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Publication Date: Oct 4 2010

My Booky Wook was one of the most revered and successful celebrity autobiographies of all time (not including the Bible or anything by Oprah). The honesty, mayhem, and scandal made it as riveting and fanciful as anything found in fiction.

In Booky Wook 2, this award-winning achievement is surpassed as Russell charts his rise from crack-house junky to Hollywood star, indulging in sexual excesses that make Caligula seem like a prudish spinster. On his quest to find true love, Russell encountered thousands of women, often three or four at a time (for efficiency), and his dizzying ambition led to chaos and controversy that could have landed him in prison and left the BBC in ruins.

This is the story of what happens when insatiable desire meets limitless opportunity and when a punk from the wrong side of the tracks is given the keys to the palace. This riot of self-indulgence would be rampaging still but for a tossed bottle to the head from one of the world's biggest pop stars.

Can true love conquer all? Is it a more powerful force than the raging libido of a professional madman? The answer lies inside.

--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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My Booky Wook was one of the most revered and successful celebrity autobiographies of all time (not including the Bible or anything by Oprah). The honesty, mayhem, and scandal made it as riveting and fanciful as anything found in fiction.

Can true love conquer all? Is it a more powerful force than the raging libido of a professional madman? The answer lies inside.

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Hardcover: 304 pages
Publisher: It Books (Oct 4 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0061958077
ISBN-13: 978-0061958076
Product Dimensions: 23.5 x 16.5 x 3.2 cm
Shipping Weight: 499 g

Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #88,348 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Reviews of Booky Wook 2: "Devotees will be devouring Russell's outrageous Booky Wook 2: This Time it's Personal. This man loves to offend and to challenge the reader by being incredibly funny." The Times "This book [...] reminds you of how funny and original he is; also how British; also what a loss to the old motherland." Sunday Times Culture "A witty and engaging raconteur, Brand makes no apologies and takes no prisoners throughout this lively account of his (sex) life and career." Hot Press --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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Just when you thought it was safe to go back to the bookstore . . . Booky Wook 2!

As incredible as it may seem, the honesty, the mayhem, the lascivious scandal of Russell Brand’s magnum opus, My Booky Wook, are surpassed by Booky Wook 2! This time it’s personal, as Brand unabashedly charts his rise from crack-house junkie to Hollywood star while indulging in sexual excesses that make Caligula seem like a prudish spinster—encountering thousands of women, often three or four at a time (for efficiency), on his quest to find true love. Here is the riveting story of what happens when insatiable desire meets limitless opportunity and a punk from the wrong side of the tracks is given the keys to the palace. Indeed, Brand’s riot of self-indulgence would be rampaging still were it not for a well-aimed bottle tossed to the head, delivered from the hand of the exquisite Katy Perry, one of the world’s biggest pop stars.

Can true love conquer all? Is it a force more powerful than the raging libido of an insatiable professional madman? The answer lies within . . . Booky Wook 2!

--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Pretty forgettable, even for fans of Russell Brand May 25 2012

By Mary Lavers TOP 1000 REVIEWER

Format:Hardcover

My favourite thing about this book and its predecessor is the title. As far as celebrity memoirs go, it's pretty forgettable, even for fans of Russell Brand. Um, nice cover art, though. I grasping at straws here.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Russell Brand. He's so hot right now! April 13 2011

By Jeff Nijsse

Format:Hardcover

Brand's follow up to Wook#1 is a nice continuation and well worth the read. (It's quick and easy once you get used to his British slang again.) This time round Russell concentrates more on his transition to America and the movies he's recently made. It's quite timely right now considering that his movie Arthur is being released and that's the point the book ends at. If you're a fan of him in Forgetting Sarah Marshall or Get Him to the Greek, then enjoyment of Wook#2 will naturally follow.

In comparison to his life as a junkie, sobriety just isn't as entertaining. There are still plenty of lewd tales, however, you can tell that he's written them from behind a filter of being in love with Katy. The book wraps up with him and Katy Perry getting together, and I suppose this will be the topic of Wook#3.

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Amazon.com: 3.7 out of 5 stars 57 reviews

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4.0 out of 5 stars Tongue-in-Cheeky Oct 19 2010

By Lillian, author: My Name is Lillian & I'm an alcoholic (and an Atheist) - Published on Amazon.com

Format:Hardcover

If you want more Russell Brand (and don't we all?), this book delivers. It picks up where Booky Wook leaves off and offers readers a bacchanalia of wily words. While parts of the text are certainly from his stand-up act, and they are very funny, this is no transcription. Who knew that doing Shakespeare with Helen Mirren could be so comical?

If you're looking for a recovery story it's here. Sex is the drug this time. Brand, who is a self-aware fame-seeker, traded crack and heroin for acting out compulsively with hundreds (thousands?) of women. His behavior didn't begin after sobriety, but it moved to center stage in his life. What is most fascinating is that by producing this book he allows himself time for some reflection on the question.

Because he lives his life so publically, readers won't be surprised by his sexual activities, but they may be impressed by his boundless energy. What he communicates is his ultimate disillusionment with his hot pool of dirty deeds.

If you don't want to laugh, don't buy this book. There are passages that are filled with tear-inducing hilarity. But the fact is that Brand is not simply a clown.

Sometimes Brand makes it seem like fabulous opportunities fall down from the sky like delightful puffs of snow, but I suspect that hard work, hours of improv training, innate (not inane) talent, and the generous support of his minions are the reason for his success. As he says: "Life is not a postcard of life, life is essential and about detail, minutiae and trivia."

I suspect we will continue to see additions in the Booky Wook series as Brand continues to evolve.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars entertaining Oct 29 2010

By Alla S. - Published on Amazon.com

Format:Hardcover

"My Booky Wook 2: This Time It's Personal" by Russell Brand, is the sequel to his "My Booky Wook," which detailed his pre-fame life as a struggling comedian. Consequently, "My Booky Wook 2" delves into his rise as an actor and stand-up comedian in England, and, thanks to his newfound film roles in Judd Apatow comedies, the U.S. I read the original "My Booky Wook," and was intrigued by his stories, and was therefore curious about this sequel.

Unlike the first book, Brand no longer discusses his drug troubles (he's been sober for eight years), hanging out with the homeless (having been nearly homeless himself, at one point), or his hard road to "making it," but does reflect upon his new celebrity status, influential friends, and his transatlantic journey to the U.S. The first half of the book discusses his experiences in Britain, while the second half concentrates on the U.S.

While Brand was big in Britain, he was a relative unknown in the U.S. until his gig hosting the MTV Music awards in 2008. The chapter discussing his MTV hosting experience was particularly hilarious, as Brand includes the transcripts of some of the hate mail he received post-Awards, and his replies. However, behind the scenes Brand's life wasn't as funny--his team was horrified that his controversial antics at the awards could be the end of his US career.

In the book, Brand also includes his experience starring in comedies like "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" and "Get Him to the Greek" (where he co-starred with P. Diddy), meeting wife Katy Perry, and how Adam Sandler helped jumpstart his career in America. Overall, I thought it was an entertaining read.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars An Incendiary Barrel Of Glamorous Vicissitudes Oct 10 2010

By Big Fingers Jefferson - Published on Amazon.com

Format:Paperback

I recently sauntered into a bookshop while I was squandering my precious youth between classes, and I noticed a rack covered in Russell Brand's well-barbered mug. These brown and gold paperbacks bore the title, Booky Wook 2: This Time It's Personal. Having read (and adored) his first memoir entitled, My Booky Wook: A Memoir of Sex, Drugs, and Stand-up, I naturally bought the book immediately. I read it in two days, and I was not disappointed.

Brand is astoundingly clever, highly engaging, with a vocabulary to rival the Oxford dictionary. His yarns are nothing short of mind-blowing at the worst of times. Only a creative mind such as his could hold my unwavering interest whilst recounting a threesome with a film extra and an English bulldog with a propensity for rimming. In this sequel to his award-winning memoir, Brand gives an account of his post-junky days, leading up to the current height of his stardom, and his fall from the title of sex monster into the gaping, jagged jaws of love.

BW2's only downfall lies in the realisation that many of the hilariously deviant anecdotes are taken directly, often verbatim, from Brand's stand-up routines. While it doesn't constitute plagiarism, it was a smidgen of a let-down.

Brand's flash bulb-laden ascent into international stardom is intimately and humourously shared by the author. This includes inumerable sexual endeavours, on-stage (and on-air) battles, and dabblings into cinema

BW2 is an incredibly fluid read with an ambiance of a personal pub conversation with a learned Grays vagabond.

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