Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?

I have a confession; I love to read. I have another confession; I hardly ever read anything that's not a book for school. It's not that I don't have time, it's that I don't make time. Back in august, I wrote a blog post on my other blog that listed 18 things I hoped to accomplish by my 18th birthday which happens to be this Saturday the 10th. One of those things was reading 5 non-school books. I finished only one. I feel extremely disappointed because I know I could have read five easily over winter break, but in true Jordan fashion, I didn't.

One book that I have ready recently was: "Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (and other concerns)" by Mindy Kaling. This book definitely fits into the genre that I've been interested in recently which is comedian biographies. Isn't that a genre? If not I just created it so there. I'm currently also reading "Yes Please" by Amy Poehler, and hope to start "Seriously, I'm Kidding" by Ellen DeGenres soon. I'm not sure why I've been so into this genre lately. Perhaps it's been my incessant watching of both The Office and Parks and Recreation on Netflix. Both are a slippery slope folks. Consider yourselves warned.

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I knew immediately that I wanted to read this book based on the title. I know, I know. They say never to judge a book by it's cover. But this cover was just so cute, and I immediately connected with the title! I'm not going to lie, I was half suspecting this book to be the chronicles of her time acting in and writing for The Office and The Mindy Project, but it's so much more then that. Although she does discuss her time on both The Office and SNL, she talks about her childhood and adolescence as she grew into the comedy world.

The book is sectioned off into little bite sized pieces. Some discuss her discovery and growing love for comedy while others display that comedy by for example, listing fashion advice for guys. I found this style to be very easy to read, and extremely relatable. I would categorize this book as a "Beach Read." It's content and writing style make it easy to read in a long weekend. 

I think one of the most striking themes from the book however, is the idea that celebrities lives are not all that they're portrayed as in the media. Sure, we all know that, but Mindy does a great job of not just telling, but showing us what it's like to go on a crappy first date, or not fit into a sample size dress. 

I would highly recommend this book to any girl (or guy) wanting a good laugh, and, I got a paper copy for Christmas, so if anyone wants to borrow it, feel free to ask!

(It's also availible electronically at the GPL - that's how I read it initially)