I'm eager to see what TV star decides to release a humorous memoir in the near future as it seems to be the thing to do. Tina Fey did it, and now Mindy Kaling has done it with her hilarious collection of essays.

In case you didn't know, Mindy Kaling is one of the stars of The Office. She started off on the popular TV show as a writer and then moved into the role of Kelly Kapoor, the office's gossipy chatterbox. I love her character on the show and was eager to read the book to see if it would be anything like her character.

After not really liking Tina Fey's Bossypants, I was pleasantly surprised when I got into Mindy Kaling's offering. It was fun, humorous, and a great read. Interspersed with stories about growing up and starting her career, Mindy includes humorous little essays that will have readers laughing or nodding their heads in agreement. Some of the topics, like what makes a great best friend, or what the perfect amount of fame is, are total Kelly Kapoor topics.

Mindy writes in such a friendly way in that as I read it, I felt I was just sitting across the table from a good friend in a coffee shop. She comes across as fun, loving, and approachable - someone who I would love to be friends with.

While you don't really expect someone to write a memoir at such a young age - Mindy is 32 - I found I finished the book wondering when the next book would come out. So much more humorous than I expected, Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? was a great, comical read.

I picked this book up b/c my cousin left it in my car. I thought I'd hate it. I loved it. I'll post a better review later, but wanted to get it down as a reminder. In the meantime, I highly reccomend - even though I might lose my man-card for saying so.

This is the best book I've read all year, with the exception of The Help.

It's really quite different from The Help, being a humourist and light-hearted autobiography, but a wonderful read, nonetheless. I totally understand why this woman has a job writing for comedies.

I laughed (way too much, way too hard on the GO train), I had epiphanies, I felt understood.

It's a light, fun, uplifting, engaging read. I can't imagine that anyone would be disappointed!

I have yet to buy this book but, I just read around a 20 page excerpt from it and I'm already in love! I usually avoid these types of books because I ultimately find their stories long, drug out, and boring. That was definitely not the case with Mindy Kaling's book. Her anecdotes were, short, sweet, hilarious, and to the point. If the excerpt was that great, I can't wait to buy the book!