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Click: An Online Love Story - Lisa Becker (2011)
Renee is less than a month away from the big 3-0. One of her best friends sends her an email to see if she'll try online dating with him. After bouncing the idea off her overly-sexed friend Shelley, and her straight-laced friend Ashley, she decides she has nothing to lose, except maybe her dignity. Together Renee and Mark fill out online profile's on the 'Choose Jews' website, and promise to tell each other about all their escapades. After going out on what feels like a million dates with men who are too nice, total losers or completely psychotic, with occupations ranging from musician, a TV wardrobe designer, to a doctor and the totally un-employable, Renee finally finds her man. I won't give anything away but Renee makes a discovery that could break them up and end her friendship with one of her best friends for good. It is written in a series of emails, which I found quite entertaining; the banter alone is hilarious. Finding true love online might seem bizarre, but Lisa Becker made me a believer. You'll enjoy the quirky characters, their relationships, and find yourself laughing along the way. This is one you should add to your reading list. (CF)
Click: An Online Love Story, by Lisa Becker, follows a group of friends through the dating world. Some use traditional methods, while others decide to try cyber dating; can you really find true love online? The synopsis says: "Fast approaching her 30th birthday and finding herself not married, not dating, and without even a prospect or a house full of cats, Renee Greene, the heroine of Click: An Online Love Story, reluctantly joins her best guy pal on a journey to find love online in Los Angeles. The story unfolds through a series of emails between Renee and her best friends (anal-compulsive Mark, the overly judgmental Ashley and the over-sexed Shelley) as well as the gentlemen suitors she meets online. From the guy who starts every story with 'My buddies and I were out drinking one night,' to the egotistical B-celebrity looking for someone to stroke his ego, Renee endures her share of hilarious and heinous cyber dates. Fraught with BCCs, FWDs and inadvertent Reply to All', readers will root for Renee to "click" with the right man." Author tidbit: Becker had endured her share of hilarious and heinous cyber dates, many of which inspired Click: An Online Love Story. She is now happily married to a wonderful man she met online and lives in Manhattan Beach with him and their two daughters. (CF)