For September, I was going to go with something that was a little more like the wandering style of this website like an essay collection by Chuck Klosterman, a fellow North Dakotan with a writing style I love. Instead, because I'm venturing back into the single life, I needed a good reminder of exactly how terrible it can be.
Aziz Ansari does wander outside of his comfort zone with this book. As a well-known comedian featured in many stand-up specials and on TV shows like Parks and Recreation, deciding to take on modern dating from a somewhat professional standpoint was a bit of a stretch. Aziz along with his coauthor Eric Klinenberg take on many of the social psychology aspects of dating in today's "screen world" as they have dubbed it. The book cites many studies and the two even create a few of their own to dive into the depths of the current dating scene. Of course, there are still a ton of laughs, mostly about how ridiculous it has all become.
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