![]() Mindy’s second memoir Why Not Me? was released in September 2015 and launched at #1 on the New York Times’ best-seller list. In 2011, Mindy penned the comedic memoir Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me (And Other Concerns), which continues to be featured on New York Times’ and USA Today’s best-seller lists. She currently stars in the Hulu original comedy series “The Mindy Project,” which she also writes and executive produces.īefore “The Mindy Project,” Mindy was best known for her work on the critically acclaimed, Emmy Award-winning NBC show “The Office.” In addition to directing, producing, and portraying celebrity-obsessed Kelly Kapoor, Mindy wrote 18 episodes of the series, including the Emmy nominated episode “Niagra.” Mindy Kaling is an actor, writer, producer, and director. And those who’ve never been at a turning point can skip to the parts where she talks about meeting Bradley Cooper. Mindy turns the anxieties, the glamour, and the celebrations of her second coming-of-age into a laugh-out-loud funny collection of essays that anyone who’s ever been at a turning point in their life or career can relate to. In Why Not Me?, Kaling shares her ongoing journey to find contentment and excitement in her adult life, whether it’s falling in love at work, seeking new friendships in lonely places, attempting to be the first person in history to lose weight without any behavior modification whatsoever, or most important, believing that you have a place in Hollywood when you’re constantly reminded that no one looks like you. Book Review, Grown Up Books, NonfictionĪge range: adult | Paperback: 240 pages | Publisher: Three Rivers Press Reprint edition (September 27, 2016)įrom the author of the beloved New York Times bestselling book Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? and the creator and star of The Mindy Project comes a collection of essays that are as hilarious and insightful as they are deeply personal.If you have seen her new show (if you haven't you truly have to check it out) you absolutely have to check out Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns). Mindy would definitely make my list of being a person I would love to be friends with. Overall the book was excellent and it really made me feel that I'm not alone in the way I look at certain things. It's just not my cup of tea when it comes to comedy. But that is nothing against the creators, writers, actors and all the other people involved in the show. There were some parts that weren't soul catching such as those pertaining to The Office which is a show that I have never really found enjoyable. Her childhood was very interesting and I must say that her parents were totally awesome. Being a average sized, if a tad chubby, myself it was very heartening to see that this show made it to air.Īs for Mindy's book I found it hilarious. It was about time that an average sized woman was featured on tv. My immediate thought was "finally a tv show with an actual woman as the star." It was truly refreshing to see someone who was not a stick thin person with boobs attached. The first time I heard about Mindy Kaling was while watching tv and a promo for her show The Mindy Project came on during a commercial break. ![]() Mindy Kaling really is just a Girl Next Door - not so much literally anywhere in the continental United States, but definitely if you live in India or Sri Lanka. In Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?, Mindy invites readers on a tour of her life and her unscientific observations on romance, friendship, and Hollywood, with several conveniently placed stopping points for you to run errands and make phone calls. If so, you've come to the right book, mostly! 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). 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?"
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