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“Pithy, sarcastic, and full of irony…Reading in a jaunty, conversational tone, the star of the popular television show The Mindy Project will have listeners chuckling at her commentary…Kaling’s unique vantage point as an actress of Indian descent peppers her writing and narrative style with distinctive flavor. These short essays are a perfect listen while multitasking.”
— AudioFile
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Kaling has written a second book that’s funnier, sharper and more confident than her 2011 collection of personal essays and pop culture riffs called Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns). Even the title of that initial effort implied that Kaling was trying to find her place; the tone of this new one announces that she’s found it and is more than comfortable inviting people to spend time with her there.
— Washington Post
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Funny, thoughtful essays and anecdotes written in the star’s trademark voice. But this time around, things are just little more grown-up…This is Kaling at the height of her power.
— USA Today
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“Mindy Kaling may be gearing up for the fourth season of her TV show, The Mindy Project, but that didn't deter her from writing another wildly entertaining and completely relatable book… Her first memoir, Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns), spent time on several best-seller lists. Why Not Me? will certainly follow in its footsteps.
— Associated Press
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Hilarious…Kaling knows her strengths, and plays to them brilliantly…Aside from that effortlessly conversational tone and her pitch-perfect humor, Kaling’s biggest strength here is curatorial. She gives us the candy we came for—the advice, the anecdotes, the straight talk on body image—but sprinkles in something extra.
— Entertainment Weekly, A-
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Why Not Me? is all that we've come to expect from the creator and star of The Mindy Project: refreshing, confident, genuine, and, yes, absolutely hilarious.
— Refinery29
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…insightful personal essays from one of Hollywood's cleverest writers… Intrepid and often irreverent, Kaling humbly probes her own triumphs and defeats with laugh-out-loud results”. —Kirkus Reviews
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Kaling's irreverent take on life is both uproariously funny and dead-on…Advice on a variety of topics—including why extensions make everyone more beautiful and how the world needs to start assuming that all young women are confident—make this an empowering and entertaining read.
— Publishers Weekly
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“Funny, thoughtful essays and anecdotes written in the star’s trademark voice. But this time around, things are just little more grown-up…This is Kaling at the height of her power.”
— USA Today
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“Hilarious…Kaling knows her strengths, and plays to them brilliantly…Aside from that effortlessly conversational tone and her pitch-perfect humor, Kaling’s biggest strength here is curatorial. She gives us the candy we came for—the advice, the anecdotes, the straight talk on body image—but sprinkles in something extra. [Grade] A-.”
— Entertainment Weekly
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“Kaling has written a second book that’s funnier, sharper and more confident than her 2011 collection of personal essays and pop culture riffs.”
— Washington Post
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“Wildly entertaining and completely relatable…Kaling has a gift for storytelling. Her self-deprecating essays depict a young Mindy in the throes of adolescence…Kaling is able to take a memory from years ago and transport the reader into that moment with ease.”
— Associated Press
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“Refreshing, confident, genuine, and, yes, absolutely hilarious.”
— Refinery29