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What the most literate city in America reads on the bus

Reader:  Zoanna Jones
Age:  24
Occupation:  Recruiter
Residence:  Interbay
Bus:  Route 18 to North Beach, 7:30 p.m.

Book:  Conquering Your Quarterlife Crisis: Advice from Twentysomethings Who Have Been There and Survived, by Alexandra Robbins
State of completion:  Page 40 of 368

Plot summary according to back cover:  The groundbreaking book Quarterlife Crisis addressed the unique and unsettling trials of entering modern adulthood.  For the first time, it identified how twentysomethings were lost and confused, and lamented the absence of a guide...Conquering Your Quarterlife Crisis is that guide.

Plot summary by Zoanna:  "It's a bunch of people in careers they're not sure they want to be in."  

The hook:  "A friend of mine has this fear of turning 30 and she's looking at all these books and it got me thinking about it, so I put it on my Amazon.com wish list.  My brother got it for me for my 24th birthday."

Critique:  "It's a lot of testamonials from real life experience.  I think that's the point, to let people know they're not alone."

Afterward:  "Another book on my wish list is 101 Things to Do Before You Die."