Hello Beautiful People,
I haven’t read our seventh book selection – but I cannot wait to get my hands on it.
I LOVE Amy Poehler, and I have no doubt that I will adore her book, Yes Please, as well.
Here’s what the back cover has to say –
In a perfect world . . .
We’d get to hang out with Amy Poehler, watching dumb movies, listening to music, and swapping tales about our coworkers and difficult childhoods. Because in a perfect world, we’d all be friends with Amy—someone who seems so fun, is full of interesting stories, tells great jokes, and offers plenty of advice and wisdom (the useful kind, not the annoying kind you didn’t ask for, anyway). Unfortunately, between her Golden Globe-winning role on Parks and Recreation, work as a producer and director, place as one of the most beloved SNL alumni and cofounder of the Upright Citizens’ Brigade, involvement with the website Smart Girls at the Party, frequent turns as acting double for Meryl Streep, and her other gig as the mom of two young sons, she’s not available for movie night.
Luckily we have the next best thing: Yes Please, Amy’s hilarious and candid book. A collection of stories, thoughts, ideas, lists, and haikus from the mind of one of our most beloved entertainers, Yes Please offers Amy’s thoughts on everything from her “too safe” childhood outside of Boston to her early days in New York City, her ideas about Hollywood and “the biz,” the demon that looks back at all of us in the mirror, and her joy at being told she has a “face for wigs.” Yes Please is chock-full of words and wisdom to live by.
Here’s what I have to say –
I think the world could use more laughter. More heart. I think we all have to think bigger than ourselves and our immediate surroundings. I think we all have to stop taking ourselves so seriously. I think, we need to laugh more.
I think the world needs to read Amy’s book.
Find out more about Yes Please, and purchase your own copy right here.
Merry Christmas!
Live, Love, Learn,
Just a gentle reminder – be sure to follow us on twitter at @TheWriteTeach, and instagram at @TheWriteTeachers. Use the hashtag #12DaysofBooks so we can see you reading along! AND, even more exciting is that this year, for the first time ever, The Write Teacher(s) is hosting the very first Ugly Christmas Sweater Soiree, (in association with yours truly) and I hope to see you there! The concert is at Don’t Tell Mama NYC, December 19th, 7:30pm. You can find all the details here. It’ll be fun, it’ll be jolly, and a portion of the proceeds will go to benefit The Robinhood Foundation.