Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (and other concerns) by Mindy Kaling

Page Turner Tuesday 
Life in a Larger Story's Book Club 2016

Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? 

(and other concerns) 

by Mindy Kaling

Get the audio version of this book! I love it when the author reads their book, at least in this case, it' a great choice. We are currently commuting about 2 hours a day and this audiobook joyfully helped us pass the time. Mindy had us laughing out loud at times. She frankly talks about her body type as average and it was refreshing. She talks about writing her own parts for auditions, times when she flew and others when she failed. She's frank and honest and I liked her book. This book became the conversation starter of all kinds of crazy conversations in the car.

What are your thoughts on chest hair? Mai and I both agreed that we disagree with her love for chest hair. Blah! I just don't like hair at all! Hair is rough and scratchy and it leaves a trail all over the house. (Someone remind me of this when I'm trying to buy my next dog.)

Is it cool to complain about commuting and colds? She challenged me to not complain so much about common things like commuting and colds! It's true they all end in the same way, you arrive and you get better. I am guilty of this far too often. 

What do you think about when you workout? We laughed about her made up calorie burning stories. What? Hahaha. I think I may do that. 

Would you like having a body double? I don't know about that one. That's just so creepy to me, and really people have those? What world do we live in? I guess I hope that I would like mine too; otherwise, you would start to feel like you were in the Muppets movie with two frogs. The entire idea of this seems so immature. How did we get here? Yes, it's official; I never want a stand in that looks like me. Never. Maybe they can just use a hologram or something. 

Thanks for sharing your thoughts with us Mindy! This book sparked hilarious car conversations that I think we may still laugh about for years to come. I would like to think challenged us to be a little bit better and more honest versions of ourselves.