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The weaving of personal narrative and stories about everyday things you take for granted is riveting, whether listening to the book or reading it

As someone who has “known” John online through vlogbrothers for years hearing/reading his level of vulnerability in these stories makes it hard to put down.

John Green and I competed in the same level of academic decathlon the same year. I was brought in by a far more intelligent group of friends

As a barely passing student I found out for the first time in my life I was actually smart.

My ribbons sit on my wall from the competition as a reminder of that anytime my brain wants to tell me otherwise.

Absolutely hysterical/super interesting to me to think both John Green and I were c level “degenerates” pulled into Academic decathlon by our more intelligent friends at the exact same period in time, I in Northern California him in Alabama. I have my ribbons framed up in my office from our competition. It was the first time I felt smart. Nice to see this event in this book.