Product Description

‘I relish every second of my sexual encounters: the good, the bad, the bizarre. Most of my serious relationships have started out as one-night stands.’

Catherine Townsend describes herself as ‘part slut, part hopeless romantic’. Her quest is to have her cake and eat it – an intelligent dinner date followed by a passionate one-night stand; to combine sleeping around with finding a soul mate.

Sex in the City meets Girl With a One Track Mind in this candid, sexy, funny take on looking for love in unexpected places and how to find Mr Right – or at least Mr Right Now.

 

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #39766 in Books
• Published on: 2007-06-14
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 288 pages

Review

'Sexy, confident and brimming with attitude'

(Cosmopolitan )

'Sexy ... laugh-out-loud funny ... very Carrie Bradshaw: witty,bracing, packed with handy advice'

(Observer Woman )

'She's frank. She's funny. And she doesn't mind admitting she's filthy too.'

(Independent )

‘A no-holds-barred account of Catherine’s erotic adventures ... Lots of fun and very Sex and the City’

(Closer )

'Phew!’

 

(News of the World )

About the Author
Catherine Townsend writes the weekly sex and dating column “Sleeping Around” in the Independent. She writes regularly for Glamour, Cosmopolitan and Marie Claire. and her work has appeared in the New York Post, The Times, the Express and the Daily Mail and she has commentated on radio and TV. She has a BA and MA in Journalism. Born in Georgia, Catherine later spent several years as a staff writer and gossip columnist for New York Magazine before to moving to the UK,

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Customer Reviews

What you'd expect!
Catharine Townsend is an American in London, and she writes about sex for 'The Independent'. The book is much like you would expect, aiming to be a 'Sex in the City' type account of her sexual exploits, encounters with various men and her Bridget Jones style 'urban family.'

The book is OK, quite titillating in parts, but the main problem that I had with it is that Townsend doesn't come across as particularly likeable. I have real problems with someone who writes sentences like, 'I'm a steak tartar eating chick who is as ravenous a carnivore in the kitchen as in the bedroom.' (Puuurrleese!)
The endless references to shopping in Selfridges and having Hollywood waxes and manicures became particularly wearing.

There are plus points though...the chapter in which she experiments with Viagra was very amusing!

Does what it says on the tin

A UK Sex and the City
Dating, shopping, sex, gossip - I loved this book! It's a bit of an eye-opener because it's extremely honest, both sexually and emotionally. But it's also seriously funny. The author is obviously a real sex kitten but she seems really likeable because she's always ready to laugh at herself and admit her vulnerabilities. Some of the weird and wonderful men she dates are good for laughs too.

Her lovelife is certainly wild but that keeps the pages turning. And, anyway, why shouldn't women today have the same fun as men?!

Amazing...
...that a book about sex can be so dull. Perhaps this book could be viewed as titillating (if you'll pardon the expression!) for women who've led a sheltered life - but nowadays, the average 20-30 something has been there and done much of what Catherine Townsend has (even if they haven't written a book about it). The book is rather slow going, the sex scenes not at all arousing, the humour falls short and it's also somewhat Narcissistic, with the author relating compliments about her sexiness/sexual prowess/beauty etc. They add nothing to the pace, content or interest of the book and just seem a bit like self referral or back-slapping. If you're looking for an interesting read along these lines, I'd recommend Girl With a One Track Mind by Abby Lee. It's not high fiction, but as the genre goes, it's pacier, wittier and more engaging than Catherine Townsend's offering.