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

De: Chelsea Handler

Narrado por: Chelsea Handler

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.

Reseñas de la Crítica

"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)

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.

Not as fun as I expected...

Is there anything you would change about this book?

I have a feeling this would have been funnier if I had read it myself, not listened to the performer.

What could Chelsea Handler have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?

Not sound so angry during the entire performance.

Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Chelsea Handler?

Someone lighter, although I don't know any American performers off hand. It needs someone who can allow the listener to appreciate the humor in Chelsea's rocky life.

Did Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea inspire you to do anything?

Not drink too much vodka. Be afraid of driving in the US. Appreciate the good points in others...

Any additional comments?

I have lived in Japan for 17 years. I love listening to Audible recordings while cooking and cleaning. I was expecting a hilarious story to get me in a good mood (and I need the English language input!) I am afraid this American sarcasm just ended up sounding too darn angry and made me cringe.

funny funny funny

If you could sum up Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea in three words, what would they be?

Outrageously side splitting

What other book might you compare Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea to and why?

Nothing can compare to anything Chelsea does! She is the SH-T

Have you listened to any of Chelsea Handler’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

Listening to

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

Uh! All of it, but the dog and ex part of the book was particularly hysterical

Any additional comments?

Chelsea rocks.

I love Chelsea

Chelsea Handler's short stories will have you laughing and wishing for more

Hysterical

It was like a 6-hour Chelsea Lately marathon...I liked that Chelsea was not only the author, but also the narrator. The book really made me laugh.

Effing Hilarious.

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

The cadence of Chelsea's voice rules. She tells a story with strength and comedy, doing the voices for everyone involved in the conversation. Chelsea's stories are a bit absurd, a bit cynical and altogether hilarious.

Which scene was your favorite?

My favourite scene would have to be the conversation between a semi-drunk younger Chelsea and a police officer on the side of the road. Her depiction of herself is a great mixture of anxiety, fear and mostly bored and annoyed with being pulled over. When she tells the cop "You're becoming a real nightmare you know that?" I laughed out loud at my desk at work.

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

Yes, and I did.