Yes, Please

Title: Yes, Please
Author: Amy Poehler
Format: Audiobook
Publication: October, 2014 by Dey St.
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Summary: In Amy Poehler’s highly anticipated first book, Yes Please, she offers up a big juicy stew of personal stories, funny bits on sex and love and friendship and parenthood and real life advice (some useful, some not so much), like when to be funny and when to be serious. Powered by Amy’s charming and hilarious, biting yet wise voice, Yes Please is a book is full of words to live by.

My Thoughts: Amy Poehler is a friggin boss. An inspiring friggin boss. Ever since her Saturday Night Live days, she's been on my list of ladies I look up to, AKA my list o' heroes, and this book just completely cemented her spot on that list. Not only was she funny and a total hoot and a half, but she got deep, man. She's self-aware in a way that's refreshing but not at all egotistical or depressing, and it felt like she was writing as if you were in the room with her.

I experienced this book through the magical medium of CD audiobook. And if you were wondering, yes CD's still exist. They're still a thing. Anyways, I was dying to read Yes, Please for months but I heard that it was even better when read to you by Actual Amy Poehler plus guests via the audiobook. I rented the CD's and oh goodness was it amazing. Not only do you fully understand the tone of how she went about writing the book, but to hear the likes of Seth Meyers, Patrick Stewart, Kathleen Turner, and her own parents reading bits and pieces of the book made the experience just phenomenal.

I love comedy and I especially love strong female role models for comedy. I read Tina Fey's Bossypants a few years earlier and built a new appreciation for Fey as well as so many other comedy lady greats. I enjoy seeing what makes them tick or what it was like for them to make it in "The Biz." I mean, I don't need to know their greatest and darkest fears, but just getting to know their different view points and hearing the crazy stories of comeuppance in a male dominated game are not only entertaining but you can also learn from their experiences, as well.

Which is another reason why I loved this book. It was well done in so many ways and I was inspired to get out there and kick butt, take names, and not feel like I have to say sorry for things I shouldn't have to apologize for dang it. It was entertaining, funny from beginning to end, and not once did I feel anything but positive feelings when experiencing this book. In other words, it was a perfect car-listening audiobook and an even better book to get me into the audiobook game. I really hope to continue to follow Poehler's amazing career and I look forward to listening to even more audiobooks, too. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to re-watch all of Parks and Recreation for the millionth time.
My Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars