Read: June 2- 6, 2013
read in 4 days
pages: 213
Book blurb:
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.
If you've ever watched Chelsea Lately and enjoy her twisted, I don't give a @#$% attitude then you'll get a kick out of this book. There were points where I could literally hear this girl saying this stuff. It is very much in her voice and I really enjoyed the majority of this book. There were a couple stories that I'm not sure why they were in there, but would later link to another story so I could then kinda see why they were included, but those tended to be the ones that weren't very funny.
I have had this on my To-Read list for a while and I'm glad I finally read the book. I have her others on the list and will be picking them up sooner rather than later since I liked this one. This book reminded me a lot of reading David Sedaris, but from a woman's perspective and honestly I enjoyed her book more. There were times I would laugh out loud, and I rarely do that when reading. I'd go back and re-read a line just to make sure I had read what I thought I read, then I'd laugh even harder!
As I said, if you can enjoy a little raunchy humor then maybe this book is for you. Not for the ultra conservative crowds by any means!
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