Booty Nomad

by Scott Mebus

Book Overview

David has just dumped the girl he loved. But it wasn't his fault. Not really. She made him do it. After all, she was The Eater of Souls. And now she's buried in the relationship graveyard that is... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1401352049
• ISBN13: 9781401352042
• Release Date: February 2004
• Publisher: Hyperion Books
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.8" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Laugh out loud phrases - and it's so nice to see guys go through the same dating woes...

I read a lot of chick-lit, but I am discovering guy-lit recently, and I have to say, it's so nice to see that guys go through the same emotional stuff that women do. I really liked this book - the main character is totally loveable, the characters are pretty much true-to-life, and his adventures seem possible. I was rooting for him from the beginning, and the book had the same predictable ending as most chick-lit, but it was a nice rewarding feeling anyway. Good book - nice way to spend a few hours.

Hillarious and touching - a great book for recent grads

The Booty Nomad is a journey through the moraine of twenty-something love. Our hero opens the book in the days following the withering conclusion of his first grownup relationship. The ensuing chapters follow his journey in the ensuing months as he tries to find love again. Lost between humor, desperation and hubris, his journey travels the common routes of the most difficult and exciting years of learning to be an adult.I read the opening chapters of Booty Nomad while riding the train. It made me laugh to the point my fellow passengers were either reading over my shoulder or uncomfortably shifting to the far end of the car. As the book unfolds, the jokes slowly give way to the sense of loss, the loneliness and the fear that he gave up on the only woman who will ever love him. The character must contend with an ex in denial, friends of varying patience and maturity, a thoughtless employer, and an unattainable beauty for whom he swoons. All the while, the mannequins in the lingerie store window mock him. The author, Scott Mebus, has done an admirable job in his first outing. This book as been tossed in the burgeoning pool of Nick Hornsby-esque literature. However, Booty Nomad is more than the story of a man-child discovering that somewhere past the Xbox and the pizza box fortress that you have to grow up and learn to give. Instead, Mr. Mebus has written a funny and honest tale of what it is to be a man in your early twenties wondering if you are capable of being loved.

To Scott Mebus

Guy, if you actually want people to buy this book you might want to consider taking that blurb down. It's not "charming" and your jokes are tired and weak (the tipping a forty for my homies routine has been run into the ground nearly as much as the "why don't they make the whole plane out of the black box..." routine). I haven't read the book but to prove I'm not just about trying to tear you down I've given it five stars. Congrats on getting it published, good luck with everything...

So this is what men think

It's a refreshing to finally read about a man who isn't coldly going through women like they're chewing gum. A hilarious trip down the mind of a guy as screwed up and obsessed about women as we are about men. The ending gave emotional weight to the journey as Mebus unearths some meaningful truths about men and women and how we get together and fall apart.

Wonderful

I'm a fan of the type of books that have all-too-human characters, the ones you can really relate to. Booty Nomad is one of those books. The moods it goes through are like those of life: extremely happy, annoyingly depressed, absolutely funny. I highly recommend this book to anyone looking to feel something different. You won't be disappointed.