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

    I love this book so much! I think Mindy Kaling is absolutely hilarious and one of my favorite comedic actors/writers. This book is a must read for sure! I loved her from The Office, she played Kelly perfectly and it's great to know she is not similar to that character because Kelly had issues. I reread (I read it when it first came out in 2011) this book in honor of The Mindy Project coming back on tonight! Don't forget to watch!

   This is the overview of the book according to Barnes and Noble's website:

"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!"

 

 

    Here are some quotes from the book. If these don't make you want to read it then you must not be human, jk. I can't give you page numbers because I read this on my Kindle.

 

 

• "However, you should know I disagree with a lot of traditional advice. For instance, they say the best revenge is living well. I say it's acid in the face- who will love them now?"

 

• "There has ceased to be a difference between my awake clothes and my asleep clothes."

 

• "Why isn't this more like Tina Fey's book? I know, man. Tina's awesome. I think she may have every major international trophy for excellence except a Heisman. (She might actually have an honorary Heisman, I should check.) Unfortunately, I can't be Tina, because it's very difficult to lure her into a Freaky Friday- type situation where we could switch bodies, even though in the movies they make it look so easy. Believe me, I've tried."

 

Thank you for being here,

Curious Reader xo