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Why Not Me?
by Mindy Kaling
This was my first audio book that I listened, so I am not sure if I can review it correctly or can even do the justice to this amazing piece. But it felt great, really really great. Listening to the voice of [a:Mindy Kaling|194416|Mindy Kaling|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1440718587p2/194416.jpg] was great. I listened to the sample of many audiobooks, before finally picking up this. There was something in her voice that attracted me towards this book. Though, it was my first [a:Mindy Kaling|194416|Mindy Kaling|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1440718587p2/194416.jpg], I really enjoyed it.
After completing this, I just felt that [a:Mindy Kaling|194416|Mindy Kaling|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1440718587p2/194416.jpg] is just a simple girl, a girl like you and me, but not star. You can easily call her your best friend. You will feel that you have a similar opinion on many of the things that she has told. In each essay, she has mentioned so much about herself, that you will feel as if you know her more closely than many of your close friends. Her points and conversations were clear and up to the mark. They make you think "Exactly! That's what I thought!"
Her readable tone is lovely and humorous and she kept the feeling real and that's why the readers can attach to it more closely. She has mostly discussed about her life before, during and after her show "The Mindy Project". She talked about her initial failure while beginning the show, how it got success and what were the struggles she faced. Thebest part about this book was that every essay was funny in its own way. you will never feel bored.
There were many favourites for me, but by most favourite essay was the last one which was about that Indian girl who asked her "How did you got that confidence?". At the begining you will feel that she answered what any of the other Star would. But as goes on saying that how sorry she was for that answer, you feel for her and realize that her explanation is indeed real. So wherever that Indian girl is now, I hope that she got her answer.
Mindy has raised various concerns in this book. The main was the "Body-shaming". I loved how she tackled this and how confident she is about her body. I think this is a very good lesson for everyone in the real life especially for girls these days who loose their confidence easily if they don't have a perfect body.
"Its hard to get people to like you, but its even harder to keep people liking you."
Another essay that I really enjoyed was the one about her complex relationship with BJ Novak. It was funny and surely 'weird' as she said. But I guesseveryone needs this kind of friendship.
She didn't just talked about her positive things, rather she talked about her flaws and how she overcame them through the years. She was bad in sports, her body was not that good, her realtionships were not good, her confidence was low etc. But she overcame all these things and now she is at a position that we call success.
"Haters are just more people paying attention to you."
I will definitely say that she is a good writer. I haven't watched her show 'the mindy project' but I have watched some of her other work. She is just hillarious and a very good sstory teller. I am surely eager to listen her first book [b:Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?|18420015|Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (and Other Concerns)|Mindy Kaling|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1410768595s/18420015.jpg|15237902] also, and I really wish that she write some more book and may be some romantic one.
I really enjoyed this book, and would definitely recommend this (especially audio version) to someone who is in a mood to read/listen some lightweight read. And now, I am thinking of watcing her show.
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After completing this, I just felt that [a:Mindy Kaling|194416|Mindy Kaling|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1440718587p2/194416.jpg] is just a simple girl, a girl like you and me, but not star. You can easily call her your best friend. You will feel that you have a similar opinion on many of the things that she has told. In each essay, she has mentioned so much about herself, that you will feel as if you know her more closely than many of your close friends. Her points and conversations were clear and up to the mark. They make you think "Exactly! That's what I thought!"
Her readable tone is lovely and humorous and she kept the feeling real and that's why the readers can attach to it more closely. She has mostly discussed about her life before, during and after her show "The Mindy Project". She talked about her initial failure while beginning the show, how it got success and what were the struggles she faced. Thebest part about this book was that every essay was funny in its own way. you will never feel bored.
There were many favourites for me, but by most favourite essay was the last one which was about that Indian girl who asked her "How did you got that confidence?". At the begining you will feel that she answered what any of the other Star would. But as goes on saying that how sorry she was for that answer, you feel for her and realize that her explanation is indeed real. So wherever that Indian girl is now, I hope that she got her answer.
Mindy has raised various concerns in this book. The main was the "Body-shaming". I loved how she tackled this and how confident she is about her body. I think this is a very good lesson for everyone in the real life especially for girls these days who loose their confidence easily if they don't have a perfect body.
"Its hard to get people to like you, but its even harder to keep people liking you."
Another essay that I really enjoyed was the one about her complex relationship with BJ Novak. It was funny and surely 'weird' as she said. But I guesseveryone needs this kind of friendship.
She didn't just talked about her positive things, rather she talked about her flaws and how she overcame them through the years. She was bad in sports, her body was not that good, her realtionships were not good, her confidence was low etc. But she overcame all these things and now she is at a position that we call success.
"Haters are just more people paying attention to you."
I will definitely say that she is a good writer. I haven't watched her show 'the mindy project' but I have watched some of her other work. She is just hillarious and a very good sstory teller. I am surely eager to listen her first book [b:Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?|18420015|Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (and Other Concerns)|Mindy Kaling|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1410768595s/18420015.jpg|15237902] also, and I really wish that she write some more book and may be some romantic one.
I really enjoyed this book, and would definitely recommend this (especially audio version) to someone who is in a mood to read/listen some lightweight read. And now, I am thinking of watcing her show.
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