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    We Should Hang Out Sometime: Embarrassingly, a True Story

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    About this audiobook

    When I was twenty-five years old, it came to my attention that I had never had a girlfriend. At the time, I was actually under the impression that I was in a relationship, so this bit of news came as something of a shock.

    Why was Josh still single? To find out, he tracked down each of the girls he had tried to date since middle school and asked them straight up: What went wrong?

    The results of Josh's semiscientific investigation are in your hands. From a disastrous Putt-Putt date involving a backward prosthetic foot, to his introduction to CFD (Close Fast Dancing), and a misguided "grand gesture" at a Miss America pageant, this story is about looking for love-or at least a girlfriend-in all the wrong places.

    Poignant, relatable, and wholly hilarious, this memoir is for anyone who has ever wondered, "Is there something wrong with me?"

    (Spoiler Alert: the answer is no.)

    A Hachette Audio production.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHachette Audio
    Release dateDec 23, 2014
    ISBN9781478955917
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    Reviews for We Should Hang Out Sometime

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    • 4/5
      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.
    • 5/5
      Josh Sundquist recounts his disastrous love life, from middle school up to early adulthood. The reader laughs at... er, with... him as he tries to get a girl to like him as more than a friend. This true story will reach those who has ever been less than successful with the opposite sex -- which is just about everyone. The book follows a mock scientific model, where Josh recounts the "relationship", proposes a hypothesis as to why it didn't "work", tests this hypothesis and draws conclusions. This model is enhanced by sketched graphs, boolean circles, and other algebraic representations of data. This scientific vibe is the perfect antidote to his poignant, at times, pathos-ridden tales of lost love. The book does become a bit tedious at the end but this is a minor complaint when the first 90% is so good. Nothing objectionable, other than Josh's implicit desire to get laid (never articulated) He does talk of his Christian background, church, and youth groups: perhaps off-putting to those not so inclined. Young adults, especially boys, will root for Josh and certainly see themselves in his struggle. Highly recommended.
    • 3/5
      In WE SHOULD HANG OUT SOMETIME by Josh Sundquist, Josh revisits his love interests from junior high through graduate school to determine why he has never had a girlfriend. The book is sometimes funny, it's sometimes thoughtful, and it's sometimes creepy. Josh's musings about life as a middle school student ring true, and the first half of the book was entertaining. Unfortunately, as Josh ages, the charm of the book wanes, and by the end, I was long past done with his exploration of past failed love affairs. Fortunately, it seems he was ready to wrap things up quickly too, so the book ends abruptly with an epiphany and the expected resolution.I'm a little torn about how to rate this book. On the one hand, I was definitely amused by some of Josh's stories; however, I also found some of his behavior bemusing and even creepy. Also, the lack of answers from some of the women with whom he speaks--when answers were supposedly the point of his quest--was frustrating.I'm not sure of the appeal of the book to its intended YA audience, so I'm not sure I would recommend it to high school students. That said, I'm certain there are some people who will love it--and at least an equal number who will feel as underwhelmed by the end of the book as I was.My thanks to Netgalley and Little, Brown Books for Young Readers for a copy of the ebook in exchange for my unbiased review.
    • 5/5
      Laugh out loud funny.
    • 5/5
      When he was 25, Josh Sundquist came to the realization that he had never had a girlfriend. And so, being the math and science nerd he is, he went over his memories of all the girls in his past that he had wanted to be his girlfriend, came up with hypotheses as to why it didn't work out, and then went to talk to them. This book is the hysterical result.I'm an occasional viewer of Josh's YouTube channel and being less than successful in the romantic realm myself, I figured his newest book would be an interesting and relevant read. I was more than right. Josh's tales of his crushes and his attempts at serious dating are hysterical. I giggled my way through the entire book, chortling over his misadventures with girls. It was also interesting to see just what hindsight brings to crushes and attempts at relationships as Josh talks to the girls from his past. But it was Josh's final conclusion towards the end of the book about just why he'd never had a girlfriend that hit me because it's something I needed reminding of. Funny and smart with a dash of insight, I highly recommend this one.
    • 3/5
      We Should Hang Out Sometime by Josh Sundqvist is a true, biographical story about Josh trying to find a girlfriend.Josh Sundquist is a Paralympic ski racer who lost one leg at the hip to cancer when he was younger. He is now in his 20s. He's become a motivational speaker and video blogs. In this biography about his relationships, Josh amusingly tells his tales of girls. The structure is very consistent: names girl, hypothesis, and investigation. With the girl, he tells the story of how they met and his attempts at getting a girlfriend; with hypothesis, he guesses why it didn't work out; and, with investigation, he contacts the girl (usually 10 years later) and is supposed to ask why they didn't work out.As teens and tweens, you will appreciate this book more than me, who is not a tween/teen nor a boy. It seemed to appeal to boys, but the girls may disagree with me and say it relates to you as well. Honestly, I only laughed out loud once at the end. There's a funny misunderstanding. Otherwise, I found it a little redundant.
    • 5/5
      As an adolescent and teen, Josh was always a little bit geeky and awkward, which might explain why he only had one girlfriend (in eighth grade, for 23 hours). At the ripe old age of 25, he looks back on his romantic misadventures in middle school, high school, and college, wondering where, exactly, he went wrong. Being of a mathematical and scientific bent, he forms a hypothesis about each of his crushes, then attempts to contact the girl to see if his hypothesis is correct. In many cases, what he learns surprises him.This book was a lot of fun to read, though it did sometimes evoke that squirmy embarrassed feeling you get when you're reading about a person about to do something potentially humiliating, and you (the reader) are powerless to stop them. Josh's experiences rang true for me, since I have also experienced a certain amount of failure in the romantic realm. It's always nice to know you're not alone! I did wish for a little more explanation or closure in some cases, but I realize that's not always possible in real life. I though Josh's conclusion about why things went down the way they did was accurate, and something that I should remind myself of occasionally. All in all, a highly enjoyable light read.
    • 3/5
      Why does poor Josh never have a girlfriend? That's the main question worked out over a brief period of time where Josh goes back to visit all the could-have-beens and maybe-something-theres. Sweet but not required reading.
    • 5/5
      Josh Sundquist, a home-schooled, motivational speaking, Paralympic skiing, leg-amputee Christian, is on a mission to determine his inconceivable girlfriend-less status at the age of twenty-five. His charming tale recounts his "romantic" failures since the age of eleven as he assesses the background of each doomed relationship though detailed study, hypotheses, and interviews with former potential candidates. Self-deprecating humor and an uncomfortable willingness to try to understand what might not be memorable to anyone else but him, Sundquist provides the empathetic reader with an insight into the male mind as it reels from the challenges of unraveling the mysteries of the female mind. From the girl-next-door at a group retreat to a Miss America candidate, every girl seems like she could be "the one"' even though the premise of the story guarantees that this is not possible- there is still a great wish for the affable Sundquist to finally get the chance to call a girl his own. At once poignant and hilarious Sundquist's study reminds us all that we are not limited by what others think of us, but only by what we think of ourselves.
    • 4/5
      It was a nice and lovely read! The books writing is great and I love how each girl is put up like a science experiment! The ending was also really sweet and I loved the ending Diagram! Why isn't it five stars? Probably cause I binge read it outside and I hate the outdoors! You should read it!
    • 4/5
      Really enjoyed the book but wished he delved deeper into how he came to terms with his disability
    • 5/5
      what an eye opener! I reflected upon my own short coming when I liked a girl while listening to this book. The enemy is not her, its bot the way she looks at you, or the way she makes you feel, the enemy is not even you short comings or your faults. The enemy is the internal battle in your mind. The barriers you make. The excuses you tell yourself as to why you can't be her boyfriend. you have to move past yourself in order to move with another.
    • 5/5
      Anything that can bring me back to feeling nostalgic, I will automatically love. This book plopped me right back in high school in a sense of trying to navigate relationships and I really loved every second of it. The author has a way of bringing you into the situations and bringing out those awkward, hormonal teenage feelings that have since dissappated after becoming an adult. Overall, a fun and entertaining read!