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Unexpected Item in the Bagging Area: Driven Crazy by the Modern World? by Chris Martin

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First published June 1, 2013

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Chris Martin

9 books
Librarian Note: There is more than one author by this name in the Goodreads database.

Book editor who comes from a family of golfers and virtually has golf balls in his blood. Chris lives in Notting Hill, London.

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May 30, 2021
It is not a literature I usually love to read, but as a sidepiece while sitting in a room full of students and just watching an exam happen, it was pretty amazing. Funny, simple, short and totally relatable.
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October 30, 2014
Hilarious it's not, mildly amusing (in parts) it might be. It's not a book to read at length - most of the entries are written to a particular pattern; one that becomes a touch tedious after a while. It's a book to dip into as you sit with a cup of tea for ten minutes before getting on with something more interesting.

Exaggeration is expected in a book like this, of course it is, but do you check the weather forecast ". . . online every few hours."? And unless you've never been outside London you might find some of the entries slightly puzzling - some of the entries are just not as ubiquitous as is claimed or suggested.

If you find, as the cover-blurb suggests, that . . . you are not alone. . . with more than a couple of these entries, you should probably seek help.
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April 25, 2013
Could have been really funny but it didnt quite make it. More like Grumpy Old Men but without the humour.
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June 28, 2015
Some funny, some ho-hum cameos of everyday life. Nice light read over breakfast.
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February 21, 2018
I really enjoyed this book and it really made me think about real life scenarios
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