Publishers Weekly
01/25/2021
Comedian Solomon gathers dozens of pieces from female comedians in this bland collection of cartoons, one-liners, script fragments, songs, and comic essays. Themes run the gamut of standard stand-up fodder: dating undatable men, insecurities, becoming one’s mother, awkward social encounters, and obsessing over things then obsessing over being obsessed. The results tend toward the underwhelming (“taking my socks off and throwing them on the floor” is Naomi Ekperigin’s answer to the question “What’s a Bad Habit You’ll Never Get Rid Of?”) and common (the punch line of Mitra Jouhari’s “A Time You Sent a Text to the Wrong Person” is she sends a nude selfie she meant to send to herself to her aunt of the same name). There are some amusing pieces, including Alexandra Petri’s parody of a Star Wars novel as written by Ernest Hemingway, but they are outweighed by reams of banal material (“Different groups of people experience different aspects of my personality,” explains Rachel Sennott regarding her multiple social media accounts). Solomon aims high, but too often the pieces fall short. (Mar.)
From the Publisher
Fantastic entertainment worth savoring. — Washington Post
A reminder of the diversity that exists within the world of women in comedy...Solomon proves how an audiobook can be a portal away from the stresses of everyday life. — New York Times Book Review
Features lists, charts, emails, satirical ads, collage, essays, cartoons, letters, self-portraits...There are also annotated scripts, speeches, advice articles, maps, a horoscope: comic art of all kinds thrown into a blender with a soupy base of truth, as lived by a woman in 21st century America. — Los Angeles Times
Entertainment takes the shape of a book in this visually arresting, smart, often hilarious package of thoughts, quotes, scripts, songs, drawings, poems and essays. Producer Amy Solomon deftly engages 150+ women in comedy, including Lake Bell, Lennon Parham and Rachel Bloom, to produce first-rate, original content in this highly gift-able book. — Good Morning America
... the funniest, best, and most important women in comedy of the here and now. Everything in Notes is funny. — Vulture
This diverse collection finds the funny in nearly every wacky situation ladies can find themselves in. A much-needed dose of delight. — Booklist
The beautiful thing about some books is their time-capsule quality, how they perfectly preserve a cultural moment between two covers. Amy Solomon has created just such a book with Notes From the Bathroom Line, an eclectic mix of writing, art and "low-grade panic," to quote the subtitle, from a large and rowdy cast of very funny women. — BookPage
Amy Solomon (of Barry and Silicon Valley) has assembled an all-star line-up of female comedians...everyone from Rachel Bloom to Cecily Strong to Beanie Feldstein to contribute to this funny, beautiful, important time capsule of our era. Read if you’re into: women in comedy, baby! — HeyAlma.com
Finally! An anthology of funny women for comedy nerds everywhere. — GOLD Comedy
Laugh out loud. — Cinelinx
Speaking of funny women, they’re here. They’re real. And they’re funny in at least 150 different ways...[Notes] is a collection of heartfelt, silly, at times serious, and generally affirming pieces. — The Interrobang
Amy Solomon has amassed all-new material from, without a doubt, the funniest womxn in comedy today—award-winning writers, stand-up comedians, actresses, cartoonists, and more. Brilliant women have always, and will continue to, push the boundaries of just how funny—and edgy—they can be in a field that has long been dominated by men and Notes from the Bathroom Line is a testament to – and 250-page explosion of – their limitless talent. — Women Writers, Women's Books
BookPage
The beautiful thing about some books is their time-capsule quality, how they perfectly preserve a cultural moment between two covers. Amy Solomon has created just such a book with Notes From the Bathroom Line, an eclectic mix of writing, art and "low-grade panic," to quote the subtitle, from a large and rowdy cast of very funny women.
Washington Post
Fantastic entertainment worth savoring.
GOLD Comedy
Finally! An anthology of funny women for comedy nerds everywhere.
New York Times Book Review
A reminder of the diversity that exists within the world of women in comedy...Solomon proves how an audiobook can be a portal away from the stresses of everyday life.
Good Morning America
Entertainment takes the shape of a book in this visually arresting, smart, often hilarious package of thoughts, quotes, scripts, songs, drawings, poems and essays. Producer Amy Solomon deftly engages 150+ women in comedy, including Lake Bell, Lennon Parham and Rachel Bloom, to produce first-rate, original content in this highly gift-able book.
|Los Angeles Times
Features lists, charts, emails, satirical ads, collage, essays, cartoons, letters, self-portraits...There are also annotated scripts, speeches, advice articles, maps, a horoscope: comic art of all kinds thrown into a blender with a soupy base of truth, as lived by a woman in 21st century America.
HeyAlma.com
Amy Solomon (of Barry and Silicon Valley) has assembled an all-star line-up of female comedians...everyone from Rachel Bloom to Cecily Strong to Beanie Feldstein to contribute to this funny, beautiful, important time capsule of our era. Read if you’re into: women in comedy, baby!
Booklist
This diverse collection finds the funny in nearly every wacky situation ladies can find themselves in. A much-needed dose of delight.
Cinelinx
Laugh out loud.
Vulture
... the funniest, best, and most important women in comedy of the here and now. Everything in Notes is funny.
Booklist
This diverse collection finds the funny in nearly every wacky situation ladies can find themselves in. A much-needed dose of delight.
Washington Post
Fantastic entertainment worth savoring.
Los Angeles Times
Features lists, charts, emails, satirical ads, collage, essays, cartoons, letters, self-portraits...There are also annotated scripts, speeches, advice articles, maps, a horoscope: comic art of all kinds thrown into a blender with a soupy base of truth, as lived by a woman in 21st century America.
The Interrobang
Speaking of funny women, they’re here. They’re real. And they’re funny in at least 150 different ways...[Notes] is a collection of heartfelt, silly, at times serious, and generally affirming pieces.
Women Writers
Amy Solomon has amassed all-new material from, without a doubt, the funniest womxn in comedy today—award-winning writers, stand-up comedians, actresses, cartoonists, and more. Brilliant women have always, and will continue to, push the boundaries of just how funny—and edgy—they can be in a field that has long been dominated by men and Notes from the Bathroom Line is a testament to – and 250-page explosion of – their limitless talent.
