I dunno about normal, but it sure seems to happen to a lot of folks. Being an old(er) person, I drove carbureted vehicles for lots of years before that new-fangled fuel injection took over, and I never remember that happening. Maybe if the car sat for 6-8 months...!
I read a possible explaination not too long ago, talking about lower vapor temps, etc in the newer blend fuels. That may help explain why the gas evaporates so quickly. I chose to work around the problem. I wired in a push button on my dash, right below the ignition switch, that allowed me to run the fuel pump with the key ON and no oil pressure (had an oil pressure switch wired in). My starting procedure was to turn the key on, push the button until I heard a change in pitch in the fuel pump (fuel bowl full) pump the gas a couple times, then START. Worked pretty well...