Look. This was free due to me being a Prime member. I just didn't like it. These essays are not really telling me much and I think I have heard Kaling lamenting about not having a long time partner in her last book. Now she's going on about being a single mother. I don't know. It just didn't tell me anything new.

We've been watching the Mindy Project (a rewatch for me, first time for my husband) so when I saw this series of six essays by Mindy Kaling it was an obvious download. The Kindle version is free to Amazon Prime members and after you download them you can access the audio free as well. Obviously I listened to this in audio read by the author - this is the shortest in the "Nothing Like I Imagined" series. Coach Taylor, by the way, is the fictional character played by Kyle Chandler in Friday Night

Gives and takes of a single mom

To be completely honest I have no idea who Coach Taylor is, I still found it funny. I like reading this type of pro-con list. The only downside is the fact that this could´ve been part of one book with essays instead of publishing it separately.

The problem with basing your dream husband on the men you see on TV is that no actual human resembles any of them. You go forth with this traditionally gorgeous, morally flawless ideal that you can’t actually find out in the three-dimensional world. The men you meet can’t live up to these unrealistic standards. They will be flawed—not in the charming way that TV characters are flawed (he tried to cook you dinner for your birthday and set fire to the kitchen), but in a really annoying way that is...

Mindy weighs the pros and cons of being a single parent vs a coupled nurturer. She also imagines having Coach Taylor from Friday Night Lights as the "father" of her child - hence the title.I can totally get behind this little fantasy . . .

This is part of a collection of essays and I'm going to give it an overall rating of 3.5 rounded up to 4. I listened to these on audio book and Mindy Kaling comes across as extremely personable and funny. It felt like i was listening to a friend tell me about her weekend.

Nothing Like I Imagined is an essay collection by actress, producer, and writer Mindy Kaling that explores different aspects of her life such as being a (I think) voluntary single mom who wants to makes lots of friends, but due to social anxiety, has learned that the quality over quantity is the better life motto. Being a celebrity, there's a lot of Kaling's life that is completely unrelatable but her opinions and reactions to the various situations depicted in the essays are very relatable.Essa...

A tongue-in-cheek look at her own life and why she is single. Another great essay that is relatable for some, and even if it is not, she has a way of connecting you to it. For example, I'm not single. Been married 20 years. Still, I get why she has chosen not to be tied down. Although she hasn't ruled it out.I look forward to the next essay!4.5/5

"I guess I'm at the point in life where if I had to choose between having boring sex with someone I love for fifteen minutes before going to sleep or being on Instagram, I choose instagram every time."Words to live by 🙌🏽

Another funny antidote about the pros and cons of being single versus being married.

[Audiobook Review] I don't know what I keep expecting from Mindy. We are just not aligned in our likes, dislikes, lives, etc. I don't think we'd be friends in real life. When I read comedy nonfiction, I want to feel like I'd at least be friendly if not outright friends with the writer. I feel this way about Erin Gibson, Rhetta, Mike Birbiglia, Jonathan Van Ness, Zach Anner, Trevor Noah, etc. I. Just. Don't. Get. Mindy. I tried. This is the second time. We are just two different people.

Yes!Everything about this is me.From the pity talk to the empowering feeling of parenting decisions to the benefits of singledom.I felt every inch of this essay in my core.This is my life on paper.I, too, am waiting for my Coach Taylor (who isn't?!) but for now, I'm all-the-way good.

Nothing Like I Imagined Since this is a collection of quick personal essays I’ve decided to review them all in one swoop anthology style. Please Like Me (But Keep Away) - 4 Stars - This essay reviews the time when Mindy moved to LA to write for the office and had to find/make friends as an adult. A most daunting task indeed. She speaks of wanting a close group of girlfriends and even her experience in trying to join one and of how she somehow ended up with a male BFF. Making

I liked this short essay about the pros and cons of being an unmarried woman and single mother! It was very light-hearted as Kaling does best, with a lot of truth and wisdom tucked into the humor. Of course she doesn't spend a lot of time talking about the immense amount of privilege she has in being a single mother (money, help, etc.) but it's comedy so who cares.

Mindy does a great job of sharing her story about being a single mom. "A totally relatable essay on showing up to adult life alone, by the singular (and single) writer, producer, and star of Late Night.In lieu of a perfect, hypothetical future husband, Mindy Kaling is thinking a lot about being single. Pros? She can marathon any Christine Baranski show she wants. Cons? Dealing with married couples and their condescension at cocktail parties. But until a gorgeous, morally flawless, preferably tal...

Soo good! "𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘯’𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘧𝘭𝘢𝘸𝘦𝘥—𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘛𝘝 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘭𝘢𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘶𝘵 𝘶𝘱 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 (𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺)—𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶. 𝘜𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘦, 𝘐’𝘮 𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘥. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘯, 𝘺𝘦𝘴, 𝘩𝘦’𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘧𝘭𝘢𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦. 𝘐𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘤?"

The Single LifeReview of the Amazon Original kindle eBook (2020)Mindy Kaling relates her feelings about being single at couples parties and fantasizes about what they think of her. Her imagined perfect partner is Coach Taylor (as played by Kyle Chandler in the Friday Night Lights TV-series).Searching for Coach Taylor is one of the six-part Nothing Like I Imagined collection of autobiographical short comedy essays by Mindy Kaling available through Amazon Originals.

Quotes:And the only reason they’d want us to feel worse about being single is if they were secretly jealous. So maybe pity-patter isn’t pity at all, but actually envy disguised as pity disguised as goodwill and kindness?Being single, and being a single mom, is really complicated. Sometimes it’s the most liberating and lucky feeling in the world. Sometimes I am just so grateful to be an independent woman doing what I want, when I want, that I could cry with gratitude. I can’t believe the shit my

This is part of a collection of six personal essays. I really enjoyed it. This one tackles the topic of being a single mother. It was funny and interesting. I’m enjoying this format of a quick read, it left me wanting more. I’ll continue through all six essays.