I love Parks and Recreation, and I think Leslie Knope is a heroine for the ages–fierce, funny, sweet, occasionally wrongheaded, but mostly blazing with the desire to make the world, or at least the small, quirky town of Pawnee, a fairer, healthier, and more beautiful and fun place. The woman behind Leslie’s defiant curls, bright eyes and mercurial expressions, Amy Poehler, is more flawed, more mixed-up–but, judging by Yes Please, also someone you’d want to go for a hike with, followed by dancing at the […]
CBR Book Exchange
Had a lovely surprise waiting for me in the mail today – got my CBR Book Exchange gift! Thank you so much, Siege, and Happy Holidays everyone!
Yes Please by Amy Poehler
Okay, now here’s something that may surprise you: Amy Poehler’s book is really, really good. I know–you’re shocked, right? How could someone with so much talent and general coolness be a good writer, too? It’s totally unfair. But it’s the truth–I inhaled this book and am now hoping and praying that she’ll find some time to write another (not holding my breath, however, as she reminds us several times: writing is hard). “That is the motto women should constantly repeat over and over again. Good for her! […]
My Triple Cannonball, and Why I Won’t Even Try for the Quadruple
#151: Yes Please by Amy Poehler: 1 star. #152: Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut: 4 stars. #153-4: Death Note, Vol. 1 & 2 by Tsugumi Ohba: 5 stars. #155: Lucky Bastard by S.G. Browne: 2 stars. #156-7: Doughnut and When It’s a Jar by Tom Holt: 4 and 3 stars.
I want to be friends with Amy Poehler
As far as I can tell, I’m the fifth Cannonballer so far to read and review Amy Poehler’s new book Yes, Please. I’m a huge fan of Parks and Recreation and the episode where Ann and Chris leave nearly destroyed me, because Ann and Leslie’s friendship in many ways reminds me so much of that between me and my best friend Lydia (who unfortunately lives across the Atlantic in New York City). I’ve liked Amy Poehler in Mean Girls and on SNL, and I love […]
yes,please
Amy Poehler is my hero. She’s funny and sassy and she wrote a kick ass book. It doesn’t follow the normal Chronological Celebrity Memoir formula: growing up, struggling, big break… Rather she jumps around in time and has a bit of an ‘advice’ vibe going on but it’s all amazing. There are pictures, and I love me some celebrity candid photos. She touches very briefly on her divorce from Will Arnett but she gushes about her new relationship with Nick Kroll. Her children are mentioned […]