Bossypants
by: Tina Fey read by: Tina Fey
From Goodreads: Before Liz Lemon, before "Weekend Update," before "Sarah Palin," Tina Fey was just a young girl with a dream: a recurring stress dream that she was being chased through a local airport by her middle-school gym teacher. She also had a dream that one day she would be a comedian on TV.
She has seen both these dreams come true.
At last, Tina Fey's story can be told. From her youthful days as a vicious nerd to her tour of duty on Saturday Night Live; from her passionately halfhearted pursuit of physical beauty to her life as a mother eating things off the floor; from her one-sided college romance to her nearly fatal honeymoon—from the beginning of this paragraph to this final sentence.
Tina Fey reveals all, and proves what we've all suspected: you're no one until someone calls you bossy.
(Includes Special, Never-Before-Solicited Opinions on Breastfeeding, Princesses, Photoshop, the Electoral Process, and Italian Rum Cake!)
My Review: Oh My God. Where do I start? This book and Tina Fey are so awesome. I can't imagine having read it any other way than hearing Tina read it herself. The under-her-breath insights and hearing the sarcasm exactly where it should be, well it was just perfect. From the very beginning telling about becoming a woman and all it's horrors to her near death experience on her honeymoon mid-book I couldn't stop laughing. I know I got some strange looks between here and Greensboro and back while I lost myself in "Bossypants."
If you ever need advice on life ask a comedian. If you can, ask Tina Fey. She's funny, yea we all know that, but she's also one of us. She's not ashamed of telling her coming up stories either. This isn't a book about how talented and successful she is. It's about what an every day woman has to experience to appreciate opportunity when it arises. The chapter Peeing in Jars with Boys probably wasn't meant to be hysterically funny but I was in tears. She's new to SNL and trying to coach Sylvester Stallone on enunciating during his sketch. Really? Who and how would someone go about this? Being the new girl on SNL must have been one hell of an experience.
Learning about improv was fascinating. I really did learn something. Not that I'm going to run out for open mic night or anything but she's brilliant. Handling herself in a male dominated industry says it all I think. Fey isn't modest about telling you who and what tried to stand in her way.
Oh! Don't let me forget to mention parenting memories from Tina Fey. My Oh My! You can't not read this book...er, listen to it. Seriously. Drunk midgets and dysfunctional families. That's all.
My Recommendation: I could write about everything I loved about Bossypants for hours. So as to not give it all away just go get the audio book. NOW. GO! I'm sure every public library has it. If you need $1 for a library card...well, I'm a broke bitch, but it will be worth it. I'll send you a buck.
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