If you are a fan of these shows, this book will appeal to you.

I must admit, I have never watched Saturday Night Liveor Parks and Recreation… therefore some of the chapters where she talked about these shows were lost on me. I feel that I would have appreciated this book just a little more had I followed Amy’s career a little more closely. What an amazing role model she is for not only women trying to make it in the male dominated world of comedy, but women in general!īeing overly familiar with Amy’s work is not necessary for enjoying this book, HOWEVER you will know what she is talking about when she talks about characters and plot line from these shows. She was not going to quit until she achieved all of her dreams. I really enjoyed learning about her journey into comedy and improv. Coincidently, I was listening to this part while on the treadmill at the gym, and I laughed out loud so suddenly that I startled the lady running on the treadmill next to me. My favorite part in this book, hands down, would have to be the birth plan chapter. I appreciated her perspective on marriage, motherhood, body issues, etc etc. What surprised me the most about this book was how insightful it was about life in general. I found it both refreshing and uplifting. I don’t even think she even has any form of social media! I also love her overall positive outlook on life. She isn’t into all the drama of being famous. Throughout this book we really get a sense of who Amy is as a person. Before reading this book, I honestly knew NOTHING about her. Honestly, I think the woman could talk about anything and keep me interested. While scrolling through Hoopla, I came across Yes Please and I decided that I needed some Amy Poehler in my life.Īmy has something special that I like to call the “gift of entertainment.” Only Amy Poehler could talk about her uneventful childhood and have me wanting more. I had been reading back-to-back historical fiction novels, so I needed to mix things up a bit. This was a bit of an impulse read for me. Powered by Amy’s charming and hilarious, biting yet wise voice, Yes Please is a book full of words to live by.

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.

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