Read For Free Why Not Me? Originated By Mindy Kaling Made Available In Paper Copy
the most relatable memoir I've ever read! ,stars
The announcement of another Mindy Kaling book, so soon after her 'meh' and shrugeliciting Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me did not exactly set my mouth watering in anticipation.
Though I thoroughly loved her along with soup snake soulmate BJ Novak's writing and acting for almost a decade of The Office episodes, her first book was to me a mishmash of banality, curiously lacking in the humor that made me love her so.
After reading Glenn's terrific, positive endorsement of Why Not Me, I had to give it a try.
Gotta say though, that my rekindled enthusiasm for this followup set of essays was tempered by a lukewarm, bingewatch of The Mindy Project, It kept my interest enough to slide through as of this writing allepisodes, and further solidified my admiration of her work ethic, but only sporadically did I find myself laughing as hard as I did with The Office material.
The book itself, though quite a bit similar to her first one, is much more funny, and much less superficial than the selfies of her volcanic acne issues and lists of NBA she'd most like to boink that made the first book so hohum to me.
There were a few clunkers in this collection, too particularly the list of differences between Mindy Kaling and Mindy Lahiri, her onscreen OBGYN character on The Mindy Project.
Mostly though, just lots of funny, poignant stuff, Her ode to Novak, "Soup Snakes", was just about the most perfect blend of comedy and soulbaring I've seen from her.
Her account of meeting Obamatimes and subsequent crush on one of his aides could've been a boasty, namedroppy mess, but, nope, quite a blast.
Her commencement speech to Harvard Law graduates a weird, but essential inclusion here is as wacky and funny as you'd expect from someone so utterly clueless about the legal profession.
Her tributes to her recently passed mom are heartfelt, yet still manage to be funny, A kooky, epistolary glimpse at her first career choice after graduating from Dartmouth Latin teacher at a private academy didn't fail to bring the funny, either.
Despite the few missteps like her TMIcandor of loving to film sex scenes on TMP, I laughed throughout this breezy collection.
I was pleasantly surprised. Now, if only her TV show could improve, . . Sweet, funny Mindy Kaling. Her delightful audiobook was the perfect prescription for a long and stressful week,
I had read Mindy's first book a few years ago and enjoyed it, but I think this second memoir was a little stronger.
She wrote more about her career and how hard she works, she wrote about her good friends and family, and she wrote about the pressures she faces over her appearance.
There are also some silly chapters, like about how she enjoys kissing guys on her show "The Mindy Project," why she dislikes weddings, and she fantasizes an alternate reality in which she became a Latin school teacher and struck up a romance with a colleague.
She also shares hera, m. worries, how fame has changed her, and a cute speech she gave to the Harvard Law School class in, My favorite section was about her friendship with fellow "Office" writer and actor B, J. Novak, and she shares a few good stories about working with him,
In short, this memoir is like a romantic comedy wrapped up in a cute little book jacket,
Mindy has a nice fan base, and if you have enjoyed her TV and film work, you would probably get a kick out of this book.
I would also recommend it to young girls, because I think Mindy is a good role model, She advocates working hard and building your selfconfidence: If you believe in yourself and work hard, you have a fighting shot at having your dreams come true.
Favorite Quote
"People talk about confidence without ever bringing up hard work, That's a mistake. I know I sound like some dour older spinster chambermaid on Downton Abbey who has never felt a man's touch and whose heart has turned to stone, but I don't understand how you could have selfconfidence if you don't do the work.
I work a lot. Like, a lot a lot, . . Hard work is such a weird thing, As children and teenagers you are told it's a really good thing, but for adults it suddenly becomes the worst thing in the world.
We do a thing in America, which is to label people 'workaholics' and tell them that work is ruining their lives.
. . The truth is, I have never, ever, ever met a highly confident and successful person who is not what a movie would call a 'workaholic.
' We can't have it both ways, and children should know that, Because confidence is like respect you have to earn it, " You all know how much I love Mindy, I liked hearing about her next chapters postOffice life and also about her thoughts on BJ Novak! It was a really short book, but I still enjoyed it.
I wanted to give itI actually did initially, but after thinking about it, I realized that I wasn't completely satisfied.
The shortness of the book bothered me and it didn't feel complete, The parts that were there were AWESOME, I think I just wanted a bit more, Still totally worth a listen/read because MINDY, I think this concludes my foray into celebrity memoir type books for a while now, Kaling seems a nice person, but both of her books left me fairly unaffected, Not bad at all, but not very funny either, which was what I had hoped for,
Find more reviews and bookish fun at sitelink princessandpen. com YESSS I'll read anything she writes, Mindy is a gem. She is bright, humorous and very genuine, Her giving advice about everything from clothes to boys to careers, she is the role model young girls should look up to.
I love her inspirational voice and humour and she still makes me laugh just by speaking, her voice is too cute.
I listened to the audiobook and loved it, Her essays aren't as funny as the first book but this one is a little more serious which is also still as good.
i wanted to love this bc mindy kaling is like the cutest human ever but this was just, . really unfunny and the topics were so erratic
didn't win me over, sad.
.“People get scared when you try to do something, especially when it looks like you're succeeding, People do not get scared when you're failing, It calms them. But when you're winning, it makes them feel like they're losing or, worse yet, that maybe they should've tried to do something too, but now it's too late.
And since they didn't, they want to stop you, You can't let them. ”
I seriously love Mindy Kaling! her first book was amazing, and this one was just as amazing if not better.
I caught myself laughing to a lot of her stories and I loved hearing about the start up of the Mindy Project.
I also loved a lot of the parts about confidence, and just being yourself,
Really look forward to more books if she writes more in the future :
I think she should write a fictional novel cause shes an amazing storyteller :D So good! sitelinkFull Here
i love mindy kaling.
i think she's the kind of awesome that can never be overrated, she's funny, she's relatable, she's empowering, and she feels so genuine, reading this book felt like having a nice, long hearttoheart with her, filled with laughs and awkwardness and occasionally moving snippets and just a whole lot of fun.
it also felt like reading a diary, and at some partsespecially when she delves into her own fears and concernsi couldn't decide whether this read more like her thoughts or my own.
of course, not all of this book is funny and not every joke lands, but a lot of it is great.
there's also a little chapter dedicated to fictional/alternatelife mindy and her interactions with a fictional grumpy history teacher, and honestly, although it's fiction in a collection of generally nonfiction essays, that part was probably my favorite section of the book.
mindy kaling is talented, and i love her, I love Mindy Kaling with all my heart, I love all her shows and movies, I love her Instagram updates and her Tweets and everything in between, And I also wanted to love this book but I couldn't love it as much as I wanted to,
There are some really laugh out loud moments and everything about Mindy is very relatable and likable but still this book fell short on my expectations.
May be I expected way too much, I don't know, It is still very funny and enjoyable though,
.Unpopular Opinion Time
I think I'm more of a Mindy Lahiri fan than a Mindy Kaling one.
It's been awhile since I have finished a book and was left feeling so apathetic, I enjoy the Mindy Project and The Office, but I just don't find Mindy all that interesting to read about.
I feel like I'm reading someones diary and not in a good way,
I think I chuckled once while reading this, but my main thought was often “how is this even worthy of a mention” I normally don't mind rambly narratives, but this one was just too mundane for me.
The writing is not bad, but the content is just not there, ./
Buy, Borrow or Bin Verdict: Bin
Check out more of my reviews sitelink here I enjoyed this one more than her first book, although both were just so lighthearted yet packed with great stories and advice.
It's very good, clean humor, and Mindy is so energetic and playful that I can't help but love her, In this one she focuses a lot on confidence and friendships, and I thought a lot of her advice was so endearing and I actually underlined some of her thoughts near the end.
This book talks a lot more about The Mindy Project, which I don't watch and don't intend to watch, but she still made it funny and interesting to learn about the behind the scenes.
Additionally, this book made me really want to pick up BJ Novak's book, so i'm gonna go look that up now.
I just really love Mindy Kaling and this further solidified that because she's a funny and generous human who makes me smile and makes me laugh.
Recommended if you like Mindy! Alright, I'm going to take a deep breath and say it I didn't love this book.
I love Mindy. I do. I love her sense of humour, her style, the way she doesn't seem to give too much of a fuck about what other people think, and her ambition.
This book just didn't fit into any of those reasons of why I love her, There was a bit too much of the I'msofamouslookathowfamousIamnow Mindy, and not enough of the I'mmakingitinHollywoodbutI'mstillabigdork Mindy that I loved so much in her first book.
The book felt like it was rushed and the love and time spent on the first one isn't there.
There is a whole chapter of what her life is like now and how busy she is, and I think she was just too busy to write this book.
Heartfelt essays have been replaced with vapid ones, and burst out laughing essays have been replaced by blowing air through your nose a little harder than normal essays.
Listened to this one on audiobook,
I say this about every celebrity memoir, but I think that my reaction to any celebrity memoir is basically how I feel about that celebrity in general.
In the case of Mindy Kaling, I have a/lovedisinterest ratio going on with her and that is basically how I felt about the book.
IT'S HAPPENING!!!!
My thoughts on this book,
I feel a lil weird rating essays about someone's life, but this was, . fine I chuckled at times but I just don't think celebrity essay collections are really for me,
OMG! I'm so embarrassed that I didn't know who Mindy Kaling was, I just saw that a lot of people like the book and thought I would read it.
Then I found out she was on The Office which I have never watched and need to some day and that she has her own show and books and things.
I live under a rock at times,
I liked the book good enough, she is really funny, I could give a million funny excerpts but I won't do that, but there is one where she is giving her daily routing driving to work and this one thought was particular funny and scary to me.
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Now I begin my drive in the dark from West Hollywood to Universal Studios, I have seen some fascinating examples of humanity in these hours, Meth heads arguing in the parking lot of a Kumon, a man pleasuring himself on a busstop bench, Years ago I would've called them creeps, Now I call them my commute buddies,
She also has pictures throughout the book, Not of the stuff above!!!!
There are little email sections and a little brain where it shows what she's thinking.
Oh God, and when she was talking about getting all of this email from these prisoners, I had that happen when one of my penpal buddies/not buddy anymore, added me to a prison list and I started getting a bunch to my PO Box.
These things happen to everyone!
I think she has a great sense of humor and she seems to be a very inspirational person to a lot of people and I think that is just great!
I would like to thank Blogging for Books for a print copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.
MY BLOG: sitelinkMelissa Martin's Reading List,
Man I love Mindy!!
I listened to this book via Audible, that't the way to do it! Her books are fantastic audiobooks,
Mindy has such a great story telling ability and her reading this book made it that much better! I enjoyed this book even more than her first one! there was only one section that I didn't like, it was a series of emails and I found it to be a bit repetitive and boring! Other than that, this book was FABULOUS, just like Mindy herself : Find all of my reviews at: sitelink blogspot. com/
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Maaaaaaaaaaaaaaan, I was really hoping Id like this one more, I mean, Mindy and I have quite a bit in common and I thought we could possibly be kindred spirits.
We both enjoy testing out new inventions, . .
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Who says you cant take alcohol in to youth sporting events Amateurs!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Speaking of alcohol, we both abide by the policy that alcohol “when obtained, needs to be ingested quickly in case someone tries to take it away.
You know, the way a raccoon eats from a garbage can”,
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We both think the best day at work is a day when someone is having a birthday and there is free cake to be scored.
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We agree that being a feminist simply means “that men and women are created equal.
” It doesnt mean anyone with a penis is the enemy just those named Jeff and Ron,.
We both believe that the only way to truly get something in life is to earn it, Thank Jeebus for the story about her mother and her thoughts on “participation trophies” GO MINDYS MOM!
We both have body issues, but have learned to say Famp IT! and order a Big Mac sometimes anyway.
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But then I learned that she doesnt watch reality television, . .
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I know, right Blasphemous, In fact, her lack of knowledge about nearly everything pop culture related kind of boggled my mind, I get that she works likehour days, but youd think if you have become famous by writing adorkable/somethings you would at least know the character names of “that guy from Magic Mike, who also played a hot werewolf and was supposed to have a huge wang”.
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Mmmmmmm, huge wang, Where was I Oh yeah Mindys lack of pop culture knowledge, Its almost like shes Anne a Martian!
She also admitted she dreams of being best buds with Goop, which just makes me want to.
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And followed that up with yet another reference to Caddyshack NOT being funny, which had me scared she was a closeted “offended by errrrything” type of BLister seriously, check your vagina at the door if thats what it takes because Caddyshack is a motherfing classic.
However, later she told a story about offending an antivaxxing popstar and redeemed herself a wee little bit,
It didnt last long, though, when she talked about Seth Rogan being a good kisser, . .
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Just no, But once again she had a redemption arc by admitting that everyone in Hollywood lies about the fact that doing a sex scene is “uncomfortable” and “just another part of the job.
” Nope, Mindy freely owns that “sex scenes are the tits, ” Hehehehehe.
Bottom line is, for a book written by a comedian, this wasnt full of hardy hars, There was a little too much talking about how shes always been the funniest person in the room while not being particularly funny in her anecdotes and continual namedropping of various meet/cutes with the President I could elaborate, but Ive already met my quota on offending dozens of GR members this month for me to fully get on board.
However, if you or a young female in your life are looking for some good advice regarding owning who you are, Mindy surprisingly had some quality stuff to offer:
“Work hard, know your shit, show your shit, and then feel entitled.
Listen to no one except the two smartest and kindest adults you know, and that doesnt always mean you parents.
If you do that, you will be fine, ”
And also:
“No food is as delicious as food you eat standing a foot away from a trash can.
Ask any possum. ”
Thats right, Mindy, I may no longer find you relatable as I did in sitelink Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me , but well always have.
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ORIGINAL "REVIEW":
After reading sitelink Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me, I fell fast and hard for Mindy Kaling.
However, by Seasonof The Mindy Project I was more like this, . .
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and her television program no longer made the cut for my DVR schedule,
Can she write a good second book Or has she become an insufferable asshole Those questions and more will be answered this Fall.
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