"Two peanuts were walking down the street, and one was a salted."

So, first impressions. When I opened up the book I was suddenly worried I was going to find it all rather obnoxious. In my paperback copy of the book there are SEVEN full pages of quotes praising the book before it gets to the title page. Really?  Seven pages? It was a little ridiculous.

However, I started reading out loud to Paul last night and it wasn't long before we were both laughing hysterically. Paul even laughed at most of the girly jokes.

A question for the group: What type of person are you when it comes to her scar? Personally, I have always been curious about the story behind it. Though, if I met her in person I would probably wait until we were friends before asking about it. Paul, on the other hand, had never noticed it. I guess that means I'm more of an egomaniac than Paul?

Bossypants Reading Guide!

Because I am a planner and project manager. Also because I read all books really fast and then hang around other people asking, "where are you?" and "what just happened? and trying to see if they can guess what's going to happen next without giving anything away.

Sooo, a rough guide! Feel free to say this doesn't work or you know, if you also finish the book in one day, and then we all do, we don't have to use this. And can start a new book sooner. But I thought it might help us to know what to post on when!

Begin:

• Acquire book
• Discuss cover art
• Discuss jacket comments
• Dedication
• Any interesting interviews or links

Week 1 - Sunday January 22nd

• Introduction
• Origin Story
• Growing Up and Liking It
• All Girls Must Be Everything
• Delaware County Summer Showtime!

Week 2 - Sunday January 29th

• That's Don Fey
• Climbing Old Rag Mountain
• Young Men's Christian Association
• The Windy City, Full of Meat
• My Honeymoon, Or a Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again Either

Week 3 - Sunday February 5th

• The Secrets of Mommy's Beauty
• Remembrances of Being Very Very Skinny
• Remembrances of Being a Little Bit Fat
• A Childhood Dream, Realized
• Peeing in Jars with Boys

Week 4 - Sunday February 12th

• I Don't Care if You Like It
• Amazing, Gorgeous, Not Like That
• Dear Internet
• 30 Rock: An Experiment to Confuse Your Grandparents
• Sarah, Oprah, and Captain Hook

Week 5 - Sunday February 19th

• There's a Drunk Midget in My House
• A Celebrity's Guide to Celebrating the Birth of Jesus
• Juggle This
• The Mother's Prayer for Its Daughter
• What Turning Forty Means to Me

Week 6 (Short week) - Sunday February 26th through Wednesday the 29th

• What Should I Do with My Last Five Minutes?
• Acknowledgements
• Final Book Discussion

Bossypants it is!

It appears we have made a decision!  Get thee all to a library/bookstore/Amazon/wherever! I will be opting for checking the ebook out from the library, as there are currently 65 people on hold for it on the library system.  Thank goodness for my Nook.

Hooray!  This should be fun.

Om nom nom nom

Also really want to read this one - the author made tons of stuff, Worchestshire sauce (is that spelled right??), marshmallows, etc. and then says which are worth it to make at home and which you should just go ahead and buy. I have a feeling all of us would enjoy this one as a book club pick somewhere down the line!

Would You Rather...

Inspired by Amanda's comment, I figured I'd put it up for a vote:

Would you rather read Bossypants by Tina Fey or Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy Kaling?

For me, the answer is both but I would choose Bossypants first.  If the rest of you are leaning toward Mindy Kaling's book, however, I'd be happy to read it first instead!

P. D. James

And after we read Pride and Prejudice, and confirm our collective need for a pile of money, hot man, and a Pemberley, we can read the inimitable P. D. James' new novel Death Comes to Pemberley . . . in which the villain from Pride and Prejudice appears guilty . . . yes, yes, my precious, we shall read all the books.

Suggestions from Jennie

Hello friends!

I went through my to-read shelf and bounced a couple ideas off Lisa (she seems to have read just about everything there is ;) ).  Here are my top two suggestions as of right now:


The Knife of Never Letting Go -
A dystopia set in a world where you can hear everyone's thoughts whether or not you want to.  It was recommended to me by my good friend Claudia and her sister who is a high school English teacher.  It has pretty good reviews on goodreads and the added bonus that Lisa hasn't read it.  The main character is male, which is a change from most recently written dystopias (ie Hunger Games, Uglies, Divergent, etc).  I have heard that it is rather dark and violent.



Bossypants -
Lisa has read this one, but she said it's hilarious and good and that she is willing to reread it.  We were talking about the Mindy Kaling book, and I realized that if I were to pick a book written by a female comedian to read, this would be it.






I'm excited that we're resurrecting the good old Hack n' Slash blog!