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Paddle Your Own Canoe: One Man's Fundamentals for Delicious Living
by Nick Offerman
There are a few reasons I decided to read this book. In the last couple of years I've listened to Amy Poehler's Yes Please, Tina Fey's Bossypants, Mindy Kaling's Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?, William Shatner's Shatner Rules, and Jim Gaffigan's Dad is Fat. Most were absolutely worth listening to. (Man, now that I'm listing them all out, I want to re-listen to most of them). So, I like audiobooks by the authors themselves. I wouldn't enjoy the book as much without the voice.
And the voice is somewhat important here too. Offerman's got a pretty great voice, and I love when he randomly chuckles at his memories. Here's the thing, though: the book's not super funny. I thought it would be, and the sample I listened to was awesome. But it's not funny al the time.
That said, I love that he got into comedy through being a theatre performer, and someone who was interested in theatre performance first and television/films second. I thought that was pretty cool. And there are some humorous elements.
Some things I was tired with (that others have mentioned): religion (just a bit ad nauseum), a bit of the language (look, I'm fine with swearing, and while some things feel overdone, whateva, I hang out with a lot of guys and that's just what they do), and a lot of "this generation needs to get away from the screen, yo". Overkill, and he's not that old, for goodness sake. But I buy the "well it's my book so there we are." I mean, sure. It's his book, and it was worth listening to. Not sure I'd recommend it, but a note to people if you're just like OOH PARKS AND RECREATION: that's maybe half of a chapter. The biography aspects were fun. A lot of emphasis on theatre. But hey, he builds canoes. And he has a woodworking business. I want him to make me a table.
And the voice is somewhat important here too. Offerman's got a pretty great voice, and I love when he randomly chuckles at his memories. Here's the thing, though: the book's not super funny. I thought it would be, and the sample I listened to was awesome. But it's not funny al the time.
That said, I love that he got into comedy through being a theatre performer, and someone who was interested in theatre performance first and television/films second. I thought that was pretty cool. And there are some humorous elements.
Some things I was tired with (that others have mentioned): religion (just a bit ad nauseum), a bit of the language (look, I'm fine with swearing, and while some things feel overdone, whateva, I hang out with a lot of guys and that's just what they do), and a lot of "this generation needs to get away from the screen, yo". Overkill, and he's not that old, for goodness sake. But I buy the "well it's my book so there we are." I mean, sure. It's his book, and it was worth listening to. Not sure I'd recommend it, but a note to people if you're just like OOH PARKS AND RECREATION: that's maybe half of a chapter. The biography aspects were fun. A lot of emphasis on theatre. But hey, he builds canoes. And he has a woodworking business. I want him to make me a table.