My Point...And I Do Have One by Ellen Degeneres
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Book Reviews of My Point...And I Do Have One
Book Review: disappointing, puzzling, and sparsely funny as all get out
Summary: 3 Stars
I liked this book and laughed at least 18 or 19 times -- really good chuckles -- when I was reading it. I just couldn't help but bust out laughing, Ellen has a completely original brain and is quite a kidder. I had picked the book up in the store and looked at one page, all about how important flossing is, and thought "Wow! This is not worth any money at all, I'll have to check this out of the library!"
So, ten years later, I did. Every time I turned a page, I expected to come across that section on flossing. Guess what. No luck! Did Ellen write another book only for libraries, without the flossing section? I wasn't all that disappointed since, after all, I had read it before. Just puzzled. Where did those pages go? Maybe I'm just not a very careful reader: your call.
I learned a lot about Ellen from the book, even though she was just kidding around. For one thing, don't even think about playing against her in tetherball. Be on the SAME team not the OPPOSITE one.
I was pretty skeptical about her account of racing in the Iditarod, too. It was funny enough, but if she is really telepathic with animals I would have expected to hear a little bit more of the thoughts of her dogs, what they were thinking about the race. So I think there is a good possibility she exaggerated there, especially with the part about the cats pulling the dogsled. I forget if she mentioned what she said to the cats, but if you say "Mush" to dogs, it would have to be something different for the cats.
I was pretty impressed with Ellen's vocabulary too, and finally learned what "Ipso Facto" means -- I had to go look it up in the dictionary. Kudos to you, Ellen, for helping me increase my vocab! Actually I haven't looked it up yet, but I plan to as soon as I finish this review.
I did have one minor quibble, though, about the spelling. I had always thought the word for some little thing of indeterminate name was spelled "thingie", but Ellen spells it "thingee", which to me sounds more like an idiom of the subcontinent. Well, actually, since it isn't really an official word, I guess it could go either way. If I ever meet Ellen, this is what I will ask her about. But I will NOT challenge her to a tetherball game. If you want to find out about flossing, though, this book is not the right thingie for you.
One thing I'm sure Ellen and I would agree on. This book was one chapter too long. You can skip the last chapter, and not miss much.
Book Review: A good, light and easy read
Summary: 3 Stars
I enjoyed this book as it was almost the same as listening to Ellen on her daily talk show which I Tivo every day. If you're looking for something intellectual or deep, don't get this one. However, if you want to read something light-hearted and funny like Ellen is, it's a good one!Book Review: Could be better
Summary: 3 Stars
It wasn't as funny as I thought it would be. I much prefer watching Ellen's show.Book Review: I LOVE Ellen, but hated the book.
Summary: 2 Stars
I found this book extremely hard to get through. I love Ellen, and her brand of humor. Why did I dislike the book so much? Well, I finished reading the book yesterday. Except if you can't see the date, then you might think today is yesterday, which it may have well been depending on when you read this review. But if you read the review a year from now, then me saying I read it yesterday will be irrelevant. But if you read this review today, then it can be accurately concluded that it was really truly yesterday that I finished reading the book. Cover to cover. But if you didn't get a copy of the book with a cover on it, you will have no idea what I am talking about. Like if your dog ate it or you happen to buy a book at a bookstore for cheap because it doesn't have a cover on it. And in that case, I hope the bookstore guy sold it at half price, because it would really stink to buy a book without a cover and not know what it is until you get it home.
(get my drift? thats almost the entire book. I love her act in person, but I expected to learn a little bit more about her than I did by reading the book.)
Book Review: C-
Summary: 2 Stars
In an ironic twist, the title is sadly misleading. In a group of essays that seem to exist mostly as filler, Degeneres, who is usually so funny in her stand-up routines, absolutely misses the target on her first humor collection. There isn't a single essay that is good all the way through. There is a running gag about club soda that is amusing, and a chapter on human behavior is likewise entertaining. Degeneres rambles on in a way that is irritating, and many of her observations are strangely dull. Much of what the author has to say is a few beats off from funny, and the chapters containing lists are staggeringly dry and achingly boring. Reading through this was like reading a slightly silly textbook. Eyes passed over words, and while comprehending them, did not find them interesting. What a major disappointment from a talent who has proven herself to be a remarkable addition to the field of comedy, but who must have lost some of her humor in the translation from stage to the written word.