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Author: Chelsea Handler
Publisher: Simon Spotlight Entertainment
Category: Book

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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars

232 reviews
Sales Rank: 247

Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 272
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.8 x 1.2

ISBN: 1416954120
Dewey Decimal Number: 306.7092
EAN: 9781416954125
ASIN: 1416954120

Publication Date: April 22, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

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Funny, but not Hilarious September 18, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful

I adore Chelsea Handler and her show on E! I bought the book in hopes that it would be as hilarious her TV show, but I was slightly dissapointed. The book is interesting, full of crazy stories, and definitely funny... just not "laugh out loud" funny like some of the reviews said, and like I expected from someone as funny as Chelsea Handler. I would still definitely recommend the book, and I still plan on buying "A Collection of One Night Stands". Bottom line - good book, but not great!

5 out of 5 stars

Are you there, Vodka? It's me Chelsea September 18, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful

Love her and love both her books! I tune in to her tv show every week nite.. She is smart, beautiful, funny, confidant; I absolutely adore her!

3 out of 5 stars

Are you there, toilet mouth? It's me, Schuyler. September 17, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

I can hardly be considered a prude. At 72 years old, and after a lifetime of oilfields and firefighting, I've heard and uttered my share of potty talk. But something about Chelsea Handler's extremely personal collection of memoirs, ARE YOU THERE, VODKA? IT'S ME, CHELSEA didn't sit well with me. I know. If you're going to be offended, don't read it.

But read it I did because I love funny stuff, especially humorous writing. Ms. Handler is very funny and some of her prose had me hiccupping from laughing so hard. I got uncomfortable, however, with some of the more graphic language, descriptions of sweaty sex, and references to anatomy that came from a public restroom wall instead of a medical book. I thought that a more subtle way of handling these subjects, perhaps through cleverly veiled and risqu� double entendres, would be more easily endured than through whacks with a meat axe.

I think back to one of my favorite humorists, Dave Barry. He can paint the same word picture as Handler without using the coarse language so prevalent in this book. His ability to dodge around the use of obscenities makes his work even funnier when the reader associates what he wrote with what he meant.

I appreciate the fact that Handler makes her living through the shock factor. I'm sure her fans are used to the candor of her presentations. That's why I don't trash the book with a poor rating. My faint heartedness does not make the book a bad one - it only makes it hard for me to read. It doesn't mean that I don't recognize a talented individual and Handler is that in spades.

1 out of 5 stars

Disappointed! September 17, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful

I bought this book because it was recommended in a magazine. I was very disappointed! I read the first chapter and, quite frankly, didn't find it very amusing. So then I skipped around a bit hoping some of the other chapters were better. Not so. Perhaps it's not my brand of humor but, despite what some critics have said, she is definitely not the NEW Erma Bombeck!

Bottom line: I found her book mostly crass, crude humor and some parts were downright disgusting.

Definitely don't recommend!

5 out of 5 stars

Couldn't stop laughing September 16, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful

I listened to the audiobook and laughed the whole time. She reads the book which makes it even funnier. I listened to it in my car commuting to work and back and I'm sure the other drives thought I was crazy. I would recommend her book if you want a real good laugh.

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