Is Everyone Reading Without Me? (And Other Reviews)
Book Review - Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns) by Mindy Kaling
Even though I revered Mindy Kaling before the release of this book for her work on The Office (actor, writer and producer, what?!), I didn’t pay much attention to the novel at first. Obviously I knew about it, but since I didn’t stop hearing about it I figured all the good things were just hype.
Well, I was wrong. This books deserves all the hype because it’s excellent.
Okay, I’m a girl and a comedian. I get it - this book totally caters to my demographic. I didn’t choose this life, you know! Anyway, I still believe that this book can also be enjoyed by women who are not comedians and men who are. Also, people who enjoy laughing in general will like it because her narratives are hysterical. Seriously. Rarely does a book make me laugh out loud, but this one did. Which, I might add, is a little embarrassing when in public. Mindy provides her readers with various antidotes about her childhood, working for The Office, and life as someone who is famous. So, not only is it funny, but it’s insightful as well.
I enjoyed her book so much that I barely put it down once I began. I consumed it in its entirety in less than three days. I even read it on the bus which is something I never do since I get motion sickness very easily. It’s a good thing this book is so portable. Which brings me to…
Product Review - Amazon Kindle
This sexy thing is what I used to read Mindy’s book (she and I are on a first name basis now since I know her so well). I love it. My boyfriend bought it for me as a sort-of-late Christmas present. Thank goodness he did, because he has no idea how close I was to breaking up with him before he gifted me this. That was a joke, guys. I’m not that shallow. Anyway, this is the most basic Kindle and it’s still amazing. Did you know you can store about 1,000 books on this tiny thing? Or that you can download hundreds of classic works for free?! I now posses the entirety of Edgar Allen Poe’s stories and poems as well as every Sherlock Holmes story ever written. It’s nice to be able to carry something that combines my love of books and technology on me at all times.
