Audiobook Reads

Like most romcoms, it starts stronger than it finishes. It's a funny concept, but they spend a lot of time on familial drama which is good for character building but a drag for the pacing. It's a cute concept overall though. It's a good read for the (romance-loving) birder in your life.

Continues to be a fun read. The emotional bits hit a little harder than before. I especially liked the way the story was told through flashbacks. Hits a little different in the modern era, where you're not sure all of humanity could come together to save the species. I guess that's what makes it science fiction.

A great John Huges parody from someone who has clearly immersed themselves in it. Unfortunately, the actual story feels like it's silly for silly's sake and isn't compelling in and of itself. The audiobook was produced well, but I found myself bored of the way they wrote jokes and found a plot to tie them to (rather than the other way around).

An in-depth look into the history of ZAZ and the production of Airplane!. The audio is good and there are a lot of voice cameos from producers, comedians, actors, and other people involved in the movie. It really was groundbreaking!

Another knockout mystery. The characters are great and the plot is a ride, top to bottom. Setting it all on a ship makes the puzzle that much more intricate. Bits of it get pretty dark, but it's a fun read nonetheless. Can't wait for his next book!

Very charming. Had lots of voice cameos by the cast and crew. Great behind the scenes stories and context on the making of the whole thing. Valuable too, since I lot of it was before I was born. I've always just known it as a beloved movie.

A cool look into Reggie's career and the business side of videogames. It was more of a business book that I expected, but there was some interesting context behind why some of the marketing and positioning of games happens the way that it does.

Touching and funny, but informative and pleasant. Definitely an interesting read.

Great listen! He tells some good stories. Interesting take on the evolution of a man. He's done a lot of neat things and had an interesting process in his acting. Told some good behind the scenes stuff.

Unsurprisingly pretty funny. Enjoyed his anecdotes and stories. He comes off as pretty human. Didn't talk much about ScarJo. It was a neat look into his life and comedy though.

A great performance and a surprisingly honest book lead to an enjoyable listening experience. This provided a really interesting juxtaposition with McHale's book that I listened to right before, too. Both good in their own way

I mostly enjoyed this. He's got a knack for storytelling and has certainly lead an interesting life. I didn't like how many lists there were. Frequently he'd talk about meals and name 7 things they had, mostly in French. I get that this helps emphasize his knowledge and the breadth of the food he eats, but after the second time they stopped adding to the story. That, and the cursing. In an effort to describe the culture of the kitchen staff, he went into great deal of detail about how their insult structure worked. This was super interesting, but again the list of multilingual curses he'd stream to drive his point home were more annoying than anything else. But, that stuff aside I really enjoyed most of it.

Enjoyable book! A mix of humor and memoir. The other thing I really liked about the audio book was that he had celebrity friends leave voicemails to introduce chapters, which was a nice touch. Also there were some audiobook specific jokes about not being able to see the pictures and stuff.

There was a lot of bravado on top of the stories, but there was also a very genuine person under there somewhere. Enjoyable read!