Yes Please

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 full of words to live by. (Summary and cover courtesy of goodreads.com)

Review:

This was the second time I’d read this book and it was exactly what I needed at the time.  I was looking for something light and that would help when life was a bit stressful.  Honestly the book is written more as a biography as opposed to a specifically about comedy or intended to be humorous.   Amy is funny and she has a fantastic view on life that I really enjoy, but I wanted to be clear so folks know what they’re getting into.

The book made me like her more as a person, respect her friendship with Tina Fey and wish I knew more people like her.   The biggest thing that I took away from the book is appreciation and a reminder not to take day to day chaos too seriously.  She also brings in some of her coworkers to “guest write” and they  add lovely variety throughout.

Rating: 4 stars!

Who should read it? Anyone looking for a reminder about the good things in life and learning more about Amy Poehler