Bare Bones

By Bobby Bones

 

I’m going to begin this review by saying that I don’t ever listen to the radio. Ever. I’m a firm believer that everything on the radio is the exact same song and exact same “dj” everywhere in the country. There’s nothing I enjoy more than changing the station to hear the exact same song playing almost at the same time as the last station. So when I decided to listen to Bare Bones by Bobby Bones, I was definitely not expecting what I was hit with.

Bare Bones is the autobiography of Bobby Bones, the national radio syndicate host of The Bobby Bones Show. Again, to be honest, I have no idea who he is. I figured, he’s about the same age as me and has his own radio show plus narrated his own autobiography? Now I’m curious. Well, I was pleasantly hit with an honestly funny and tender autobiography. Bones covers everything from his poor upbringing, schooling, college, his first radio host shot, and all of his interesting quirks.

For me this was probably the most hilarious autobiography I’ve ever listened to. I grew up poor, just like Bones. So I can relate to his “four major food groups” that he describes early on into the book. Let’s just say it involves Manwich and also Sunny Delight. Ironically, I did the exact same thing he did with the Sunny D as he describes in his book. When you’re poor, you do what you have to do in order to get more.

Bobby Bones narrates his own autobiography as well and does a fantastic job as well! I literally felt as if he was sitting across from me at a restaurant telling me his story!

All in all, Bare Bones is an excellent autobiography about a very interesting man. Growing up the way he did and seeing how he worked very hard to be where he is now, you have to give the man a lot of respect. Rising from poverty to where he is now and how he talks about his past with humor allows me to give him a lot of respect to see where he goes the next 10-20 years. Get this book! Preferably the audiobook version!

Story: 5/5

Narration: 5/5

Overall: 5/5

Pros: Honest and hilarious at the same time!

Cons: I feel I could have used more interesting stories. Yet this “con” is not enough for me to ding the book overall.