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brighteyes0812's review against another edition
4.0
This was a great read! Funny and touching all at the same time. I loved Jane before I read this but now I think I love her even more. It really is the perfect name for her book!
summergirlmia's review against another edition
4.0
I thought this book was great, Jane Lynch is such a sincere, loving, funny person and that really shines through in this book. This book covers her childhood with a loving and hysterical family, to her college years trying to come to terms with her homosexuality. She writes about how she got to star in all of her movies and T.V. shows so nicely. It's a great read!!
jessie_darling's review against another edition
3.0
As much as I love Jane Lynch, I found the narrative to be somewhat erratic. I enjoyed the stories, I just wish they had better continuity. I can say with certainty, however, that the epilogue was my favorite part.
dknakal's review against another edition
4.0
Just finished it. Thought her life has been a very interesting one! Glad she's on Glee! She's an awesome actress!
nssutton's review against another edition
3.0
I've adored Jane Lynch since the first time I saw Best in Show. My favorite part of this book was her choice to include parts of her childhood scrapbook. I laughed so hard on the Light Rail that I drew all sorts of unwanted attention to myself.
I like the way she was able to look back on her life throughout the story, recognizing what she needed next. I also like that she included visiting Madame Tussauds to see the wax museum version of herself, as that was one of the highlights during our trip to California earlier this year.
(Seriously though, she was in The Fugitive?!)
I like the way she was able to look back on her life throughout the story, recognizing what she needed next. I also like that she included visiting Madame Tussauds to see the wax museum version of herself, as that was one of the highlights during our trip to California earlier this year.
(Seriously though, she was in The Fugitive?!)
seeinghowitgoes's review against another edition
4.0
Surprisingly quick and enjoyable to read, Happy Accidents is a candid glimpse into the life of Jane Lynch of Glee fame. For any wannabe actors it's a stark view of life in Hollywood while still being surprisingly honest about the downsides that she has seen.
Unlike a few memoirs I've read lately, the book avoids the trend of jumping inconsequently through timelines and is a surprisingly frank look at the life of Jane Lynch.
Unlike a few memoirs I've read lately, the book avoids the trend of jumping inconsequently through timelines and is a surprisingly frank look at the life of Jane Lynch.
marie_gg's review against another edition
4.0
http://mariesbookgarden.blogspot.com/2012/01/happy-accidents-memoir-by-jane-lynch.html
I've long been a Jane Lynch fan, since I first saw her in "Best in Show," and of course who doesn't love Sue Sylvester on "Glee"?
Lynch talks about her growing-up years in a happy suburban Illinois family. She had a reasonably happy childhood, although she never really felt like she fit in with her Catholic, traditional family. She also started drinking at a very early age, with her parents' knowledge. One of the places she felt she really fit in was in choir class, similar to the kids on "Glee."
She didn't start feeling comfortable in her own skin until she was in her 40s...between being a fledgling actor (flitting from commercials to bit parts in movies and TV series for years), an alcoholic, and gay in a straight world...but everything in her life seemed to come together as a series of happy accidents. Just as she began filming "Glee," which shot her career up to fame, she met the love of her life, her now-wife Lara Embry, and became a mom after she never thought she would have children (and in fact, she hadn't had any interest in having children).
Some have criticized Lynch's memoir for not being more revealing or dishing gossip on her costars. It strikes me that Lynch is not that kind of person. It sounds like she might have been at an earlier age--she admits that she had a big dose of Sue Sylvester in herself in her 20s and 30s--when she came down on other actors when she felt they weren't pulling their weight--but now she's happy with her life, and the fact that all of her dreams have come true. Not only is she in a fun TV series with a positive message about diversity and self-acceptance and she is happily married, but she also got to share the screen with her idols Carol Burnett and Olivia Newton John.
This was a fun read--absorbing and interesting. Lynch seems like she would be a fascinating person to have to dinner.
I've long been a Jane Lynch fan, since I first saw her in "Best in Show," and of course who doesn't love Sue Sylvester on "Glee"?
Lynch talks about her growing-up years in a happy suburban Illinois family. She had a reasonably happy childhood, although she never really felt like she fit in with her Catholic, traditional family. She also started drinking at a very early age, with her parents' knowledge. One of the places she felt she really fit in was in choir class, similar to the kids on "Glee."
She didn't start feeling comfortable in her own skin until she was in her 40s...between being a fledgling actor (flitting from commercials to bit parts in movies and TV series for years), an alcoholic, and gay in a straight world...but everything in her life seemed to come together as a series of happy accidents. Just as she began filming "Glee," which shot her career up to fame, she met the love of her life, her now-wife Lara Embry, and became a mom after she never thought she would have children (and in fact, she hadn't had any interest in having children).
Some have criticized Lynch's memoir for not being more revealing or dishing gossip on her costars. It strikes me that Lynch is not that kind of person. It sounds like she might have been at an earlier age--she admits that she had a big dose of Sue Sylvester in herself in her 20s and 30s--when she came down on other actors when she felt they weren't pulling their weight--but now she's happy with her life, and the fact that all of her dreams have come true. Not only is she in a fun TV series with a positive message about diversity and self-acceptance and she is happily married, but she also got to share the screen with her idols Carol Burnett and Olivia Newton John.
This was a fun read--absorbing and interesting. Lynch seems like she would be a fascinating person to have to dinner.
lauriehannon's review against another edition
5.0
Loved, loved, loved. Better than BossyPants. I got to see Jane Lynch do a live interview with Oregon Public Broadcasting and she was wonderful. I have a signed hardcopy but I recommend the audio, done in Jane's own voice. A wonderfully witty story about her life and times with meaningful lessons for anyone.
lahannon's review against another edition
5.0
Loved, loved, loved. Better than BossyPants. I got to see Jane Lynch do a live interview with Oregon Public Broadcasting and she was wonderful. I have a signed hardcopy but I recommend the audio, done in Jane's own voice. A wonderfully witty story about her life and times with meaningful lessons for anyone.