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REVIEW: We Should Hang Out Sometime: Embarrassingly, A True Story by Josh Sundquist

December 16, 2014 by Jaime Leave a Comment

WE SHOULD HANG OUT SOMETIME: EMBARRASSINGLY, A TRUE STORY 
By: Josh Sundquist
Publication Date: December 23, 2014
We Should Hang Out Sometime: Embarrassingly, a true story
A bright, poignant, and deeply funny autobiographical account of coming of age as an amputee cancer survivor, from Josh Sundquist: Paralympic ski racer, YouTube star, and motivational speaker.

Josh Sundquist only ever had one girlfriend.
For twenty-three hours.
In eighth grade.

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

The results of Josh’s semiscientific, wholly hilarious investigation are captured here. From a disastrous Putt-Putt date involving a backward prosthetic foot, to his introduction to CFD (Close Fast Dancing), to 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.

ABOUT JOSH
Josh SundquistJOSH SUNDQUIST was a member of the 2006 US Paralympics Ski Team in Turin, Italy. A graduate of the College of William & Mary and the University of Southern California, he is the founder of LessThanFour.org, the worlds largest online community for amputees. He is 25 years old and lives in the Washington, DC area.”


Erin’s Thoughts

We Should Hang Out Sometime: Embarrassingly, a true story by Josh Sundquist

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

We Should Hang Out Sometime by Josh Sundquist was one of those books that I went into not really knowing what to expect and I have to say, by the time I finished the book, I was glad I made the decision to read it.

This book isn’t what I would consider my normal read and I think that is what I liked about it. Josh has a pretty different story. Add to that the fact that he tends to focus on the positive and has a unique voice and I was turning the pages to better understand why he hadn’t had a girlfriend for longer than twenty three hours….in the eighth grade.

As I mentioned, Sundquist has a unique story and embedded in that story is a deeper dive into why he hasn’t had a serious relationship. As Josh sets out to investigate what really happened, I found myself laughing out loud at some of the things I was reading. One of the things I enjoyed was how upfront Josh is about the role religion played in his house growing up and the fact that he was homeschooled until freshman year.

There is a section of the book for each girl that Josh conducted his investigation into… he ties in a hypothesis, some graphs, and his findings which absolutely make the book the great account that it is. But as Josh finds out, what it all really comes down to in the end is that he needed to accept himself and face his fears that he might get rejected…and it is ok.

If you are looking for a quick read that will have you turning the pages wondering just what Josh will find out in this “semiscientific, wholly hilarious investigation” definitely check this book out. I found it entertaining and Josh’s voice is definitely unique.

Thank you to the publisher for the review copy!

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