Why Not Me?

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From the author of the beloved New York Times bestselling book Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Meand the creator and star of The Mindy Project comes a collection of essays that are as hilarious and insightful as they are deeply personal In Why Not Me ,Kaling shares her ongoing journey to find contentment and excitement in her adult life, whether it s falling in love at work, seeking new friendships in lonely places, attempting to be the first person in history to lose weight without any behavior modification whatsoever, or most important, believing that you have a place in Hollywood when you re constantly reminded that no one looks like you In How to Look Spectacular A Starlet s Confessions , Kaling gives her tongue in cheek secrets for surefire on camera beauty, Your natural hair color may be appropriate for your skin tone, but this isn t the land of appropriate this is Hollywood, baby Out here, a dark skinned woman s traditional hair color is honey blonde Player tells the story of Kaling being seduced and dumped by a female friend in L.A I had been replaced by a younger model And now they had matching bangs In Unlikely Leading Lady , she muses on America s fixation with the weight of actresses, Most women we see onscreen are either so thin that they re walking clavicles or so huge that their only scenes involve them breaking furniture And in Soup Snakes , Kaling spills some secrets on her relationship with her ex boyfriend and close friend, B.J Novak I will freely admit my relationship with B.J Novak is weird as hell Mindy turns the anxieties, the glamour, and the celebrations of her second coming of age into a laugh out loud funny collection of essays that anyone who s ever been at a turning point in their life or career can relate to And those who ve never been at a turning point can skip to the parts where she talks about meeting Bradley Cooper. New Download Why Not Me? author Mindy Kaling For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr Update 9 22 15 This isn t going to be my best review ever Since last night I ve been fighting exhaustion, and I think I might have a sinus infection, but I wanted to get this review done within 24 hours of finishing because I know that I will forget what I want to say about it if I wait any longer than that First, I liked this bookthan her first one, although I do admit my memory of that one is a bit squidgy From what I do remember, I thought it was incredibly readable and I loved her Update 9 22 15 This isn t going to be my best review ever Since last night I ve been fighting exhaustion, and I think I might have a sinus infection, but I wanted to get this review done within 24 hours of finishing because I know that I will forget what I want to say about it if I wait any longer than that First, I liked this bookthan her first one, although I do admit my memory of that one is a bit squidgy From what I do remember, I thought it was incredibly readable and I loved he...Probably the most relatable memoir I ve ever readFind all of my reviews at Maaaaaaaaaaaaaaan I was really hoping I d like this oneI 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 inventionsWho says you can t take alcohol in to youth sporting events Amateurs Speaking of alcohol, we both abide by the policy that alcoholwhen obtain...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 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 ...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.I read Mindy Kaling s first memoir essay collection Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me and other concernsabout four years ago, but I just realized that I never actually wrote a review for it I also just realized that I never made a memoir shelf, so that s been corrected I ll go back and write a review of Kaling s first book at some point, I promise The cliff notes version of my thoughts on Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me is that I enjoyed it, but Kaling was very clearly being select I read Mindy Kaling s first memoir essay collection Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me and other concernsabout four years ago, but I just realized that I never actually wrote a review for it I also just realized that I never made a memoir shelf, so that s been corrected I ll go back and write a review of Kaling s first book at some point, I promise The cliff notes version of my thoughts on Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me is that I enjoyed it, but Kaling was very clearly being selective with what she wanted to share and what she wanted to leave out, and the whole thing felt slightly incomple...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 heart to heart 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 parts especially when she delves into her own fears and concerns i couldn t decide whether this readlike her thoughts 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 heart to heart with her, filled with laughs and awkwardness and occasionally moving snippets and just a whole lot of fun it also felt like reading a diar...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 m so fa...3.5 stars for Why Not Me by Mindy KalingThis was an enjoyable, entertaining, and a light read which was exactly what I needed for getting myself used to listening to audiobooks I do have a print copy of this book so I was able to follow al...You all know how much I love Mindy I liked hearing about her next chapters post Office life and also about her thoughts on BJ Novak It was a really short book, but I still enjoyed it I wanted to give it 5 stars I 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 bitStill totally worth a listen read because You all know how much I love Mindy I liked hearing about her next chapters post Office life and also about her thoughts on BJ Novak It was a really short book, but I still enjoyed it I wanted...

Why Not Me?
  • 10 May 2018
  • Paperback
  • 240 pages
  • 0804138168
  • Mindy Kaling
  • Why Not Me?