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Never Have I Ever: My Life So Far Without a Date
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Never Have I Ever: My Life So Far Without a Date

Written by Katie Heaney

Narrated by Sarah Franco

Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars

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"I've been single for my entire life. Not one boyfriend. Not one short-term dating situation. Not one person with whom I regularly hung out and kissed on the face." So begins Katie Heaney's memoir of her years spent looking for love, but never quite finding it. By age 25, equipped with a college degree, a load of friends, and a happy family life, she still has never had a boyfriend...and she's barely even been on a second date.

Throughout this laugh-out-loud funny book, you will meet Katie's loyal group of girlfriends, including flirtatious and outgoing Rylee, the wild child to Katie's shrinking violet, as well as a whole roster of Katie's ill-fated crushes. And you will get to know Katie herself -- a smart, modern heroine relaying truths about everything from the subtleties of a Facebook message exchange to the fact that "Everybody who works in a coffee shop is at least a little bit hot."

Funny, relatable, and inspiring, this is a memoir for anyone who has ever struggled to find love, but has also had a lot of fun in the process.
LanguageEnglish
Release dateJan 14, 2014
ISBN9781478951759
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  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    At 25 years old, Katie Heaney has never dated. And she's kind of ok with that. Recounting the list of crushes, flirtations, and odd romantic encounters that have led up to this point in her life, Katie reflects on the complexities of romance and the importance of the friendships with the women in her life. Filled with humour as Katie provides her inexperienced/outsider's perspective on the nuances of dating, this one is a hit whether you're a long-term singleton or coupled up.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    This is exactly the book I needed at this point in my life. Nearly every page has been dog eared for a witty comment or a phrase that feels lifted from my own internal monologue. It made me laugh and cry and feel like maybe my life choices aren't so crazy or unusual. I am a bermuda triangle as well and so grateful to know I'm not the only one!
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    I could not put this book down. It was so real to me. I have had similar experiences(when I attempted to be introverted toward a guy). I actually have more awkward experiences but due to my extroversion, they don't go on as long as the authors did.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    I picked this up because while I haven't reached a quarter of a century of singleness yet, I'm like Katie in being a "Bermuda Triangle" who seems more likely to repel than to attract guys. And unlike Katie, in my 21 and 1/2 years of perpetual singleness, I haven't gone any further than texting a guy for one day and very, very briefly attempting to flirt via Facebook chat and running away terrified from this alien form of modern interpersonal interaction. Katie and I turned out to be pretty different: she's okay with making out with semi-strangers for the sake of being able to kiss a guy, she was obsessed with crushes since elementary school, and she goes out and parties in college (leading to some of those semi-stranger drunken makeout events).Okay, so I'm overly judgmental and conservative (also introverted and reserved), but it was nice to read about someone else being utterly confused and awkward when faced with the mysteries that are dating. Most everyone else seems to have happily passed over thresholds of romantic relationships in high school, or at least the first year or so of college, while a few of us are lagging behind sadly wondering how we missed out when everyone else figured it all out without too many problems. It's refreshing to read another girl's actual experiences, told honestly and without a whole lot of dramatization. The book reads like a memoir, not a novel, so while many of the recorded incidents aren't that spectacular, they're entirely realistic.This was a quick read. Katie writes in the same style in which many young adults now talk, which I found a little annoying at some points (not that I don't talk like that, too) but easy to follow, very conversational in tone. I appreciated her sense of humor and sarcasm. I also appreciated that while her memoir is, as the title and description imply, centered around her issues with dating guys, Katie has a personality and sense of identity beyond this aspect of her life that come through by the end of the book. This proved a delightful read, awkward but not cringingly so, that perfectly fit my mood as a slightly lonely, perpetually single bookworm during the holiday season.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    There are two types of memoirs (okay, so there are probably more than two, but for the purpose of this review there are two types of memoirs.)There are the memoirs that are deep and moving and inspire you to be a better person.Then there are the memoirs that you read because you are kind of bummed that you decided to stop seeing that dude you went on two kind-of dates with. And you want to feel a little less lame about your (lack of) love life.This is the latter. And it did it job well -- kind of shallow, laugh-out-loud funny (literally), and a nice reminder other people such at dating as much as you do.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    Katie Heaney has never had a boyfriend. No, really. She hasn’t. She’s 25 years old, and she has an amazing group of best friends, a supportive family, a college degree, and a job she enjoys. Still, she’s never even been on a second date.Katie offers a miasma of reasons why her love life has been a non-starter: completely cluelessness, awkward conversations, bad timing, and her tendency to obsess and over-elaborate friendly interactions in overwrought (and hilarious) diary entries.Her writing comes off as endearing, funny, and self-depreciating. She’s utterly likeable – which I don’t believe is so much of a sin as Katy Waldman over at Slate seems to think – and that shows through. I could completely picture myself sitting on the couch, talking to this awesome girl with a bottle of wine and some bad TV on in the background. However - there were times where I just wanted to gently suggest (and by gently, I mean drunkenly yell it over a glass of wine while mashing a cupcake into my mouth) some alternate courses. I mean, I'm a totally awkward person myself, but even I have some wisdom to share. "My only interests are drinking wine and judging people."Change "people" to books and you've got my life theory right there. This book was the perfect solution for a hard day of work. It's the kind of book you pour a glass of wine with, prop up your feet, and have all your stresses melt away. Moments of Never Have I Ever are laugh-out-loud hilarious, and many of Katie's stories brought a smile to my face.While it wasn't one of my all-time favorites, or necessarily a literary gem, it was like spending the evening with a good friend.Thank you to NetGalley for providing me a complimentary copy of this book for review. As always, I did not receive compensation, and all opinions are my own.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Literally my love life in a book, very hilarious. I totally recommended.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    This book was fun(and sometimes) funny, but it just left me wanting. . . more, I suppose. Despite the adherence to a strict theme, it often seemed a bit aimless at times and some of the stories just felt unnecessary. Overall enjoyable, but nothing special. Full review to come.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    I was always taught to administer my judgments with a pinch of salt, so picture me writing this out with an uncomfortable smile in place and an exaggerated squint. Are you picturing it? Okay, good. On with the review!*Mr. Burns steeple fingers engaged*I was promised that this book would blow my socks off, and even now, after having had time to reflect on the ending, the socks are still in place. Are you looking at the cover? It just oozes cuteness and likability, right? And see, that’s what makes writing this a little uncomfortable, because all-in-all, Heaney seems like a nice, funny, intelligent, and somewhat awkward girl. From one awkward girl to another, it just seems like there aren’t enough of us out there to form a support group, which is why subtitles like My Life (So Far) Without a Date are so appealing. Before I get ahead of myself, at the time of publication, Heaney was a dateless 25-year-old. She’d never had a boyfriend…ever. By way of age milestones, she relates specific examples of boy crushes, and odd drunken attempts at pairing off. There were quite a few hilarious situations, but I mostly found myself scratching my head. If I wasn’t reading this along with my best friend, (who incidentally loved it and finished it in two sittings), I would have given up on this one. Her liberal use of “like”, “literally”, “and I was all…”, “or something”, drove me nuts! I can’t even handle that in person, let alone on paper! Why?!?"So, for example, there would be, like, a picture of the two of them in the dorm lounge, and underneath it would be the phrase, “You never know what you’ve got until it’s gone” in neon pink Comic Sans or something."Lest this review seem too caustic, I will add that I started enjoying the book more when she got to graduate school, which is a bummer because it was almost over. She used pretty apt analogies about love, and being okay with who you are, regardless of how others perceive you. I hope one day a tall, handsome stranger sweeps her off her feet. I just might pay to read that book, too.
  • Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
    2/5
    I only read an excerpt (around 20 pages?) that was included in my Book Riot Quarterly box, but it was enough to tell me that this wasn't my kind of book. She is whiney and neurotic and I pity the guy who ends up with her because she is very judgmental for someone who obviously has some social issues herself. She has a certain measure of wit and can write well, but ultimately she is a very irritating person.