Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea

By: Chelsea Handler

Narrated by: Chelsea Handler

Length: 6 hrs and 13 mins

Publisher's summary

In My Horizontal Life, actress and stand-up comedian Chelsea Handler boldly recounted her one-night stands - the good, the bad, and the disastrous. In this wickedly honest new work, she casts the net wider with even funnier results, recalling the most noteworthy highs and lows of her life to date - including her efforts to diversify by dating red-haired men, her obsession with midgets, and the dog-sitting interlude in which her boyfriend became overly familiar with a Peekapoo.

Whether it's a vacation with her dad during which he tells airline staff they're a honeymoon couple in order to get an upgrade, or her elaborate attempts to convince her third-grade classmates that she's starring in a Private Benjamin sequel, Chelsea lets it rip in these relentlessly entertaining essays. Displaying the candor and irresistible turn of phrase that have earned her a recurring stint as a correspondent on The Tonight Show as well as her own E! series, Chelsea Lately, this deliciously skewed collection is a guilty pleasure.

©2008 Chelsea Handler (P)2008 Simon and Schuster, Inc.

Critic reviews

"Chelsea Handler is a terrific comedian and a hilarious writer. (Jay Leno)
"Chelsea Handler writes like Judy Blume, if Judy Blume were into vodka, Ecstasy, and sleeping with midgets and nineteen-year-olds." (Jennifer Weiner, best-selling author of In Her Shoes)
"There's something suspiciously sophisticated about how [Handler's] jokes line up that suggests the moral austerity of a comic not of [Joan] Rivers' bad-girl school: Tina Fey." ( New York Times)

just OK

Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?

It was entertaining but I never really laughed.

What was most disappointing about Chelsea Handler’s story?

It had the potential to be funny but for some reason I didn't laugh like I did when I've listened to other comedians. I'm not sure if it was the delivery or the tone but it didn't strike me as funny.

Hilarious story

What did you love best about Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea?

Chelsea is hilarious as she admits to thoughts most people would never admit to but often have

What did you like best about this story?

the dinner noir scene and the prison story

What about Chelsea Handler’s performance did you like?

having written and lived the stories she pauses at the right times and adds a certain depth and humor unique to her knowledge of the situation

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

yes unfortunately we had to do it in two sittings as we drove to and from Toronto

Hilarious!!

Anyone who knows Chelsea's comedy will be in stitches listening to this book. I made the mistake of listening while working out at the gym. Numerous times I busted out laughing forgetting not everyone was listening to "Are you there vodka" on my headphones with me. The rest of the time I had to pretend I had an illness that made me laugh out loud every 10 minutes. It was hard to keep up this charade and workout at the same time, but the book was worth the awkward glares and stares.

Chuckle worthy

If you like Chelsea from TV, you will like the book. Many times I laughed out loud and other times I was thinking "I can't believe she said that!" (but she did). A good listen if you need something humorus for a change.

i hope there's a chaser...

Great job Chelsea, I very much enjoyed your book, but much more to hear you read it. It just made the experience even more enjoyable - what a funny gal ! The whole transaction of downloading books from Audible was way too easy and the customer assistance I needed was fast and direct - thank you all -
This was a good read, rather - listen, because I really felt during her youth, I could have been there with her - I was even able to place myself in her shoes a couple times...scarey. And who knew one could be " face raped " . I had fun going on your visit to France and decided that dining with " my tickets" on table won't happen nor will I get a massage anywhere that doesn't give " happy endings" . I had fun and now I am off to order my next book -

LAUGH OUT LOUD COMEDY

Uncontrollable laughter! I became a driving hazard and had to pull over. I’m glad I chose to listen to it rather than read it. Chelsea Handler’s narration is incredibly entertaining to say the least.

Teenage humor, mildly interesting life story

What did you like best about Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea? What did you like least?

This is a collection of stories about Chelsey's life. If you like to hear uncomfortable tales of people doing stupid things, you will like this book. Some sex, but not erotic at all. Lots of drinking. If you live a very boring life in a conservative town, you will probably be titillated. I love her TV show, but this book is a let down.

What was most disappointing about Chelsea Handler’s story?

Only laughed out loud 2 times. Stories were uncomfortable and about people getting hurt or making mistakes. Characters were mostly unhappy people with a lot of problems. I expected a lot more from Chelsey, since I really enjoy her TV show.

Any additional comments?

Smartphone app for Audible would often lose your place. not easy to get back to previous point in reading.

hilarilous!

If you like Chelsea and her show Chelsea Lately, you'll love her book, and it's especially funny because she is the narrator. I find not only her jokes to be funny, but her delivery is what nails it. It's definitely not for someone who doesn't have an open mind and a liberal sense of humor.
A word of advice for those people, lighten up, stop taking life so seriously, it's only joking around and cutting up, life is too short to be prude like. Laugh, it'll make you feel better.

Chelsea is HILARIOUS

Absolutely HILARIOUS! Some people might consider her book offensive, but I listened to it on a long drive home from another state and it made the time fly by. I made my husband listen to it and he loved it, even funnier the 2nd time around!

HILARIOUS!

I couldn't stop listening -- Chelsea is ridiculously funny, and her book is far better than her daily show on E! I really love it when the author reads his/her own audio books too.