"My Booky Wook 2: This Time It's Personal" by Russell Brand

I recently finished reading Russell Brand's first installment of his autobiographical "Booky Wook" series and quite enjoyed it. I think I enjoyed this one more. The first one, he tried more and I laughed more I think, but with this one, I could better see the celebrity that I know him as, and he had more stories about time spent in the U.S., which being American I can better relate to. In his first book, there were tedious details about his childhood and adolescence to give background into who he is, but in this one, he made the stories more relevant for what the reader probably wanted. Also, it helped that during this book, he was sober and clean--so that whole dramatic scene was eliminated and other topics could be focused upon. I much liked reading his stories about filming "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" in Hawaii, being friends with Morrissey and Noel from Oasis (respectively), his crush on Helen Mirren and meeting various celebrities during his MTV VMA hosting and filming "Get Him to the Greek." Particularly funny and somewhat inspiring was a story about a media debacle that Brand caused when he joked on air about having sexual relations with one of their guest's granddaughters. In that particular situation, Brand went through a bad time and learned some valuable lessons about going too far with his humor and how to be more vigilant of potential domino effects. I enjoyed Brand's second book and would love to meet him in person someday! I would probably want to discuss his books in detail, as there were many fascinating stories.