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3.47 AVERAGE
3.47 AVERAGE
Not sure why I kept going with this book. It wasn't terrible and it was good that in the end she gave the point of being a strong person herself without someone else. On the whole wasn't an amazing book, it did have some bits of comedy but eh. Not a total waste of time. I had to turn it into the library and then recheck it out so it took me extra long to read also that I wasn't in a rush. IT did take me less than a year...by like a day....ha.
"I just don't know how anyone ever knows what to do with their bodies. I catch myself worrying about what my arms are doing when I am walking alone, and that is just walking. Alone"(p.124).
"I have lived twenty-five years in this body by myself, and I feel pretty confident that, by now, my personality is staying as it is"(p. 125).
"There is something else I should have taken away from the summer I spent infatuated with an essentially betrothed barista, and that is that it is a waste of time to have a crush on someone who already has someone else"(p. 144).
"I do, however, want to be seen from afar, and admired, and then wooed. By someone I adore right away. Basically, I want to expend minimal effort and have somebody fall madly in love with me just by virtue of being near me for a handful of days, and then it will just work out that we're perfect for one another. I do not see what the big deal is about that"(p. 194).
"You always forget that it's impossible to grieve every minute of the day. You always forget that a mourning period can include laughter, but just because it's there, it won't mean that you're really okay. It got worse before it got better"(p. 237).
"So if, and when, I do fall in love, I won't be all that surprised if I do so in spite of all my best--and bewildering--efforts to the contrary. Anyway, I have a lot of time"(p. 252).
"I just don't know how anyone ever knows what to do with their bodies. I catch myself worrying about what my arms are doing when I am walking alone, and that is just walking. Alone"(p.124).
"I have lived twenty-five years in this body by myself, and I feel pretty confident that, by now, my personality is staying as it is"(p. 125).
"There is something else I should have taken away from the summer I spent infatuated with an essentially betrothed barista, and that is that it is a waste of time to have a crush on someone who already has someone else"(p. 144).
"I do, however, want to be seen from afar, and admired, and then wooed. By someone I adore right away. Basically, I want to expend minimal effort and have somebody fall madly in love with me just by virtue of being near me for a handful of days, and then it will just work out that we're perfect for one another. I do not see what the big deal is about that"(p. 194).
"You always forget that it's impossible to grieve every minute of the day. You always forget that a mourning period can include laughter, but just because it's there, it won't mean that you're really okay. It got worse before it got better"(p. 237).
"So if, and when, I do fall in love, I won't be all that surprised if I do so in spite of all my best--and bewildering--efforts to the contrary. Anyway, I have a lot of time"(p. 252).
Another just okay book. It was a quick, fast read. The writing was funny and snarky, at times. But for some reason, I couldn’t get into it.
I want to read more non-fiction but this was a horrible place to start. I thought it would be an honest analysis of a woman who has never been on a date, but she does date in the book. She comes across as very immature and even upon realizing that her problems started in elementary school, that she never changed how she interacts with guys, she does nothing to change it!! She's recognizes that fact but is like 'I'll just wait until someone comes along who wants to play my game.' I'm not saying she needs to change who she is, but she lives her life in a dream state of dating, like if I were to pretend that James McAvoy and I are dating, he just doesn't recognize it. That is what she does but with people she actually interacts with and could have a relationship with.
I liked this book. This was the second book I read recently about late bloomers. I'm not sure if it's a trend or not, but it does make for a different point of view, and both authors were very thoughtful.
I loved this book. Not only was it oddly, oddly relatable (did she read my diary?), but she also articulated a lot of my own thoughts and feelings. I underlined 55 sentences/paragraphs, because it resonated within me, as in: YES, YES EXACTLY, SOMEONE ACTUALLY GETS IT.
The fact that she is bringing awareness to something that is never talked about in the media, i.e. people who, for some God-only-knows-reason, never had a romantic liaison is a triumph in itself, but when you add the fact that she does this with almost no resentment. BRAVA!
The fact that she is bringing awareness to something that is never talked about in the media, i.e. people who, for some God-only-knows-reason, never had a romantic liaison is a triumph in itself, but when you add the fact that she does this with almost no resentment. BRAVA!
As someone who has also gone over a quarter-century without a real date and who is around the same age, I related quite a bit to the book and enjoyed the quick read.
I should have loved this book - in so many ways Katie and i are alike. And yet, i found myself not relating to her tales, but rather feeling bored. shame.
It's nice to read a book where you feel like you're the same person as the main character. It makes me feel kind of narcissistic but UGH, WHATEVER, OKAY?
I don't know how I feel about Katie Heaney having published a book that is a book that you can actually buy that sounds so much like my blog but I guess that's living the dream and more power to her.
Yeah. Relationships are scary. And they get even scarier when you creep up into your 20s still never having been in one. But on the other hand, relationships and boys are utterly comical in the worst ways ever which is why reading about one girl's forays into those territories can be so funny.
Anyway there's a part where she's talking about how her best friend Rylee has spent her life looking for a man to be her best friend and Katie's spent her life looking for a female best friend to hang out with 24/7 and yeah I feel that. I FEEL THAT.
I don't know how I feel about Katie Heaney having published a book that is a book that you can actually buy that sounds so much like my blog but I guess that's living the dream and more power to her.
Yeah. Relationships are scary. And they get even scarier when you creep up into your 20s still never having been in one. But on the other hand, relationships and boys are utterly comical in the worst ways ever which is why reading about one girl's forays into those territories can be so funny.
Anyway there's a part where she's talking about how her best friend Rylee has spent her life looking for a man to be her best friend and Katie's spent her life looking for a female best friend to hang out with 24/7 and yeah I feel that. I FEEL THAT.
I rented this audiobook because I feel like Katie represents a silent part of society that, while surely in the minority, wholly and totally exists but feels compelled to keep quiet about their situation for fear of societal ostracizing ("what is wrong with her?"). To be clear, a minority I belong to and am constantly shamed for.
On the one hand, there were so many moments in this book that I related to with my entirety. Moments I said to myself, "Yes, that right there. I didn't think anyone else felt that way." In that way, they were healing moments.
On the other hand, as much as I enjoyed this book, I did feel like there was a small amount of false advertising going on. What Katie means is she's never had a "boyfriend". There were several boys scattered throughout the book who she went on dates with, one who she went on more than one with. Besides never having had a boyfriend, Katie seems successful academically and professionally, has a large group of friends she's very close to, has had a few romantic trysts and several gentlemen callers pursuing her, and is in general extremely sociable, often going out to parties and bars. What I related to the most in this book were the moments where she got into the emotions of various circumstances, or the illogical reasoning she does with herself in romantic situations. The people I know who are in this no-romance situation are usually so because they have some other social or general anxiety that holds them back in more situations than just that of romance. I'd been hoping for something a little more like that, but overall this was a good read/listen for me.
On the one hand, there were so many moments in this book that I related to with my entirety. Moments I said to myself, "Yes, that right there. I didn't think anyone else felt that way." In that way, they were healing moments.
On the other hand, as much as I enjoyed this book, I did feel like there was a small amount of false advertising going on. What Katie means is she's never had a "boyfriend". There were several boys scattered throughout the book who she went on dates with, one who she went on more than one with. Besides never having had a boyfriend, Katie seems successful academically and professionally, has a large group of friends she's very close to, has had a few romantic trysts and several gentlemen callers pursuing her, and is in general extremely sociable, often going out to parties and bars. What I related to the most in this book were the moments where she got into the emotions of various circumstances, or the illogical reasoning she does with herself in romantic situations. The people I know who are in this no-romance situation are usually so because they have some other social or general anxiety that holds them back in more situations than just that of romance. I'd been hoping for something a little more like that, but overall this was a good read/listen for me.