Matchbook: The Diary of a Modern-Day Matchmaker

By Samantha Daniels

Book Overview

The head of the matchmaking service Samantha's Table documents a year of her personal and professional life, during which she attends to the needs of three colourful clients and dispenses a wealth of dating advice, from common first date mistakes to strategic timing tips

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0743269535
• ISBN13: 9780743269537
• Release Date: February 2005
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 1.0" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

Just like SEX AND THE CITY!

I just finished Matchbook and I had to write a review. I loved it!!! It is so funny and so real. My friends and I kept calling each other on the phone and reading sections outloud and reminiscing about all those guys we have gone out with who are exactly like the characters in Matchbook! I have dated Looks Good from Afar guy definitely and Dr Touchy-- been there done that and it was soooo bad! If you are dating and looking to meet someone, no matter where you are, this book with make you feel like you are not alone and will give you alot of laughs! Read it!

KILLER BOOK!!!!

I don't see how anyone couldn't love this book. Its fun, relatable and hysterical. The woman who wrote it is very self deprecating in a very cool way.... I thought she was so funny. I was reading paragraphs aloud to my friends on the phone. You should read this book-- it has lessons in it but mostly its a very enjoyable read!

The perfect rainy weekend book!

I spent the weekend reading Matchbook. It was perfect for a rainy weekend. I loved all the characters especially the Girl who I always thought hated me, Dr Touchy and Miss Reporter. I thought all the characterizations were right on. I learned alot about myself in this book and will probably date differently becuase it. Thanks!

If you need a book to read on vacation, this is the one!

I just went on vacation with my friends to Mexico and we all read Matchbook while we were there. I bought it and finished it on the plane, 5 hours- cover to cover! Then each one of my friends took their turn, and we all laughed and took turns reading parts of it out loud. It is so funny, I can't even imagine that the author can write that funny. And to think that its based on true stories is insane. Phone sex afte the first date from the taxi cab, the guy who eats salad with his fingers, the guy whose cuticles are so knarly that the girl is afraid she will get an infection in her privates, Dr Touchy, etc, etc. Oh my god, hysterical!

Best seller material

I just finished reading the book, I couldn't put it down. Now I know that I am not alone in my dating difficulties. How refreshing to read about all these people who have been meeting all these "Not for Me" guys, and more than anything else, how refreshing that the matchmaker herself who is a pretty girl and has the pick of the litter has the same dating disasters as I do. I loved this book!! You will too- so easy to read and so relatable!