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Nick Offerman: Paddle Your Own Canoe (2013, Dutton) 4 stars

The actor known for roles in such productions as Parks and Recreation shares whimsical musings …

Review of 'Paddle Your Own Canoe' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

I guess I was expecting more of a comedic memoir, like Tina Fey's, but this turns out to be a strange mix between liberal manifesto and mostly non-comedic memoir emphasizing that he is not the same person as his character Ron Swanson, with bits of comedy thrown in here and there but also odd sections of political and religious commentary and in one chapter a breakdown of which mind-altering drugs should be tried or avoided. The audiobook on Audible is read by the author himself, which probably makes it more entertaining than reading the text, but it still is a pretty mixed bundle of messages. Some of it was entertaining, some of it seemed irrelevant or overly preachy, and overall it wasn't particularly comedic for the most part. If you're a hard core Nick Offerman fan genuinely looking for details on how he got into show business, what he thinks about the separation of church and state, smartphones, and drugs or alcohol, or how crazy in love he is with his wife, then you'll probably enjoy this. Otherwise you'll probably find this a bit of an odd read with mixed results.