The Perils of Cyber-Dating: Confessions of a Hopeful Romantic Looking for Love Online |  | Author: Julie Spira
Publisher: Morgan James Publishing
Category: Book
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Media: Paperback
Pages: 180
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Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.5
ISBN: 1600375693
Dewey Decimal Number: 646.7702854678
EAN: 9781600375699
ASIN: 1600375693
Publication Date: February 13, 2009
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This romantic tell-all memoir spanning over 250 online dates, is filled with heartfelt, witty, and hilarious stories. Julie Spira, a pioneer in the Internet industry, became the first on her block to post an online dating profile. You'll follow her journey as she skillfully navigates the web, hoping to replace what she once thought was the love of her life with a new Internet mate. With a designer wardrobe, a mailbox filled with party invitations, and an overloaded Inbox, she continues her cyber-quest to find the "the one." Combining her fairytale romances and disappointing heartbreaks with her personal rules of "netiquette," she provides priceless knowledge about the most effective ways to date online. Learn from an Internet industry pro, who received several marriage proposals and a brilliant assortment of fabulous, fun dates after a devastating heartbreak where she had to start her life all over again.
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 Fabulous! Must Read!!!! August 24, 2009
Tamsen Fadal (New York City)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
This is a must read! As a relationship expert, we love to recommend Julie's online dating advice to our clients! So, if you are looking for love online? The Perils Of Cyber Dating Confessions of a Hopeful Romantic Looking For Love Online, is just the book you need to take from the city to the beach this summer!
Julie Spira dishes it all as a hopeful romantic looking for love online. From her fabulous Rules of "Netiquette" that map out what men and women say vs. what the actually mean, to one hilarious story after another, she has mastered it all in a few clicks of her keyboard. This tell-all memoir spans over 250 dates in almost 15 years online. Way to go Julie!!!
Open, honest and entertaining! May 8, 2009
C Janson (My other home is in Paris, France)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I love this book!!! I laughed and oooo'd through this whole book and could not put it down. Been a long time since I've read a book in one day. Passing along to my girlfriends, single, married and out in the dating world again. Again, real life is more interesting than fiction.
Enjoy!
A Secret and Sinful Guilty Pleasure! April 16, 2009
Sally Shields (Bronx, NY)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Julie Spira is one of the most talented writers to hit the scene today. Her book, "The Perils of Cyber Dating" is a heart-wrenchingly honest look at the current state of romance. Provocatively refreshing, "Perils" is written like a Harlequin romance novel, but with the speed of a roller coaster. Spira compellingly opens the window into her private love history, and the book reads like a reality show, likened to a secret and sinful
guilty pleasure. But, it is also a true reality check, because this book serves as a real warning to women and men out there who need to be prepped at the realities that lie before us in online dating. You will laugh, cry and want to embrace the author as she takes you on her journey as a young, attractive female, looking for love in the 21st century. You will not want to put this book down!
Great Book. Great Insight. September 16, 2009
Victor De Castro (Connecticut)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Julie Spira has really done it with this book -- a virtual primer on internet dating, using her experiences as a guidebook for either the uninitated or frustrated. Describing herself as a "hopeful romantic" Spira addresses the topic with both the sophistication of a veteran of the cyber dating scene along with this charming naivete of hers that someday, someway she'll find that special someone through the internet. The book runs a gamut of emotions -- from romance, disappointment, excitement and, of course, humor. Great job, Julie!
This is a MUST READ FOR ONLINE DATERS March 1, 2010
LT in L.A. (LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, US)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Ms. Spira's book is a MUST READ FOR ONLINE DATERS. There are various books out there about online dating. Some of them are very mechanical, others purely anectdotal. This book seems to have the best of both. The Perils of Cyber-Dating does a great job of not only discussing how to navigate the online dating world, but also shares the joy and heartaches that people will experience in dating in general.
The author is extremely brave: her candor is so "out there" that you can't help but feel vicariously her ups and downs as she sifts through the myraid of dating profiles. These personal stories and episodes really "tell it like it is" for those of us who are trying to find love in an Internet world.
As a guy, I came away with lots of insights about how to write a profile that will attract more responses from women. I also learned about what kind of things you don't want to put into a profile. In addition, I found the book to be very helpful with guidance on handling the first 2-3 dates with someone who you meet online.
Indeed, the book discussed a great deal about dating etiquette in the 21st Century. In some ways, this books shows that many of rules or "best practices" about dating have not changed. On the other hand, the book also spells out the "new kinds of behavior" that are acceptable, and well as inappropriate conduct, in today's high tech world.
I found the book to be well written. It is well paced: there are just enough relevant details to keep you turning the pages. Moreover, she does an excellent job of laying out the theme or message of a particular chapter or episode within a chapter, by selecting the appropriate amount of detail. Unlike other "tell all" books, Ms. Spira does not bury you or overwhelm you with petty or irrelevant facts.
What really makes the book credible and authentic is the fact that Ms. Spira really tells her stories from the heart without embellishment or exaggeration. Some of her stories reflect great pain, and/or great humor. Some have something in between. This authenticity creates a book that is very believeable, and allows the reader to come away with "real life" insights that can be applied to his/her own online dating efforts.
In addition to baring her soul and talking about her mistakes, Ms. Spira also talks about triumphs or positive experiences that give the reader hope of finding true love in Cyberspace. In that respect it is a balanced, well thought out book.
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