The Boyfriend School by Sarah Bird

[jmc_bks]

I’ve heard such good things about it. And the premise seemed interesting, a meta-romance, I think it's called, with the narrator entering the world of romance reading and writing. Keishon, in case you’re blog-hopping, I’m not wondering why so many others love it and I don’t.  I just don’t -- there’s no accounting for taste, and this book just doesn’t suit mine at the moment.

Another book with an interesting premise that just didn’t hold my attention. This is the second Bird book to do so, the first being The Flamenco Academy which was too W/F for me. I’ve got a couple of other books, The Mommy Club and Alamo House, TBR, but I think I’ll be posting them to my swap group or PBS.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

damn, isn't that book OLD? If it's the one I'm thinking of, I read it before I officially read romances and did not get the book at all. Must be physically perfect male specimen but okay, maybe it's fine if you're not. Or something.

That Keishon blog entry was great. I think I'm guilty of every damn thing she listed, but I loved that thing.

kate r, more reader than writer these days (actually I'm writing like crazy, so it's "more reader than author")

[jmc-bks.livejournal.com]

The version in my posession was reprinted in 2003, but the original copyright is 1989.

Whatcha writing? Hmmm?

[(Anonymous)]

Is this the one with the cartoonist named Gus that had cancer? I never read it, but it was made into a movie with Steve Guttenberg and Me" but more recently I've seen it as "The Boyfriend School." I used to love it in HS. devon

[(Anonymous)]

I apologize. I somehow lost part of the comment. The movie also had Jami Gertz and Shelley Long. It was originally called "Don't Tell Her it's Me." Devon

[jmc-bks.livejournal.com]

Yes, that's it! I had no idea it had been made into a movie. I'll have to check it out at Netflix!