The book that was never a blog, also known as “Is Everyone Hanging out Without me? (And Other Concerns).” This is Mindy Kaling’s second of, soon to be, four books. Retelling her life from childhood to writing and acting on her own show, Kaling keeps the reader entertained with stories you could only expect to hear from a close friend. Kaling’s book is very neatly organized. She wrote her book exactly how I would write a biography. There are large headings, chapters within the headings, and occasionally there will be sub-headings within the headings. Like a drawer within a drawer within a drawer, organized to perfection. The biography starts in Massachusetts where her chubby childhood was hosted. The 39 out of 219 pages is all Kaling telling stories of her being mocked and embarrassed from first grade to ninth grade. Whilst all the stories are humorous and occasionally relatable, it begins to get repetitive and I began wondering when the childhood memories were going to end. …show more content…
After college, graduating with a degree in playwriting, Kaling did stand-up in New York City where she was living with her two best friends. One of her best friends and herself would go on to act in an off Broadway play titled, “Matt and Ben.” The two mocked Matt Damon and Ben Affleck and how they imagined Damon and Affleck came to write “Good Will Hunting.” I watched a clip of the act on YouTube, I wasn’t impressed whatsoever and I’m not sure how that got Kaling noticed in the entertainment