How to Grow Old
A middle-aged man moaning

funny book looking at growing old and moaning and his experiences of getting older......more

I've come to surprising realization. You don't have to completely, or even at all, resonate with man telling the jokes to find them completely hilarious. And when the "jokes" are real life stories, for some deep psychological reason, the urge to laugh becomes irresistible. I always thought you should......more

I'm not quite sure why I decided to read this book. I'm not really sure what John Bishop was aiming at when he decided to write it. He comes across as incredibly vain but tempers it by writing about his family with deep affection and it is very obvious he is devoted to them. But there is a darkness ther......more

This is not a book I would have ever purchased or wanted to read, but as with most 'celebrity' books (75%), it was a Xmas gift. Another fact is that 75% are never read and Bishop by his own admission often doesn't read past 10 pages. Well, I read this one, and it is fair to say that it started well......more

The blurb for this book itself shatters the title of this book. It’s right there in big print. Just don’t die. That’s how you grow old. So no, this is not instructions on how to get old. What it becomes over the course of the book is a story with how to deal with getting old. John is 52 at the time......more