Bossypants in Reading with Style

Jun 12, 2017 Chinook rated it it was amazing

Shelves: parenthood, audiobook, feminism

This is my favourite of the female comedian books thus far - which makes sense because I think I'm most familiar with Tina Fey and I've always enjoyed what she does. I thought her comments on motherhood were both funny and spot on. Plus now I want to go back and rewatch 30 Rock with the husband. ...more

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Oct 26, 2016 Whitney rated it really liked it

Enriching, chuckle-worthy, and at times legitimately sad too! I think it's fair to say that Tina Fey has set a standard for comedy memoirs.

She takes the self-deprecating route and targets herself as the butt of many jokes, thus pre-empting any insults that anyone else could deliver. For instance, near the book's beginning, Tina lists her physical attributes that she is proud of: "Straight Greek eyebrows. They start at the hairline at my temple and, left unchecked, will grow straight across my fa ...more

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Jul 27, 2015 Bucket rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: bio-auto-bio, reviewed, humor, women, hella-sweet-book-club-read

This was a very quick and easy read that had me chuckling every five or ten pages or so. It is overall very light reading. Feels honest in a self-deprecating and occasionally silly way, and provides more fun than food for thought. I did appreciate Fey's thoughts on being a working woman and mother, and was most interested in her thoughts (and mixed feelings) about playing Sarah Palin on SNL. If you need airplane reading or a book to take to the beach, or just generally want something fun that yo ...more

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Dec 24, 2012 Tanya Patrice rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: audiobooks

I listened to the audiobook narrated by Tina Fey and she did a fantastic job as a narrator - I don't think anyone could have done it better, since she is so ever present in people's minds. Listening to the audiobook is definitely the way to go with this.

BUT I really didn't enjoy the book that much. It was just okay, and honestly, if it wasn't for the fact that I'm hard wired to finish a book I've started, I would have ditched it. I think the same thing as I did for the book by another SNL humori ...more

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Mar 26, 2012 Megan added it · review of another edition

Shelves: non-fiction

Amusing, and I liked how she addressed sexism in little and big ways, but there just wasn't a lot of content or meatiness to it. Plus, I get bored with self-deprecating humor pretty easily. (I preferred Mindy Kaling's book. There. I said it.) ...more

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May 28, 2017 Wendy rated it liked it

Shelves: 2017, audiobooks, memoir-biography, girls-rock-the-boys

This was fun as an audiobook and I listened to it in a day, but as funny as it was, I wish there had been more to it. I just kind of ends, and I guess it's partly my fault for waiting until the book was already six years old before reading it, since Ms. Fey has done a lot in the meantime that, of course, isn't included here. By "more to it" I don't just mean biographical content, I mean more focus and organization, and a tiny bit of resonance. (What i"m trying to say, she writes fun shows, but h ...more

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Apr 18, 2013 Athira (Reading on a Rainy Day) rated it liked it

Shelves: nonfiction, nf-bios-memoir, source-library, format-audiobook, 2013

I read Bossypants four months ago. For some reason, I have been postponing my review since I first wrote it couple of months back. Not that I am unsure of it or it was controversial or I had any such juicy reactions. Bossypants simply didn't fascinate me. This is the not the first time I was listening to the book though. I had first played the audiobook in my car two years ago when I went on a short drive - I did get to the halfway point before I had to return the book. I remember enjoying the b I read Bossypants four months ago. For some reason, I have been postponing my review since I first wrote it couple of months back. Not that I am unsure of it or it was controversial or I had any such juicy reactions. Bossypants simply didn't fascinate me. This is the not the first time I was listening to the book though. I had first played the audiobook in my car two years ago when I went on a short drive - I did get to the halfway point before I had to return the book. I remember enjoying the book tremendously then - so it surprises me that I didn't like it too much this time around.

I really like Tina Fey. The husband and I watched Admission recently, and while the movie isn't award-winning material, it certainly was a nice entertaining way to spend a late evening. She is certainly funny - hilariously. In Bossypants, she narrates so many funny anecdotes that I ended up feeling that I had been living a very unfunny life. She talks about pretty much everything in this book - a lot of it on the sets of Saturday Night Live. But there's also a good chunk of glimpses into her private life - about female topics, college romances and teenage obsessions.

Despite how funny she was, I found most of her humor very self-deprecating. Depending on my mood, I find that brand of humor either very entertaining or very depressing. If you look through all my reviews of books boasting of self-deprecating humor, you'll find that I either really loved it or really hated it. But one thing is usually consistent - if I come across a lot of it at one go, I rarely ever like it. The other issue with me was that I have never really watched much of Tina Fey. Other than seeing occasional clips here and there, for the most part, she is just a name I know but whose work I am not too familiar with. Maybe because of that, I could never get fully interested in Fey's anecdotes. It felt like listening to someone I don't know talk about her day. If you are a Tina Fey fan, you'll probably enjoy it more than I did, that is if you haven't already read it yet. ...more

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Jun 17, 2024 Kim rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: libby, nyc-area, 1000books, non-fiction, memoir-a-b, humor

In the interest of full disclosure, I will admit that what I knew about Tina Fey was that she had played Sarah Palin on SNL. What I didn't know about her could fill a book - this one. I didn't expect to enjoy this book as much as I did, she is a truly funny lady and likeable person. I might even check out 30 Rock one of these days. ...more

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