Review: Novel Nibbles - Definitely a snack worth sampling!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 23, 2011
Mick, Miri, and Derrick are the match team at matchmakers.com, an online dating service.  And it's time for Match the Losers - a contest the company holds to clean up its hard to match customers. When Mick puts herself into the system, Derrick is interested but coworkers dating would be a conflict of interest.So, Mick sets Derrick up with someone else instead. In the meantime, after an uncomfortable match, Mick meets Sam - an erotica writer - all while trying to get Miri's secrets to winning the Match the Loser contest.  She's not totally convinced on giving Sam a second date, but she's so glad she does!I have to admit something after reading this. Guilty pleasure!  I was in between books and had just downloaded the Kindle app on my Samsung Windows phone.  Trading my Kindle for an iPad at the beginning of this year is about as high tech as I get.  I'm not into cell phones and outside of texting my roommate or checking Facebook updates, that is about as techy as I get when I even remember to carry the phone with me.I took Debora Geary's advice and began reading Matchmakers 2.0 - the first in her Novel Nibbles series - on the phone.  Mrs. Geary's Novel Nibbles collection are quick and satisfying reads meant for your ereaders or phone apps.The chapters are short and fast paced.  There's not a lot of character development here, but there's lots of witty dialogue that held my interest as the narrative moves along. There may not be much in-depth literary merit to it, but there is a market for it and this Nibble left my appetite quite satisfied.Mick is a fun and humorous narrator, having earned her Ph.D. thanks to a thesis on guppy mating habits.  Derrick is a techy geek in love.  Miri is an astrology hound who won't date anyone without knowing their sign first.  And there's an array of secondary characters coming and going that really spice things up.In a generation like today's where we are on the go and our gadgets are all about convenience, we often want to read something that moves at the same pace as our lives, and which we can access and connect with in a flash.  Geary's Novel Nibbles meets that need.  And at just 99 cents, the price is affordable.And I think others agree!  At the time I'm writing this, Matchmakers 2.0 has earned 139 reviews at Amazon, a 4.5 star rating, and has been on a few Kindle bestseller charts.Definitely a snack worth sampling!