Tina Fey

I am currently reading "Bossypants" by Tina Fey. After the past couple of months of searching for happy books I found, as what Ms. Rear would say, "a candy book". This book is not for those whom want to learn a lesson about life that they can teach their children or recommend to their grandchildren because it taught them something. This is a book mostly about Tina Fey's life as a child into adulthood and how she got her start. Ms. Fey wrote this book in a particularly interesting way.

Tina Fey wrote this book as if she wants the reader to know her extremely well. She tells embarrassing stories such as when she was desperately in love with some guy, who did not get the hint that she was totally obsessed with him. She even tells the reader about how she climbed the mountain with the guy and how he complained about his girlfriend while they were hiking. The fact that Tina Fey was completely honest about her experiences really makes the reader feel as if they're in on some really private secret. You almost seem to forget that "Bossypants" is a best-seller, so hundreds of people are also in on the secret.

There are other things that she doesn't include though. For example, she could not include the name of her husband, so she continues to change his name throughout the book. She shared intimate details about her honeymoon with Jeff (the name she usually calls her husband), but she doesn't seem to want to explain stuff about her daughter or her husband that she experiences in her daily life. I find this especially strange due to the fact that at the beginning of the book she dedicated an entire chapter to her father. She wrote details about his childhood and how she felt towards him, and the whole time I was completely surprised by her blunt honesty. Why couldn't she include some hilarious story or include her husband's name? It's not like we're going to track him down or go around and tell everyone about him. It probably even says his name on her Wikipedia page.

I met Tina Fey once or twice when I was on Fire Island. She's really cool and she took her newborn baby girl out to a very public parade on the island. I don't truly understand why she would go out in public with her baby, let so many people see her in this intimate setting, yet not include funny things about her child, which would probably be hilarious. I understand that it is definitely her privacy and her choice whether or not to include the information, but I can't hep but feel a slight wall because she withdrew this information. Otherwise, I love this book and it makes me laugh so hard.