Just call me Bossypants

I have a confession for everyone: I am a little bossy. Now to a lot of you, this is no surprise. I am a bossypants and have been for as long as anyone can remember. It is just part of who I am. Now I have worked hard to learn to get along with others and control it, but it is still there. And I also love Tina Fey and pretty much everything she does. She manages to make television I want to watch and is one hell of a funny lady. So imagine how happy I was to pick up a copy of her new book Bossypants.

This book is hilarious. Tina Fey humourosly details aspects of her life ranging from childhood up to the present in a way that feels like talking to a close friend. She is one funny lady. Her worldview is very similar to mine, which makes me love this book. It isn't a celebrity memoir, it is just funny. She laughs at herself and at everyone else, including internet haters. Her self-deprecating kind of humour made for a fantastic read. You have to be able to take the joke and go with it, laugh at yourself. And she delivers on that point.

Bossypants reminded me in some ways of Carrie Fisher's Wishful Drinking which I may have to pull off the shelf for another read. Again, less of a memoir and more of a hilarious worldview which references some events of her life. And always willing to laugh at herself and make some jokes at her own expense. Sort of like when Carrie Fisher guest starred on 30 Rock for what was a favourite episode of mine.

As a bossy lady in a position of power, people will sometimes be cruel, like the random person online who said this about Tina Fey: “Tina Fey is an ugly, pear-shaped, bitchy, overrated troll.” Her response in one section of the book is one of the funniest parts. She addresses the random cruel comments in a much funnier way than most of us would. Carrie Fisher has also used her Twitter account to post some very funny responses to haters. These women inspire me. They take an insult and make it a joke.

Anyway I just thought I would mention a couple of my favourite books in case anyone was looking for some funny reads. Bossypants and Wishful Drinking are books that I highly recommend written by two very funny ladies.