Uganda Be Kidding Me

Wherever Chelsea Handler travels, one thing is certain: she always ends up in the land of the ridiculous. Now, in this uproarious collection, she sneaks her sharp wit through airport security and delivers her most absurd and hilarious stories ever.

On safari in Africa, it's anyone's guess as to what's more dangerous: the wildlife or Chelsea. But whether she's fumbling the seduction of a guide by not knowing where tigers live (Asia, duh) or wearing a bathrobe into the bush because her clothes stopped fitting seven margaritas ago, she's always game for the next misadventure.

The situation gets down and dirty as she defiles a kayak in the Bahamas, and outright sweaty as she escapes from a German hospital on crutches. When things get truly scary, like finding herself stuck next to a passenger with bad breath, she knows she can rely on her family to make matters even worse. Thank goodness she has the devoted Chunk by her side-except for the time she loses him in Telluride.

Complete with answers to the most frequently asked traveler's questions, hot travel trips, and travel etiquette, none of which should be believed, UGANDA BE KIDDING ME has Chelsea taking on the world, one laugh-out-loud incident at a time.


First of all, let me just say that I love Chelsea Handler and I've read her other books. This book, for some reason, really rubbed me the wrong way.

She shares stories about her travel adventures with friends and family and I honestly didn't find any of it funny at all. It seemed like it was written from a viewpoint of a twenty-two year old girl, not a forty-something woman. The constant tales of drunken nights and obnoxious and juvenile behavior was just tiring and not at all interesting or funny.

I find it really distasteful when she harped on the fact that she has so much money and barely has to function as a human being anymore. Really? How is that type of smugness relatable?

There are so many wonderful books out there, unfortunately this is not one of them.