Entertaining, fun read.

Humorous and mildly sarcastic. The author gives a glimpse of life in the silver age - love, grandchildren, inconveniences, health, ego. Simple, easy and rhythemic read.

It's Saturday night, my husband's asleep at seven p.m. and I'm reading I'm Too Young to Be Seventy because, well, I am. She is just as funny as she was when I read It's Hard To Be Hip Over Thirty way too many years ago. Now I've go to go back and fill in the years in between. I didn't have kids so I missed all the Alexander books. Maybe I'll read those, too. It's a long Covid year to stay home and stay safe. Thank heavens for books. Thank authors for books.

For my seventieth birthday I was gifted I’m Too Young To Be Seventy: And Other Delusions by Judith Viorst. Some of the limericks made me chuckle, others made me reflect on a life well-lived.

The topics discussed are group into four sections: At Seventy, Still Married, The Children and Grandchildren, and The Rest of It. For me, most of the poems were relative in some for, if only to provide a chuckle.

If you are looking for a humorous and poignant gift for a new septuagenarian, I recommend I’m Too Young To Be Seventy.

I am too young to be seventy! Thanks for an entertaining and funny, yet poignant book!

This is a short book of 31 poems by an author whom I am familiar with because of her children's books. I saw the title at the library and totally judged a book by its cover. This time it paid off. The poems are mostly humorous, sometimes sweet, with whimsical line drawings illustrating each one of them.

Example:
The Sixth Grandchild:
Our number six has arrived,
The last but not the least.
How our happiness has increased since he made his debut.
How our family has increased. We used to be two
And now we set the table for fourteen.
Who knew, on that long-ago night when we first danced to "Begin the Beguine,"
What we were beginning!

I ordered SUDDENLY SIXTY (yeah, this is a series) because that is what has suddenly happened to me. These books would make great birthday gifts for women on their 30th, 40th, 50th, 60th or 70th birthdays.

These Delightful poems and stories made me laugh, sigh, and think. Plus, the artwork is lovely. Judith Viorst is insightful and creative. Thank you to my friend Lynn for loaning me this book.

2.5 * i can see why so many really liked these poems… just not for me. I would suggest you look at a copy (library or book store) before purchasing.

fun and funny with some good insight

Very funny! I definitely could relate.

While I've still go a few decades to go before I can fully appreciate this one, I enjoyed this book of poems that capture turning 70. Many of the poems were humorous and could be appreciated at any age. I may use this for the 2017 PopSugar Reading Challenge prompt "A book with pictures" since there are illustrations throughout.

Delightful, insightful humor