Bossypants by Tina Fey seemed to be a huge hit with everyone this past year, so I decided to read it. I did find it mildly entertaining and at some moments even laugh out loud funny, but it just kept making me think of  another book – Everybody into the Pool-True Tales by Beth Lisick, a female comedy-memior that really had me laughing out loud until I was crying. Very different books for sure, and Lisick’s book might not be for everyone, but I loved it, and even enjoyed her follow up Help Me Help Myself, (although not quite as much.)

Back to Tina Fey. Admittedly a funny woman.  I loved her on Saturday Night Live as Sarah Palin, so the jokes weren’t lost on me-but do we really need to read about what we all saw already?  I haven’t watched 30 Rock, so there were huge sections of the book that were meaningless to me. And I still question memoirs at the age of 40.

If you love Tina Fey (and she really really wants you to) you will find this book interesting and funny and worth reading. Its quick and harmless enough (if you can get past the disturbing cover.)