Pepperoni, Jalapenos & LSD by P.H. Mountain is a memoir of the author's first year spent away from home. An honest account of the life he has lived.

This wasn’t what I anticipated but was a great read regardless.
A memoir of a life once lived.
Hilariously funny at times and interesting.

Don’t let the cover & AC/DC lyrics deter you, this is a deep dive into a first-person tour de debauchery: a crass but well-spoken dude zooted in The Big Easy’s airport, sad but funny adventures. Reminds me a bit of Thommy Waite’s Any Day You Can Die w/ more @ss jokes. Since the software engineer is 40 going on 20, he reminds me of a cuddlier McAfee. The prose is ironically philosophic about Nola shootings or secretary assault, always coming at it w/ nihilistic misdirection. I just wish it was cut back a third so I know where this story is taking us sooner. Calling beer “brain coolant” has provides good characterization. It’s meta in that the dude wants to write a more coherent, Midwest Fear & Loathing. Writers writing about writing feels masturbatory to me. That on top of the over-detail of even a junk drawer just has me craving something sleeker.

What an emotional rollercoaster of a read! Grapples with the feelings many of us have as we approach or begin ‘adulthood’; the wandering, the wondering, the lessons, the mistakes, the rebellions…all leading to a greater understanding of ourselves and our limits. At takes humorous and hilarious, and at others worrying and heartbreaking - a great read

Pepperoni, Jalapeños and LSD is a raw and honest recount of a period of the author, P.H. Mountain’s, life. This was completely different to what I would usually read but was enjoyable with the detail and paintings of quite descriptive and graphic views. I recommended this to a friend who picked it up on Kindle and has since read and loved it. Despite me not being the target audience of this, I did enjoy it and would recommend anyone gives it a read. Thank you to NetGalley and P.H.Mountain for the opportunity to read and review this book.

I would rate this book at 3 1/2 stars out 5.

When the author and his friend leave Minnesota to scope out some place out west new to move to and get away from the cold Minnesota winters they ended up in Boulder Colorado home of University of Colorado. With the addition of friend at the last minute all three make the move with the author at the tender age of 19 and the first time living on his own. This covering 1989 and 1990 you follow the author as he adjusts to living on his own finding an apartment, a job, making friends and maybe finding a girlfriend and in the meantime partying a lot. The book is structured well but the story is at the sophomoric level, and I guess that is to be expected as the author telling his story when he was 19 and at times it reads like one 19-year-old bragging to another. Overall, a decent read

Enjoyable, adventurous, well-written; P. H. Mountain's personal accounts is a story full of drama, romance and thrill, packed with the depiction of his experience with his girlfriend and with LSD and acid, both relationships being extremely intense.

Thank you #Netgalley for this advanced copy!

The title is what pulled me in! I was unsure what I was about to embark on with this read. This ended up being a hilariously read about Paul right after high school leaving Minnesota with his two best friends and starting their next journey in a move to Colorado. No jobs, no school, no parents. The three boys shared a one bedroom apartment and drank all day and Paul quickly became a fan of LSD. We read about Paul's journey from relationships with girls, boys, his siblings, a druggy who visits his work during the graveyard ship and so much more. So many laugh out loud moments! I want to know what happens next!