Blurb for the back cover:
“It’s about sex and having it”

I bought My Horizontal Life at the same time I purchased The Year of Yes . I think Amazon was like “People who bought this book bought this one as well” and I was like “OK.” Needless to say, both books sat on my shelf for the longest time until I realized that Chelsea Handler has her own late night TV show and it’s kinda funny. (Sadly, The Year of Yes remains unread still.)

My Horizontal Life tells the tales of Chelsea’s adventures with men. From midgets and strippers to guys who don’t speak English and guys who perform on cruise ships, Chelsea it seems has met all types of guys. As with most memoir fiction, the book is divided into short story chapters and makes it an easy book to pick up and read in short durations. But this is not the sort of book you should read in public places like a library, classroom, or any place where laughing will cause people to turn and look at you funny. This book will make you laugh, or at the very least, giggle.

Reading this book felt like I was reading an extended edition of one of those celebrity tabloids that you see along the checkout lines. All this book about is Chelsea’s adventures in having sex and there is no redeeming quality after that. Sure, at the end the idea does enter her mind that maybe sleeping around isn’t the best thing to do and maybe she wants a real boyfriend now. But it kind of ends on that note because building a solid relationship is not what this book is about. It’s about sex and having it.

It’s a fun read. Something to read along the pool side this summer. Chelsea’s second book Are You There Vodka? It’s Me Chelsea which came out a couple months ago. I will probably pick it up at some point because Chelsea Handler is a damn funny person.

Thursday, July 17th, 2008 at 7:08 pm.
Filed under: Book Review, Thoughts on Books.