A delightful novel about letting go of youth and embracing the sassy curmudgeon within
Don't harass her about parasailing or taking Italian language courses. Forget about suggesting she join a gym. Marie Sharp may be a little creaky in the bones as she heads toward the big 6-0, but she's fine with it. She would rather do without all the moving-to-Florida-bicycling-across- Mongolia-for-the-hell-of-it hoopla that her friends insist upon. She's already led an exciting life: She came of age in the 1960s, after all. Now, with both a new grandchild and a new man on the horizon, all she wants to do is make the most of what she considers the most interesting stage of her life. In this wonderfully astute novel based on the author's own experiences, No! I Don't Want to Join a Book Club is the funny--and often poignant--fictionalized diary of an older woman . . . a decade or two past her prime and content to leave it all behind her. So don't tell her to take a gourmet cooking class, and whatever you do, don't you dare tell her to join a book club. Fresh and truly unique, moving gracefully on in years has never been more hilarious than in this forthright grandma's take on the "third phase" of life.

Taking to the monthly meet up

Caught at today's meet-up, on to Mt TBR.

I have decided I'm far too young to appreciate this book...

Will release this on to the shelves.

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I think I am old enough for this book and I hate people trying to make me join clubs.....
So I should enjoy reading this.

I refuse to join a bookclub too. I love books and am an avid bookcrosser but I want to choose what I read, not have someone tell me we're all reading a specific book and then discussing it. We did that at school!
This book is about ageing and I could relate to a lot of it, having passed 60 and stepped over the real threshold to old age, namely 70. In your 60's you prepare for it and at 70 your body starts to fall apart.
I note that the author would have been turning 60 when she wrote this chick-lit for the older woman, being an early Baby Boomer. Those of us born just before or during WW2 are the Silent Generation, so many of the things Baby Boomers got up to did not apply.
However, I agree that the best thing is being a grandmother!

Release #185 for 2016 ...

Found at the ever bountiful Pyrmont Community Centre Book Exchange BookCrossingZone.

Being 70, I will see how my reaction goes compared with the comments so far.

Bridget Jones' diary for the over 60s. It was a fun, and quick, read.

In this well populated street library