Friends Like These - Danny Wallace

Turning 30 is not a pleasant experience. In reality nothing much has changed, a simple number that should impact nothing. However, inside your head this is not the case. One night you go to bed a care free 20 something with a life of joy; only to wake up someone with responsibilities. 30 makes you feel like you should have reached a few of those life goals that society demands - marriage, house and kids. However, anyone with any sense realises that having a house and kids is no longer affordable. Yes, you can decide to live in poverty for the rest of your life, but why should I? No, turning 30 is a horrible thing that makes you question who you are meant to be and ...  Read the complete review

I first came across this book when it was serialised in a sunday newspaper. I may have totally missed it had it not paraphrased a section relating to Danny Wallace's escapades in Loughborough. This drew me in seeing as I went to university there and was overwhelmed with a sense of nostalgia. As it turns out nostalgia and reliving ones youth are central themes to this tome. I found myself laughing out loud at the excerp in the paper and nipped onto amazon to precure a copy of the book. Danny Wallace is fast approaching 30 (or that point in time where you have to shed childish things and become a grown up). This thought perterbs him greatly, as does his ...  Read the complete review

I have been a fan of Danny Wallace for quite a while now - ever since I read his collaboration with Dave Gorman on the book 'Are You Dave Gorman?' Since then Danny has gone on to write a number of books of his own, all based on mad boyish escapades which manage to take him to far flung places and sometimes land him in a bit of bother! His latest book that I have read - Friends like These - is written in the same vein, although it does have some quite thought provoking and poignant moments too. As he writes this book, Danny is fast approaching his thirtieth birthday which seems to be causing him a bit of a crisis. Although he is happily married to Lizzie, they ...  Read the complete review

If you've come across any of my previous reviews, you will know that I am a huge Danny Wallace fan (huge as in '' not fan'!). I love his enthusiasm and boyish glee about everything in life and could quite happily read his books over and over again non-stop. I also have a tiny crush on him but we won't get into that... So what's this book about? Well, 'Friends Like These' is the newest book from our unlikely hero Danny Wallace. It tells the story of how he strugglees with the realisation that he's about to turn thirty. After finding an old address book from his childhood containing 12 long-lost friends, he decides to track them all down and see how they're ...  Read the complete review

After reading and enjoying Danny Wallace's previous 2 books, 'Join Me' and 'Yes Man', I was delighted to see he had written another and popped down to my local Tesco, and picked it up for only £3.56; a bargain compared to the recommended price of £7.99. The events of the book actually happened to Danny during 2006 although some the predicaments he finds himself in are often so hilarious, it's hard to believe! The book's premise is simple; Danny just wants to update his address book. However the address book in question is from his childhood, and many of the people inside have been out of his life for over 20 years, and so his quest to reconnect with old ...  Read the complete review