Yes Please.
Friday, January 23, 2015Another not-so-typical post from me. I have done one or two of these before but I thought for today's post I would upload somewhat of a book review; this is a review of Amy Poehler's recent release Yes Please. I stumbled across this book in December 2014 and had heard great reviews about not only the book but the way in which the book was presented in audio form. I have been a fan of Tina Fey's for about 4 years now and once I realised Amy Poehler was one of her best friends I became obsessed in Amy's work as well.
Here is the synopsis, given by goodreads.com:
"We’d get to hang out with Amy Poehler, watching dumb movies, listening to music, and swapping tales about our coworkers and difficult childhoods. Because in a perfect world, we’d all be friends with Amy — someone who seems so fun, is full of interesting stories, tells great jokes, and offers plenty of advice and wisdom (the useful kind, not the annoying kind you didn’t ask for, anyway). Unfortunately, between her Golden Globe-winning role on Parks and Recreation, work as a producer and director, place as one of the most beloved SNL alumni and cofounder of the Upright Citizens Brigade, involvement with the website Smart Girls at the Party, frequent turns as acting double for Meryl Streep, and her other gig as the mom of two young sons, she’s not available for movie night.
Luckily, we have the next best thing: Yes Please, Amy’s hilarious and candid book. A collection of stories, thoughts, ideas, lists, and haiku from the mind of one of our most beloved entertainers, Yes Please offers Amy’s thoughts on everything from her “too safe” childhood outside of Boston to her early days in New York City, her ideas about Hollywood and “the biz,” the demon that looks back at all of us in the mirror, and her joy at being told she has a “face for wigs.” Yes Please is a chock-full of words and wisdom to live by."
Throughout moments of the book there are definitely aspects that I can relate to; she mentions her struggles with not only finding time to write but finding motivation - I've never agreed with anything more!! She spends countless pages describing how difficult it is to write a book and how most writers talk about how they wrote their books with ease, in a bar and were calm and relaxed the entire time. When in reality, the initial idea takes ages to come to mind, it's mostly written extremely late at night in bed and is one of the most stressful experiences. The chapters follow her life from when she established the Upright Citizen's Brigade improv group to her current struggles through her divorce to Will Arnett and the friends she has made in between, but nevertheless remains humorous throughout.
The audio book is hilarious! It's not only read by Amy Poehler, there are guest appearances from her parents and other various celebrities. I don't really want to give anything away because it is quite a funny read and the spontaneity is what makes it so humorous. But just trust me when I say, it's something you must read (or listen to) ASAP. [The audiobook is on YouTube so you can listen to it for free BONUS!!!!!]
- Emma xo
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