Over the holidays I got a good amount of books. I have been trying to read more in 2022. I want to be off my phone more, and reading seems like a better way to distract myself than just scrolling on my phone. When I got COVID I went through a couple of older books that I had been putting off, and I fell back in love with reading. When I got out of quarantine the very first book I read was Seth Rogen's new book, "Yearbook".

To be honest I didn't even know that Rogen had written or was even writing a book. I am a big fan of his, I see on his social media that he makes vases and such, but I never saw anything about a book. Then some other people I know who know I like him mentioned that I should check out his book. Being told about this is what gave me the impetus to ask for the book for Xmas. And I read it and finished it very quickly because I very much enjoyed the book.

This book was perfect for someone like me. As I said before, I am a fan. Then we have the fact that a ton of strangers have come to me in many random places and told me that I look and sound like Rogen. I take that as a humongous compliment. I'm also the same age as Rogen, so a lot of the stuff he wrote about were very common to me. I feel like I am the target audience for this book. And it worked. As I said, I loved the book. It was such an easy and good read. There are times when I forget how famous Seth Rogen truly is. I guess, at least to me, Rogen has never come as an uber famous out there type of guy. He works, but he is never really out there doing any crazy stuff or things that the tabloids jump all over. He seems to live a relatively quiet life, but he happens to know super famous people. This was made clear to me while reading the book.

I will not spoil too much, but there are some big names. He talks about introducing Eminem and Dr Dre at the Grammys. He mentions a meeting he and Judd Apatow had with Tom Cruise during all the crazy Katie Holmes and Suri Cruise stuff. He talks about a night on the town that Rogen, his wife and Steve Wozniak and his wife had going to the Magic Castle. He mentions meeting with some very high up government while making the movie "The Interview". That was another thing I really dug about the book. I like hearing inside scoop on movies being made. It is even better when the movies the person is talking about are movies I truly enjoy. I loved reading all about the making of "The Interview". It was fascinating. I also liked hearing how long it took them to get "Superbad" made. The stuff with Apatow and "Knocked Up" was pretty neat. I like any unheard info I can get on "This is the End", which is one of my personal favorite movies.

The thing that made this book truly stand out was the personal stories. It was sweet to hear about him meeting and dating his wife. It was also hilarious. I really enjoyed getting to know more about his parents and how cool they seem. I really liked hearing about the summer camps and the trials and tribulations that happened. And even though I do not do drugs, it was pretty enlightening to hear about the many, many drugs that Rogen has done. I thought it was truly educational to hear him recollect the times doing them, and what he learned about doing them. It was awesome.

I highly recommend checking this book out, especially if you are a fan like me. "Yearbook" is a wonderful read and I think you would enjoy it as much as I did.

Ty

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