The Forever 39ers

A light funny romp about 4 women friends facing life and their 50s.

What a fantastic read!!!! Oh what fun I had reading this book. Great book about friendships and life's ups and downs. What I took away from this book besides the wonderful feeling of friendship is as long as you can laugh, you will be ok. Plus, it was set in NJ, a place I love to visit. Thanks to NetGalley, the author and the publisher for the ARC of this book in return for my honest review. Great, great read!!!!

This is the story of a group of friends and how their strong friendship gets them through some difficult tasks in life. Sounds familiar, right. Even though we have encountered similar story lines in other books, films, and television series, those who like this kind of story will have an enjoyable time with The Forever 39ers and their life struggles, love lives, and friendship cheering. It is interesting how many of these stories portray female friendship as a lifeline; in other words, men are a necessity of life but women need women to feel understood and completely happy. The Forever 39ers is a good book to pass the time, discuss it with our friends, and find similarities with our lives.

I really enjoyed this book. Knew right from the first few pages i was going to like it. Well written and loved the characters.

Thank you so much to booksgosical via netgalley for sending me an ARC copy of the forever 39ers by Shari Ortiz.

From the very first sentence this book was hilarious and the hunor continued throughout the story.

A group if friends decide that they will metaphorically stay 39 forever but as 50 is coming around for the ladies, they start to reflect/come to terms with their real age when life, children and doctors appointments age with them.

I love Kate and her very straight forward statements.

Im not 39+ but as I work with people a good age gap above me i was able to relate to this book and how the characters act because thats how the majority of women act young and old.

I will buy this book for my girlfriend. I even know which one. This book is a nice big tall cup of Starbucks best coffee with whipped cream and chocolate sprinkles. This book is a huge slice of chocolate mud cake with as many forks as you have girlfriends to share it with.

There is no mystery. There is no suspense. There is no life-altering drama… or is there? Menopause is a life altering phenomeneon, isn’t it?

However, this book is not about drama and conflict. The Forever 39ers is simply a year in a life of the main character Jill, her family and her 3 best friends. It is a bit of everything from the fun and shenanigans of going for group colonoscopy (yeah, right) to the horrors of swimsuit shopping, from birthday parties to broken hearts.

This book is a very nice read. It is like a best friend in a way. The book is here to show you that you are not alone in your travel past 39 y.o. It is here to support your life choices or point you in a direction of a new angle on your life. Have a read, you will know what I mean.

I really like this book and really appreciated the characters. Funny and poignant. A very good read

Thanks NetGalley for the ARC for my Kindle.
What a light and funny read for ant woman approaching her latter years!