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I wish I hadn't heard about this book until much closer to October. Cannot wait! I have a space for it on my shelf between Tina Fey & Mindy Kaling.
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When I heard Amy Poehler was writing a book I could not wait for its release date to arrive. I made a spot for her on my books by funny people shelf, right between Tina Fey's Bossypants and Mindy Kaling's last book. So really, this was destined to get a pretty high rating from me before I even started to read.
I love Amy Poehler more after reading Yes Please. This book isn't a collection of funny essays, so if you are looking for a laugh a minute, you may be disappointed. It's closer to a traditi ...more
I love Amy Poehler more after reading Yes Please. This book isn't a collection of funny essays, so if you are looking for a laugh a minute, you may be disappointed. It's closer to a traditi ...more
This was my "female author" #2015ReadingChallenge book. Funny in parts, the book read more like a self help book that I couldn't relate to... Sorry, but Bossypants was better.
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So this was ok.
It wasn't mind blowing, overly hilarious, knee-slapping good times.
It was actually more about how she went from a crazed, excited, drug-using (sometimes) young adult to a contemplative, mature, appreciative adult mother. The advice she dishes out is slight...no huge moral lessons or great epiphanies for you to emulate, just her story, and a few light bulb moments she shares.
LOVE the chapter on her two boys. It is clear she is awed/enamored/madly in love with them.
HATE that she did ...more
It wasn't mind blowing, overly hilarious, knee-slapping good times.
It was actually more about how she went from a crazed, excited, drug-using (sometimes) young adult to a contemplative, mature, appreciative adult mother. The advice she dishes out is slight...no huge moral lessons or great epiphanies for you to emulate, just her story, and a few light bulb moments she shares.
LOVE the chapter on her two boys. It is clear she is awed/enamored/madly in love with them.
HATE that she did ...more
I love Amy, but this memoir didn't work for me.
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Dec 02, 2014
Darcy
marked it as to-read
Dec 02, 2014
Rebecca
marked it as half-read-will-return
Dec 13, 2014
E
marked it as to-read
Jan 04, 2015
Linda
marked it as to-read
Mar 15, 2015
Lindsey Faber
rated it
really liked it
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May 28, 2015
Madeleine
marked it as to-read
Jun 29, 2015
Mirliz
rated it
it was ok
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autobiography-memoir
