Is everyone hanging out without me by Mindy Kaling [audiobook] (review)

Title: Is everyone hanging out without me? (and other concerns)
Author: Mindy Kaling
Narrator: Mindy Kaling
Length: 4 hours 37 mins // Num of pages: 222 pages
Publisher: Crown Archetype
My rating: 4/5 stars
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I love Mindy Kaling. I truly truly do! I first heard of Mindy Kaling through The Mindy Project. I highly recommend watching The Mindy Project. Why? 1) it's hilarious and 2) it's hilarious. The show is really really funny!

Anyway, after watching The Mindy Project, I decided I was in love with Mindy Kaling. I needed to watch everything she's ever done. So, during the last winter break, I sat and marathoned all 9 seasons of The Office (US). Honestly, The Office is amazing.

Back to the audiobook. I've actually read this book before! This is my second time reading it. The first time, I read the physical copy. It's great as I've mentioned in this post. I've seen reviews that said the audiobook is great. Since my love for Mindy Kaling is so strong, I decided to try out the audiobook as well.

This is the first audiobook I've ever listened to and 'Is everyone hanging out without me?' is a great start to the audiobook world. It's narrated by Kaling herself. It felt like Mindy (yea, we're on first name basis) is my super cool, older best friend while listening to this book. I've seen people complain that they didn't enjoy Mindy's narration, and that her voice is 'screechy'. Personally, I didn't have a problem with Mindy's voice but give the audio sample a try before buying the audiobook.

The book details Mindy's life, from childhood right to her experience working in television. She sprinkles in advice here and there. Her book is filled with hilarious anecdotes. I should also mention that Mindy Kaling references a lot of things from popular culture. So, if you don't really immerse or consume popular culture, many of these references will be lost on you and as a result, your enjoyment of the book might be affected.

The writing of the book is simple. It reads and listens like a friend talking to you over an extensive catch-up session. It's not poetic writing, nor is it factual writing -it's just casual. This book is an easy, lazy afternoon read.

Again, I highly recommend this book if you are a Mindy Kaling fan, enjoy funny books or are looking into getting into TV comedy. (Is TV Comedy the right phrase???)

My questions for you:

Have you read this book? What are your thoughts on it? Do you have any other audiobook recommendations as I want to get more into audiobooks this year?