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Life As I Blow It: Tales of Love, Life & Sex . . . Not Necessarily in That Order [Kindle Edition]

Sarah Colonna , Chelsea Handler
4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (156 customer reviews)

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Book Description

In this wickedly funny and irreverent memoir, Chelsea Lately writer and comedian Sarah Colonna opens up about love, life, and pursuing her dreams . . . and then screwing it all up.
 
Sarah believes we all struggle to grow up. Sometimes we want to have fun, not take things too seriously, and have that fourth margarita. Other times we would like to get married, stay in, order Chinese food, and have a responsible, secure life.
 
From her formative years in small-town Arkansas to a later career of dates, drinks, and questionable day jobs, Colonna attempts to reconcile her responsible side with her fun-loving side. Sometimes this pans out, and sometimes she finds herself in Mexico handing out her phone number to anyone who calls her pretty. She moves to Los Angeles to pursue acting, but for years is forced to hone her bartending skills; she wants a serious boyfriend, but won’t give up nights at the bar with her friends. She tries to behave like an adult, but can’t seem to stop acting like a frat boy. In the end, she discovers that there doesn’t have to be just one or the other. And if there’s one thing Colonna has learned from her many missteps, it’s that hindsight is always 100 proof.

Includes a Foreword by Chelsea Handler




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“Hilarious . . . Sarah’s honesty and comedic voice will have you laughing in stitches.”—Jenny McCarthy
 
“Hilarious, observant, and surprisingly poignant. Look past the toned legs and glorious mane of hair and you’ll find one of the best comic storytellers we’ve got.”—Diablo Cody

About the Author

Sarah Colonna is a writer and roundtable regular on the hit late-night talk show Chelsea Lately, and a producer and star of After Lately. She has been performing stand-up in Los Angeles and across the country for several years and has appeared on various television shows. She used to drink bourbon but now prefers vodka.

Product Details

  • File Size: 1880 KB
  • Print Length: 258 pages
  • Page Numbers Source ISBN: 0345528379
  • Publisher: Villard; Original edition (February 7, 2012)
  • Sold by: Random House Digital, Inc.
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B004YWKKE6
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • X-Ray: Enabled
  • Lending: Not Enabled
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #12,329 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
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This book is a quick read and laugh out loud funny. Double A  |  22 reviewers made a similar statement
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26 of 27 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Funny tales that took me by surprise February 7, 2012
Format:Paperback
After receiving LIFE AS I BLOW IT through Random House's Early Bird Reads program, I didn't know what to expect. Honestly, I don't like `Chelsea Lately' - I like Chelsea Handler's books, but despise her show, her acting her standup. I took ARE YOU THERE, VODKA? with me on a flight to Japan and was angry when I finished it two hours later. It was that good. Sarah Colonna is a writer and executive producer on `Chelsea Lately', so she had big shoes to fill on this one. Writing a book that amuses me as much as the shenanigans in Chelsea Handler's books is a difficult task, but somehow, Colonna managed to rise to the occasion - and actually might have beat Handler in some aspects.

Colonna's debut is a mixture of sexcapades, drinking stories, and embarrassing adventures. I don't identify with Colonna for a second, being an overeducated, prudish homebody who thinks that a fun night out is going to get Korean barbecue and be home by 9 for five episodes of `Arrested Development' for the 50th time and some string cheese for dessert. Once I started this book, I couldn't stop. From recollections of boyfriends past and her inability to settle down, I was laughing out loud having a great time. With a few exceptions of dull moments and random connecting threads, this book lives up to the expectations given to it as being a book connected to Chelsea Handler's comedic writing mastery.

If you are into comedic books with a more adult take (IE tales of drinking, drugs, and lots of sex), then LIFE AS I BLOW IT is probably a book for you. The stories are funny, ranging from heartfelt to just plain hilarious. And although I don't identify with Colonna, I do identify with being a young person who isn't ready to grow up, be serious, and figure out who I am.
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19 of 22 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Bold and surprising February 9, 2012
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Whatever your expectations, I believe this book will take you by surprise. It did me.

Rather than just throwing a collection of funny stories together - and don't get me wrong, there is an awesome collection of stories here -- Sarah Colonna sets out in this memoir to explore and, if possible, reconcile competing aspects of her personality. The tales that illustrate this struggle begin in childhood and move to the present. There are moments that are devastatingly funny and some that are just devastating, and I don't sense the usual memoir attempt to whitewash portions of the story or exaggerate certain aspects to make the author look good. I got the feeling I was reading the naked truth, and she does not hold back. This book is bold.

Sarah doesn't go for easy comforts when it comes to her life choices (maybe with her soap opera choices, but who am I to say). She challenges herself in her work and love, and she insists on her right to enjoy life to the fullest.

Throughout the book you realize that, in spite of experience and even success, Sarah's life is still a high-wire act. You can't look away as she continues, on her terms, to figure it all out.

Oh, one more thing: this book is hilarious. Get it.
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6 of 8 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Funny title for a very funny book February 7, 2012
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Watching Chelsea Lately and After Lately I am usually laughing out loud, more than I do watching any other show on TV and Sarah Colonna has a lot to do with that.

Sarah does not disappoint since she has a way of telling her story with amazing honesty, great detail, sometimes disturbingly clear images, and that quick wit/sarcastic humor that makes her so much fun to watch on TV. There are many highlights and I don't want to create any spoilers but just a few of my favorites include her high school love Bucky who was not the best poet, Lifetime network addiction, true reason for loving baseball, picking roommates based on scent, meeting Chelsea, perfecting her acting skills on cops, how not to wake up in Cabo, the worst way ever to become a cat owner, dating guys who keep notes (creepy), drunk buying a guy flowers, spreading ashes at Yankee Stadium, trying to juggle a relationship and get a career going, why online dating is very flawed, and her love of the movie "Arthur"...not the very crappy Russell Brand remake. I was laughing from the beginning all the way to the last page.

Between all the funny stories I also learned how much crap Sarah has gone through to get to where she is today. When they say success in the entertainment business doesn't happen overnight,this is proof of that. Sarah was tough enough to keep striving to reach her goal when I think most people would have just given up and moved back home, also lucky for her she has a loving support system in the form of her family and the friends she has made along the way. I think this book should be required reading for anyone thinking of moving to Los Angeles to be in the entertainment industry. Thanks for the laughs. Well done, Sarah. Well Done.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars tedious, boring April 13, 2013
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I found this book tedious and boring, cant actually believe it's an autobiography of this ladies life, how very sad.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars Pointless waste of time February 4, 2013
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This book is not funny at all. The stories are pointless and humorless. Unless you are obsessed with this woman and want to know all of the pointless things she`s ever done don`t waste your time.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Dee from Boynton Beach January 4, 2013
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Not much to be said about this book! It was totally boring and hardly amusing, let alone funny. If this is a memoir, what a sad life bouncing from one guy to the next. I must say that sex on every page can become a bit tedious, unimaginative and uneventful; not to mention uninteresting, uninspiring, mundane and as dull as dishwater. Each chapter was the same as the last and I would hardly recommend it. With so many partners, it was hard to keep track of any of them. Pure unadulterated garbage and a complete waste of time!!!
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars Book is just as funny as the person on Chelse Lately
This book was all one would expect from a friend of Chelsea. Funny and original just like Sarah is on Chelsey Lately or After Lately. Read more
Published 6 days ago by JayBee
4.0 out of 5 stars Different in a good way...
I liked this book...fits in with my current lost state of mind and internal battle. It had its amusing moments and clever wording.
Published 6 days ago by memeb
3.0 out of 5 stars Meh...
I absolutely appreciate reading memoirs and I went into this one expecting something very similar to Chelsea Handler's books. I was left a bit disappointed.
Published 17 days ago by Lacey Hernandez
4.0 out of 5 stars Comic book
Sarah is a great writer/comedian! This book was completely entertaining..highly recommend it! The beginning is a bit slow but hang in there..worth it.
Published 21 days ago by Tina
5.0 out of 5 stars Hilarious!!!
This book was hysterical from the first page to the last. I have watched Sarah Colonna on Chelsea Lately and she's always been one of my favorites and this book just reinforced... Read more
Published 23 days ago by Kirsten Giglione
5.0 out of 5 stars love it!!!!
my favorite comedian on Chelsea Lately!!! This book made me laugh and cry sometimes at the same time!! Love It
Published 26 days ago by Stormey Billiot
4.0 out of 5 stars Fun read
Entertaining to read and written like I was talking with my friends about relationships and sexual encounters. Sarah's way of writing was quick witted and funny.
Published 1 month ago by Liz
5.0 out of 5 stars Sarah's book
I like this book a lot. Sarah cracks me up and love how she owns all her mistakes! She's hilarious on after lately too!
Published 1 month ago by mgalindo
4.0 out of 5 stars Makes me wish I was young again
All the antics brings me back to my good ole days. You live those days through Sarah's words and experience.
Published 1 month ago by Patricia Bramlett
5.0 out of 5 stars Seriuosly funny!!
I have read all of the book from all the cast of Chelsea Lately and this is by far one of the best ,right up there with all of Chelsea Handler's book, were I was literally laughing... Read more
Published 1 month ago by walwayjan
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