Joyful Recollections of Trauma

I'm a big fan of Paul's podcast How Did This Get Made? and have seen a lot of Paul's other TV/film work. I felt like this book really validated my parasocial relationship with him-it includes/expands on some stories about his life that he's told on the podcast with some added, well, trauma. Like some MAJ YIKES childhood moments. (I loved the cameos from June in this, like he mentions telling her one of these stories and she said something like “I'm so upset I have to leave the room”. Juuuuune!) ANyway it's just a very funny and endearing book and has some really relatable moments for people who are fans of stuff-I loved reading about his childhood fandom energies. You can tell he's a person who loves comedy and is aware that he's living his dream.

I wouldn't necessarily say you should go out of your way to read this if you aren't already a fan of Paul's, but if you're even a little interested in checking out his book I'd definitely recommend it.