Brian Baumgartner

After finishing Jenna and Angela's book I was left sort of wanting just a bit more of an in-depth look at The Office as a whole. Their book had a lot of stuff about The Office, but it was still primarily about them. This is exactly what I needed! I loved both books, this one worked slightly better for me as a broad overview with enough specificity to keep it interesting. I loved being able to hear the perspectives from everybody. It was a great time.

I listened to this as an audiobook, I show more don't know if my experience would have been different reading it because the narration is mixed with interview-like sections of cast member dialogue. I'm sort of curious how this was formatted on paper. I thought the audiobook worked really well, but I was pretty bummed that everybody except Brian had voice actors reading the parts instead of the actual actors. I get why, but with sooo many different people it was really hard to tell who was talking sometimes. Some of the voice actors sounded similar enough to who they were portraying, but with others I couldn't tell. I also got the voices of the producers and non-actors confused quite often. I think it would have been easier to follow if I could read the names of who was talking each time. That didn't really hinder my enjoyment too much, but I probably didn't know who was speaking at least a quarter of the time. show less

If you are a fan of the TV show, you will love this book. I am and I did. I relived a lot of my favourite moments, learned a few interesting things and gained a deeper understanding of why The Office was the cultural phenomenon it became. I'm seriously considering watching the entire series again.

This is a must-have book for fans of The Office. That said, if you've listened to Brian Baumgartner's "Deep Dive" podcast, you'll see a lot of repetitiveness. Still, I'll enjoying opening it up and dipping into it again and again. That's what she said.

What an entertaining and gorgeous cookbook! Yes, it's chili (yummy), but the photos were a work of art and there are some eclectic and unique recipes in this book. It's organized well and there's even a vegetarian chili section. Seriously, I can't wait to try out the chili and waffle cornbread recipe. I've never seen The Office, but there's loads of awesome chili recipes with brief backgrounds of chefs here.

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