Girl Walks Into a Bar...: Comedy Calamities, Dating Disasters, and a Midlife Miracle (Hardcover) by Rachel Dratch

from ASKelmore

From my Cannonball Read V review:I see two fellow Cannonballers have reviewed this book so far; their reviews actually reminded me that I wanted to pick up this book. Once again I chose the audio book route (at the end of the year I should put together a post comparing all the female-written and ...

from theWallflower

Cute little memoir, in the same vein as "Yes, Please" by Amy Poehler. Many of my complaints are the same -- not enough of the personal life, not enough of the SNL life. Some of the writing style is the same, when it morphs into a fake interview or letter to herself. Don't get me wrong, I love Rac...

from eenee

Started off sorta slow, ended up real cute.

from revslick

Fairly dry memoir of actress Rachel Dratch, which resembles in many ways the character she was famous for on SNL - Debbie Downer. Two philosophical nuggets I found is her approach to acting and life: 1) Yes And - be aware that your words can halt somebody or complete their character; it's your ch...

from bookworm12

Rachel Dratch tells her story in the latest in a line of hilarious memoirs from SNL alums. Where Tina Fey and Amy Poehler were more entertaining and gave more life advice, Dratch seems to dwell on coming to terms with being type-cast. She also talked a lot about getting offered bad roles and how ...