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The Year of Yes
The Year of Yes
Author: Maria Dahvana Headley
Like many young people everywhere, playwright Maria Headley had had her fill of terrible dates. Discouraged and looking for love, she decided the time had come for her to eliminate her own (clearly not adequately discriminating) taste from the equation. Instead-as she vowed to her roommates one frustrated morning-she would date every person who ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781401302306
ISBN-10: 1401302300
Publication Date: 1/11/2006
Pages: 224
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3 stars, based on 29 ratings
Publisher: Hyperion
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
Members Wishing: 0
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reviewed The Year of Yes on + 16 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
I got to hear the author speak and get my book signed at a recent book festival. She is as engaging and funny in person as she is in her book. I had no idea she was in her 20s until I read the book, she seems more mature (maybe that is why she married a man so much older than herself? Maybe I should put *spoilers* here...). Her book is very funny and engaging, and sounds like all the dating mistakes most people make in their 20s. I am in my 30s, and still single, but maybe if I had been more of a risk-taker like Ms. Headley I wouldn't still be alone! 5 stars for humor, entertainment value, and nostalgia for my lost youth *sob* (just kidding).
AZmom875 avatar reviewed The Year of Yes on + 624 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
I didnt like this enough to finish it. The author is a smart dramatic writing student, whose writing was full of pretentious references to dramatic Plays, authors and artists, some classic but many that I had never heard of. So I found I was missing out the the references that seemed important to her writing. So start with some high brown ultra intelligent, college references, and add in that she dates a guy who wants her bite his penis. WTF is that? NOT even funny. Her dates were really sick people, I mean one date and a man wants to make her his fifth wife, and she goes off to his apt just to see how crazy he really is? I just couldnt be insulted anymore, by her I am smarter than you attitude and writing, but I will date only the stupidest weirdest men in NY. Go read something else and do feel bad that you dont know all these obscure playwrights or author she keeps referring to, just to show you how well read she is. Hey, she finds true love, just skip to the back.
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Helpful Score: 1
I hated it. The author was _20_ when she decided she had no luck in love, and started saying yes to the DOZENS of men who asked her out. She only tells a few of the stories.
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animlgrl avatar reviewed The Year of Yes on + 84 more book reviews
Found this quite amusing...the romps she had were very ecclectic to say the least. Props to her for diving right in...came just at a time when I became single after 11 years....very funny.
5ducksfans avatar reviewed The Year of Yes on + 92 more book reviews
If this was not a true story, I would never believe it. I was laughing out loud from the acknowledgements at the very beginning - before the book even started! It is amazing what can happen when you open yourself up. I would never have the guts to do what she did - but I'm glad she did. A great, well-written, pep-you-up type of book. Highly recommend!
poohbritt avatar reviewed The Year of Yes on + 37 more book reviews
Hilarious! This woman dated some seriously interesting characters. But I loved her premise, that she accepted any and all dates because first impressions are not always revealing of the person. Some of this book seems like fiction, it is so off-the-wall, but it's not.
reviewed The Year of Yes on + 5 more book reviews
this is a funny and clever story of a girl looking for love in NYC. I really enjoyed this book!
reviewed The Year of Yes on + 40 more book reviews
Very dissapointing! I think the author has a skewed view of herself and that point in her life.


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