Nerd Do Well

I listened to the audiobook, which has the fun quality of feeling like you are having a friendly conversation with Simon himself. This book was wonderful. Simon Pegg is brilliant and insightful. He weaves together his life into a narrative that twists back and forth through the actual chronological reality of his story. My only real complaint was it was too short! I wanted to know more, especially about him and Nick Frost.

75% of the book is on his life in school, showing all the synchronisity between who/where he was then and where he is today. I appreciated his honest sharing of his experience although I got a bit uncomfortable on ‘to much information' areas. I love that he is just as geeky as me as well as some of the deep thinking he does; I sure don't do that so “You go Simon!”

I dropped out completing the book first because I kept getting lost in the timelines. He did warn me in his introduction. Second, I was looking for the book to be touching into areas along his life rather than focusing heavily in his first 20 years or so.

This is three books in one, unfortunately none of them are very good. I think I'll stick to the acting Mr. Pegg.