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lacyk_reads 's review for:
Paddle Your Own Canoe: One Man's Fundamentals for Delicious Living
by Nick Offerman
Overall, I liked this audiobook. Nick Offerman was a great reader and fun to listen to. His little laugh cracks me up. Even so, I didn't laugh out loud more than a couple times but perhaps I expected this to be funny when, in fact, it is a memoir and is not about little jokes... though he included lots of those little jokes. I think they just mostly fell flat with me.
What I liked: Nick talking about his wife, Megan Mullally (I loved her on Will&Grace and had no idea that she's done so much singing - can't wait to look up her music!), Parks and Rec (in my top 10 favorite shows), and near the end where he lays out exactly what he thinks is wrong with show business and "the suits". During this section, he used a lot of metaphorical language that laid it out in an easy to understand, simple way.
What I could do without: So. Much. Theater. Talk. It was a big part of his life but I could not keep track of all the names, places, plays, etc. Maybe it would have been different if I had read it in print but there were just so many people. And I get it - in a book like this, the author is not only passing on all of their acquired knowledge but also giving credit to the many people who helped them succeed. All those people he mentioned were important to his coming of age. But I gave up on trying to remember them as people kept running together or he would reference back to someone from a previous chapter when I had already moved on and forgotten.
I appreciate theater, plays, musicals and all of the hard work that goes into this unique style of entertainment but I think this book is geared for someone who is more involved or experienced in it or someone that has more of a passion for theater.
What I liked: Nick talking about his wife, Megan Mullally (I loved her on Will&Grace and had no idea that she's done so much singing - can't wait to look up her music!), Parks and Rec (in my top 10 favorite shows), and near the end where he lays out exactly what he thinks is wrong with show business and "the suits". During this section, he used a lot of metaphorical language that laid it out in an easy to understand, simple way.
What I could do without: So. Much. Theater. Talk. It was a big part of his life but I could not keep track of all the names, places, plays, etc. Maybe it would have been different if I had read it in print but there were just so many people. And I get it - in a book like this, the author is not only passing on all of their acquired knowledge but also giving credit to the many people who helped them succeed. All those people he mentioned were important to his coming of age. But I gave up on trying to remember them as people kept running together or he would reference back to someone from a previous chapter when I had already moved on and forgotten.
I appreciate theater, plays, musicals and all of the hard work that goes into this unique style of entertainment but I think this book is geared for someone who is more involved or experienced in it or someone that has more of a passion for theater.