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Dave Barry Turns 40
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Dave Barry
"Just the ticket for the '90s."
SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
If you're too young for a nursing home yet too old to be a rock star, if your marriage is as exciting as scraping grass off the lawnmower blades, then this hilarious book by Pulitzer-Prize-winning columnist and author is for you. Put on your protective eyewear and take a probing look inside your increasingly Spam-like b...more
SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
If you're too young for a nursing home yet too old to be a rock star, if your marriage is as exciting as scraping grass off the lawnmower blades, then this hilarious book by Pulitzer-Prize-winning columnist and author is for you. Put on your protective eyewear and take a probing look inside your increasingly Spam-like b...more
Paperback, 192 pages
Published
May 7th 1991
by Ballantine Books
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Okay, it's a reread, but it's been, like, ten years since I first read it and I would imagine that if I read it again in ten more years, it'll earn another star.
I'm still peeved he made me cry, in a humor book. (In a good way.)
Anyway, I tripped over it in the used-book store and I'd recently been unable to continue reading this other book of his (but I will later because it's not Dave's fault, but my life's fault.) These things added up to make the rereading of a book I...more
I'm still peeved he made me cry, in a humor book. (In a good way.)
Anyway, I tripped over it in the used-book store and I'd recently been unable to continue reading this other book of his (but I will later because it's not Dave's fault, but my life's fault.) These things added up to make the rereading of a book I...more
This Dave Barry book, titled "Dave Barry Turns 40," was quite funny. I very much enjoyed the booger joke on page 37. Numerous parts, including that part about breakfast cereal, were especially funny! I laughed aloud! Haha!
At the end of the book I was left with the sense that, although I'd just been entertained for an hour and a half, that I'd basically been doing the literary equivalent of shoving peeps up my nose. Peeps the candy, not the slang word for acquaintances....more
At the end of the book I was left with the sense that, although I'd just been entertained for an hour and a half, that I'd basically been doing the literary equivalent of shoving peeps up my nose. Peeps the candy, not the slang word for acquaintances....more
Well, I just turned 40 this year and I love Dave Barry. So this feels like a good one to read right now. :-)
EDITED:
The book was written in 1990, so it's a little outdated (Barry turned 40 in 90, while I was in college and just turned 40 in '08). So, there's a lot of stuff that didn't quite meld with today's 40--the music, styles, politics, etc.--but there WAS a lot of stuff that still resonates today with turning 40. The chapter on marriage and sex was hilarious, and the chapte...more
EDITED:
The book was written in 1990, so it's a little outdated (Barry turned 40 in 90, while I was in college and just turned 40 in '08). So, there's a lot of stuff that didn't quite meld with today's 40--the music, styles, politics, etc.--but there WAS a lot of stuff that still resonates today with turning 40. The chapter on marriage and sex was hilarious, and the chapte...more
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One of my favorites. Explains "How to tell if you're becoming a Republican". Has the explanation of why, when you are trying to remember the name of the person you are talking to, all you can remember are the words to Pineapple Princess. Tells you how to be a geezer. Great stuff.
Okay, so maybe the book is a little dated, being like 20 years old, but it still had me laughing so hard that I had to put the book down so I could breathe again. At one point every new sentence just increased my laughter... and I was reading it while in public, rather hoping I didn't look deranged.
Steven Kent
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When Dave Barry turned forty he was at the top of his game... weren't we all.
He was sharp, his jokes were on point, and his ideas were clever. I read this book and loved it. Then I turned forty myself and realized that I not only loved it, I admired it.
He was sharp, his jokes were on point, and his ideas were clever. I read this book and loved it. Then I turned forty myself and realized that I not only loved it, I admired it.
If you're familiar with typical Dave Barry material, this one is more of the same. Some good chuckles, but becoming pretty dated (written in 1990). As someone that has a ways to go before getting to 40, I was still laughing at some of Barry's jokes. Fast, easy, forgettable read.
MY FAVORITE HUMORIST STRIKES AGAIN. SINCE TURNING 40, OF COURSE I HAD TO READ THIS ONE! TRUE TO FORM... MAKES EVERYTHING IN LIFE EVEN FUNNIER.
Some of his essays here on middle age are hysterical. I especially loved the completely surprising serious bit on caring for aging parents. I was touched and his guilt and sorrow in those few pages really seared my heart. Of course, being Barry, he immediately bounded to more funny business in the next chapter. But his little unexpected cul de sac of grief and remorse was further proof to me that it is darn hard to find humor in caring for your parents in their old age. It is just too sensit...more
Fairly funny. I liked his geezer fashion tips and some of his quizzes.
One of the funniest writers of dry whit that ever lived.
Jolie
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40? who cares, this is a funny book
I laughed out loud several times. Love Dave Barry!
A little dated but still funny. Dave Barry has a wonderful gift for recognizing the absurd. The chapter on parenting and children's sports was the best and so true!
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Reread this morning. I was laughing so hard, I woke up my family, and what is worse, I couldn't drink my coffee without choking. I think Ian would enjoy his humor, perhaps a little too much.
Funny, quick read - I love Dave Barry's humor. Perhaps I should read this again as I hit the same milestone...
Update: I read this one again in honor of my 40th and it's still as funny as ever!
Update: I read this one again in honor of my 40th and it's still as funny as ever!
Mr. Barry never fails to make me giggle - this hilarious take on middle-age was no exception! His chapter on parenting literally brought tears to my eyes, I was laughing so hard
It was a fast, funny read...but then I realized that it was written in 1990, which means that Dave must
be around 60 at this point! Holy crap.
be around 60 at this point! Holy crap.
Since I am turning 40 this year....wait, did I say that out loud?
I like his Best of... better. But this gave me some chuckles!
actually finished a book club book in plenty of time!
Awesome and funny book - i love this guy and can relate!
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Dave Barry is a humor columnist. For 25 years he was a syndicated columnist whose work appeared in more than 500 newspapers in the United States and abroad. In 1988 he won the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary. Many people are still trying to figure out how this happened.
Dave has also written a total of 30 books, although virtually none of them contain useful information. Two of his books were u...more
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