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Love, love, love this audiobook! I want to own this both as an audiobook and a book. I want to give every amazing woman I know this book as a gift!
Amy Poehler is incredible! She is an intelligent, kind, strong, flawed everywoman. I want to rewatch everything she has ever made. I have a new heroine, I want her to be my life mentor!
Amy Poehler is incredible! She is an intelligent, kind, strong, flawed everywoman. I want to rewatch everything she has ever made. I have a new heroine, I want her to be my life mentor!
This is the most fantastic audiobook in the history of everything. It's also a great book, though the organization of it didn't quite make sense to me. But all around awesome!
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NOTE: I listened to this book on audio
All I can say is "meh." I didn't go into this a huge Amy Poehler fan, but she's friends with Tina Fey and I LOOOOOVE Tina and Tina's book Bossypants, so I figured same-same. Well, not so much. It was just ok, nothing more, nothing less. I liked the parts where she talked about growing up because we're the same age and have a lot of the same references, but other than that, it just didn't really do anything for me. And I didn't. Laugh. Once. Not a good sign f ...more
All I can say is "meh." I didn't go into this a huge Amy Poehler fan, but she's friends with Tina Fey and I LOOOOOVE Tina and Tina's book Bossypants, so I figured same-same. Well, not so much. It was just ok, nothing more, nothing less. I liked the parts where she talked about growing up because we're the same age and have a lot of the same references, but other than that, it just didn't really do anything for me. And I didn't. Laugh. Once. Not a good sign f ...more
I listened to the audiobook and enjoyed it very much. I'm pretty sure that Amy and I would be great friends. I'm hoping she'll call to arrange a dinner party (and bring Seth and Tina).
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Funny, kind, and smart... My favorite advice: "Good for her! Not for me. That is the motto women should constantly repeat over and over again. Good for her! Not for me."
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I LOVED this book. I honestly am not sure why I was so excited for this one since I'm not really a fan of Amy Poehler, but I HAD to buy it (I get almost all my books from the library) and knew audio was the way to go.
I was so right. This book is so good, and so funny on Audio. Poehler tells great stories about behind the scenes on SNL and on a sitcom, but it's a collection of life lessons learned through the lens of someone in her early 40s and in the public eye.
It's a love letter to comedy and ...more
I was so right. This book is so good, and so funny on Audio. Poehler tells great stories about behind the scenes on SNL and on a sitcom, but it's a collection of life lessons learned through the lens of someone in her early 40s and in the public eye.
It's a love letter to comedy and ...more
You MUST listen to this on audiobook. I don't think reading it on a page could possibly do it justice. Not only is hearing straight from Amy's (and her friends' and parents') mouth the best way to experience her words, but you don't get many chances to hear Patrick Stewart read haikus. This is one - take it!
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"To get ready for our first Golden Globes together, Tina and I spent a lot of time procrastinating and sending texts about how terrible it was going to be. Deep down, I wasn’t worried, because Tina is the finest joke soldier you could ever go to war with."
Also MIKE SCHUR. And Seth. And Amy's laugh when reading the audiobook, a "warm intoxicating cackle" (TM Tina Fey). ...more
Also MIKE SCHUR. And Seth. And Amy's laugh when reading the audiobook, a "warm intoxicating cackle" (TM Tina Fey). ...more
I was expecting big things from Amy Poehler but this audiobook just didn't quite deliver. She's funny and honest but rambles on quite a bit. I really disliked the fact that there was no chronological order. I preferred Tina Fey's Bossypants but this is still Worth a read, particularly if you are a fan.
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There were parts that had me in hysterics, but it was really disjointed. It almost felt like she agreed to write a book and didn't really know what to make it about, so she just threw in random anecdotes.
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Funny, honest, a real delight to listen to- I highly recommend listening to this book- Amy reads it and I didn't want to stop listening when I got to work/ got home.
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Dec 02, 2014
Jennifer Medeiros
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