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    My Squirrel Days
    My Squirrel Days
    My Squirrel Days
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    My Squirrel Days

    Written by Ellie Kemper

    Narrated by Ellie Kemper

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    Comedian and star of The Office and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt and host of The Great American Baking Show Ellie Kemper delivers a hilarious, refreshing, and inspiring collection of essays “teeming with energy and full of laugh-out-loud moments” (Associated Press).

    “A pleasure. Ellie Kemper is the kind of stable, intelligent, funny, healthy woman that usually only exists in yogurt commercials. But she’s real and she’s all ours!” —Tina Fey

    “Ellie is a hilarious and talented writer, although we’ll never know how much of this book the squirrel wrote.”—Mindy Kaling

    Meet Ellie, the best-intentioned redhead next door. You’ll laugh right alongside her as she shares tales of her childhood in St. Louis, whether directing and also starring in her family holiday pageant, washing her dad’s car with a Brillo pad, failing to become friends with a plump squirrel in her backyard, eating her feelings while watching PG-13 movies, or becoming a “sports monster” who ends up warming the bench of her Division 1 field hockey team in college.

    You’ll learn how she found her comedic calling in the world of improv, became a wife, mother and New Yorker, and landed the role of a bridesmaid (while simultaneously being a bridesmaid) in Bridesmaids. You’ll get to know and love the comic, upbeat, perpetually polite actress playing Erin Hannon on The Office, and the exuberant, pink-pants-wearing star of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.

    If you’ve ever been curious about what happens behind the scenes of your favorite shows, what it really takes to be a soul cycle “warrior,” how to recover if you accidentally fall on Doris Kearns Goodwin or tell Tina Fey on meeting her for the first time that she has “great hair—really strong and thick,” this is your chance to find out. But it’s also a laugh-out-loud primer on how to keep a positive outlook in a world gone mad and how not to give up on your dreams. Ellie “dives fully into each role—as actor, comedian, writer, and also wife and new mom—with an electric dedication, by which one learns to reframe the picture, and if not exactly become a glass-half-full sort of person, at least become able to appreciate them” (Vogue.com).
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSimon & Schuster Audio
    Release dateOct 9, 2018
    ISBN9781508258759
    Author

    Ellie Kemper

    Ellie Kemper is the Emmy-nominated star of the Netflix original series, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. She is the host of The Great American Baking Show, portrayed Erin Hannon on NBC’s The Office, costarred in Bridesmaids, and has also appeared in 21 Jump Street and Somewhere. Ellie voiced Katie in The Secret Life of Pets and is the voice of Crackle on Disney’s Sofia the First. Her writing has appeared in GQ, Esquire, The New York Times, McSweeney’s, and The Onion. Ellie currently lives in Manhattan with her husband and son, but is constantly trying to find a way to get back to St. Louis, Missouri. My Squirrel Days is her first book.

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    • 4/5
      Her sarcasm is hilarious and I loved her on the Office!

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    • 1/5
      annoying garbage no thank you at all. can't abide so bad.
    • 5/5
      Loved this audiobook!! Ellie is an incredible story teller! I found myself laughing, giggling, and smiling throughout the book! Fantastic! I recommend!!!
    • 5/5
      I loved this! Having the author read their work is usually great, but Ellie is so funny and great at reading that this is the best one I have listened to.
    • 3/5
      A fun memoir if light on any real depth or details to plumb from the actor's life. That said, it's more of interest to folks who want to learn more about learning improv or comedy.

      Received an eARC from Netgalley in exchange for honest review.
    • 3/5
      Ellie Kemper writes about her journey from parts in public school plays to working professional as an actor television. Rather than a spicy tell all book, she focus on the basics of acting, auditions, and some famous people she has encountered. A quick read without the angst of an acting life.
    • 3/5
      I had just finished The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, one of the funniest and more inspiring TV series that I've ever seen. I picked this up because of it, but this book has barely any content from that part of her life.I imagine I would have hated Ellie Kemper in school. She seems to be the type of girl that always gets what she goes after with no meaningful obstacles or weaknesses. She wants to be a comedian, so she takes a few improv classes and bam, she's in the top touring troupe, auditioning for Saturday Night Live. She wants to be an actress so bam, she's on The Office (which I didn't even know). She wants to see squirrels from her treehouse so she can pretend she's a Disney Princess, she waits hours, motionless… and the squirrels come up to her.Reminds me of Student Council students in high school. The ones who complain how tired they are… when they're the ones who signed up for a hundred activities in the first place. So we come to the problem of a biography/memoir that stars a person with no conflict in their life. Whatever Ellie Kemper wanted to be, she became. Wife, actress, goofball, friend. Fortunately, when you read the auto-bio of a comedian, at least it's funny even if the material is boring. And this one is. I'm surprised how much of Kimmy Schmidt is in Ellie Kemper, if what she puts on paper is who she is in life. Even if there's not much about The Incredible Kimmy Schmidt, it feels like the book was written by her.It's cute, maybe overly so, but the stories are good. It's better than Anna Kendrick's, but worse than Lindsey Stirling's.
    • 4/5
      Whether you pick this up because the squirrel caught your eye, or you are already a fan of Ellie Kemper, you are in for a treat. This book of memoir-like humorous essays show that she has both an acute wit and memory. I laughed out loud at a few of the things she detailed and enjoyed reading through them all. Starting in Missouri, I enjoyed the pieces about her childhood and even a few visual aids, no doubt retrieved from her family home. She's pretty honest about some of the ease at which she was able to pursue improv classes after college graduation--but don't worry, some menial labor, albeit delicious sounding, is in there too.
    • 4/5
      This celebrity memoir from the star of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt reflects on many of the roles she has played, both on screen and in life. These essays are arranged in some semblance of chronological order, so the reader gets a view into all of the stages of Kemper's life so far. For me, about half of the essays landed satisfactorily, with a laugh or a smile, but the other half left me wondering, "Why are you telling me this?" On the whole, Kemper comes off as funny and relatable, and probably as close to a normal person as one can find in show business. She does a fair bit of name-dropping, but that's to be expected in this sort of work. If you've enjoyed similar books by Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, or Mindy Kaling, you'll probably enjoy this one.
    • 5/5
      Ellie Kemper is so sweet and funny. My Squirrel Days is a collection of essays about various events in her life. There’s no celebrity dirt in it, but it’s not needed. Even if she wasn’t famous, this book would still be hysterical. I laughed out loud so much while reading it.I only know Ellie from The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt and Bridesmaids but she has quite an impressive resume. She went to Princeton and spent several years doing improve before landing a role on The Office. She’s also written for several publications including McSweeney’s and The Onion. She’s one smart cookie, which is why this book is so well written and hilarious.I highly recommend this book to everyone who loves to laugh – even if you’ve never heard of Ellie Kemper.
    • 5/5
      My Squirrel Days by Ellie Kemper is a humourous memoir by the actress who starred in the Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt and The Office. Her upbeat look at life and self deprecating jokes make her relatable and true to the reader. She talks about her family growing up, her relationship with her now husband, being a mom, and becoming a comedian & actress. Hilarious tidbits about celebrities she has come into contact with are a real treat. I've already recommended this book to everyone I know. Highly recommend!
    • 4/5
      I really enjoyed reading this ARC from Netgalley. I know people are going to love this. She is such a funny young woman and a great writer.
    • 3/5
      A special thank you to Edelweiss and Simon & Schuster for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.Ellie Kemper is a comedian and star of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt and appeared on the US The Office series. Her other written work includes writing for GQ, Esquire, The New York Times, McSweeney’s, and The Onion. In this collection of essays, Kemper delivers some funny bits about her journey from the suburbs to Hollywood, and becoming a full-fledged New Yorker. My Squirrel Days is a heartfelt compilation with nods to nature, her upbringing, her career, her short stint in field hockey, and adulting. And because we are all a bit celebrity obsessed, she carefully name drops a few.Let me preface this by saying I did enjoy parts of the book. Ellie is charming and you can't help but associate her with that infectious smile, but I feel like her life is not overly interesting. The "Hysteric" essay was the worst in the collection (total and unnecessary filler). That being said, it is a quick read—she is so likeable and endearing. My recommendation would be to listen to the audiobook rather than reading it because you would get to experience Kemper's fabulous personality and humour that was lost on the page.