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lauraa06's review against another edition
3.0
I love Mike Birbiglia from This American Life, and this is a funny set of essays, loosely tied together as a memoir. He is a master of self-deprecating, deadpan humor.
sbaunsgard's review against another edition
4.0
Short essay/memoir from comedian Birbiglia. Funny in places, but overall, is more on the thoughtful side. Some of the material I had heard previously on This American Life.
stenaros's review against another edition
4.0
This was sitting on the shelf of the library right next to Bossypants and I grabbed them both. Both were laugh-out-loud funny. Some of this book were things expanded from bits I heard of Birbiglia's act, some were stories new to me. I loved reading his response to reviews published in student publications and his tour of college campuses of the northwest. Matt got to hear that one read aloud.
brockboland's review against another edition
4.0
Entertaining and funny, but a lot was from his stand-up routine
ashleywh's review against another edition
3.0
While the book was highly entertaining, I had already heard most of the stories in his stand-up. Hearing him tell the stories is better than reading them.
katejones's review against another edition
2.0
Funny enough, but not really a book as much as a couple of shortish bits put in a row. Also, I had already heard most (if not all) of these on NPR podcasts.
quietjenn's review against another edition
3.0
enjoyable, enough and a quick read. definitely has the comedians-writing-books feel to it that, er, comedian-written books usually do and because (like sheryl said) birbiglia's style is so much his own, i do think that you miss something in experiencing it on the page. but still worth the price of admission. which was nothing, since i got it from the library ...