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TL;DR: Guy with unresolved issues and creepy tendencies figures out that he's not a prize!
Apparently I picked up a hard copy of this for $1 at a used book sale a few years ago and it was lingering in the bottom of a TBR pile. I'm trying to use books I already own for this year's challenges when possible, and this was available on audio, so here we are. If this focused on the author's experiences since losing a leg to cancer at 9 years old ⬇️

For me personally, this a so-so because it‘s a self-help memoir to which I‘m not the intended audience, didn‘t relate to the content, nor self-deprecation. However, I‘ll go drop my copy in an LFL because for a younger audience who never quite gets their heart‘s desire, I think this could be a helpful read.

If you ever need to feel better about your dating life, or lack thereof, this is the book for you! #dating

Josh goes through an experiment to answer why he didn't have a girlfriend. A true story of Josh Sundquist (or at least that is what it says in the book)

It's a cute and sometimes funny book to read.

I really like Josh Sundquist. He is really funny and very good at making you comfortable in cringeworthy situations. His writing is concise and he really is brave to share all of his experiences from cancer to dating issues.

Extremely relatable for teens who are in a funk when trying to find relationships. It‘s funny, and really reaches out to the fellas who felt insecure about themselves.

This book was so good. Relatable and funny and light hearted and self-deprecating. Some parts were so cringe level awkward that you just wanted to pull Josh from his book and shake him by the shoulders! Definitely recommend for a short, easy to read memoir.

It's been a heckuva week. Lavender Epsom bath with a book and wine should help 🛁 🍷 📖 I'm really digging this book. He's so awkwardly funny and relatable!

"...but that's the funny thing about awkwardness: you can never tell how much of it is in your head and how much of it is real. Because if you ask the other person if it's real - that is, if she feels it, too - then automatically it is. Because discussing awkwardness is always, well, awkward."

Went to the dollar store for Easter stuff, came home with this. I just can‘t resist a good deal on a book!

• this one sounds entertaining; the synopsis alone gave me the chuckles. on the TBR it goes! •

#books #TBR #toberead #relationships

An interesting book, but not my favorite.

While this memoir claims to be awkward adventures in dating the only awkward part is how much of a "nice guy" complex Sundquist had. When a girl is not into him he wants to punish her, or writes her off as only pretending to be interested in order to stoke her own ego. This makes him seem like an incredible douche. Yes, he is an amusing writer and does redeem himself slightly by the end, but he never apologizes for his gross actions. Eww.

I loved this so much. ❤️

A quirky and relatable story about a young man trying to navigate the awkward and unforgiving headache that is dating. Would recommend this book for anyone! #WeShouldHangOutSometime #JoshSundquist #januaryreads

I'll admit it, I only picked up this book because of the quirky cover. I bought it because he drew charts and diagrams throughout the book, to illustrate his points. This was a fun book about relationships.

25? ✅ Single? ✅ Terribly awkward which leads to a lifetime of forever alone? ✅

This could be the book for you!

Josh Sundquist, Paralympic athlete and motivational speaker finds himself 25 and forever alone, so he decides to explore it, scientifically.

He writes with humor (& graphs for math minded individuals) as he explores all of his former flames to figure out what went wrong.

Caution: book contains cringeworthy awkwardness

I love Josh Sundquist's sense of humor! 😂

Time for something (hopefully) a little more light-hearted.

There is a store called Books-a-million here and I HAD to go in. All of the bargain priced books were buy 2 get 1 free. None were over $5 and the paperbacks were $2 and change. I could have kept buying.
Lets just keep piling on the #tbr

Everything in this hotel is an awful color so I had to go with b&w even though these have some beautiful colors.

I really like Josh Sundquist, but I couldn't get behind this book. I was not a fan of how he talked about the women he was interested in-not that he was a dick to them, but that he put them on this perfect pedestal. Part of this was probably because of his youth and immaturity, but I never felt like he got out of that. It was still funny, and I'm sure a lot of people will like it. I just didn't.

It's been a long time since I've had a full reading lunch! Unfortunately neither my photography nor my lunch looks as nice as when @RealLifeReading does it.

Fighting emotion with logic is like bringing a calculator to a knife fight 💯

Once I started, couldn't put it down. With all these books out there that depicts teens who find love easily, WSHOS really hit home with the fact that not everyone you crush on is going to feel the same way. It's tough. Loved the ending, too!

I really loved this book and all of its honest and relatable awkward moments and self-deprecating humor.

I follow Josh on YouTube and decided it was high time I read his book and boy am I glad I did! As someone who aspires to write a novel similar to this (bucket list goal but I don't expect to be published ) I loved this book so much . I surprisingly liked the math jokes and graphs too!

Apparently this ARC isn't on Litsy yet?? But Josh Sundquist's new book LOVE AND FIRST SIGHT is adorable. I love getting to know stories through non-sighted perspectives, and this one was very well done.

Sweet read. His memoir of his boyish "inadequacies " led to many bouts of laughter and "awwwww" moments. He is a FUNNY guy. I'm now stalking him on FB and can't wait to read his next piece!

A student brought this to me today! Can't wait to dig into it and share conversation with her!

Matching Red Carpet style to book covers! Had so much fun doing this last night!