Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?: a brief review

taken from goodreads.com

Thanks to a free trial to Audible.com (which I shamelessly cancelled immediately after getting my two free downloads...because apparently I'm too cheap to pay for audiobooks), I knocked this gem out and off my 2015 reading list in a day. And I loved it. I know that what I'm about to say is probably ridiculous even before I say it, but I could be friends with Mindy Kaling. I really could. There were multiple times throughout the whole book where it easily could have been me writing, and I just listened to Mindy tell it like it is while nodding my head and saying out loud "yes, Mindy. You are so right." This girl just gets me. Plus, she's hilarious and down-to-earth and so...aware of herself. That was one of the biggest takeaways that I got from listening to her: she knows who she is. I don't think she's under any illusion that she's perfect, but she's happy with the changes she's made and the growth she's committed to while also fully embracing the parts of herself that some may see as weaknesses. I love this girl, and I had so much fun listening to her on audiobook. I highly recommend it.

Here's where I stand on my shrinking 2015 reading goals list:

• Unbroken, by Laura Hillenbrand
• Monster, by Walter Dean Myers
• Dash and Lily's Book of Dares, by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan
• The Rosie Project, by Graeme Simsion
• Eleanor and Park, by Rainbow Rowell
• Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?, by Mindy Kaling
• Yes Please, by Amy Poehler
• A Long Way Down, by Nick Hornby
• This is Where I Leave You, by Jonathan Tropper
• Wild, by Cheryl Strayed
• Serena, by Ron Rash
• Prisoner of Azkaban, by J.K. Rowling
• Goblet of Fire, by J.K. Rowling
• Order of the Phoenix, by J.K. Rowling
• Half Blood Prince, by J.K. Rowling
• Deathly Hallows, by J.K. Rowling

I said in my last post that when I finish the rest of this list here in the next couple weeks, I'm going to make a whole new list (also small and reasonable) for the rest of the year. At the beginning of the year, I had no idea how much I would be able to read but I knew I wanted to get these read. It's been so surprising and exciting to see how much I've been able to cruise through already, thanks in large part to audiobooks. I'm excited to make my new list, and I'm already plotting and thinking of what needs to be included. It can be done, guys! You can have an infant and a husband and still get books read!