Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey

I'd heard all about Matthew McConaughey's memoir/book he wrote, and I'm always here for a celebrity book narrated by the author him- or herself, so I waited for this one from the library for FOREVER and finally got it. I think the best part of this book was McConaughey's voice as he was retelling all of the stories from his life; he has such a great and distinctive voice that it really was so much better hearing him narrate everything. He tells stories from his life, but then he also incorporates his own thoughts and theories about life and wisdom he's discovered, sprinkled throughout in their own sections. Those were less interesting--not bad, but not as fun as the stories from his childhood and his rise to fame. He told about how he spent one summer sneaking out of his house all night and stealing lumber from a lumberyard, and building a 13-story treehouse in this enormous tree where he stayed all summer long. I thought he did a great job describing what it was like becoming famous, and how he struggled with it, and it was really interesting to imagine and hear how he lived his life over the years. He spent years living in a camper van traveling around the US, several years living in the fanciest hotel in LA, then now in Austin on a ranch he bought there with his wife and three kids. I actually teared up when he described how he felt about his daughter when she was born. He is a really great writer--you can tell he knows what he's doing and that he's a deep thinker. This was a great celebrity memoir, for sure.