Friends Like These by Danny Wallace, 2008
Read: August 2009
We bought this book when it came out last year as we have read and enjoyed all of Danny's other books. Scott read it last summer, but we left it in the UK so I only had a chance to read it when getting back there this summer.
Like his other books, Danny writes in a really relaxed style that is enjoyable to read. I can really see the "boy projects" he embarks on and how they are fun, but possibly frustrating for others! I felt that sometimes in this book Danny played up the "I'm not ready to grow up yet" card, but there was a nice sentiment around the idea of finding old friends that you'd lost touch with.
It was really funny, because in the middle of reading this I had an appointment at the doctors near MVR and bumped into a friend from Primary school that I hadn't seen in a good 5 years. What made it more random was that although I knew his parents, and my parents, still lived in the same area, the surgery was one that neither family went to when we knew each other. It turns out that he has been living abroad for the past year and is doing a second year abroad too - small world!!
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