiences. Soon afterwards he needed column fodder so started dating with an eye toward feeding that.

Additionally, he was afraid of actually 'going all the way' with women. Which seems untypical, to say the least. He also dated over 200 times and didn't have more than a few months with any of them. This statistic tells you more than he was short, a bit heavy and had a receding hairline.

This was the same guy who gave lots of dating advice and held seminars on the same subject.

Spoiler alert: the book ends with him still oddly hopeful and unattached. Even so, I was kinda rooting for him. Neither of our chances seem all that good...

[Sara · Rating 1 out of 5]

The premise of this book sounds great! A single man's chronicle of his dating experiences within NYC, sounds like a book every girl should read right? Except...no...no they shouldn't. Nothing really revealed here except that he'd go to pick up women at any venue/avenue he could find: match.com (as does every real guy in NYC), bars, speed dating. And nothing really exciting happens, no crazy girl stories of a stalker, a bad sexual encounter, anything...nothing! Come on at least make me laugh at the victimization of my fellow girls!

[Jackie · Rating 5 out of 5]

I am a bit biased since I know the author (which is so fun to say) but I loved this book. Funny, witty and an honest look at the search for the one that isn't ending up as planned. The rules for dating are by far the funniest and laugh out loud antidotes in the book and they are pretty dead on. I would suggest they should be placed on a poster in club restrooms. Enjoyed the journey the book took me on. Great writing Ron.

[Linda S · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not at all what I expected. Not as scary or as funny to get to see into a guy's mind as I thought it would be. Would give it just one star but there were a few redeeming lines that made me laugh....and I felt sorry for him.

[Daniel Ginsburg · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good writing, but the content was a bit disappointing. I was expecting more than just two or three relationships written about in the entire book. Then I read Millions of Women are Waiting to Meet You, my god, what a change in pace!

[Kathleen · Rating 2 out of 5]

Yes, my boyfriend bought me this for my Valentine's Day Present. But there are truly some funny one liners and some good dating stories. It will make you never want to online date.

[Amanda]

i hated this book. can you say worthless?

[Derrick · Rating 2 out of 5]

You read this book and realize that your dating life isn't that bad after all.

[Cristina · Rating 3 out of 5]

Hilarious for anyone who has ever dated or been in the magazine publishing world.

[Alison · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book kind of sucked. While some parts of chapters were interesting stories, the book as a whole was pretty bad. I don't recommend this book.

[Jennifer Remnet · Rating 1 out of 5]

Did not finish... not interesting to me.