Tis’ the season for great books! Case in point: Maria Geraci’s The Boyfriend of the Month Club is available tomorrow! And we’re here to tell you that it’s a perfect escape after you’ve run yourself ragged with all your holiday shopping. We’re thrilled that she’s sharing her bucket list with us today!
The Boyfriend of the Month Club is Maria’s third book-and it’s a fun, sassy read we think you’ll love. At thirty, Grace O’Bryan has dated every loser in Daytona Beach. After the ultimate date-from-hell, Grace decides to turn her dwindling book club into a Boyfriend of the Month Club, where women can discuss the eligible men in their community. Where are the real life twenty-first century versions of literary heroes such as Heathcliff and Mr. Darcy?
Could it be successful and handsome Brandon Farrell, who is willing to overlook his disastrous first date with Grace and offers financial help for her parents’ failing Florida gift shop? Or maybe sexy dentist Joe Rosenblum, who’s great with a smile but not so great at commitment? Unfortunately, like books, men cannot always be judged by their covers…
Click here to pre-order The Boyfriend of the Month Club!
Sounds great, right? It is! And we have FIVE copies to give away to you guys. You know the drill-just leave a comment and you’re entered. We’ll choose the winners on Thursday night after 6pm PST.
And also, don’t forget to head on over to our Favorite Things Holiday Giveaway-we have FABULOUS prizes- a Blackberry, a Sony eReader and so much more!
CHICK LIT IS NOT DEAD PRESENTS: WHAT’S ON MARIA GERACI’S BUCKET LIST?
First, I want to thank Liz and Lisa for having me here today. Thanks, ladies! I also want to say that this Bucket List thing is really hard. For one thing, I have no intentions of kicking the bucket. Ever. But, I guess if I have to think about the things I’d most want to do before I… you know, do that thing that I’m not ever going to do, then this would be it.
1. After giving this some consideration, the first thing I’d like to do is take all my money and go to a third world country and feed orphans. But that would be a big fat lie. That would be my Catholic guilt talking, because the real first thing on my list would be getting the girls lifted. And yes, I mean those girls. I’ve breast fed three babies. It’s not pretty. Just once before I die I’d like to see them point north again (My husband might appreciate it too).
2. I want to spend a summer at the beach. Just me and Charlie (that’s my 13 year old, 100 lb mutt). I would write all day, walk on the beach in the evening, then drink wine and read books and watch movies at night. My husband and kids can come visit on the weekends (maybe). Oh, and it’s got to be Diane Keaton’s house from the movie “Something’s Gotta Give.” No other house will do.
3. Learn to cuss in Italian. I don’t need to know the whole language. Just the important words.
4. Do a huge family reunion. We’ve tried, but someone is always missing.
5. Put on a killer dress, get my hair and make up professionally done, go to the awards show and thank the academy. It doesn’t matter which academy or what I’m thanking them for. Any will do.
Thanks Maria! xo, L&L
To read more about Maria, check out her website or find her on Facebook.
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I love your bucket list!! I so want to do the beach one!! Your book sounds great too, if I don’t win, I will have to buy it!
Cussing in Italian- love it! Would also love to win a copy :)
I love the bucket list- I would love to spend an entire summer in a beachfront home! Ahhh…bliss…..
I would love to win this book :)
The book sounds wonderful, just added it to my wish list!
Sounds like a fun book! Look forward to reading it ;)
Love your bucket list!!! Hope to win a copy!
This is a great bucket list! The book sounds great too! Thanks for the chance to win!
I guess we need cussing in Italian cause those guys probably aren’t saying sweet little nothings to us! lol!
What a fabulous list! I love the summer at the beach…. what a wish!
I cannot wait to read this book. My single friends really believe that all the good ones are gone and I keep wishing they would just look a little deeper at some of the sweet unassuming guys we know. Sometimes as women we are took quick to write men off and toss them back into the sea. We know what we want but we just do not realize what we want is not always the same as what we we are looking for.
Here is to being willing to give the dusty diamonds a second glance!
I love the bucket list, and can’t wait to read the book!
Thank you for the great post!
Thank you for the great post:)
Awesome post and bucket list ladies!
I love your bucket list! If you books demonstrate as much wit as your list, I will be hooked. I’m off to check them out now.
Learning to cuss in Italian. lol
great list!
the beachfront summer would be my 1st choice, what a great idea , wouldn’t that be the life ?? I could live at the beach full time I think!
and all that time alone to walk the beach and read, what a DREAM!!
would love to read this book, too !
I would so love to win a copy of this book!! Looks like a really fun read! The older we get the more we realize we should look beyond the cover :) Fun cover – love the flamingo!
Sounds like a great book! Definatly adding it to my wish list!
a great bucket list…i’ll be your neighbor at the beach :)
I love that you describe this book as sassy! Sounds like a must read, would love to win!
Great list!
Sounds like a super fun book too.
Ladies, thanks for all the wonderful comments so far! The sad news this morning is that my husband read the list is now trying to talk me out of #1 by giving me the old Bridget Jones’ line that he “likes me just as I am,” and while I find that very sweet I can’t help but think he has some ulterior motive (like wanting to buy himself a new truck or something.)
Sounds like a great read!
Sounds like a great book!
sounds like a great read!
Fantastic bucket list! Now I’m re-thinking mine. Going to have to borrow a few.
This looks great!
Love the cover!
sounds like a great book!! Thanks for the opportunity to win
I want to spend a summer at the beach so bad, too!
Great bucket list! The cussing in italian made me giggle out loud to myself. I’d also love to have a giant family reunion. We have tons of family spread all over the place and we have never all been in the same place at once.
Oops! Perhaps I should learn to spell check before submitting comments LOL. I noticed as I clicked submit that my email address was wrong. My bad!
I can’t tell you how many times I stood in front of my bedroom mirror with my softball trophy and pretended to accept a Grammy award for Best New Artist ;). I can’t wait to read your new book and I would LOVE to win a copy! <3
Great bucket list…I am definitely all for the beach one! Also, having a Great Grandma who is in her late 90′s, a family reunion with everyone actually there would be amazing. :) The book sounds like a fun read…hope to win a copy!
Having nursed two into toddlerhood I’m totalling feeling #1 on the list!! LOL but yes of course I’d feed the orphans!
I love Marci’s sense of humor. And Marci, I feel your pain about the girls. I haven’t breast fed any babies, but ah hem, I understand……( – :
Thanks for the chance to win! It is on my TBR list!
Maria…#1 on your list was hilarious! Including your follow up comment. I can totally relate!
Sounds like my kind of book! I will for sure be reading this one.
Cursing in Italian, now that I could teach you;) the book sounds like such a fun read. Would love to win. Thanks again for the chance!
Love the idea of asexy dentist. Can’t wait to read more!
new to your site and i am already a hugh fan there is nothing better than curling up with a good book on a cold day near a warm fire awesome site keep up the good work looking forward to reading boyfriend of the months thanks for the great site
Great bucket list for a gal that hadn’t given it any thought!! Yes, a summer at the beach writing, walking, reading sounds like heaven, but so does swearing in Italian LOL!! She’s my kinda a girl and I can’t wait for BFOTM!! Thanks, L & L! :)
Love the bucket list. lol
This book sounds hilarious! Would love to win it! Thanks so much! jlcole09(at)yahoo.com
I am really loving all these comments!
Stefanie, my agent wasn’t crazy about my idea to make one of Grace’s suitors a dentist.
“A dentist? A sexy dentist? Really?” she asked me.
“Yes, “I said. “Trust me, I can make him sexy.”
“Okay,” she said.
I’ll let you all be the judge of that. But I love me some Dr. Joe!
I’ve got this book on my wish list, I would LOVE to win a copy!
I love this bucket list! Now go out there and do it! The book seems great too. I hope I win!
So many clever book titles out there! I can hardly keep up! :)
Cool cover design
I adore the beach. I could live in Tahiti and just read with a rum and fruit based drink for the rest of my life.
Also, learning to cuss in another language would come in handy. I had a Great Grandma who would curse in Yiddish and Polish. Everyone thought it was funny, probably not to her so much.
Sounds like a good read!
I think I laughed at every item on the bucket list! How funny! LOL Sounds like a good book!
Thank you to everyone who commented. Loved being here!
Maria- Thank you so much for being a guest of Chick Lit Is Not Dead! We absolutely loved your book! xo Liz & Lisa
This looks like so much fun. I’d love to read it!
Congrats to Monnie77@yahoo.com, Born2shop@gmail.com, Ricarter98@aol.com,Meganccoy@gmail.com and cbandy10@hotmail.com! They’ve each won a copy of THE BOYFRIEND OF THE MONTH CLUB! Thanks to all who entered! Xo, L&L