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Biography & Autobiography. Performing Arts. Nonfiction. Humor (Nonfiction.) HTML:In this #1 New York Times bestseller, Ellen DeGeneres shares her hilarious take on everything from our most baffling human foibles�including how we behave in elevators, airplanes, and restrooms, and why we�re so scared of the boogeyman�to fashion trends, celebrity, and her secret recipe for Ellen�s Real Frenchy French Toast. Most of all, this witty, engaging book offers insights into the mind of one of America�s most beloved comics.� Dear Reader, I was awfully excited when I was asked to write a book. I was however, nervous. I was afraid I didn�t have anything important to say. But when I began writing, I realized that although I don�t know a lot about any one thing, I know a little about a whole bunch of things: baking a pie; dancing; curing the common cold; running the Iditarod�it�s all in the book. And I realized I notice things that maybe some people don�t notice (or they don�t notice that they don�t notice). That�s all in the book, too..… (more)
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None of this translates in this book. Parts of the first section I actually recall from one of her routines, and it's way funnier to
And the rest of the book was just a rambling mess. There were a few moments in which I laughed, but most of it was just, What am I reading? She kept mentioned her 60,000 word goal that she had to meet, so there were a bunch of areas where it literally said, "blah blah blah blah."
That's essentially how I felt about this book.