World Famous Comics: My Horizontal Life: A Collection of One-Night Stands
My Horizontal Life: A Collection of One-Night Stands
By: Chelsea Handler Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Average Rating: Binding: Paperback Label: Bloomsbury USA Number of Items: 1 Number of Pages: 213 Publication Date: June 06, 2005 Release Date: May 12, 2005
In this raucous collection of true-life stories, actress and comedian Chelsea Handler recounts her time spent in the social trenches with that wild, strange, irresistible, and often gratifying beast: the one-night stand.
You've either done it or know someone who has: the one-night stand, the familiar outcome of a night spent at a bar, sometimes the sole payoff for your friend's irritating wedding, or the only relief from a disastrous vacation. Often embarrassing and uncomfortable, occasionally outlandish, but most times just a necessary and irresistible evil, the one-night stand is a social rite as old as sex itself and as common as a bar stool.
Enter Chelsea Handler. Gorgeous, sharp, and anything but shy, Chelsea loves men and lots of them. My Horizontal Life chronicles her romp through the different bedrooms of a variety of suitors, a no-holds-barred account of what can happen between a man and a sometimes very intoxicated, outgoing woman during one night of passion. From her short fling with a Vegas stripper to her even shorter dalliance with a well-endowed little person, from her uncomfortable tryst with a cruise ship performer to her misguided rebound with a man who likes to play leather dress-up, Chelsea recalls the highs and lows of her one-night stands with hilarious honesty. Encouraged by her motley collection of friends (aka: her partners in crime) but challenged by her family members (who at times find themselves a surprise part of the encounter), Chelsea hits bottom and bounces back, unafraid to share the gritty details. My Horizontal Life is one guilty pleasure you won't be ashamed to talk about in the morning.
Funny!! I really like Chelsea Handler's show, so I was happy to read her book, as well. One word--funny! She really does have a way of making fun of her self, using that self deprecating humor that sometimes falls flat with others, but with her, it works. Looking forward to reading more of her work--Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea.
Chelsea's Drunken One Night Stands I guess I expected this book to be clever and witty like the humour I've seen on Chelsea Lately or in her stand up comedy. Unfortunately its not. This book is just a mildly entertaining collection of immature stories wherein Chelsea proceeds to get as intoxicated as she can, insults everyone around her and then tries (sometimes unsuccessfully) to find a man who will have sex with her. If you leave your politically correctness at the door and enjoy stories about drunken one night stands then you might enjoy this book. However this is not really a memoir and her lack of compassion is at times insulting. Sure, there are a couple of amusing quips within her tales but nothing that I would really call funny.
Chelsea isn't shy and she loves me, lots of men. Oh, and top shelf vodka too (I'm not sure in which order) In MY HORIZONTAL LIFE Chelsea chronicles her escapades with a Vegas stripper, a well endowed little person, a cruise ship performer, her landlord, her gynaecologist, a Washington politician with a coke habit, black men, Latino men, small penised men...you get the idea. She also tries to get `Dumb-Dumb' her virgin roommate some action and all hell breaks loose when she attends her sisters wedding with her gay friend Nathan.
Sleazy, aimless and disappointing I kept waiting for this book to get better or for Chelsea to be in some way redeemed by the end and find a steady man. Needless to say I won't be reading her follow-up book anytime soon.
Freakin' Fabulous I have to admit, I had never heard of Chelsea until my children bought me a kindle for Mother's Day 2009 and I started to research books - I felt like an idiot when I would say to my other book loving friends "hey, I just read this fabulous book" and received looks of utter disgust - as in they had already read her first book, her second book and watch her on E! - yes, didn't even know Chelsea had a show - bottom line , in a matter of two weeks I have read both of her books and am trying to stay awake, as a mother of three boys, until 11 each night to watch her show. These books make you laugh out loud, in my case, totally relate and in the long run, yearn for more from Chelsea - my book however, being the CIA agent I am (Catholic, Italian, Alcoholic) would be titled "Hello Red Wine, It's me Mo" - go on girl, can't wait for more
LMFAO I loved this book I read it within the first 24 hours of getting it. It was exactly what I expected. So funny. Thank You Chelsea I bow to you.
Pretty and funny! This is a great summer read. Grab it and head for the pool or the beach. It will make you feel so much better about yourself!
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