It started last month. We pre-ordered it on Amazon, ventured into the world of audio books so that we could hear the author telling the jokes in her own voice, or scooped it up at the grocery store — uncharacteristically shelling out for a hardback. As soon as we started reading Tina Fey’s Bossypants, we became breathless fangirls, quoting long portions to anyone who would listen, guffawing out loud when we read in public places and (in my case) trying to balance the desire to devour the book in one great big greedy gulp or slowing down so it could be savoured. With its wisdom and humor, Bossypants had touched a nerve with the women of Doves & Serpents. And then the e-mails started. Being the polite Mormon girls that we are, none of us called dibs right away. We expressed our undying affection for Fey and offered to write about this or that, always demurring “but whatever the group wants to do.” Soon it became clear that we were all dying to write abot Fey and Bossypants and thus Fey Week was born. This week, D&S will be all Fey, all the time, with each of us discussing one of our favorite chapters of Bossypants or Fey herself. If you haven’t been converted yet, hold on, this week will show you why you’ve gotta have Feyth.
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You’ve Gotta Have Feyth Week at Doves & Serpents:
Erin: Tina’s Rules for Reducing Belly Fat
Mel: A [Mormon] Mother’s Prayer for its Child
Heidi: All Girls Must Be Everything
Heather: O me, of Little Feyth
Claire: You Can Recognize Them by Their Hand-Carved Daggers
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I can’t wait!!! Yes, we are fangirls!
You’re so right about how this came about–we were all so careful to back down, defer to the group, be agreeable. Great observation. ;)
Umm, what about the fanboys?
Ed, forgive me. I should not have left out the fanboys. :)
No problem. I’m just trying to get some attention.
I read this too! I got on the waiting list a while ago at the library and got to read it a week or more ago (sometime around then). I LOVED IT! Tina Fey is my hero :)