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Best Wishes, Warmest Regards: The Story of Schitt’s Creek
Book
33

Here are some notes I took on the acquisition of this book:

I bought this for Annie for Christmas 2021

Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing: A Memoir
Book Review
December 25, 2022
610

Matthew Perry is lucky to be alive. In this book, he recounts his story of addiction, from alcohol as a teenager, through to pills as an adult. As the book starts, he’s in rehab, in great pain. Opiates cause constipation, and he’s so constipated that his bowel ruptures. He almost dies. He spends…

Moonlighting: An Oral History
Deane’s Library
Book Review
February 1, 2024
1400

Moonlighting was finally streaming on Hulu, so I started binge-watching it. It was a show that aired during my teenage years, so I have vague memories of it. It was an “adult” show, and I somewhat remember my mother not approving. I saw a scattering of episodes, but never string them together….

You Never Know: A Memoir
Deane’s Library
Book Review
May 18, 2024
524

I enjoyed this quite a bit, largely because it felt like it was written by Tom Selleck himself. I was nervous when I saw a co-author credit, because I was afraid it was going to be glossy and sanitized, but it’s not. In fact, it’s even a little awkward in places. It genuinely feels like it was…