Another Shot: How I Relived My Life in Less Than a Year

by Joe Kita

After turning forty, a Men's Health magazine writer and author of Wisdom of Our Fathers sets out to relive twenty personal regrets, including rectifying getting cut from his high school basketball team by trying out again for the squad twenty years later. Reprint.

Genres: Nonfiction, Memoir, Audiobook

240 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2001

Reviews

[Teena in Toronto · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book caught my eye at the library ... it sounded like an interesting premise.

I enjoyed the writing style and the stories. I'd definitely recommend it!

My favourite missed opportunities? Chapter 16: Not being a real man (he did a survival camp ... I can't imagine being left alone for two days!), Chapter 18: Mistreating a dog (made me hug my dog and cats), and Chapter 19: Not having a hero (he worked out with Jack LaLanne).

Would I want to relive any of my "missed opportunities"? No way ... my experiences are what make me who I am today. How about you?

I'll leave you with a quote that resonnated with me from his story about trying to find his first car ... I'll have realized a long time ago that it's only where you are and where you are heading that matters. So true!

[Dietrich West-Graham · Rating 4 out of 5]

Easy read. Makes you want to try something new and different. Made me think about the choices you make in life. And the choices you would not change.

[Kristal Stidham]

A forty-something guy makes a list of the greatest regrets in his life and goes back to re-address them, with varying degrees of success. It’s a decent idea, but he could have made it more realistic by attempting the project within his own financial means instead of having his publisher foot the bill. I liked the book overall (especially the wedding bit) but would sooner recommend one of my favorites: “No Opportunity Wasted” by Phil Koeghan. It’s all about living a life without regrets to begin with!

[Shin · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book gets a 3.5 star rating. It seemed the book started of strong, had a weak middle, and a nice ending. Some of the topics were a little bit of stretch, but everything was broken up into short, easy to read, standalone chapters.

[Jen Manning · Rating 4 out of 5]

One guy decides to go back and re-live those moments he regrets in a year

[Jody · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read with my 7/8th grade literature circle.

A good book but might be better with high schoolers (some of the language was questionable. Adult readers will enjoy the humor.

[Len or Len · Rating 2 out of 5]

I think he should take another shot at writing this.