11 Points Guide to Hooking Up: Lists and Advice about First Dates, Hotties, Scandals, Pick-ups, Threesomes, and Booty Calls

by Sam Greenspan

Overview

Most everyone has been, or will be, one half of a budding romantic relationship at least once—but not everyone knows how to successfully navigate those first-date butterflies, the potentially steamy bedroom scenes, and the ever-feared crushing moments of betrayal. 11 Points Guide to Hooking Up serves as a manual to dating, relationships, and sex—and is a wildly entertaining read for people who are single, taken, young, old, gay, straight, or anywhere in between. Creator Sam Greenspan blends his quirky humor, attuned sense of popular culture, and entertaining approach to produce thought-provoking lists about the ins and outs of dating. Prepare to take notes and laugh out loud with 11 Points Guide to Hooking Up.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781616082123
Publisher:	Skyhorse
Publication date:	06/08/2011
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.40(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Sam Greenspan is a professional writer who has made a living spinning his love of popular culture, inner nerdiness, and keen social eye into his completely unique, edgy writing style. He has worked as a stand-up comedian, a joke writer for radio shows, and a Web-comedy video producer. When he’s not working, Greenspan enjoys hanging out with his girlfriend, yo-yo dieting, and dominating his adult kickball league. He lives in Venice, California.

Editorial Reviews

A self-described "former fat guy" pilots Generation Facebook through the rough sea of love and sex.

Blogger Greenspan mines his own dating pratfalls and triumphs to produce an array of lists to help the uninitiated, or the inept, snare that special someone. The guide takes the shape of the author's popular website 11points.com, covering essential territory such as how to know if he/she is really into you and the best and worst places to meet someone (the Internet is good, jury duty is bad). The author tackles sensitive subject matter with pragmatic indelicacy, providing useful chestnuts on how to keep a booty call from getting "messy," and reveals secrets for taking "amazing" nude photographs. Hint: Don't eat on shoot day, and get "very" aggressive on your blemishes, he writes. "The most important reason to fix all this stuff is because you must be confident for the photos. If you're embarrassed or (overly) self conscious and holding back, it'll show." The author's everyman quality is his best asset, connecting to the reader through a watered-down cocktail of confession, sarcasm and pop-culture references. After all, recognizing the animated series Voltron and Screech from Saved by the Bell is critical to the author's mission.

Hilarity is missing, but sincerity abounds.

Kirkus Reviews