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This was the humor I needed. Amy tells her story without being mundane or prattling on. She touches on her history doing improv, her hits and misses on television and her ventures into parenthood. This book make me happy when I was sad.
I enjoyed learning more about Amy Poehler, whose work I really like and admire. At the risk of sounding cheesy, I have to say I feel inspired by Amy to work harder at the things I'm good at.
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
I wasn't really a fan of Amy Poehler, I didn't know anything about her (only that she was on Mean girls!) and I thought it was going to be boring.
BUT NO
Okay, hear me out. This is a really good book if you like hearing about others people's lives, if you're not into that, you're not going to like it. That's it.
Why did I like it?
Well, Amy found a way to tell the story of her live AND make it funny. I laughed out loud SEVERAL times (and it's not easy for me to find something funny!)
She not only told her story, but also what she has learned so far! It had really good advice and points of view. (my favorites: admitting you're wrong, apologize, and learn from it. Don't compare yourself with other people. Learn to accept the way people live their lifes without judgement)
The audio version was HILARIOUS, with all those guest (specially Michael Schur and Seth Meyers), I love their jokes and their laughs.
It was interesting, and I if I had read it instead of listening to it, I would have highlighted SO many quotes!!
BUT NO
Okay, hear me out. This is a really good book if you like hearing about others people's lives, if you're not into that, you're not going to like it. That's it.
Why did I like it?
Well, Amy found a way to tell the story of her live AND make it funny. I laughed out loud SEVERAL times (and it's not easy for me to find something funny!)
She not only told her story, but also what she has learned so far! It had really good advice and points of view. (my favorites: admitting you're wrong, apologize, and learn from it. Don't compare yourself with other people. Learn to accept the way people live their lifes without judgement)
The audio version was HILARIOUS, with all those guest (specially Michael Schur and Seth Meyers), I love their jokes and their laughs.
It was interesting, and I if I had read it instead of listening to it, I would have highlighted SO many quotes!!
Whelp, look for a flood of reviews coming in, cleaning out my bedroom/office before I go on the road for book tour! That also includes a lot of autobiographies I read as research/pleasure in the last year, preparing and writing my book that I need to add to Goodreads.
I had to cut myself off from reading books in this category, actually, because I started getting intimidated and comparing my structure/writing to other peoples' autobiography structure/writing which only served to paralyze me and make me play video games instead of getting my own draft done. So I binged a lot of books the last few months in this category because my book is done and almost out and I can now lift the comparison stuff from my thoughts. Er. Kinda.
Amy Poehler is a goddess to me, and since her company and my company are both owned by Legendary and we're in the same building, i always have this faint hope I'll see her and bump into her somewhere and be able to say, "Hey, my company is near your company, we're company buddies!" It hasn't happened. So this book is my conduit to her, and it is a pretty great one.
Her life is amazing, and especially her love of improv is something I share, so reading about how she built UCB with such a cool community was inspiring. How she's stuck to her guns a lot, how she got help in the writing because things were so crazy, with friends doing guest chapters and stuff. I loved the variety and the pictures (although the one thing I will say that's negative is this book is HEAVY! It's printed on like 1000lb paper so if an intruder enters your home, look to this as a defense weapon.) Anyway, if you are interested in Amy then this is a book worth getting. Also: Her hair is entirely on point in the cover. Jelly.
I had to cut myself off from reading books in this category, actually, because I started getting intimidated and comparing my structure/writing to other peoples' autobiography structure/writing which only served to paralyze me and make me play video games instead of getting my own draft done. So I binged a lot of books the last few months in this category because my book is done and almost out and I can now lift the comparison stuff from my thoughts. Er. Kinda.
Amy Poehler is a goddess to me, and since her company and my company are both owned by Legendary and we're in the same building, i always have this faint hope I'll see her and bump into her somewhere and be able to say, "Hey, my company is near your company, we're company buddies!" It hasn't happened. So this book is my conduit to her, and it is a pretty great one.
Her life is amazing, and especially her love of improv is something I share, so reading about how she built UCB with such a cool community was inspiring. How she's stuck to her guns a lot, how she got help in the writing because things were so crazy, with friends doing guest chapters and stuff. I loved the variety and the pictures (although the one thing I will say that's negative is this book is HEAVY! It's printed on like 1000lb paper so if an intruder enters your home, look to this as a defense weapon.) Anyway, if you are interested in Amy then this is a book worth getting. Also: Her hair is entirely on point in the cover. Jelly.
funny
medium-paced
I laughed, I cried, I regret not reading this sooner
emotional
funny
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
funny
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
fast-paced
This was SUCH a great listen! Amy Poehler is so easy to listen to. She is the kind of person I could invite over for a glass of wine & a chat.
3.5-4 stars
Funny and a slightly quicker read! I liked the bouncing from long form to vignettes and guest-writer chapters. Lots of name dropping so I had my phone nearby to lookup comedians/actors mentioned and that was a bit tedious
Funny and a slightly quicker read! I liked the bouncing from long form to vignettes and guest-writer chapters. Lots of name dropping so I had my phone nearby to lookup comedians/actors mentioned and that was a bit tedious