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3.5 stars!
This was such a nice book to listen to at work. Except for the fact that I almost cried a couple of times lol.
It was interesting to hear about Joseph and Meg from themselves, to learn about them from their own words and not from fans ideas about them.
This was such a nice book to listen to at work. Except for the fact that I almost cried a couple of times lol.
It was interesting to hear about Joseph and Meg from themselves, to learn about them from their own words and not from fans ideas about them.
I work early in the morning and there’s no excuse for me staying up late to finish this book, but i’m sobbing and i’m happy about it. Even if you know nothing about the podcast that set these two on the road to fame, I would recommend reading this book.
Reading about a relationship from both sides was amazing, funny, cute, and made me cry way more than i expected. Joseph Fink and Meg Bashwiner have a way with words that is unparalleled, and their views’ of the world are so relatable and insightful that they managed to pull at my heart with everything they discussed. They showed love and light in a world filled with anxiety and uncertainty, and it restored a little bit of happiness in my heart.
On an even more personal note, everything Meg said was like she was singing to my soul. I have never related to anyone over some of the things that she talks about in this book, and hearing her perspective and her outlook on everything was honestly just so powerful to read. I hope i can one day get this book signed by her, even though it means she’ll have to see the physical damage done to the book that the tears she made me cry inflicted.
Reading about a relationship from both sides was amazing, funny, cute, and made me cry way more than i expected. Joseph Fink and Meg Bashwiner have a way with words that is unparalleled, and their views’ of the world are so relatable and insightful that they managed to pull at my heart with everything they discussed. They showed love and light in a world filled with anxiety and uncertainty, and it restored a little bit of happiness in my heart.
On an even more personal note, everything Meg said was like she was singing to my soul. I have never related to anyone over some of the things that she talks about in this book, and hearing her perspective and her outlook on everything was honestly just so powerful to read. I hope i can one day get this book signed by her, even though it means she’ll have to see the physical damage done to the book that the tears she made me cry inflicted.
The First Ten Years is unique in the sense that it is boring. It is completely, undeniably boring. Aside from their podcast success, this joint memoir doesn’t necessarily cover a lavish live or an unforgettable story… it is pretty much about two very normal people navigating life, love, and themselves over the course of ten years. This boringness and simplicity is what made this book so wonderful and special to me.
This has to be one of the greatest love stories I have ever read. There isn’t necessarily a meet cute or massive romance event, and we spend a lot of time sitting still with Joseph and Meg as they navigate life - making smoothies in their new Ninja blender, going on runs, unofficially adopting cats, traveling to AirBNB’s, and trying to figure out their future, like where to settle down and if they want kids.
This slow, predictably unpredictable mundanity fed my soul, mainly because it is real.
Their experiences are nearly carbon copies of what many of us go through in our romantic relationships. Nothing is too convoluted or hyperbolic… we all are just taking things and our relationships day by day. There is no dramatic climax in real life relationships, there is just simple support and subtle gestures like making coffee everyday or silently being next to them while they process grief. Joseph and Meg’s beautiful, yet simple, professions of love and life had me crying all the way through The First Ten Years.
This was absolutely a beautiful, emotional, touching, real, and boring (in a very good way) book.
This has to be one of the greatest love stories I have ever read. There isn’t necessarily a meet cute or massive romance event, and we spend a lot of time sitting still with Joseph and Meg as they navigate life - making smoothies in their new Ninja blender, going on runs, unofficially adopting cats, traveling to AirBNB’s, and trying to figure out their future, like where to settle down and if they want kids.
This slow, predictably unpredictable mundanity fed my soul, mainly because it is real.
Their experiences are nearly carbon copies of what many of us go through in our romantic relationships. Nothing is too convoluted or hyperbolic… we all are just taking things and our relationships day by day. There is no dramatic climax in real life relationships, there is just simple support and subtle gestures like making coffee everyday or silently being next to them while they process grief. Joseph and Meg’s beautiful, yet simple, professions of love and life had me crying all the way through The First Ten Years.
This was absolutely a beautiful, emotional, touching, real, and boring (in a very good way) book.
funny
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reflective
medium-paced
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
adventurous
emotional
funny
inspiring
lighthearted
fast-paced
I definitely picked this up because of the Welcome to Night Vale relation, but I was delightfully surprised by how much I enjoyed reading Joseph and Meg’s story. Their relationship is so clearly founded on pure love and affection for each other, and you can absolutely see it in the way each of them writes about the other. I also found it fascinating to see the contrasting focus in their chapters for each year.
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
emotional
funny
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced