An Underachiever's Diary: A Novel Paperback – July 28, 2009

I read this novel after I read Anastas' memoir, Too Good to Be True, which mines some of the same themes. He f***s up totally in the memoir, and I liked that better. The problem with the novel for me was that the theme of being an underachiever got tired, even in a short novel.

The premise of this book was interesting enough that I kept reading it. I did not find it particularly inspiring and I would have changed the ending and some of the story line, but it was ok.

The title was great, and the online sample selection from the beginning of the novel made me buy it (at a nice, low price), but about two-thirds of the way through, it just seemed to fall apart -- as if there was a deadline looming, and the editor said "Just finish it!"

Have this on my Kindle. Great to have the ability to carry it with me everywhere and read when able.Always forget books, never forget my Kindle

I really enjoyed this book. Very well written and very funny. I'm looking forward to his next book but, given that Anastis is an underachiever, am not anticipating it in the near future.