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Nov 26, 2018 Krissy rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: pgs-300-399, audiobook, nonfiction

I wish I liked this more :(

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Oct 07, 2015 Graceann rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: humor, memoir, advice, audio

Thanks to the folks at BookRiot (advertising works, kids), I dipped my toe into audio territory by trying a memoir that is read by the author. Rebecca Schinsky suggested this one, numerous times, so off I went.

Thank you so much, Rebecca. Not only do we hear from Amy herself, but there are numerous guest voices (including her parents) and even a "live" segment wherein she talks a bit and then reads a chapter for a roomful of people.

This is "sort of" a memoir, and at times it is laugh-out-loud f ...more

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Jun 28, 2016 Joanna rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: audiobooks, biography-memoir, nonfiction, rws-2017-winter, 2017-read

I really enjoyed listening to this. It was funny and irreverent and chatty. Maybe not quite as good as Bossypants, but still an enjoyable way to make driving less annoying. I'd recommend it in audio format as there are guests readers and good production values and you get the comic timing in audio. Sometimes you just need this sort of random cotton candy look into someone else's life to give you a break from yours. ...more

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Jul 20, 2015 Dana rated it really liked it

Shelves: moms-club-book-club, listened-to

This was a fun read...I mean listen. I wasn't at first too interested in this book when my book club first started throwing it around as an option, but then it appeared on a couple lists of books every woman should read along with titles and authors I respected, so then I was excited for it. She is frank and of course funny--self deprecating even when being admittedly narcisistic. I loved learning about her childhood in Massachusetts and early years of her career, and especially enjoyed her desc ...more

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Jan 10, 2016 Larissa rated it liked it

Hmm all these comedians are writing life stories these days? I suppose it is because they know they are funny! But this really wasn't a "funny" book. Anyway, this was a fun read of Amy's life story (nothing really too personal though she just skimmed the surface) mixed with antidotes of her TV/Movie projects. As I am a big SNL fan and Parks & Rec fan so I particularly liked these parts of the book. Its not a full on comedy book or a full on memoir as she doesn't go too deep on personal stuff, an ...more

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