Turning Thirty
2 journalers for this copy...
Haven't read it yet, but my TBR list is quite big and I'm not fond of Mike Gayle. So it is available for trade, RABCK, relay...
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Update 22 June 05: Mailed to Sidney1220 as part of a relay. Enjoy!
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Update 22 June 05: Mailed to Sidney1220 as part of a relay. Enjoy!
Received in the mail today. Thank you...
"Thirty means only going to the pub if there's somewhere to sit down. Thirty means owning at least one classical CD, even it it's Now That's What I Call Classical Vol 6. Thirty means calling off the search for the perfect partner because now, after all these years in the wilderness, you've finally found what you've been looking for."
Unlike most people Matt Beckford is actually looking forward to turning thirty. After struggling through most of his twenties, he thinks his career, finances and love life are finally sorted. But when he splits up with his girlfriend, he realises that life has different plans for him and Matt temporarily moves back home to his parents.
Within hours, his mum and dad are driving him up the wall. So he decides to get in touch with his old school mates and tracks down the rest of the magnificent seven- Gershwin, Pete, Bev, Katrina, Elliot and Ginny, his former on-off girlfriend. Back together after a decade apart. But when you're turning thirty nothing's as simple as it used to be.
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I've heard a friend refer to this book as the male version of "Bridget Jones" but it's nowhere near as funny as that. Literally nothing happens in this book. There are vignettes after vignettes of the central characters doing the most mundane things- going to a pub for a drink, share some bits of wisdom about turning 30, go home, go out for another drink the next weekend, share some more bits of wisdom...And when I finally reached the end, I felt really cheated by how the book wrapped up.
A most unsatisfying read.
Unlike most people Matt Beckford is actually looking forward to turning thirty. After struggling through most of his twenties, he thinks his career, finances and love life are finally sorted. But when he splits up with his girlfriend, he realises that life has different plans for him and Matt temporarily moves back home to his parents.
Within hours, his mum and dad are driving him up the wall. So he decides to get in touch with his old school mates and tracks down the rest of the magnificent seven- Gershwin, Pete, Bev, Katrina, Elliot and Ginny, his former on-off girlfriend. Back together after a decade apart. But when you're turning thirty nothing's as simple as it used to be.
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I've heard a friend refer to this book as the male version of "Bridget Jones" but it's nowhere near as funny as that. Literally nothing happens in this book. There are vignettes after vignettes of the central characters doing the most mundane things- going to a pub for a drink, share some bits of wisdom about turning 30, go home, go out for another drink the next weekend, share some more bits of wisdom...And when I finally reached the end, I felt really cheated by how the book wrapped up.
A most unsatisfying read.
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