Rachel Machacek. (2011). The Science of Single: One Woman's Grand Experiment in Modern Dating, Creating Chemistry, and Finding Love. Penguin Publishing Group.

Rachel Machacek. 2011. The Science of Single: One Woman's Grand Experiment in Modern Dating, Creating Chemistry, and Finding Love. Penguin Publishing Group.

Rachel Machacek, The Science of Single: One Woman's Grand Experiment in Modern Dating, Creating Chemistry, and Finding Love. Penguin Publishing Group, 2011.

Rachel Machacek. The Science of Single: One Woman's Grand Experiment in Modern Dating, Creating Chemistry, and Finding Love. Penguin Publishing Group, 2011.

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Read Rachel Machacek's blogs and other content on the Penguin Community.
One year of dating. One year of looking for love. One uproarious and touching memoir.
After years of dating without a connection, Rachel Machacek vowed to try a more dedicated, less slipshod, more scientific way of finding love. So, she committed a year of her life to trying every mainstream (and not-so-mainstream) method of meeting the right guy. In The Science of Single, Rachel welcomes readers into the findings from her roller- coaster year, and although she set out looking for the right chemistry, what she discovers in the process is hilarious, unexpected, and infinitely more exciting.
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     April 4, 2011
     Thirty-three years old and seven years single, Machacek decides to shake things up by throwing herself into the path of as many men as possible, hoping to stumble upon some surprising relationship truths along the way. Taking advantage of online dating sites, attending singles events and networking conventions, suffering through blind dates and matchmaking misfires, and subjecting herself to the so-called wisdom of dating books and coaches, Machacek commits herself to upping her suitor count and, hopefully, the odds—with mixed results. As detailed in the blog that led to this book, a year of drinks, lunches, dinners, and awkward trysts leaves her pretty much where she started, though with greater courage, self-knowledge, and faith in her gut instincts, a discovery that might seem like a no-brainer to readers. One gets the sense that the real problem might be the quality or men Machacek encounters, or the types—artsy, spiritual, and ultimately flaky—that she seeks. A better experiment would involve breaking old patterns, connecting with promising men from different backgrounds and professions, and seeing if sparks fly.

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     November 15, 2010
     

     Washington Flyer contributing editor and "clueless romantic" Machacek spends a year looking for true love.

     After a fizzled long-distance relationship followed by miserable blind dates, the frustrated 33-year-old became proactive, beginning a 12-month "experiment" using a variety of matchmaking outlets to find her Mr. Right. The opening statistics are discouraging—a 2005 survey of Internet users: "55% of singles reported no active interest in seeking a romantic partner"—yet Machacek plodded on, posting profiles on sites like Match.com, eHarmony, IJL ("It's Just Lunch") and The Onion Personals. The expectations were lofty, but the in-person dates disappointed in both looks and personality as much as the rapid-fire exchanges at speed dating and the four weeks of blind dating, which failed to turn up anyone with which the author shared romantic chemistry. Machacek appealed to family, friends and co-workers for support, especially sage gay pal Kenneth, who's "equal parts crotchety old man and charming queen." With one service charging more than $1,000, the author learned the costly side of romance alongside the quagmires of dating outside her area code and coming clean to potential love interests about her experiment. Whether these men failed to entice her due to "stylistic blunders," lack of physical attraction or spark, the author repeatedly found herself "caught in a melee of not-quite-rights." Some of the calamity is humorous, and there's fun to be had in the chase itself, but her "superficial judgments" on the parade of men who abruptly came and went eventually doomed her serial dating project. To her credit, the author acquiesces to hard-won personal revelations about her shallowness and sabotaging tendencies to prejudge others. Machacek's most rational conclusion, however, concerns her refusal to settle for less—to "not choose anyone in order to keep myself open to someone who is right for me."

     Practical but dispiriting social spadework.

     (COPYRIGHT (2010) KIRKUS REVIEWS/NIELSEN BUSINESS MEDIA, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.)

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     Washington Flyer contributing editor and "clueless romantic" Machacek spends a year looking for true love.

     After a fizzled long-distance relationship followed by miserable blind dates, the frustrated 33-year-old became proactive, beginning a 12-month "experiment" using a variety of matchmaking outlets to find her Mr. Right. The opening statistics are discouraging--a 2005 survey of Internet users: "55% of singles reported no active interest in seeking a romantic partner"--yet Machacek plodded on, posting profiles on sites like Match.com, eHarmony, IJL ("It's Just Lunch") and The Onion Personals. The expectations were lofty, but the in-person dates disappointed in both looks and personality as much as the rapid-fire exchanges at speed dating and the four weeks of blind dating, which failed to turn up anyone with which the author shared romantic chemistry. Machacek appealed to family, friends and co-workers for support, especially sage gay pal Kenneth, who's "equal parts crotchety old man and charming queen." With one service charging more than $1,000, the author learned the costly side of romance alongside the quagmires of dating outside her area code and coming clean to potential love interests about her experiment. Whether these men failed to entice her due to "stylistic blunders," lack of physical attraction or spark, the author repeatedly found herself "caught in a melee of not-quite-rights." Some of the calamity is humorous, and there's fun to be had in the chase itself, but her "superficial judgments" on the parade of men who abruptly came and went eventually doomed her serial dating project. To her credit, the author acquiesces to hard-won personal revelations about her shallowness and sabotaging tendencies to prejudge others. Machacek's most rational conclusion, however, concerns her refusal to settle for less--to "not choose anyone in order to keep myself open to someone who is right for me."

     Practical but dispiriting social spadework.

     (COPYRIGHT (2010) KIRKUS REVIEWS/NIELSEN BUSINESS MEDIA, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.)

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After years of dating without a connection, Rachel Machacek vowed to try a more dedicated, less slipshod, more scientific way of finding love. So, she committed a year of her life to trying every mainstream (and not-so-mainstream) method of meeting the right guy. In The Science of Single, Rachel welcomes readers into the findings from her roller- coaster year, and although she set out looking for the right chemistry, what she discovers in the process is hilarious, unexpected, and infinitely more exciting.
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