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    <body><![CDATA[Having done the Facebook thing (which I thoroughly enjoyed), this rang a lot of bells for me and, as Wallace notes early on, the more specific he made things to him, the more universal they seemed to become.  He uses the fear of turning 30 well (I remember that fear well, far worse than anything I f...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72206912">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Friends Like These: My Worldwide Quest to Find My Best Childhood Friends, Knock on Their Doors, and Ask Them to Come Out and Play by Danny Wallace was just what the doctor ordered! Entertaining, funny and sweet.<br/><br/>The story is simple enough: become worried turning 30 implies becoming an adu...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71624674">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[When I read the description of this book, I had trouble imagining how someone could write an entire book about a process that might take 30 minutes on Facebook. I mean, my dad is on Facebook--surely this author could find a few childhood friends there?<br/><br/>Of course he could.  But what made t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73649948">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Dear Daniel Wallace,<br/><br/>I won your book in a Goodreads Giveaway. I enter any giveaway where the synopsis seems halfway interesting.<br/><br/>First, I must take you to task for the book jacket. It looks awful, like a scrap-booking mishap, with photos of people that will mean nothing and mak...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73683325">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I veered between liking this guy and being really frustrated with his immaturity.  Of course, he's no different from many almost-30 year olds!  He is a deftly amusing writer, and I enjoyed his description of meetings with childhood friends.  However, the main thought I will take away from this book ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75356271">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book made me laugh. Simple as that. <br/><br/>It was interesting to see him find all his friends. As I started reading this, I told Chris that he must have moved often or gone to an international school or something in order to have lost contact with friends and have them end up all over the ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78639104">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[won on goodreads!<br/><br/>i liked this book. it was an amusing story about a guy hitting 30 and finding himself married, domestic, and kind of fearful of what he's lost (friends, past, etc).<br/><br/>basically, he sets out to find 12 friends from his childhood to see what he can discover.  <br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71860202">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Although this doesn't quite hit the heights of other books of this kind (cough, Dave Gorman!) this is still a very amusing and rather lovely account of one man's attempt to rekindle his childhood friendships before his thirtieth birthday. I definitely want to go to the ninja restaurant!]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[2.5 stars. A book about a guy nearing thirty who looks up 12 of his childhood friends. One of the back cover blurbs states &quot;The funniest book you'll read this year.&quot; That wasn't the case for me. It was an average read, and I didn't find it all that funny.<br/>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Like Danny's other books, this is so funny it is genuinely laugh out loud. His writing is like conversation, it flows brilliantly and you get an instant rapport with him. Without spoiling anything for you I can only say that the part with the white rabbit is just inspired!]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Entertaining story of the author's attempts to reconnect with childhood friends.  A little disjointed and a little British at times, but overall entertaining.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Not my usual type of read but it was a lot of fun!  I laughed a lot and really felt invested in Danny's journey to rediscover his childhood friends.  ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[As usual from Danny Wallace, an enjoyable read, but not up to the standard of Yes Man or Join Me.  Still entertaining though.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A very good book from Mr. Wallace yet again. The only negative I have (and why it only scores 4 out of 5) is that it rather skips over the LA meeting with Ben.]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Alarmed at the prospect of turning thirty and having to - gah! - grow up, bestselling author Danny Wallace sets off on a new quest: to track down his long-lost best mates...]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Great....though be warned...you may want to log onto friends reuintied after readying and buy scatter cushions!]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Friends Like These: My Worldwide Quest to Find My Best Childhood Friends, Knock on Their Doors, and Ask Them to Come Out and Play]]>
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    <![CDATA[Danny Wallace has friends. He has a wife and goes to brunch, and his new house has a couch with throw pillows. But as he nears 30, he can't help wondering about his best childhood friends, whose names he finds in a long-forgotten address book. Where are they now-and where, really, is he?&lt;/br&gt;&lt;/br&gt;  Acting on an impulse we've all had at least once, he travels from London to Berlin, Tokyo, Australia, and California, risking rejection and ridicule to show up on his old pals' doorsteps. Memories of his 1980s childhood-from Michael Jackson to <em>Ghostbusters</em>-overwhelm him as he meets former buddies who have blossomed into rappers and ninjas, time-traveling pioneers, mediocre restaurant managers, and even Fijian royalty. &lt;/br&gt;&lt;/br&gt;  Danny's attempt to re-befriend them all gives remarkable new resonance to the age-old mantra, &quot;friends forever!&quot;]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[As much as I enjoyed this, I couldn't help feel it was somewhat self-indulgent compared to Danny's previous books. Instead of a neat stunt (for lack of a better word) to frame this story, this time we're given a less involving tale of Danny reconnecting with friend from his past, and the lengths he ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/33989339">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Wallace is very funny, but the book and its topic felt almost silly and wasteful at times.  Danny is definitely someone I'd want to be friends with-- I'm excited to look up his podcasts.  I just don't find his personal journey that interesting.  <br/><br/>This would be a fun beach read though.]]></body>
    
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