Semi-famous author slash comedian slash Paralympian Josh Sundquist clearly wants to be more that semi-famous. Interesting nuggets about fame and celebrity, including Fredrick Douglass (most photographed American of the 1800s) and Alexander the Great (named 70 cities after himself), as well as an autobiographical sketch of the author.

Random note from audiobook: Josh S cannot pronounce the word recognize / recognition/ recognizing. In his world apparently there is no ‘g’ in his version of these words.
Re-cah-nize . Ugh.

This is a fun YA read about the concept of fame and celebrity.

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I picked up this book to read because I had seen Josh Sundquist come across my Explore feed on Instagram and so I was curious to see what he would have to say in this book on happiness and fame. In it, he tackles fame through many angles and why fame isn't all that it's cracked up to be.

Sundquist's style is funny and engaging. His text is filled with examples from the past and present to illustrate how they became famous and why they might have come to regret their acquired fame. He also tells his personal experiences and attempts at fame, both failed and successful through funny anecdotes and graphs thorough the book. I found the structure of the book, organized around school subjects to be a truly interesting and creative way of exploring the subject matter.

Thank you NetGalley and Hachette Book Group for an eARC in exchange for an honest review.