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Customer Reviews for Thomas Nelson A Guy's Guide to Life: How to Become a Man in 224 Pages or Less
Thomas Nelson A Guy's Guide to Life: How to Become a Man in 224 Pages or Less
What does society want of teen guys? To be independent, tough, and macho? To be a sensitive, caring metrosexual? To excel in school and sports and business? The challenges are many, and we haven't even mentioned the most important-and most frightening-topic of conversation: girls. The road to manhood is a perilous one.
Guys need a guidebook, one that asks and answers the questions they're reluctant to discuss. They need a book that addresses the myths of manhood with a straightforward approach teenage guys will appreciate and absorb. Author Jason Boyett understands what many fail to realize-that somewhere between the awkwardness and braggadocio, the goofiness and the developing body, there is a real person struggling to make his mark on the world.
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Customer Reviews for A Guy's Guide to Life: How to Become a Man in 224 Pages or Less
Review 1 for A Guy's Guide to Life: How to Become a Man in 224 Pages or Less
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Fun read
Date:June 15, 2011
Pastor
Location:Wisconsin
Age:45-54
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"A Guy's Guide To Life" subtitle "How To Become A Man In 224 pages or less" was written by Jason Boyett. It was written by teenage guys. I really enjoyed the book as the author has a good sense of humor which you would need in writing and reading such a book. He kept me chuckling throughout the book.
The book has many practical tips such as:
How to shave
How to tie a necktie
How to communicate (even with girls)
How to build and bulk up your faith.
How to shave
How to tie a necktie
How to communicate (even with girls)
How to build and bulk up your faith.
The author answers questions young men have but would never ask out loud. I found myself agreeing almost all the time with his answers. I amgoing to encourage my teenage sons to read it and then keep it as a guide for the practical tips and advise it gives.
The book is divided into three parts: The mind, the body, and the soul.
I appreciated to author's honesty in saying that becoming a man is a lifelong journey, but this book certainly makes it interesting and less confusing.
In the end, Jason puts the emphaise of life where it needs to be, on Jesus. As a Christian, I feel that is where it needs to be. Each indivual must put his own faith there.
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Review 2 for A Guy's Guide to Life: How to Become a Man in 224 Pages or Less
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Date:August 18, 2010
Eric
A Guys Guide to Life is very soft and written as more of a be your friend than a youll thank me later book. As I read the book, I kept picturing the parent who wants to be cool with his childs friends so he talks the lingo, is more lenient, and brushes off the real issues. While this book is a good basic boy-to-man book, it fails to provide strong Biblical guidance that is so needed by men to young men. The author opts for coolness as opposed to taking the genuine opportunity to give straight from the Bible, how to deal with life, instruction. Boyett had the audience and perfect opportunity to make the Bible relevant and cool to a young man and passed on it. I will not dismiss the book entirely as the chapter on Faith is good as well as the several pointers on volunteering, serving, and loving, etc. Additionally, Boyett covers respecting parents, others, and treating girls appropriately. Therefore, while Boyett does not offer the sound Biblical references I was hoping for, he does give some good advice. Boyett sometimes resorts to vulgar or crude language and dismisses values to make points that could have easily been made in good taste. Perhaps I am just old, or old fashioned, but after working with youth for over fifteen years I have not seen many that would take this book seriously. If I had to recommend a reader, I would say a parent who needs some ideas on breaching tough subject matter with their son or who isnt really a talker. He could steal some humor or ideas from Boyett to start the conversation rolling. I will give Boyett credit for covering practical topics such as shaving, tying a tie, how to dress, respect, and so on. Not a bad book, but could have been a lot better.
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Date:July 23, 2010
Sylvia
A Guy's Guide to Life, by Jason Boyett and published by Thomas Nelson, provides practical, humorous, and timely advice for a teenage guy. The book covers everything from grooming to family to friends to development to intimacy to a relationship with God. Boyett's language is casual and appealing to teen guys, making the tips he gives appealing to the teen reader. This reader, a mom of six girls and ONE young adult guy, even gained some insight into how her son might be thinking! Boyett begins by breaking down the "Myths of Manhood," as he calls them. These myths are some of the societal stereotypes about men that can place undue pressure on a teen. He also discusses communication, family relationships, and women. He gives the teen guy some valuable understanding about how a woman or girl might think or feel. There is a tasteful chapter covering sex. This reader does recommend that the parent read through this chapter before giving it to their teen, as it could prove a springboard for discussing this topic with him. All in all, "A Guy's Guide to Life" is enjoyable, insightful, practical, and readable, even to this seemingly unlikely reader!
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Date:July 20, 2010
How to become a man in 224 pages or less...A Guy's Guide To Life, by Jason Boyett. This new book delivers! As a mom of two young men, I could not wait to read this book. I read it and have given it to my oldest to read, and I must say Jason you have outdone yourself. I would recommend this to everyone, it tackles all of the hard issues from what it takes to be a man in today's society to what is going on with your body and mind. It answers the age old question of how far is too far, and pretty much every other question known to man..or woman. The book addresses clothing issues(how to tie a necktie), purity, STDs and faith. This book is chock full of answers told in a straightforward, easy to read manner, with question and answer style for the majority of the chapters. Moms and Dads this book will answer the questions that in today's world we as parents need to address. Great job...5 stars!! This book has been given to me for purpose of review by Thomas Nelsons Book sneeze Program.
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Review 5 for A Guy's Guide to Life: How to Become a Man in 224 Pages or Less
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Date:July 20, 2010
Dave Wilson
Ive been a big fan of Jasons Boyett for some time. His blog is an engaging blend of belief and doubt, serious insights and frivolous musings, reverence and irreverence. Plus hes a dead ringer for Bob Harper, the macho trainer on televisions The Biggest Loser. Actually, Jillians probably the macho trainer, but I digress.His book A Guys Guide To Life is much like his attitude and approach online. Subtitled How to become a man in 224 pages or less, the book is written in a tone that teenagers will find very approachable. He speaks to them, not down to them, and addresses the kinds of issues that young men face at this point in their lives.This how-to man-uel is divided into three sections: mind, body and soul. The first addresses myths that contemporary culture puts forward about what it means to be a man. He also talks about dating and how young men should relate to their feminine peers.Part two contains a very straight-forward and frank discussion about sex, a topic that is much on the minds of teens, but often off the radar screen at many churches and in many homes. Some may feel uncomfortable with subjects addressed in this section, but I believe that it can provide a useful point of dialogue between fathers and their sons. Personally, I thought a perspective on masturbation quoted from James Dobson was soft on this sinful behavior. But dads would do well to discuss the section with their teens and communicate their values.Actually, that would be an ideal approach for the entire book. In fact, Boyett encourages young men to pursue godly men to help them with their spiritual formation in the books section on the soul.A Guys Guide To Life wont make men out of boys all by itself. In spite, of its playful subhead, it doesnt promise to. But it is a well-crafted resource that fathers can use in shepherding their sons during this formative season of their lives.Publisher was kind enough to provide a complimentary copy of this book.
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Date:July 9, 2010
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A Guys Guide to Life really is just that. Its a guide. Its not a biology book and its not a theology book. Its snippets and signposts to help a teenage boy navigate that not-so-fun minefield called puberty. With tips and insights for a young mans body, mind and soul, A Guys Guide to Life really is a helpful book. Practical body advice ranges from instructions on how to take off a tie without ruining it to how to workout properly. For those young male minds, Boyett really delivers a powerful theme throughout the whole book that encourages young men to always be gentlemen with their peers, adults and most importantly with girls. And most importantly, A Guys Guide to Life is interspersed with Bible verses to encourage and guide the soul of a teenage boy.Truthfully, I do wish the book had focused more on Jesus' life redeeming power. At times I felt as if Boyett was making Jesus out to be a cool buddy you sit next to in math class. Also, the book was not written with homeschoolers in mind as most of the book focuses on school-type issues such as cheerleaders and beating the power of cliques. Even so, since popular people and cliques are everywhere, that doesnt make the book completely irrelevant to homeschoolers.The book is a quick read, so parents should definitely read it first. Know what your son will be learning in "A Guy's Guide To life." Decide if your son is mature enough to read the entire book. As in all parts of this book...from shaving advice to very frank discussions about sex. While the book is marketed to boys aged 12-18, I think that young men around 15 years of age would gain the most of the book. A Guys Guide to Life is a worthwhile book. Buy it for your son. Let him read it at his own pace. And know that perhaps some of those parenting cracks are being filled.
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Review 7 for A Guy's Guide to Life: How to Become a Man in 224 Pages or Less
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Date:July 8, 2010
Kent
A Guys Guide to Life by Jason Boyett is about a guide for teenagers to become real men in todays world. The book focuses not only on physical but mental as well. From communication, dressing, relationship to soul. An interesting, direct to the point, easy understand English books for every single teenagers.Even though I am not a teenager anymore but I found that this book is a book that every teenagers must read. Especially in todays chaos world. Jason bust the manly myths, teach teenagers how to handle peer pressure, how to communicate well and the most important issue sex before marriage which abortion case is getting serious.The book emphasize on the hot teenagers issues. Jason points out the issues and give strong explanation why with proper actions recommended to teenagers in order to solve those issues. I wish I could get this book when I was a teenager. The book even has images to show teenagers how to dress like men (how to tie a tie)! I will get the books to all my cousins.
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Date:July 8, 2010
This book by Jason Boyett is not a theology book nor a Christian living book. It is a book geared toward teenage boys on how to get through life. Not just leaning on God, but also talking with girls, how to tie a tie, and other stuff young men should know. Where was this book when I was a teenager?The chapters are very easy to read for any teenage boy so they can understand what the author is saying. I loved the part when Boyett talked about peer pressure. He said peer pressure is not just a teenage problem, but it is something for all grown ups go through as well. Just watch any sitcom and you get the picture.
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Review 9 for A Guy's Guide to Life: How to Become a Man in 224 Pages or Less
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Date:July 1, 2010
James
I know, I am too old for this book but I chose it nevertheless thinking I could give it to my kid brothers after reading.I must say I enjoyed reading the practical guides to life written by James Boyett. If only there were stuff like these around, it would probably have saved me from a lot of trouble. And confusion. Or an odd mixture of the two.The mere fact that the questions were captured into words is admirable. How much more this time that it came with answers?As much as I really want to keep this book with me safely tucked in the corner of my shelf, I can't help but give it away to my siblings who will surely benefit from it.I know they will. Coz I honestly did.
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Review 10 for A Guy's Guide to Life: How to Become a Man in 224 Pages or Less
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Date:June 21, 2010
Garrett S.
a guys guide to life by jason boyett is exactly what the title implies, a guide to life for guys, more specifically teenage guys. in this book, boyett answers everything that a teenage guy could ask. from dating and relationships to family to shaving to even sex, boyett bluntly covers all the issues you could think of, while integrating faith at every turn.as a teenage guy, i found this book to be incredibly helpful. boyett was able to take the questions that ive always wondered but never asked and straight up answer them. there were no filters, no should i really say that?, nothing. the author admirably tackled a great number of issues while using humor to break the ice and make his bluntness not so awkward.boyett split his work into three sections: mind, body, and soul. doing so really created a great all together flow. my favorite part of the guide was the last section: soul. at this point, boyett covered how to be a man of faith. it was truly inspiring, especially when he covered the variety of missions opportunities men of God should strive to do. to end the work, boyett covers how as teens with faith we should look toward the future: college, carrer, everything. this was truly a great guide that i would recommend to any guy teen, or parent of a guy teen. for teens, itll provide a great example on how to live and explain a lot of questions. for parents, it might just give you a little insight into everything that your son is really going through.Disclosure of Material Connection: I received this book free from Thomas Nelson Publishers as part of their book review bloggers program. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commissions 16 CFR, Part 255 : Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.
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Date:June 13, 2010
This book is targeted to teenage boys and is crammed with humorous, sound and godly advice to prepare todays boys for manhood. Using a three-fold approach, Boyett covers the mind, body and spirit. With chapters on communication, sex, grooming, faith, exercise, family, friends and being a gentleman, there is sure to be an area of interest to any boy who picks up this book!The book was fast-paced and easy to read, great for teenage boys who may not even like to read. Boyett uses modern-day language, straight talk and humor to capture your attention. I liked the sidebars in the book. They are quick little bites of info that sum up the important messages in that chapter. His style of writing is perfect for todays teens. The Biblical basis for the content of the book is presented in a down-to-earth tone, not preachy in the least. It would appeal to both Christians and non-Christians. I loved the book and plan on using it in my homeschool curriculum next year for my own sons reading program!!Disclosure of Material Connection: I received this book free from Thomas Nelson Publishers as part of their book review bloggers program. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commissions 16 CFR, Part 255 : Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.
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