A collection of humorous autobiographical essays by the Academy Award-nominated actress and star of Up in the Air and Pitch Perfect.
“I’m excited to publish my first book, and because I get uncomfortable when people have high expectations, I’d like to use this opportunity to showcase my ineptitude, pettiness, and the frequency with which I embarrass myself. And while many of my female inspirations who have become authors are incredibly well-educated and accomplished comedy writers, I’m very, very funny on Twitter, according to Buzzfeed and my mom, so I feel like this is a great idea. Quick question: are run-on sentences still frowned upon? Wait, is ending a sentence with a preposition still frowned upon? I mean, upon frowned? Dammit!” —Anna Kendrick
Anna Kendrick’s autobiographical collection of essays amusingly recounts memorable moments throughout her life, from her middle class upbringing in New England to the blockbuster movies that have made her one of Hollywood’s most popular actresses today. Expanding upon the witty and ironic dispatches for which she is known, Anna Kendrick’s essays offer her one-of-a-kind commentary on the absurdities she’s experienced on her way to and from the heart of pop culture.
I enjoyed it immensely Anna Kendrick has written a very entertaining book filled with realness and humor. She talks very plainly about many personal aspects of her life as well as her career. Her personality seems to be an interesting mix of classy and irreverent that should, by all rights, be confusing but somehow comes off as extremely endearing instead. Her book is the same. I enjoyed it immensely, although my daughter will have to wait a few years before I let her read it!
Highly Entertaining I have finished the book. Mind you, I mostly listened to her audio version in the car on my long drive for work. Thank God I did. It was so entertaining. I have the hard copy and audio for it. I have to say that the audio does the book way more justice because we get her full on personality while she is reading. She hits the funny parts perfectly and the awkward parts. I’d recommend having both versions to really get all you can from the book. It’s perfect for long car rides. I can totally…
Anna Kendrick – just like I’d hoped she’d be Scrappy Little Nobody was such a great relief from the terrible Monday – one week post 2016 election, Gwen Ifill died, a heinous incident with a smelly towel- I was having when it magically arrived in my Kindle that I almost cried. Luckily, however, the Effexor and Xanax did its job, and I just grinned a little and completely abandoned the Important Thoughtful Book I was reading for work.