I think I loved this more than

Bossypants. But that's okay, because Rachel and Tina are totally cool with each other! Like everyone else in the feminist blog-o-world, I was angry when Dratch was replaced for the part of Jenna on 30 Rock. I thought it was because she wasn't pretty enough, and I scoffed at the idea that Tina Fey was making this great feminist show if she would do something like that. But Dratch shows us the inside perspective - yeah, Hollywood looks had something to do with it, but so did the type of actor and type of show.

Dratch starts off by detailing her career in comedy, but this book is really about her life after comedy, when she realizes she may never marry or have a baby. I feel like Rachel Dratch and I could be good friends, bonding over how awful Showers are and stressing over if we'll ever settle down, while also stressing over how that has to be A THING. Dratch isn't afraid to poke fun at herself in this book, and some of the stories are pretty embarrassing, but also hilarious. In

Girl Walks Into a Bar, Dratch has managed to write a funny memoir with deep currents beneath the surface. Her musings on love, friendship, and motherhood were truly insightful to me.

Now only if Amy Poehler would write a memoir, because in Fey's, Dratch's, and Kaling's books, she sounds like an awesome badass.

the stories are pretty good, although one of them i think is super racist?

but the funny thing about this book, is that stephen king was supposed to have chosen them from a giant slush pile

when in fact, one group of editors narrowed it down to a hundred or so

and the second group of editors narrowed it down to six

and steve was like, "well this one is the best but let's publish them all, they're all good"

so basically his role here is beyonce's in formation

i might get your song played on the radio station = i might get your story in this horror collection

a perfect comedic novel

in the preface the authors are quite clear that they don't intend to make fun of women in this book, that they have some kind of affection for their characters

i think this is a lie

maybe in some sense, they fondly look back on the foolish behavior of women in their early twenties, but these 8 email correspondents are straight up bitches

some of them anyway, and the rest are capable of the doublespeak all women of a certain socioeconomic class know

they are so hilariously obnoxious and i don't know why morgan puts up with any of them

read this if you've ever been on an email chain that felt like it would never end with friends who seem out of their damn minds

There's no way I can read this without comparing it to the TV series, which I have to say I enjoy more, even though it deviated preeeety far from this first volume. Still enjoyable, and I'll keep reading.

really 2.5 stars, but there are a couple of gems in this book

the harry dresden story shows us molly carpenter in her new role as the winter lady, and makes me want to give her a hug

the double-souled healer is an ode to those who choose to fight with love rather than anger

and caliban is just funny and cool

there are a lot of great moments in here, but some duds really dragged it down

There are some real gems in this collection, from funny stories to tragic ones. Meg Cabot's funny alien visitation story has a beautiful variety of voices, told through different testimonies and blog posts (although it suffers in comparison to Neil Gaiman's similar and excellent "Orange," but come on, that's Gaiman). Kami Garcia tells a dark tale of a carnival fortune teller who discovers her fortunes, which she's always considered grifting, are more powerful than they seem. And of course, Malinda Lo has the cleverest prophecy and the sweetest ending.

This book is unsettling and nervewracking in the best way possible

i love everything le guin writes

a staunch defender of women in literature, as authors and subjects

a great critic of science fiction and fantasy

will fight you over whether a piece of writing is "genre" or not

will win that fight, then write an awesome essay about it

not a bad read for a youtuber's first book

quick, funny, and with some actually useful tips

i am also an artist of the irish goodbye, so i appreciate helbig's stance on that issue

Satrapi is such a talent. Her drawings, while not very detailed, give us just enough context to understand the nuances of emotion in every panel. Her writing is the same. The story of her life as an Iranian student at a French school in Vienna is so sad, compelling, and funny. She perfectly encapsulates that certainty that we are definitely, definitely right about everything in our early to mid teens. Her description of puberty as shooting up into a new body overnight is hyperbolic, but familiar. I, at 5'1", was the tallest kid in my class in the third grade. Then I stopped growing. The struggle is real for the tall and the short.

Satrapi does her country a great service by foregrounding her personal story of growth, depression, and misplacement during and after the Islamic Revolution in Iran. I don't have a perfect grasp of the political events, but I know what it was like for a young progressive woman not unlike myself to live through it. She's inspired me to learn more about the region's recent history. This should be more widely read.