I thought learning to code from a book was a joke until I got stuck on a project and the 'Head First Java' book my buddy gave me actually explained loops in a way that finally clicked.

Honestly, I was ready to quit after watching like 15 different YouTube tutorials that all said the same thing, but that book had a stupid cartoon about a dog chasing its tail that made the whole 'while' vs 'for' loop thing make sense in about 10 minutes.