Wanderlust, USA audiobook

Flula Borg is for those with a rather niche sense of humor, but if you've seen him on Conan and find his mispronunciations funny then the is the audiobook for you! You might even learn a few things about America and Germany, in these silly interviews some of which may or may not be a joke, but mostly it's just dumb and charmingly hilarious I for one love this guy. He's even now a movie star in the new The Suicide Squad...

This audio-only title had me chuckling all the way through. German-born Flula Borg brings his aggressive exuberance to his attempts to understand various bits of Americana: Elvis impersonators, alien abductions, Revolutionary War re-enactments, etc. Wanderlust USA is funny, but I can't quite give it five stars because sometimes its humor gives way to silliness and potty jokes.

Social media star Flula Borg’s first book is part absurdist travelogue and part hilarious comedic memoir, where he tackles everything from how to surf if you’re afraid of the ocean, the Alcatraz of Unicorns (the Kentucky Derby), Elvis Impersonators (both German and American), the UFOs who abducted his childhood poodle, the Iditarod, and writing a musical about Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, the German hero of the Revolutionary War whom Lin-Manuel Miranda tragically overlooked in “Hamilton.”If you’re a fan of absurd humor, you’ll enjoy this book—it’s incredibly weird and filled to the brim with Flula’s goofy sense of humor and rapid-fire musings. I especially liked the actual (albeit still somewhat silly) interviews he conducted with good-natured interviewees about the history of the things he was researching, as well as the parts of the book that delved into memoir: Flula is charming and very engaging, and it was fun to learn more about his past and why he chose to engage with the specific six topics I listed above.If you want a weird, fun, silly listen, check this book out! I loved it.

This should definitely be experienced as an audiobook. Flula narrates and it’s the icing on the cake.

I listened to the ALC audio book curtesy of Libro.fm, the publisher and, Title Wave Books Revised. Wanderlust, USA is a hilarious take on one man’s journey to experience everything he wanted to in America that was zany and weird. Flula Borg narrating his own book and putting some German flare into the BG audio was refreshing to hear. I loved every moment of this audio book. The banter he has with others and his producer always made me laugh. What a great way to tell a story whether it’s non-fic or fiction.

well closer to 4.5, but i want to listen to it a few more times. his impromptu calls were so much better than his scripted ones.

I listened to this and what a wonderful crazy road trip it was! The book is funny and tender all at once. Flula's fun way with speaking English makes for new wonderful words. My favorite was "overstatementing" instead of "overstating". I love that! Flula takes trips to 6 places in the USA that have significance to him. So there are 6 chapters in the book. Each chapter begins with a tie-in to Germany and how Flula became interested in the particular topic of which he is exploring and researching. At each location he interviews people and many of them are eccentrics who are so interesting to listen to. Between chapters, Flula plays a techno song that he has composed as a summary of the most recent chapter. These songs are fun and creative as well. Chapter 1--Surfing; destination: Huntington Beach, CaliforniaChapter 2--Kentucky Derby; destination: Louisville, KentuckyChapter 3--Elvis; destination: Tupelo, MississippiChapter 4--UFOS; destination: Roswell, New MexicoChapter 5--Revolutionary War reenactments; destination: Lexington, KentuckyChapter 6--Iditarod; destination: Nome, AlaskaI sure hope he does another book like this. I learned so many things!

3.5 stars rounded up because I'm on a stay at home order and I'll take all the laffs I can get.I vaguely knew that there was a human named Flula Borg prior to downloading this audiobook free from Libro.fm. At first, I wasn't sold. But then he summarized his remake of Point Break and I was sold. Not entirely sure how to classify this one...and not entirely sure what's an actual interview and what's a comedic interview, but it's a good time and there are some solid gold nuggets in it. A book hasn't made me lol in a while and it's exactly what I needed at this moment in time.

This book was a lot of fun...it definitely needs to be listened to. There were so many funny and crazy stories about Flula’s life that I loved. I learned some new things about German pop culture that were fun and about Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben. A few interviews he tried to conduct went a little south and those were sometimes painful to listen to and so awkward.

I adored this audiobook. It is so silly, and so wonderful. I don't think I have ever laughed so much while listening to or reading a book. It was an absolute delight, and I cannot recommend it enough.

This was a hilarious listen. Just what I needed the week after the election. Much thanks to Libro.fm!

I love Flula. But if you don’t know about him then you might not be into this book...

This book is so fun and well done!

Funny! And very original. :-)

This is hilarious!

This was a delightfully fun audiobook!

Very ridiculous and silly, but sweet too - I listened to the audiobook.