So....a nice enough guy makes a long list of all the dullest tasks he can think of, and does them, mostly, and his life is still lovely and nothing really significantly changes because he happily admits he's a 'bit hopeless' at finishing (or indeed starting) these tasks. So he does all the boring...
I expect this book annoys anyone who has to shelve books for a living, which way up does it go? The gimmick is that one side is the story of the hen weekend and the other side is the story of the stag weekend of a thirty-something couple. I found the stag section more enjoyable, and especially ho...
An enjoyable lighthearted holiday read. I loved the idea of two stories told in the same timescale - one the stag do and one the hen do. Its up to you which story you read first and I chose the hen do, which was the better story and left you wondering what the hell the men were up to in Amsterda...
To my shame it had been a while since I had read a Mike Gayle book so when I took The Importance of Being a Batchelor from my shelf I was looking forward to the read and was not disappointed. Funny, engaging, Mike Gayle as ever pulls you into the lives and situations of the Batchelor family. Fo...
This one is fresh. I have not read a funnier description of a heartbroken bachelor before, maybe I have not read enough, yet this would be funnier I speculate. This actually seemed a generalization of a twenty-something bachelor's life and of all his everyday feats. If I had to quote everything t...
Konon, Gabrielle Zevin pernah bilang, “Sometimes books don't find us until the right time.”Saya tahu keberadaan buku ini sejak beberapa tahun lalu, tapi baru ada niatan beli Senin lalu saat melihatnya di tumpukan diskonan. Karena sedang ingin bacaan ringan, maka dari banyak tumpukan (kurang lebih...
Read October, 2006 Mike Gayle has easily become one of my go to authours. When he comes out with a new book I am amungst the first to order it, when I am in a slump and want to read something that is sure to give me a chuckle I pick up a Mike Gayle book. His voice is always fresh and his story li...
“Where did we go wrong?”The above question probably haunts everyone whose relationship recently went down the drain. Some would probably spend most of his / her time trying to figure out what the cause of the split while the rest struggle to move on without bothering to do the full-blown analysis...
Category: BooksAuthor: Mike GayleGenre: Pop LiteratureRate: 3 out of 5Buku yang gw dapatkan dari diskonan Gramedia di Lotte Mart Fatmawati. Alasan gw beli buku ini?1. Karena lagi diskon (cuma jadi 20 ribu, hehehe),2. Karena judulnya, Turning Thirty - Beranjak Tiga Puluh.Itulah kondisi gw sekarang...