I loved Freaks and Geeks and I can definitely see similarities to this book. Easy read and very entertaining. Definitely similarities to some of my own midwest childhood experiences. ( )

From the creator of the television show "Freaks and Geeks" Feig tells some of the real stories that helped inspire the show. What really happened to the heirloom necklace he gave to a girl he worshiped in home room? Frightening tales of locker room antics (that never even occurred to me as problematic)? Bullies, cooties, and hilarious, awkward teenage obsessions make this book laugh-out-loud funny. I really liked this book, well-written, easy, flowing prose style, funny and heartfelt; it's a highly enjoyable book. ( )

This memoir is really more of a series of grueling anecdotes from a tortured preadolescence & early adolescence. They are the sorts of stories that bring back all the worst parts of being a kid, stories that made my skin crawl. Some of them were almost funny, in a horrifying fashion. Feig's a pretty good writer, a master of self-deprecation, and one of those people who remembers all the things one does well to forget about being a kid.

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Confessions of a nerdy, geeky dude. Yeah I was one, too, but not in the same way and not nearly as bad. Lots of passages made me laugh out loud. Quick read. And man I wish Freaks & Geeks made a season 2, and 3, and 4.... ( )

If you've ever been embarrassed, you HAVE TO READ THIS. It'll make you feel better. ( )