Tell us the title: Bossypants
Who penned this work?: Tina Fey
How did this piece find it's way to your nightstand?: While listlessly roaming through Costco, I saw this book and snuck it into the cart, under some bread.
Number of pages: 275
Time passed from start to finish?: About 3 seconds
Describe the cover: A lovely picture of Tina herself with hairy man-arms and a nice blue background.
In what section of the bookstore would a reader find this?: Biography, humor
Summary of the basic plot: Tina Fey's life story, essentially... told with the tone you would expect...utter hilarity. On a more serious note, however, I was actually really impressed with the honesty she presented in terms of herself as a mother and a woman in the showbiz industry, an industry where it is hard to be either of those.
Background information on the story/author: Bossypants essentially explains how Tina Fey got to where she is, the dues she paid, the awkwardness of who she really is, and the underlying reasons why we all love her :)
What did you think of it? (your general response, what you liked or didn't like, what you learned, anything else you want to share about it): I loved it! Except maybe for the outbursts of laughter in public places while reading it, but that's just because I don't like when people think I'm crazy. It provided a good amount of *dishing* that we all desire from celebrity biographies, plenty of humor, and a nice dose of honesty that was refreshing. Also, I'm just fond of women who curse a lot, because it makes me feel less alone in that tendency.
Which page was your favorite? Share why: Actually, the entire 3-page chapter entitled "The Mother's Prayer for Its Daughter", including the stanza:
"And when she one day turns on me and calls me a Bitch in front of Hollister,
Give me the strength, Lord, to yank her directly into a cab in front of her friends,
For I will not have that Shit. I will not have it."
If the story was made into a movie, who would you cast as the main characters?: Sarah Palin clearly would have to play Tina Fey. Otherwise, since most of her friends are celebrities anyway, let's just have them play themselves.
Share a quote that was worth reading twice. Explain why: Oh please, where do I begin?
1. "As weird as the night's events had been, I couldn't help but be excited by the fact that I had climbed a mountain. I never would have thought I could do that. I think someone should design exercise machines that reward people with sex at the end of their workouts, because people will perform superhuman feats for even the faint hope of that."
2. "So my unsolicited advice to women in the workplace is this. When faced with sexism or ageism or lookism or even really aggressive Buddhism, as yourself the following question: 'Is this person in between me and what I want to do?' If the answer is no, ignore it and move on. Your energy is better used doing your work and outpacing people that way. Then, when you're in charge, don't hire the people who were jerky to you."
3. "I feel about Photoshop the way some people feel about abortion. It is appalling and a tragic reflection on the moral decay of our society...unless I need it, in which case, everybody be cool."
Choose your rating:
- Changed. My. Life.
- I laughed, I
- A definite page-turner
-Good to check out but don't spend the cash.
- Why did I waste my weekend on this?
- A disgrace to paper everywhere
Flip to page 2, 22, or 202. Share the 7th sentence on the page: "Did we dare disappoint Frank the Doorman and Robert De Niro?"
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