i haven't read the book, just the review on this site, so am chiming in just to add my two cents (actually it's more like ten dollars).

between the ages of 59.25  to 60.25, i dated 26 men, all met on two internet dating sites.

-- none of the men was an alcoholic, none was younger than i, none was creepy.

-- they were mostly pretty wacky & eccentric, which is why they made great blog material.  one of them remains a friend.

-- i was picky about dating and picky about sex.

-- before i met my boyfriend, five months ago (and 367 days after i started dating), i only had what could be called a 'relationship' with one of the other 25 men, and he's the one who's still a friend.

-- so i would say i had pretty good luck, but then, i was fairly single-minded in my pursuit of a partner (though i was working fulltime and still am).  i didn't join an exercise club or start an exercise program; i just walked a lot.  i didn't dye my hair; i just found someone who was really good at blow-drying it.  i didn't buy expensive clothes, but i did buy a lot of them (am wearing them all these days, when i don't have time for shopping because my social life is so much better).  and with the exception of two men from a nearby city,  i met all of them in new york.

-- on my blog, sexagenarian and the city  http://sexagenarian07.wordpress.com  i talk about why sex with men in their 60s and early 70s is so good (quick answer: they've been married a lot and divorced a lot, ergo they've had lots of experience in pleasing many different women).  They are so much better than men in their 20s, 30s, and 40s!  Yes, i'm only talking about 3 men total, but they were a great 3.

It would have been fun to have compared notes with Pepper Schwartz while we were both dating.   Possibly we could have recycled a few of the men, though it sounds as if our tastes are somewhat different.

NB my boyfriend is almost 71...since the day i met him, i haven't wanted to be with anyone else.   for the story of how i turned down sex with the man i dated the day before i met the b/f, see

http://sexagenarian07.wordpress.com/2007/06/28/feast-or-famine-in-the-dating-world-a-final-conversation-with-man-1-and-the-implications-of-global-warming-for-dating-in-new-york/