BOSSYPANTS (Tina Fey) - March 1/12

This entertaining but overlong autobiography/self-help book is admittedly quite entertaining in stretches, mostly when Fey talks about her showbiz exploits, but the author spends way too much time on her dull childhood and upbringing. It doesn't help, either, that Fey devotes whole chapters to her opinions on various topics, with her opinions on such fluffy things as magazine shoots and her kid's fingernails included, seemingly, solely to pad out the book's length. Fey is a good writer (albeit not terribly funny), but this just feels like a needless vanity project. **1/2 out of ****