Firstly, not fiction. Secondly, a retread. CB is renowned for snappy old Sex and the City, and rightly so, it was innovative and funny. But that was some decades ago now. Here, she is reprising the format - a quasi-study of the mating and dating habits of her contemporaries, with funny names and categorizations. Except that the notion seems dated now, and sad. And superficial, And a bit desperate. Everything isn’t material, but Bushnell writes as if it is - her life, her dog, her friends, her needs for shoes or skins cream. Enough already.

This book was kind of all over the place. It was almost a little hard to follow, with different snippets of what was going on with different people at different times. Of course I was a huge sex in the city fan, but this book was mostly just kind of sad.thank you to netgalley for the ARC.

This book didn’t delight me as much as the original. It was a fun read, don’t get me wrong, but I was quite able to put it down and didn’t miss the characters when I was done.

Candace Bushnell at her best! Is there still sex in the city? That depends. Learn about MAM (middle age madness), cubbing, online dating, and of course, female friendships.
Honest, raw and funny, I read this in two days, laughing out loud and reading aloud to my husband.
Whether Candace wrestles with the idea of dating an older man (what if he falls down?), reconnects with an ex, or finds love again; women ‘of a certain age’ will smile, nod and ultimately cheer her along.

Another Candace Bushnell hit! I love all of her books and this one did not disappoint. I learned lots of new terms like MAM, MNB, SAPs, different types of cubs, different types of bike men types, hot drops, etc. Never thought I’d learn about a “Mona Lisa” treatment either! Once again, the author proves that she is fabulous no matter the age or relationship status.


(Will post to Goodreads and Amazon once the book is released!)

Enjoyed the book -- but it's very much a book that you'd have to like Candace Bushnell to enjoy -- it's written very much in her style of writing. Easy read -- doesn't stand up to Sex and the City, but I liked it

Did everyone else know that this book wasn't going to be about Carrie, Samantha, Charlotte, and Miranda? I did NOT. It took me about two or three chapters of waiting for one of them to show up to realize that this book was not about them. It was about a completely difference set of people. Once I got past my initial disappointment in missing my favorite characters and opened myself up to the possibility of something new, I enjoyed this book.

Is There Still Sex in the City follows the same essay style of the first book and follows Candace as she navigates dating and sex in her 50s in New York. It is a light, fun, easy ready that I think will resonate with older fans of the original book.

Thanks to NetGalley and Grove Press for the digital ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I read Candace Bushnell's new book, Is There Still Sex In The City? in one sitting, alternately highlighting brilliant observations and rolling my eyes. I usually love Bushnell's novels, and quite like her paperback blogs. This book revisits the classic Sex And The City, in the same connected essays kind of style. There's a chatty first-person narrator, relating her own and her friends' experiences.  Like the original SatC, there's a lot of people asking their friends round to talk about men, sex, friendship and occasionally awkward, dated looks at Tinder.  I don't want to read about how the olds just can't figure out Tinder, we have  no shortage of thinkpieces on incomprehensible millennial desires and how different dating is now. No, I want to hear about actual middle-aged dating and romance. 

There's a lot to like here, with the same kind of sharp observations and honesty that makes her novels work. She talks about husbands who just don't, whether it's picking up paper towels or participating in marriage, while their wives do all the adulting. And honestly, haven't we all met this couple before? There's also a lot about the enduring value of female friendships.

Bushnell's novels drip with wealth and privilege, and it's usually such great fun to slip into that world. Here, though, it was hard to go along with the anecdote about multi-thousand-dollar facials, because it felt like a tone-deaf complaint about pushy salespeople. (Geez, even the girl friends buying houses in the same stylish town seems like a hopelessly unrealistic dream for our generation.)

If you read One Fifth Avenue and you wondered what Mindy Gooch's blog would be like, this is it.

Thank you NetGalley for my ARC of this book in Exchange for my honest review.
As Sex and the City is one of my all time favorites I was excited to read this one, and as usual Candace Bushnell does not disappoint.
I enjoyed reading about life for middle-aged women, and how even if it doesn’t always turn out the way you planned, it can still be a fabulous life.

Is there still Sex in the city was a unique read. All at once, I felt I was too old and to young for this book. A look into dating over 50, I felt confused, inspired, vibrant and invisible all at once. An interesting dive into the subject matter. The case studies and chapters were intriguing and I was left wanting more. Who knew that there was still Sex in the city during middle age and beyond.

This was an interesting book. I grew up with sex and the city and enjoyed the characters. This was in the save vein but the characters had moved out of the city and are now in third fifties. There is still angst and moving scenes.

Candace Bushnell’s new book is seriously laugh out loud funny and I could not put it down. I’m a huge fan of her other books and was super excited to get the chance to read this one as well. I love the stories of how she is now divorced and going through single life with her friends. I think Candace writes this book so well cause she is giving the readers her life experience and what it’s like to go through these emotional times. I found myself laughing and nodding along with this book so much. The stories of how cougars have changed through the years is not only informational but funny and had me laughing. I love how she not only has had these extremely close friendships to help guide her through these things but has made new friendships with other people along the way. It’s a great example to woman empowerment and friendship and that during hard times in life we all need someone to help us laugh to get through it. As someone who hates moving all the time I honestly can’t imagine doing it like she has. But this book was fabulous and I’m so I read it and will definitely recommend it to my friends and book clubs.

A lively romp through the golden years - Candace Bushnell writes about sex in the city, now that she is middle aged, meaning if you live to 100, your middle aged years start at 50-60.
I am about the same age as Bushnell and lived in NYC during the 1980's, modeling, watching the TV series, Sex in the City & wishing I was Carrie Bradshaw.
I read Bushnell's first book and can relate to this one as well, except by the 1990's, I was married and living in the suburbs, in the "reproductive lifestyle", as she calls it.
She is a good writer and this book was a quick, entertaining read for me. Parts were poignant, but mostly laugh out loud funny to me. However, I really do not miss that whole dating scene! Even if I were to suddenly become single again, I (literally) don't have the stomach for it.

This book made me feel like I was sitting down with a drink and catching up with an old friend. As a fan of “Sex and the City,” I had to read this one and I wasn’t disappointed. I would recommend it to fans of the show. I think it will do well with them.

Did not enjoy this book. It felt that a book that was written to try to cash in on any remaining sentiment for the original.

I enjoyed Sex and the City when it was originally aired and have read most everything that Candace Bushnell has written. Is There Still Sex in the City is SATC grown up, but also a little bleak. I do enjoy when women come together and support each other but this left me a little depressed. It did leave me appreciating the path of my life a bit.

I am lady of a certain age who was in her twenties when Sex in The City was becoming big. I read the book, I watched the TV series, I watched the films. Then I accepted that, time was gone. In fact so did Candace Bushnell. She had found her Mr Big and she was married and that was that. But sadly not as life happened and she was divorced and finding her self yet again. Alongside quite a few of her female friends. So another group of female support was formed and with a lot of persuasion from her agent a book looking at women's experience of dating and living when you are post menopausal and heading towards your sixties. I'm not sure if this would have got of the ground thirty years ago but we are still the same women just with older bodies and more life experience.
I learnt so much in this book I was both entertained and enlightened! Candace is the ultimate tale teller and she does it do well, I hadn't forgotten how she could include so much detail in one paragraph! For any previous fans, you will not be disappointed with this latest installment.

As other books by this author, it is hilarious. I read this in one afternoon. This story about dating when you reach middle age (the super middles) starts from Tinder exploration to “cubbing” and beyond. You will have to read this to learn about cubbing phenomenon, MAM, MNB, bicycle boys and everyone else. My favorite quote from book is “age is irrelevant and we are all in a new territory”. This is a fun read!!!

Is there still sex in the city?

I was able to read this book thanks to NetGalley and I was so excited to read it. I love all things related to “sex and the city” and I adore any book set in New York City. This is memoir of sorts. It opens after her husband asks for a divorce and suddenly she is navigating the single life. She is in high demand to research and write about dating again. She walks us through tales of her single friends and all the different types of men they encounter along their journey. I thought overall this book was very funny and entertaining and I loved some of the hilarious insight and one-liners. Sometimes I feel like the flow was off and it felt slightly disjointed by abrupt topic changes. Either way it was great to see another book by this author and I will always be a loyal reader. Thanks once again to NetGalley.

Awesome book. Love any book by this author. I loved the story line and the characters if you haven’t read this I suggest you do