Equal parts memoir and selfhelp as poehler puts it, she engages in some light emotional sharing i finished yes please feeling that i knew who poehler was a little better, and convinced that under different circumstances we would be great friends. If you like bossypants you might like similar books is everyone hanging out without me. But come to a book like yes please with the desires and expectations of a reader, and youre almost certain to walk away disappointed. Tina feys book discusses similar topics to poehlers but in completely different ways. Full of the comedic skill that makes us all love amy, yes please is a rich and varied collection of stories, lists, poetry plastic surgery haiku, to be specific, photographs, mantras and advice. A chapter called im so proud of you should be required reading in high schools. I recently read tina feys memoir, bossypants, and amy poehlers memoir, yes, please, back to back. Like an episode of snl, tina feys book reads like a quick succession of sketch comedies, some funnier than others. Audie award, humor, 2015 amy poehler is hosting a dinner party and youre invited. Before liz lemon, before weekend update, before sarah palin, tina fey was just a young girl with a dream. But honestly, i havent seen a lot of her work aside from when they host the golden globes together and mean girls of course. Honest, personal, real, and righteous, yes please is full of words to live by. Welcome to the audiobook edition of amy poehlers yes please. In her newly released memoir, yes please, amy poehler refers to tina fey as her comedy wife.
Read bossypants enhanced edition by tina fey available from rakuten kobo. Saying that, it showcases her journey so far, featuring her trademark acid wit, and explores how it came about. And i need not have worried about all the pagesmy little brain was able to handle it all. In amy poehlers highly anticipated first book, yes please, she offers up a big juicy stew of personal stories, funny bits on sex and love and friendship and parenthood and real life advice some use offred is a handmaid in the republic of gilead. Yes please is a great storybecause it is selfdamning and hopeful at the same time. Powered by amys charming and hilarious, biting yet wise voice, yes please is a book full of words to live. Once in a generation a woman comes along who changes everything. If you liked bossypants youll definitely like yes please, which is amy poehlers. Spirited and whipsmart, these laughoutloud autobiographical essays are a masterpiece from the emmy awardwinning actress and comedy writer known for 30 rock, mean girls, and snl sunday telegraph.
Robyn smith is a freshman media arts and design major. If you like yes please you might like similar books is everyone hanging out without me. With chapters like treat your career like a bad boyfriend, plain girl versus the demon and the robots will kill us all yes please will make you think as much as it will make you laugh. Find books like bossypants from the worlds largest community of readers. With her book bossypants fey adds another quiver to her bow of talent. My subconscious and lets be honest here, also my conscious mind just wanted to listen to a book about liz lemon being liz lemon. Of course, amy poehlers ye s please is very similar, since both poehler and fey share the same connection on gaining their fame through saturday night live. Ive always admired her friendship with tina fey and as a result, had a nice soft spot for ms. Looking for more writers like david sedaris or sloane crosley.
I was hesitant to start listening to bossypants because, like seemingly every other person on this planet, liz lemon is one of my favorite television characters of all time. The guest list is starstudded with vocal appearances from carol burnett, seth meyers, michael schur, patrick stewart, kathleen turner, and even amys parents yes please is the ultimate audiobook extravaganza. Tina fey talks bossypants and other books, zings talese. Spirited and whipsmart, these laughoutloud autobiographical essays are a masterpiece from the emmy awardwinning ac. If youre not a fan, youll probably find it funny anyway, but i do think books like these are mainly for the fans. If you loved yes please, then try reading these 9 books after youre done. Before 30 rock, mean girls, and sarah palin, tina fey was just a young girl with a dream. I thought it would be interesting to compare the two since the comedians are such great friends and perform well together.
Amy poehlers memoirish book is titled yes please, as in bring it on. Yes please is a memoir in that it contains some memories, many of which are offered as hardwon advice seems too preachy, so well go with helpful suggestions. Bossypants book san antonio public library bibliocommons. Looking for more writers like david sedaris or sloane. I think we mentioned once or twice that were excited about amy poehlers new book, yes please. Find books like yes please from the worlds largest community of readers. I actually read this book in just a couple of days, too. In amy poehlers highly anticipated first book, yes please, she offers up a big juicy stew of personal stories, funny bits on sex and love and friendship and parenthood and real life advice some useful, some not so much, like when to be funny and when to be serious. Poehler, 42, calls yes please a missive from the middle of my life, an attempt to describe what its like to feel young and old at the same time. Please, book 1 please, baby, please classic board books please dont tell my. Tina feys new book bossypants is short, messy, and impossibly funny.
Tina feys book reads like a quick succession of sketch comedies, some funnier than others. Fey writes, after dropping the names of a few comedy allstars, but my editor told me that was a cheap way to flesh out the book. Bossypants, being a hilarious, feminist autobiography, has been compared and related to a few other texts by women from similar backgrounds. In her first book, one of our most beloved funny folk delivers a smart, pointed, and ultimately inspirational read. If you loved yes please, then try reading these 9 books. Amy poehlers book yes please will give you all the life. Reading yes please is not like hacking away at a freezer. Amy poehler is just as funny in print as she is onscreen.
The basis of the book is her outlook on life as a bossypants,but really its as much of an autobiography as any other autobiography out there. Tina fey is not that woman, but she met that woman once and acted weird around her. If feys bossypants or kalings is everyone hanging out without me. And after the easyreading of bossypants, i felt warmed up and ready for amy poehlers yes please. Both books are musthaves, but bossypants has collected dust on my bookshelf at home while yes please came with me to college. As wives of this nature, fey and poehler both have distinctly different comedic voices that have always complemented each other standing sidebyside. Amy poehler isnt scared of being unlikable for a woman with one the most likable personas in hollywood, its refreshing how little she tries to charm us. Tiny fey the self deprecating bossypants in the book of the same name, has managed to write an autobiography that reads more like a comedic movie script than a novel about her life the book is slightly dated now as her show 30 rock is no more. She also has excellent advice that i have taken to heart. I feel pathetic saying this but i never really watched saturday night live when i was younger or now.