Funny as hell, and I found myself reading whole chapters out loud to my wife. ( )

I love everything about Nick Offerman, particularly his woodworking and paddling. This was a fun read. Going through them all before seeing him in March! ( )

2023 book #38. 2013. Offerman tells stories of growing up on a farm, breaking into the theater in Chicago and into TV and movies in La. Plus some woodworking tips. An OK book. Read for my book club. Our group (of 16) rated it a 3.2 out of 10, one of our more less liked books. ( )

This is probably the first memoir I've read and, while I found most parts of it hilarious, I realised that I don't read a lot of memoirs because I'm just not very interested in other people's backgrounds, even celebrities that I love.
What kept me interested is that Mr. Offerman has a peculiar but brilliant way with phrasing mundane things and is very candid with a lot of aspects of his past that most would want to keep out of public scrutiny that just makes me respect the man more.
The theme of the book is a sort of guide to life from a very middle America "down home" sort of view, but still forward thinking in a lot of aspects hotly argued in politics today such as sex, marriage, and minority rights. Offerman seems a man made of the best parts of both side of the track, in a matter of speaking. I really enjoyed the "guide" parts but when he goes into his personal life such as his time in the Chicago theatres and then his time working his way through Hollywood, I found the book a bit boring and even skimmed or outright skipped parts. This would of course be fantastic for those interested in working in film or theatre but I'm just really not.
Overall, a fun book to read but reminded me why I avoid the biography section. ( )

Meh.

Sometimes funny. Sometimes interesting. Sometimes sweet. Sometimes preachy. Sometimes trying too hard. Offerman seems like a great guy, but overall just kinda okay. ( )