Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns) By Mindy Kaling

Mindy Kaling has lived many lives: the obedient child of immigrant professionals, a timid chubster afraid of her own bike, a Ben Affleck–impersonating Off-Broadway performer and playwright, and, finally, a comedy writer and actress prone to starting fights with her friends and coworkers with the sentence “Can I just say one last thing about this, and then I swear I’ll shut up about it?”
Perhaps you want to know what Mindy thinks makes a great best friend (someone who will fill your prescription in the middle of the night), or what makes a great guy (one who is aware of all elderly people in any room at any time and acts accordingly), or what is the perfect amount of fame (so famous you can never get convicted of murder in a court of law), or how to maintain a trim figure (you will not find that information in these pages). If so, you’ve come to the right book, mostly!

 Kelly Kapoor is awesome.

Mindy Kaling is awesomer.

Kelly is just supposed to be like an exaggerated version of Mindy herself. The entire shopping and celebrity obsession is real!

In a similar vein as Tina Fey’s Bossypants, Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns) is a collection of hilarious essays about growing up and finally becoming a writer and an actor on a NBC sitcom. This books was definitely less snarkier and wittier than Bossypants, but it was way more fun.

Mindy Kaling is a total girly girl and she is the best friend every girl needs! She has written about guys and hook ups and weight issues and REVENGE FANTASIES!

Who doesn’t have revenge fantasies? I have some elaborate ones myself. :D

A chunk of the book is also about The Office! Yay! As a huge The Office fan, this book was a must read for me.

And she had written about this incident when she was writing for SNL and met Amy Poehler!

For those who don’t know this, Amy Poehler is my HERO!

<3_<3

I have made a list of my favorite essays from this book.

Here goes,

Types of Women in Romantic Comedies Who Are Not Real
All About The Office
Franchises I Would Like to Reboot
Contributing Nothing at Saturday Night Live
My Favorite Eleven Moments in Comedy
How I Write
The Day I Stopped Eating Cupcakes
Somewhere in Hollywood Someone Is Pitching This Movie
THE BEST DISTRACTION IN THE WORLD: ROMANCE AND GUYS
Someone Explain One-Night Stands to Me
“Hooking Up” Is Confusing
Guys Need to Do Almost Nothing to Be Great
MY APPEARANCE: THE FUN AND THE REALLY NOT FUN
When You’re Not Skinny, This Is What People Want You to Wear
These Are the Narcissistic Photos in My BlackBerry
Revenge Fantasies While Jogging
Strict Instructions for My Funeral

Oops, that’s like most of the book.

And isn't the cover great!? It captures the spirit of the book perfectly!

In My Mailbox #10

IMM is hosted by the lovely Kristi at The Story Siren.


Bought:

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

I am not sure I'll like this book but I had to at least give it a try!

Plus, I haven't read any John Green books yet and I needed to change that.

Austenland (Austenland #1) by Shannon Hale 

Once again, I am not sure if I'll like it but the plot seemed interesting.

Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami

Yup, I am gonna love this one. And, not just because it is named after one of my favourite Beatles song. 

Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood 

This one I started reading and so far, it's brilliant.

Have you read any of these books?

What's in your IMM!?

Weekly Recap

Ides of March, Revenge and Smash!

http://oopsireadthatbook.blogspot.in/2012/02/my-week-ides-of-march-revenge-smash.html

Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns) By Mindy Kaling

http://oopsireadthatbook.blogspot.in/2012/02/is-everyone-hanging-out-without-me-and.html

Anna and The French Kiss Book Review

http://oopsireadthatbook.blogspot.in/2012/02/anna-and-french-kiss-by-stephanie.html

Book review: Variant By Robison Wells

http://oopsireadthatbook.blogspot.in/2012/02/variant-by-robison-wells.html

Challenges-

http://oopsireadthatbook.blogspot.in/2012/01/read-classics-2010-challenge.html

Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins

Published December 2nd 2010 by Penguin Group (USA)

Anna is looking forward to her senior year in Atlanta, where she has a great job, a loyal best friend, and a crush on the verge of becoming more. Which is why she is less than thrilled about being shipped off to boarding school in Paris - until she meets Etienne St. Clair: perfect, Parisian (and English and American, which makes for a swoon-worthy accent), and utterly irresistible. The only problem is that he's taken, and Anna might be, too, if anything comes of her almost-relationship back home.

As winter melts into spring, will a year of romantic near - misses end with the French kiss Anna - and readers - have long awaited?

 Meh.

The protag was okay and the main guy was drool-worthy, the friends weren’t bad and the plot was simple but realistic. There was nothing wrong with the writing; it was actually pretty easy to read. Nothing really happened and maybe I am just too old for this. Or I can’t stand a pure romance novel.

I feel like EVERYONE loves this book. There are like barely any goodreads reviewers who have given it less than four star.

I have nothing against books that are just to be read for fun, but someone could have died, or someone could have killed someone, or there could have been some drama. I mean, real drama. Not boo-hoo my dad is so rich and famous and he is the worst dad ever because he is more Nicholas Sparks than Ian McEwan and he sends me to a school in paris and I hate my dad’s books and I like this guy and he has a girlfriend and my friends are confusing and okay  yeah, that was the basic plot. *Spoiler Alert* She gets the guy and lives happily ever after.

The book should have been funnier. It takes itself way too seriously.

But credit where credit is due, I loved Paris. The setting was epic. Stephanie Perkins (Could she be related to Ann Perkins?) nailed that part.  That’s the reason I read the whole book, well, except for the chapters I didn’t. There were these long talks and walks around Paris that reminded me of one of my favourite movies, Before Sunrise. 

My Week - The Ides of March & Revenge & Smash

I just saw The Ides of March yesterday, and it was this brilliant political thriller set during US presidential elections. I loved the drama and the cynical characters. 

It was an extremely well-acted and directed movie. Paul Giamatti and George Clooney were so good and Ryan Gosling was great! I thought it was his best performance after Blue Valentine. 

I found the theme was similar to that of Wall Street. Young idealistic boy realizes the career he longs for requires more foul play than skill. 

It is based on Beau Willimon’s 2008 play “Farragut North", which I might read. 

For those unaware of this, Ides of March is the 15th of March and was the day Julius Caeser was killed. 

Remember in Shakespeare's Julius Caeser when he was warned by this soothsayer to, "beware the Ides of March."

Also, I recently started watching Revenge which is inspired by the Alexandre Dumas novel The Count of Monte Cristo and it's epic. Not the most intelligent show, but it's fun and visually pleasing. Like a cross between Gossip Girl and Desperate Housewives. It’s all Pretty setting (HAMPTONS!), Pretty Parties, Pretty People, Prettier Clothes and Ugly Drama.

So, if you like soapy- think sex, lies and videotapes and enjoyable TV Drama’s, it’s a must watch!

I like the poster. NOT. 

And I also saw the Smash pilot and it’s not bad! I like how grand it looks. Like NBC spent a lot of money on it. And I love NBC or at least Community, Parks and Recreation, 30 Rock and The Office. Also, Debra Messing is such a good actress!

I wish the storyline was more Marilyn Manson than Monroe but whatever. The real problem here is WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON WITH THE POSTER!?!
It's just odd.


Did you watch any cool stuff this week?

Follow Friday #10

Q. I like unique names for characters and am looking forward to coming up with some when I start writing. What’s the most unique character name you’ve come across?

Bathsheda Babbling from Harry Potter. 

She was some ancient ancient runes teacher at Hogwarts.

Harry Potter was a treasure trove of weird names.

I mean, there was a GRUBBLY-PLANK.

Q. Book Blogger Pride: What do you take pride in when it comes to blogging?

I take pride that I blog at all. 

I have my university breathing down my back and dumping studies on my poor thin fragile shoulders. 

It's a wonder I manage to watch dozens of TV Shows, read several books, attend lectures, not kill anyone, not meet with an accidental accident and BLOG. 

You can follow me on Twitter for incessant whining, cynical view on life and general nineteen year old angst. 

https://twitter.com/#!/WickedWillow666

Yeah, I am pretty cheerful person. 

Weekly Recap

Anna and The French Kiss Book Review

http://oopsireadthatbook.blogspot.in/2012/02/anna-and-french-kiss-by-stephanie.html

Ides of March, Revenge and Smash 

http://oopsireadthatbook.blogspot.in/2012/02/my-week-ides-of-march-revenge-smash.html

Waiting On Wednesday

http://oopsireadthatbook.blogspot.in/2012/02/waiting-on-wednesday-5.html

Book review: Variant By Robison Wells

http://oopsireadthatbook.blogspot.in/2012/02/variant-by-robison-wells.html

Challenges-

http://oopsireadthatbook.blogspot.in/2012/01/read-classics-2010-challenge.html

Variant By Robison Wells

Benson Fisher thought that a scholarship to Maxfield Academy would 
be the ticket out of his dead-end life. 

He was wrong. 

Now he's trapped in a school that's surrounded by a razor-wire fence. A school where video cameras monitor his every move. Where there are no adults. Where the kids have split into groups in order to survive 

Where breaking the rules equals death. 

But when Benson stumbles upon the school's real secret, he realizes that playing by the rules could spell a fate worse than death, and that escape—his only real hope for survival—may be impossible.

Published October 4th 2011 by HarperCollins

WOW. THIS BOOK WAS WOW.
Creepy, nail-bitting and gut-wrenching good. 
If you think your school is strict, think again. Maxfield Academy is a freaking NIGHTMARE.
I was on the edge of my seat throughout. I honestly stayed up all night to read this book. There were these great, completely unexpected twists, and WOW! 
This book was perfect. 
The main theme was about survival and trust and reminded me of Lord Of The Flies. 
The protagonist was perfect. He was heavily flawed but really likable and you actually cared what happened to him!
It had so much of drama and intrigue and then this totally HOLY MOTHER OF GOD GIGANTIC CLIFFHANGER!
This book has so many things working for it, it is a must read for all Thriller/ Dystopian fans. 

An exciting and suspenseful Thriller.
But seriously, it was so good, I peed my pants. 
No, I didn't.
Or, Did I? o.O

P.S- There was PAINTBALL! That's a course I wish my univ offered!
:D
^^
Easily the best part of the book!