Poehler: Yes, Please

YES, PLEASE

By Amy Poehler

Amy:

Content - 8.5

Style - 5.

Emotional Impact -

This was a fun read.  I laughed hard.  I loved the inside look into her niche field, improv.  I love how she went for it and like we talked about how she said if she didn't make it, she would have taught comedy and her colleague would have worked in journalism.

I thought she handled her divorce well.  She didn't speak poorly of him at all.  I loved hearing about her childhood and her parents.  The strongest writing was when she actually did improv in the book, like writing the letter to the hospital, or her letters about sex to men and women.

Consequently, like you, the style was functional, which reminds me of Tatoos.  Not the best writing in the world, but still a great read.  I will give it a 5 on style.  The Content was superb.  While not my field, I loved this genre of seeing woman mane it in untraditional field.  I give it an 8.5.  Finally, emotional impact, hmmm, I read this two weeks ago, maybe less, I finished it on my plane home from London while the babies slept in the basinettes, and the book, the author, the stories are so close to me.  So I am giving it a 7 on emotional impact.

I am placing it above Cafe Europa and under Sum of Our Days.

Heather:

Content - 10

Style - 4

Emotional impact - 5.5

I rank it one place above Blood, Bones and Butter. I loved your summary of how it was an insider's look at how a woman forged ahead in her career! And, because the entertainment industry is closer to me than the restaurant industry, I ranked it higher.

We didn't talk about emotional impact, but because I've already found an applicable analogy for my own life (Gimme the pudding!), I am rating it higher than average. But I didn't find it moving or emotionally engaging like _Sum of Our Days_ or any of the higher ranking books.

Obviously her writing style isn't noteworthy; it's just functional, which makes sense given that's what her job requires. Writing for film and TV always serves a function. It's not meant to be an end in itself like a novel.

Bastard Out of Carolina, Dorothy Allison,

Tattoos On The Heart, Gregory Boyle

Why I Came West, Rick Bass

All Over But The Shoutin, Rick Bragg

(Orange, HD)

(The Sum Of Our Days, HD)

Autobiography of a Face, Lucy Grearly

Truth and Beauty, Ann Patchett

Why Be Happy When You Can Be Normal, Jeanette WInterson

Yes Please (Heather)

Blood, Bones, and Butter, Gabrielle Hamilton

The Sum Of Our Days, Isabelle Allende

Yes, Please, Amy Pohler (Amy)

Cafe Europa, Slavenka Drakulic

Orange is the New Black, Piper Kerman (HD put it after Tattos)

Reading Lolita in Tehran, Azar Nafisi

Liars´ Club, Mary Karr

Don´t Let´s the Dogs Go Out, Alexandra Fuller

Wild, Cheryl Strayed