4.0

A light and easy read

I had been meaning to read this book for a while, because I love the Mindy Project. This book doesn't really talk too much about Mindy Kaling's the Mindy Project, I think because this book was written before the Mindy Project came about. This book starts from Mindy's early childhood moves through adolescence, college life, and comes to a head with talk about her role in writing and acting in the show, the Office.

I really enjoyed reading this book. It kept me turning the pages late in the night, and I finished it easily in a day. Mindy Kaling writes exactly the way, she talks on the Mindy Project. Now, I wasn't full out laughing out loud the whole time. But her writing and her tone never failed to amuse me. Some passages did make me laugh out loud, though.

I really loved how she kept it interesting, using lists and anecdotes to keep her book light and entertaining. I found myself relating to her whole heartedly, especially the part about the boys and the awkwardness.

This was a really nice reprieve from the mid-life crisis books I seem to be picking up these days (not chosen by choice, these things can sneak up on you).