Lots of reading is going down. 

I'm not sure why I have been itching to read again, I used to do it a lot more in school. It's been nicer to not be on my phone in the middle of the day between doing things. So, first on my list has been Steve-o's book: "Professional Idiot: a memoir". It's honestly a pretty solid read. 

I think it depends on your opinion of him and your level of empathy for people who are just crazy. Steve-o definitely says some fucked up stuff, dropped a few slurs here and there, but ultimately he doesn't seem like a hateful person. I think he's simply recounting things he actually said while in a drug fuelled state. So warning there, I guess. 

I think what redeems him is the fact he did get sober and realizes that he was an asshole, he calls out his past self on it. It's a pretty fun read if anything, it's equal parts funny and horrifying. 

I also found out it was signed lol, pretty cool. 

steveo's autograph

Anyways, I read it because I found it in a charity shop. I really had no clue that he had a book, I knew about the clean and sober thing but not the memior. It's good. I'm also not really sure as to why I get on a memior binge. I used to be a pretty strictly horror fiction person, but I read a few memiors in the past that got me into it. Namely "Get in the Van" by Henry Rollins and "Girl in a Band" by Kim Gordon. I read recently that some people didn't like Kim's book. Maybe I like too many people, or maybe I am more empathetic towards people. I don't know why anyone expects everyone (namely famous people) to be these really clean, good, well-rounded people. I feel it's like a given people suck lol.

Steve-o's book was pretty good, I appreciate he's self-aware. 

Next on the List:

 

I also definitely have some unfinished books lying around in my flat, I just haven't been back to get them and drop what I have at my boyfriend's off yet. Other than that, I've been playing No More Heroes, which is pretty cool. Tonight I am going to also start Alan Wake 2, which I really loved but never finished. It's been kinda hard lately with chronic pain lol.