Bossypants

By: Tina Fey

Narrated by: Tina Fey

Length: 5 hrs and 32 mins

Publisher's summary

Spirited and whip-smart, these laugh-out-loud autobiographical essays are "a masterpiece" from the Emmy Award-winning actress and comedy writer known for 30 Rock, Mean Girls, and SNL". (Sunday Telegraph).

Before Liz Lemon, before Weekend Update, before Sarah Palin, Tina Fey was just a young girl with a dream: A recurring stress dream that she was being chased through a local airport by her middle-school gym teacher. She also had a dream that one day she would be a comedian on TV. She has seen both these dreams come true.

At last, Tina Fey's story can be told. From her youthful days as a vicious nerd to her tour of duty on Saturday Night Live; from her passionately halfhearted pursuit of physical beauty to her life as a mother eating things off the floor; from her one-sided college romance to her nearly fatal honeymoon - from the beginning of this paragraph to this final sentence.

Tina Fey reveals all, and proves what we've always suspected: You're no one until someone calls you bossy.

Includes special, never-before-solicited opinions on breastfeeding, princesses, Photoshop, the electoral process, and Italian rum cake!

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your My Library section along with the audio.

©2011 Tina Fey (P)2011 Hachette Audio

Both funny and interesting.

This audio book is especially great because it is read by the author. The story covers some interesting things about working her way through the comedy world to where she is now. It also goes through various personal life stories including some childhood and plenty of motherhood and some marriage content. As a woman I thought there was plenty for me to enjoy even if I couldn't directly relate to the motherhood stuff. The only part I didn't care for was the 30 Rock stuff as I haven't watched the show. They also put in some neat clips of her doing SNL and gives some background information. I would definitely recommend this as a nice break from your other serious books.

I Love Tina Fey

Just listen to the first minute. If Tina Fey's sense of humor doesn't strike you by then, you are hopeless. If it does, welcome to a wonderful world of happy self-deprecation that will go by all to fast.

You will be laughing out loud

I love books read by the author for me it really makes the story come to life. I enjoyed hearing about Tina's childhood and how she got to SNL and 30 rock. There are moments that are so funny and so true to life that you will get stares from people as you laugh out loud.

Clever And Relevant

What I Liked: Tina Fey has a clever writing style that makes you feel like you're just chatting at a bar over a few drinks. She maintains this tone regardless of what she's talking about whether it's just silly stuff from her childhood or her appreciating the full ramifications of what they accomplished during the 2008 US presidential election. And I appreciated it more as an audio book as her reading of things is very dynamic including bits that sound like stage whispers or asides muttered loudly under her breath.

She's clearly a very smart woman and this shows in her writing and her brand of comedy. She doesn't shy away from subjects and I'm glad that she invests a lot of time into talking about her career and her particular journey. She's led a colorful life but has risen above it all to get to an interesting place and really made a name for herself. And that's awesome.

What Could Have Been Better: As is often the case with these biographical pieces, it's a little all over the place. While things generally progress in a chronological order, she does dress things up a lot in various asides and jokes and pokes at this and that and maybe that can get distracting for some. It's entertaining when it's great but it's so much meandering otherwise.

At times you sort of wish she took a firmer stand on things or really stepped forward to establish certain points, but of course that could have broken the comedic tone in things. But given how she touches on possibly giving advise to young girls or to other women wanted to get into comedy, maybe she could have risked more? This is not to say doesn't say enough, but one can't help but think of options for making use of that even more.

Great listen

What did you love best about Bossypants?

I'm a runner, and I listened to this while I was training for a half-marathon. It was so funny, and actually made me laugh out loud while running. I probably looked like a crazy person, but it was worth it. Tina Fey is hilarious!

Hilarious!

Not for the easily offended or fans of Sarah Palin. (I've heard some of my male friends say it wasn't exactly their cup of tea either-- too many references to feminine hygiene.) No, there's not much plot... and it's not a master's course in management. It's a slightly raunchy girl's lunch with Tina Fey. Having listened to the audiobook read to me by Tina (I feel we are close personal friends now) I feel a little sorry for my purist friends who thought they should actually -read- the book. This is "laugh-until-diet-coke -squirts-out-your-nose" funny.

I love Tina Fey

Tina Fey is my hero. I purchased the audiobook rather than the paper version because it's read by the author herself; I can't imagine that reading the text could be as gratifying as hearing her voice and delivery.

Loved this!

So, so good! Tina had me laughing from the moment her story began, perhaps because she is so relatable! She has kept me company in the car and made me happy while listening to this. She is an amazing comedian and writer, and shares her struggles and journey while still making us laugh at life. I loved this so much... thank you Tina for being a trail blazer bad ass MF! (Should there be commas or hyphens in there?)

She doesn't fucking care what I think... 💙💙💙

Just yes. Oh, and thank you Ms. Fey 😘 annddd... more words to get to the required 15

I'm In Love

What does Tina Fey bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

It's great to listen to Tina anytime, but to hear her speak and joke about her life was a joy. She's so inspiring and funny...as I said, I'm in love.