Dating

Sex and the Sixty Something Guy by Mr. X

Newly Single Businessman’s Perspective on the Modern Dating World

He was in his 50s, a successful businessman, financially set, had settled down early. And now divorced after four decades of marriage, he was about to re-enter the world of dating. He never could have imagined what awaited him. From bars to bedrooms, anticipation to disillusionment and attraction to subtraction,…

Jim AlkonDecember 7, 2023

Nonfiction Nonfiction - Featured

A Later-Life Romance Told Through Emails and Poetry in “Marjorie and Ed: A Love Story” by Edward L. Osler

The love story of Edward Lee Osler and his beloved Marjorie, however, is honest in its portrayal of all the challenges that mature lovers face. That the two of them persevere inspires Osler’s readers to believe in love. Their story is endearingly imperfect and charming from the very beginning. Their…

Sherri DaleyOctober 25, 2021

Nonfiction

Morgan Jerkins’ ‘This Will Be My Undoing’ is Timely Portrait of Womanhood in America

One of the most prolific of these to be released this year is Morgan Jerkins' debut, This Will Be My Undoing: Living at the Intersection of Black, Female, and Feminist in (White) America. Jerkins' collection of essays is a timely discourse on the treatment and experiences of Black women in…

Monet TimmonsFebruary 7, 2018

Nonfiction

Catching up with Frances Kuffel after the search for Mr. Good Enough

Frances Kuffel has a killer sense of humor, which you need if you’re a 53-year-old female writer living in New York City, wear size 22, eke a living from irregular adjunct teaching and regular dog walking, live in an apartment nicknamed ‘the Bat Cave’ (just as dark, but a lot…

Cathy PerlmutterSeptember 14, 2014

Nonfiction

Live Interview: “It’s Just a F***ing Date” authors answer YOUR questions

New York Times #1 bestselling authors GREG BEHRENDT and AMIIRA RUOTOLA of "He's Just Not That Into You" join BookTrib for a live chat to talk about their new book "It's Just A F***ing Date." GREG BEHRENDT and AMIIRA RUOTOLA AIRED February 20, 2014 at 3:00 PM (ET) It's…

BookTribFebruary 10, 2014

Fiction Romance Romance - Featured

Let’s Talk About Sex, Ladies! New Romance Unlocks Secrets of Achieving the Big O

I know I did. I first saw this book on someone’s Facebook post. It came in a pretty pink box with a professional decal and an appropriate level of crinkle filler (which is always a lot). I was immediately drawn in. The book inside had an illustrated cover with bright…

Y. M. NelsonSeptember 27, 2021

Better Self Better Self - Featured Nonfiction

Vignettes Paint a Colorful Mosaic of Life Lessons That Can Serve Anyone and Everyone

A 50-year-old woman is beginning to resign herself to a life without romantic love. She moves to Tulsa for work, without knowing anyone, and attends a Toastmasters District Conference with the intention of just meeting potential friends. At the event, she strikes up a conversation with some friendly women, and…

BookTribNovember 17, 2021

Better Self Nonfiction Save the World

No Plot, Just Lots of Laughs & Tips on Sex and Dating

When I first heard about Lost the Plot, the innovative imprint publisher of Australian firm Pantera Press that is making its foray into the United States, I thought: cute name, cuter logo, and left it at that….until tasked with the assignment of reviewing two of its titles about dating and…

Jim AlkonDecember 5, 2018

Fiction

4 of the Best Fictional Places to Go on a Date — and the Real Life Alternatives!

Romance is hard. It’s difficult enough finding somebody you like, and it’s even tougher to convince that person to get into your car and let you take them someplace that you swear is nice. However, dating shouldn’t be stressful -- it should just be a pleasant time between two people…

Katie HiresJune 6, 2016

Fiction Fiction - Featured Romance

Mirth’s Pursuit of Love and Happiness — Plus Q&A with Kathleen George

A Pittsburgh writer with the inimitable name of Harrison Mirth sits at breakfast: juice, egg, a buttered English muffin spread with marmalade. His third wife, Liz, passes back and forth through the kitchen, attentive to Mirth’s every need. The scene depicts “the beginning of the end,” we are told. Later…

Claudia KeenanSeptember 27, 2022

Better Self Facebook Live Facebook Live - Featured Nonfiction

You Can’t Overlook Red Flags! Meet Katie Beringer and Her Tough Love Approach to Finding Mr. Right

https://booktrib.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Katie-Beringer.jpg When she lost her husband, Katie Beringer found herself alone for the first time in 30 years and thrust into a dating scene that looked radically different from the one she remembered before marriage. Several scamsters and her fair share of cringe-worthy stories later, Beringer has used her experience…

BookTribNovember 18, 2020

BookBites

BookBites: Human Drama, Suspense and a Guide to Finding the Right Guy

NOTE: BookBites is a continuing series bringing readers information and ideas for their next read. For more reading ideas, visit BookTrib.com and subscribe to our weekly newsletter.

BookTribOctober 27, 2020

Better Self Listicles Nonfiction

Modern Love: 6 Books on Dating by Today’s Rules

https://booktrib.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/modern-love-listicle.jpg It used to be that you could find a suitable mate through family, friends or activities out in the community that brought you in contact with people who shared something in common with you — whether it be a mutual acquaintance or a mutual love of softball. If you…

BookTribNovember 10, 2020

Listicles Listicles - Featured Nonfiction

8 Provocative Memoirs On The Experience of Womanhood

An emotional response is the sign of a great book. We rave about books that leave us in tears or have us breathless with laughter. But there’s something uniquely intimate about reading a memoir; we have the unparalleled opportunity to experience their emotions through our own eyes. We want to…

BookTribDecember 10, 2021

Newly Single Businessman’s Perspective on the Modern Dating World

A Later-Life Romance Told Through Emails and Poetry in “Marjorie and Ed: A Love Story” by Edward L. Osler

Morgan Jerkins’ ‘This Will Be My Undoing’ is Timely Portrait of Womanhood in America

Catching up with Frances Kuffel after the search for Mr. Good Enough

Live Interview: “It’s Just a F***ing Date” authors answer YOUR questions

Let’s Talk About Sex, Ladies! New Romance Unlocks Secrets of Achieving the Big O

Vignettes Paint a Colorful Mosaic of Life Lessons That Can Serve Anyone and Everyone

No Plot, Just Lots of Laughs & Tips on Sex and Dating

4 of the Best Fictional Places to Go on a Date — and the Real Life Alternatives!

Mirth’s Pursuit of Love and Happiness — Plus Q&A with Kathleen George

You Can’t Overlook Red Flags! Meet Katie Beringer and Her Tough Love Approach to Finding Mr. Right

BookBites: Human Drama, Suspense and a Guide to Finding the Right Guy

Modern Love: 6 Books on Dating by Today’s Rules

8 Provocative Memoirs On The Experience of Womanhood

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