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Loading... Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns) (original 2011; edition 2012)by Mindy Kaling
Work detailsIs Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns) by Mindy Kaling (2011)
I thoroughly enjoyed this very light hearted, funny, and touching memoir. (  ) Pretear | May 19, 2013 |  Okay so at first glance, for some reason I totally thought this was one of those books for teenage girls about 'finding themselves' in the cold, cruel world. hahaha Silly me. Yes, I didn't even realize this is the girl from The Office. This was a cute, quick, funny, and quite enjoyable read. (  ) bonniemarjorie | May 7, 2013 | I really enjoyed this book! Toward the end, it wasn't quite as funny, but throughout most of the book, she is hilarious. Quite refreshing read about a famous person who loves her family of origin! What a concept! Quick, fun read. ( ) espref | Apr 16, 2013 | Listened to this book on a road trip. It was funny and had a great beginning, but the ending seemed unfocused and dragged on, or maybe I was just tired of driving. ( ) untitled841 | Apr 9, 2013 | I love you, Mindy Kaling, and I think that we should be friends. Also I loved this audiobook, it was hilarious! And made me glad that Mindy worked on my favorite episode of "The Office" "The Injury" (  ) eidzior | Apr 6, 2013 |
Mindy Kaling is kind of a dork. And I like her all the more for it. She and her new book, “Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns),” are an absolute delight. Kaling is a very smart woman who has worked her way from the low-rent apartment days in New York to owning a home in L.A. and breaking in to Hollywood's brutal inner circle. This is a fun, light read that will make you laugh a few times.  Kaling’s prose is at its brightest and most memorable when she recounts her experiences in the entertainment world. Her confirmation that former “Office” star Steve Carell is an indisputably nice guy manages to simultaneously express admiration and exasperation. After a failed attempt to engage Carell in a healthy round of on-set snarking, Kaling writes, “Later I would privately theorize that he never involved himself in gossip because — and I am 99 percent sure of this — he is secretly Perez Hilton.”  Her tale shares some of the relatable, comically mundane qualities of The Office, but without the cubicle-gray bleakness of the mockumentary. Instead, the story is pink, fresh, lively, and distinctly female—but it isn’t driven by sexual politics. The anecdotes go down easy, but have little resonance beyond the chuckles and knowing smiles they induce. The book’s strongest sections are those where Kaling dives a little deeper, as in the titular chapter, where she traces the familiar adolescent experience of leaving the safety of a clique she had less and less in common with for a new friend who shared and nurtured her growing love of comedy. Her struggles as a big fish in the small pond of Dartmouth College emerging into a vast, scary ocean of failure upon moving to New York, or her self-effacing recollection of her less-than-memorable stint guest-writing on Saturday Night Live are similarly endearing, and more emotionally resonant than bloggish asides like “In Defense Of Chest Hair” and “Why Do Men Take So Long To Put On Their Shoes?”
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Wikipedia in English (1)
Jennifer Weiner is the New York Times bestselling author of nine books, including Good in Bed, In Her Shoes, which was made into a major motion picture, and Then Came You. A graduate of Princeton University, Jennifer lives in Philadelphia with her family. 
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