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

Tina Fey is wonderful!

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Yes, I would recommend this book to a friend, if I had any.

What about Tina Fey’s performance did you like?

I like Tina Fey. After listening to this book, I feel like she is my new best friend. She is smart, funny, and very human. She is now my role model, even though I think she's younger than me.

I promise not to be a stalker.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

I did not listen to this book all in one sitting. I was busy packing to move to a new house. It was like having a friend keeping me company. I was glad to save some to listen to later.

Any additional comments?

Don't miss the PDF. She frequently mentions pictures that are in it. I tried to look at it on my iPad, but it wouldn't open. After I finished the book, I looked them up on my laptop.

It would have been better to look at them as they were mentioned.

I thought it would be good - it was even BETTER!

If you could sum up Bossypants in three words, what would they be?

This is another book I can listen to over and over - it never gets old! Tina Fey is a great writer and story teller - very funny (of course). Really quick witted - so quick, that you can listen over and over and pick up a new little item to chuckle about each time. These types of books are my favorites and they are hard to find. I have to REALLY enjoy a book to listen to it more than once. I probably have a total of about 4 of them in my huge library (I've been a member for almost 10 years now I think). So as I've said before - in my very few five star reviews - just get it! You've wasted one credit on much worse (I'm sure) :) !!

Too funny

Tina is the funniest, the best - someone you want to have many dinners with - I laughed out loud.
We need more TInas in this OH SO serious world!

Funny Pants

Loved Tina Fey as the narrator. She is intellectually funny. Highly recommended for anyone to enjoy.

Hilarious

What did you love best about Bossypants?

That it was read by Tina.

What did you like best about this story?

Her story about menstru-hating!

Any additional comments?

If you love SNL you get some behind the scenes info.

Do not hesitate-- listen to this audiobook!

I was already a big fan of Tina Fey, but now I've developed a severe crush. The book is wonderful, hysterical, heart warming, and just downright enjoyable. The audiobook made the experience even better. Listening to Fey's voice read the words she's written added an aspect to the entire experience that I would highly recommend to everyone. Fey clearly writes in a certain style, and small nuances could easily be missed if one chooses to read the book instead of listen to her narrate. I highly recommend reading this fantastic book and I even more highly recommend listening to Fey narrate it.

Funny stuff lady

I want to thank you for the laughs and the insights. I enjoyed it very much!

hilarious

Tina fey. You are amazing. this book was hilarious for anyone, ANYONE. With children, without children. It was an awesome glance into your world.

FanFREAKINGtastic

Would you consider the audio edition of Bossypants to be better than the print version?

Without a doubt. Tina Fey adds her own style to the reading that brings the book to life in a way that I couldn't have done reading by myself. She also sounds like she's having a conversation more than reading a book out loud. This connection to the book made it worth so much more to me.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Bossypants?

Her description of the white jeans pants suit. Everyone has that one outfit that you put on and you feel DAMN GOOD. Even if it's out of style. I still have my version of that same thing.

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

How she reads it puts her personality in the words. The words are jam packed with her personality, don't get me wrong, but her reading style makes it clear what she wants you to get from the book.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

Probably when she described the not-so-secret sexism in her job. I experience something similar with my work, engineering, but no one out and out says it. Sometimes the looks and the comments get to me and it was great to hear I'm not alone. And there are women with balls of steel who don't take it like it is.

Any additional comments?

100% would buy/read it again. And I highly recommend this to everyone, especially women who are concerned with being taken seriously in the workplace.

Moments of Brilliance

The opening hour alone is worth the price of admission. My fiance and I were crying we were laughing so hard. Once you get into her improv and SNL days, it's a little more hit and miss. It feels very personal and written for her friends more than for a general audience. By the time you get to the very end (parenting, motherhood) it feels very rushed. More snark than substance.

Where it's good though, it's really good.