Bossypants in Overdue Podcast

Jun 18, 2013 Heather rated it really liked it

I wasn't sure if I would like this book or not, since I don't typically like non-fiction books. But she was funny throughout the book. I borrowed the audio book from my library and I'm glad they had her read it - otherwise I think it would have been weird. The nice bonus was that you got to listen to the sketch she did on Saturday Night Live about Sarah Palen (ignore the spelling error please). The downside to the audio book was the fact that she would refer to pictures (PDF) you go, I guess, wh ...more

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Nov 22, 2012 Angela rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

I "read" this via audiobook (read by Fey) and LOVED every minute. You have to appreciate her sense of humor, but the book is as well-done as anything else I've seen from Tina Fey. As soon as I finished it, I just started it over again--it was that entertaining :). Definitely recommend. ...more

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Feb 12, 2015 Florencia rated it it was ok · review of another edition

It had it's fun, it had it's wisdom. But i feel like this book is meant for people of her generation, or at the very least, who know more usa pop culture than me. And i know a lot. However, I did laugh out loud at least fifteen times. But most of the book were jokes which i couldn't get because i didn't know who those people were, and i has too lazy to google them up. It does has it's wise moments (towards the ending particularly) and i think it might be very helpful for young actricess and acto ...more

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May 31, 2014 Sarah rated it really liked it

Shelves: feminism, humor

Super funny. I usually listen to books on double time but Tina Fey speaks so quickly that I listened to this in normal time and even then I finished this in one day. In my defense, I did more laundry, stroller pushing and driving that day than usual- all great book listening activities.

Even though I am giving this 4 stars I have to qualify it by saying there was a significant amount of language in this book. She even used a certain word that I don't think I've ever come across in my reading lif ...more

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May 07, 2011 Lee-Ann rated it really liked it

Shelves: twenty-eleventy

While devouring Tina Fey's gems of wisdom, I kept laughing out loud so much that I was distracting Bruce while he drove us to Williamsburg for Thanksgiving.

Chapter: What Turning Forty Means to Me
"I need to take my pants off as soon as I get home. I didn't used to have to do that. But I do now."

Chapter: Sarah, Oprah, and Captain Hook, or How to Succeed by Sort of Looking Like Someone
"Let's face it, between Alec Baldwin and me there is a certain 50% of the population who think we are pinko Commie ...more

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