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If You Would Have Told Me
If You Would Have Told Me: A Memoir | John Stamos
10 posts | 12 read | 1 reading | 1 to read
...I love him, and I respect him, and I need him. We all do. from the foreword by Jamie Lee Curtis If you would have told a young John Stamos flipping burgers at his dads fast-food joint that one day hed be a household name and that, at the height of his success, hed be living alone, divorced, with no kids, high on a cocktail of forgetting, he mightve asked, You want fries with that? John burst onto the scene in General Hospital, propelling him into the teen idol stratosphere, a place thats often a point of no return. But Stamos beat the odds and over the past four decades has proved himself to be one of his generations most successful and beloved actors. Whether showing off his comedic chops on Full House or his dramatic skills on ER, pushing the boundaries on Broadway or living out his youthful dreams as an honorary Beach Boy, John has surprised everyone, most of all himself. A universal story about friendship, love, loss, and the courage to embrace love once more, John Stamoss memoir is filled with some of the most memorable names in Hollywood, both old and new. Funny, deeply poignant, and brutally honest, If You Would Have Told Me is a portrait of a boy who went from believing in Disney magic to a man who learns that we have to create our own magical moments in life.
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ncayea
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Mehso-so

Being on a Memoir kick, this one is ok. I guess for adding a lot of detail to understand each achievement, made this a bit long winded.
Still a great read.

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Kris10H
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Mehso-so

(Audiobook)
I grew up watching Full House, as many from my generation did. Uncle Jesse is more familiar to me than some of my own family members. Stamos has definitely lived a good life, and has some fun stories to tell, I guess I just have a hard time relating to the life of a super handsome, talented, rich, male celebrity? Decent read.

lil1inblue Fun fact: A couple from my town tried to extort John Stamos in 2010-ish. It's a small town, so it was a big deal around here. I don't know if it made it in the book, but I still kinda want to read it. 😂

Link to story if you're interested. The story doesn't go into exactly how dumb they were, but still funny. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/no-glee-for-john-stamos-extortionists-michigan-coup...
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Kris10H That is hilarious! He did not mention it in the book, unfortunately! 2mo
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lilpumpkin2.0
Pickpick

January 2, 2024 Finished my first book of 2024 as planned. I started it mid December, picked it up, put it back down, picked it up, put it back down. And now, we have finished it - front to back!!! I would give the book 4/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️. It has funny and sad moments but mostly happy moments ♥️

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lilpumpkin2.0

December 29, 2023 Wowzers!!! Two more days until the end of 2023 (so long 2023) and hello 2024. I am about halfway through the book and have read it page to page without hesitation. John Stamos is very funny but also very vulnerable. He shares a lot of public moments that he had as he reached stardom long with other famius celebrities that he was able to work with in his career 🥹

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lilpumpkin2.0
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December 27, 2023 Began reading John Stamos' memoir. Thoroughly enjoying it while eating a slice of pumpkin pie and drinking iced coffee hearing the rain pour down outside... One of my hobbies is reading OBVIOUSLY. Add the rain and you got me sucked in (literally not figuratively) Ok Im going to keep reading now and update when I am more than halfway done :)

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ShananigansReads
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Pickpick

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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jdiehr
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My bestie and I always ask each other the same question on our birthdays..."What book do you want?"

Here I am acting surprised when I received exactly what I asked for ?

AmyG Hahahaha! Enjoy! 5mo
tpixie Great photo & smile!! He‘s so hot! He and Rob Lowe are the prettiest of the pretty boys! 😅😂🤣 5mo
TheBookgeekFrau Happy Birthday!! 🎉 I give your surprise 2 👍🏼👍🏼 5mo
dabbe 💙❄️💙 5mo
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bio_chem06
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Guilty pleasure celeb memoirs. Get me every time and of course I‘m enjoying it.

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Twainy
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Pickpick

ENTERTAINING

If you want a deep delve into his emotions and an expose‘ on his personal life or even a conversation regarding the boring day to day life of a celebrity you might want to keep walking.

These are the high points … the connections, stories and people who are & were important to him & have impacted his life positively & negatively.

He comes across funny & genuine.

This is his story the way he wanted to tell it so …

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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readswellwithothers
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Mehso-so

It‘s tough to “review” a memoir so I‘m just going to say that if you want to read a book written by a famous and handsome man and your two choices are Rob Lowe and John Stamos, PICK ROB LOWE.

Christine 🤣 Rob Lowe‘s books really are good! 6mo
Megabooks Best review!! 😂😂 6mo
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