How Long to Read Fifty Is the New Nothing

How Long Does it Take to Read Fifty Is the New Nothing?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 20 minutes to read Fifty Is the New Nothing by Chuck Sigars

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

". I don't want to go to law school, or pursue another advanced degree, or change my career, which would be funny if I had a career to begin with. I might do all of those things come the next season, but this is summer and I'm about to turn 50 and suddenly I have the makings of a gym in my basement and it's clear to me. I want to be Batman." --The Dark Knight of the SoulSome people age well. Others, not so much. When it came to turning 50, though, Pacific Northwest columnist Chuck Sigars realized it was an ideal time to start over. From his popular newspaper columns for Beacon Publishing, "50 Is The New Nothing" explores the possibilities, not the limitations, of aging. With his trademark humor, Sigars describes his adventures losing 100 pounds, learning to count calories and walk for miles, along with his discovery of exactly how many push-ups he could do (three)."50 Is The New Nothing" could also be a primer on aging gracelessly, as Sigars explores the pitalls and signposts on the road to old guy status, including which shirts should never be tucked in and how to avoid talking like a teenager.Divided into two sections, "Finding Fifty" and "Family Matters," in the latter part of the book Sigars turns his attention to the ones that matter most, as he prepares for his daughter's wedding. Along the way, he takes a crosscountry road trip and finds out that home is where the heart is, as long as you know where home is and who is waiting for you there.Ultimately this is a story of discovery, told through the eyes of a 50-something newspaper columnist who was surprised as anyone to hit the big Five-Oh. As he points out in the preface, this generation of Late Boomers might be the least prepared of any cohort for senior citizenhood. "We were never going to get old," he writes in the introduction. "We were going to coast, drafting like Dennis Christopher in 'Breaking Away' (1976) behind the preceding generations and particularly technology, getting younger even as the years passed, picking up speed by virtue of being born on the cusp of a new era and reaching adolescence in an angst-free time."What happens, of course, is what everyone experiences eventually, but told through the aging eyes of a funny man who decides to start over in the middle, just for the heck of it, and surprises himself, and us, with what he finds.

How long is Fifty Is the New Nothing?

Fifty Is the New Nothing by Chuck Sigars is 200 pages long, and a total of 50,000 words.

This makes it 67% the length of the average book. It also has 61% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Fifty Is the New Nothing Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 33 minutes to read Fifty Is the New Nothing aloud.

What Reading Level is Fifty Is the New Nothing?

Fifty Is the New Nothing is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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