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Some great book deals available today, purchased 4 new books before noon today, have two on the way from #botm, and another from book depository....no problem here folks lol.

Quick, entertaining audiobook that is vaguely similar to Sedaris. I laughed at several parts, got bored with a few, but overall it was enjoyable.

I have the place all to myself. #afternoonreads

I love a comedy writer. This gave me so many laughs! Jumped around a bit and repeated a few stories but overall was sad and funny at the same time.

I don‘t know much about Gary Janetti, but this book definitely didn‘t make me a fan of his...

Funny essays about being young and trying to make it. Apparently the author had a famous social media? And he wrote on a lot of tv that I had no idea he was apart of.

Fun but not terribly substantive, this collection of essays shares Janetti‘s early life, his aspirations to be a writer, and the long (often unmotivated) path he took to get there, and his understanding of his own sexuality. The asides are pretty entertaining and you don‘t really have to know who he is to find this one a breezy and enjoyable read. Full review at https://booknaround.blogspot.com/2019/11/review-do-you-mind-if-i-cancel-by-gary....

Janetti and I are the same age, so I can relate to some of his childhood memories. I was delighted to read that he contributed greatly to Will & Grace and Vicious—I enjoy(ed) both of those shows immensely.

Gary Janetti is a new-to-me writer/person. Having heard good things about this book, I gave it a go, figuring it might be a good countermeasure to the endless hours of impeachment hearings I‘ve been putting into my ears. 😣 It was. Funny and acerbic but also sweet and reflective. Recommended on its own merits, not only as a distraction from painful civic duties. 😁

3.5-4⭐️ I enjoyed this one. I like Janetti‘s writing and humor. This is different than his IG account. It‘s more introspective and ruefully reminiscing as he reveals snapshots of his life. Janetti almost takes on a Walter Mitty approach to life in his imaginings of various scenarios in his head which show us, he‘s a dreamer at heart. He admits to being petty. He is. Yet, this book reveals he‘s human. It‘s a combo of humor and partial memoir.

🥃Wednesday afternoon became Happy Hour and a book while I wait for an event tonight.

Janetti is humorous, whimsical, snarky, occasionally pettily judgmental, all with a nostalgic charm as he self deprecatingly reminisces snapshots of his life for us. I‘m here for it. I voted for him in the Humor category of the Goodreads 2019 Best Reads. He made the semi finals by write in noms. Highly recommend sending him a vote!

“I remembered it all. And he remembered none of it. Well, not me anyway. But isn‘t that the risk you take when you say to someone, “remember?””

✍🏼Janetti has such a way with words. Reading the snippets he shares from his life broadens and humanizes the person behind the hilarious yet snarky Instagram account. I‘m enjoying his writing immensely so far.

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At the doctor for the kid‘s sports physical and I started this book of autobiographical essays for #nfnov. I am not a pop culture person so I don‘t actually know who Janetti is but #til I‘d never have made it as an actor or in anything Hollywood or Broadway related.

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