i read 10 years of goodreads "humor" awards winners and didn't laugh

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[@ReadswithRachel]

PLEASE READ! Hi, thank you to everyone who let me know about Mindy Kaling. I had no idea about all of the sexual harassment and a shit ton of other incidents of awful behavior by her. I’m shocked by what I found out and disgusted by it all. I’ll be doing an authors behaving badly on her. Thanks everyone for letting me know! Also apparently Meryl Streep is also a shit human. She supported Harvey Weinstein??? Bitch what???

[@taylorgayhart9497]

Wait what? I know people were mad and Mindy for the Scooby Doo show but didn’t know about all that!!!

[@EvaZimney]

I didn’t even know about Meryl 😭

[@rhysallison8660]

Yep, she retweeted a JK Rowling tweet about being fine with people not liking her bc she has a lot of money. Plus the ableism, transphobia, and showing "tastefully covered by hair and soap" underage teenager of the Velma show. I remember people hated a Holocaust antisemitic joke in Never Have I ever (directed by Mc toward the love interest).

[@commandrogyne]

Kudos to you for being able to admit when you were in the wrong, thats hard to do publicly! For those of you not aware, yeah mindy kaling has a lot of transphobia, specifically antiblack racism and general shitty behavior.

[@BRhymesss]

Wow!! Didn’t know any of this. Thanks for pinning this comment

[@meedabuhuh3084]

This is why I have stopped even looking at awards when buying books... I just read the blurb, read reviews from average readers and hope for the best. But awards feel meaningless at this point with how inaccurate they are and how many of them are paid for.

[@ArcticWolfe84]

When I was first trying to branch out into new genres, I used awards lists as a way of helping decide what to buy. Worst decision I could have made. I don't think I necessarily hated *every* choice that I made this way, but the results were certainly skewed that way.

[@meedabuhuh3084]

@@ArcticWolfe84 couldn't have said it better myself. Not to say that all books with awards are bad - pretty much every single one of my favourite books have won awards - but I feel like buying something just because a panel (that, again, was probably paid off) says so is the wrong way to do it

[@moustik31]

I have had good luck with some winners of the Man Booker Prize but that's all.

[@CriminOllyBlog]

This was so funny. 😂 It almost makes up for all the bad books I had to read.

[@JJ-rx8ym]

One of the absolute worst books I’ve ever read won a Bram Stoker. Over a much better book.

[@sarahlopod]

the Tiffany Haddish summary has me screaming in horror, that is so disturbing. you are definitely right on that there are plenty of books that are fine, but that shouldn't have won the categories they're in. also -- you are definitely funny. glad i found you through this project so i can follow! "jesus was my hot sauce" had my dying.

[@reading_faerie]

FIRST OF ALL THE EYE MAKEUP!?!?!? Stunning. Iconic. Beautiful. Gorgeous. Second of all- “Idk if you speak cat but she said bitch you’re not funny” 💀💀💀💀 LMFAOOO

[@Annie_Annie__]

I had to pause the video, back it up, then show my teenager the “I don’t know if you speak Cat…” part. We both were dying. Probably because we talk to our cat all the time, lmao.

[@reading_faerie]

@@Annie_Annie__ hahahaha it was comedy

[@EvaZimney]

Definitely would love to hear your views on the allegations made towards Mindy Kaling of non-consensual kissing, internalized racism showing through her writing, and like... all of the new Velma show. Maybe not really a case of "authors behaving badly" but definitely at least a case of "authors behaving weirdly"? I just really enjoy hearing your takes and explanations of media stuff, it helps me understand better

[@ReadswithRachel]

Someone else brought up this stuff in comments and I was shocked to hear all of it. I think she qualifies now for an authors behaving badly.

[@milkbean2189]

the moment with your son was very cute, but also glad you're careful about maintaining his privacy ! the internet can be such creeps towards children

[@moustik31]

Tiffany Hadish keeps telling us in her own words and actions, that she really isnt a good person. 😳

[@RoundSeal]

Allie Brosh's comic talking about her experience with depression really resonated with me way back in the day, and I often think about my own 'piece of corn' during bad days. I'd recommend checking it out if it wasn't included in the book!

[@ArcticWolfe84]

This was the second example I assumed actually made her laugh, with Jenny Lawson being the first.

[@ReadswithRachel]

THE PIECE OF CORN!!!! Laying there!!!! Shriveled!!!!

[@heysara910]

Her original blog was great. I am forever thinking about her adulting trophy

[@Financiallyfreeauthor]

I brought her book to the hospital with me when I was in labor with my son to make me laugh

[@reading_faerie]

My vote is on the Jenny Lawson one being actually funny because her book “furiously happy” made me cackle at some parts

[@reading_faerie]

Nailed it 💅🏻

[@ReadswithRachel]

You know me too well 😂

[@reading_faerie]

@@ReadswithRachel 🥰🥰😘

[@t.a.summers]

Jenny Lawson I definitely think (and also approve.)

[@briarrose8154]

Just thinking of the story that goes along w/ the cover of “furiously happy”makes me laugh out loud. The dead arm. The swan. The photo shoot. That book is hilarious

[@gabriellelue]

I appreciate that disclaimer at the beginning because I was so confused to see 3 videos in my subscriptions discussing Goodreads lol I was like what’s going on 😮

[@workinprogress3329]

A former coworker was shocked that I didn’t watch Tiffany Haddishs stand up and I’ve never read her book either. I feel like my response applies tho. I always found myself being shocked by what she said or feeling sorry for her, but I never remember laughing.

[@Katiedora122]

I wish there was a category for just celebrities, like separate from Memoir & Biography or Humor (where a lot of them get shoved based on being comedians and not because the books were funny).

[@thistheywrote]

I am only to the part where you are describing your experience with Tiffany Haddish's book, but I have to say thank you for calling a spade, a spade. I am disabled myself and DNF'd the book years ago at the exact same spot, and nearly every time I have brought it up since, folks are either surprised to hear my "viewpoint" or argue with me that I just "don't understand her humor." 💀 again, thank you.

[@zacharydaniel1943]

This was probably funnier than most of the books

[@ReadswithRachel]

God that’s depressing for the state of the goodreads choice awards

[@yarnyboy]

I'm going to have to check out the Jenny Lawson book. I hope that the Hyperbole and a Half book had the cake story in it, because that is just incredibly funny.

[@ReadswithRachel]

THE GOD OF CAKE!!!! THAT SHIT WAS HILARIOUS!

[@Topdoggie7]

Hyperbole and a Half is definitely the funniest thing sadly this one doesn't have the fish story in it.

[@drock7310]

I love keeping track of my reading on Goodreads, but most of the recommendation-stuff feels like an advertisement or popularity contest, like Rachel said. Great video!!

[@aud7593]

if I may!! the StoryGraph is an excellent alternative to Goodreads! amazon free and all :)

[@bookslikewhoa]

That jump scare from Mitch McConnell woke me up from my post lunch haze 🥴

[@ps1hagridoufofcharacter]

that makeup looks too good to be just 'slapped on', you have some serious skill. i could never

[@rebeccab2531]

I love Hyperbole and a Half. The first time I read it I cried laughing. My husband came in from the other room to check on me. The parts about depression are so meaningful to me

[@nylorac1984]

What a humorous review of the last 10 years of Goodreads Humor books. Awesome Collaboration 👏

[@ReadswithRachel]

Thank you! 😄

[@LocDBooktician]

Current me is embarrassed by past me of my rating of Tiffany's Haddish books. I was way more complacent back then, than I am now.

[@Pipkiablo]

I can totally relate to that hot sauce thing because my grandmother was and still is like that. If she finds out you like one thing, she'll decide to make it your entire personality. There was a phase of my childhood where my entire room was decked out in horse stuff. I had a horse calendar, horse books, toy horses, horse figurines, clothes with horses on them, a "How to Draw Horses" book, photos of horses, and why? I wasn't even that obsessively into horses. She saw me with a vintage Breyer horse I got from my other grandma, asked me if I like horses, and I said yes because I'm an animal lover and I like most animals, and she decided this meant my favorite animal was horses. Dogs are my favorite animal. Horses ain't even in my top ten.

[@therestricktedsection]

oh my god. the roscoe story from tiffany haddish is horrific. i have an immediate family member who was born with only one arm and i’ve seen the disgusting ableist shit she’s had to put up with dating as a disabled teenager. if anyone ever did to her what tiffany haddish did to roscoe i would make them wish they’d never been born. just hearing you recount that story literally made me feel sick to my stomach. how did she (and her editors and the publisher??) think that was a funny story?? on a lighter note, your makeup looks gorgeous! and i think you’re hilarious! 💕

[@disgruntledmoderate5331]

I love your eyeshadow! I can't remember the last time I was interested in a Goodreads award winner.

[@samguine_art]

Ohhhhh Tiffany Haddish lol I was on a long road trip and I had this audiobook on. I listened to it because I had nothing else downloaded but yeah it was rough from start to finish

[@gigitastic90]

My favorite Hyperbole and a Half cartoon is about Kenny Loggins Ruining Christmas. I remember following her blog years and years ago before her book came out and dying at that

[@Sparkle__Punk]

YES ALLIE BROSH 🤩 I completely agree about the R slur but, outside of that, her books (she wrote another one called Solutions And Other Problems) have me cackling every time I read them. And I just ordered Jenny Lawson's book - I need something light after all the heavy memoirs I've read so far this year...

[@bekichan91]

Allie Brosh has release a second book! I haven't read it yet so can't say if there's an r-slur, but I saw an interview with her about writing it and they got her mum on to talk too, and it ended up being this conversation primarily between Allie and her mum about comics in the books and her childhood. It was both interesting and cute.

[@madisonnotmadi]

The Hyperbole and a Half story about the year Kenny Loggins ruined Christmas absolutely slays me every time I read it. Allie Brosh is a gift is2g

[@mollyapteros]

I remember adoring the Hyperbole and a Half blog, so I don't know why I never picked up her book (and apparently she published a second in 2020). I'm going out today so maybe I'll try to find them!

[@BeautifullyBookishBethany]

I think I found the missing jokes... In your video! Lol, this was great Rachel. LOVE the makeup look! I'm so glad you joined us for this.

[@Garrison_the_Barbarian]

That Tiffany Haddish book sounds goddamn disturbing, not just because I’m disabled myself, but also because…just…what the fuck?! Ending the video on the Allie Brosh review and the parenting interlude was a good pick-me-up, though, so thanks for that.

[@jacobneale5844]

Quinta Brunson does have a memoir "She Memes Well" highly recommend :)

[@kreynolds9665]

The little giggle followed by a crash and you screaming no took me tf out omg

[@aleey_yo]

The slow fade of Mitch made me spit my coffee onto my computer, magic.

[@Shadmockk]

Your son is so silly lol that was a really wholesome moment

[@ReadswithRachel]

He says thank you Actually he said “studio with cheese” again but I translated

[@angryotter9129]

@@ReadswithRachel😂 my son is autistic and repeats phrases that need to be translated. “You’re my little polar bear cub” currently means “more brinner, mother.”

[@anaiswinter9893]

Jenny Lawson´s books really helped me out of tight spots again and again. Her first book had me in tears at the story of the "magical" squirrel her father brought home one night. I tried reading the passage to a friend and failed because we broke out in laughter over and over. Her stories felt so close to home, concerning medical and mental problems that I always pick the three books up from time to time. Her first one will always be my favourite but I love the following two as well.i

[@krys9463]

The Jenny Lawson book sounds funny, I'm definitely going to read it! 😁 Also the Last Black Unicorn sounds awful, I can't believe someone with a conscious can read that part of the book and say 'yup totally 5 stars!' I can only assume they thought it was a girl boss moment or the fact that she's a minority gives her the right to say awful things about other people even if they too have probably faced a lot of discrimination.

[@killakamikaze88]

“A studio with cheese?” “HEHEHE YEAHH” you’re right, your kid is the true joke. I giggled so hard as their introduction. Thank you also for reviewing these books. I’ve been genuinely curious about how good or bad some of these are so thank you again 😂

[@maddiesue1752]

i am so so glad you thought Allie Brosh’s book was funny (even though the r slur is unfortunately present) because i legit think she is one of the funniest people on the planet and i would read her blog growing up and her talking about mental health was so beneficial for me to read at that age. she wrote a second book that i preordered because i was just so thrilled she re-emerged and it was equally hilarious and had me laughing so hard i was crying but also had me absolutely sobbing at one point when she shared something incredibly poignant and heartbreaking about her life it is my strongest parasocial relationship, i just want the best for her so bad lmao

[@marzipan9]

I hated Yes Please, it felt like it was written by a name-dropping squirrel that drank a few too many energy drinks. The second Hyperbole and a Half book made me sob. It’s so good.

[@Yoma0308]

The parenting interlude was so cute!!!🥰 One of my favorite books of all time is Hyperbole and a Half😂❤

[@definitelynotashark1799]

The way I was ready to throw punches about Hyperbole and a Half lmfao. I found the blog at such a pivotal time in my life. I'm now diagnosed AuDHD and re-read the books (and blog) regularly. I also reference the Alot a lot. They always cheer me up.

[@magicalmomo9987]

I used to love Tiffany Haddish but like the more I find out about her I'm just convinced her childhood messed her up and she just thinks a lot of things she experiences and do are normal or funny little anecdotes to tell everyone. Like, I'm not even defending her behavior or saying this as an excuse. I genuinely think something isn't clicking in her mind that her idea of normal isn't normal at all. It's fucked up. It's really disturbing.

[@c.w.8200]

For real, cats are a joke in itself, I love, feed, care for this awful little animal that will use any chance it gets to place its butthole on my pillow.

[@caitlynprice9501]

Love your chart explaining what is and isn't funny! I don't know why people still think ableism makes good humor. I also think you're absolutely right that the books that win are often not funny but are good in their own right and were really only picked because of the author/s. I couldn't get through The Last Black Unicorn once it got to the part about Rosco. It was absolutely horrifying. I enjoyed Lauren Graham's book when I read it. I loved Gilmore Girls but refuse to revisit it because I have a feeling it wouldn't hold up. Your public service (reading The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo) is much appreciated. I cringe whenever she opens her mouth. I think the episode of Always Sunny where Dee gets her "big break" in standup, which is pretty much making fun of Amy Schumer's "comedy," sums up why she isn't funny.

[@LadyKittybug]

Don’t watch it again, let it live beautifully in your memories!

[@jojol.2630]

When I was in inpatient care for mental health issues, my sister brought me Hyperbole and a Half to read while I was there and it did help me

[@hdestiny95]

I just found your channel through this video. I don’t know how I spent my last year of watching book-tube without finding you. Just wanted to say I appreciate your candor and have been binge watching for the last 24 hours

[@smidgen]

wow that tiffany haddish part had my jaw on the floor

[@erinlewis6901]

When Sea of Tranquility beat out How High We Go in The Dark for best sci-fi last year I just about gave up on goodreads awards. SoT was thematically a mess and just didn't make sense and HHWGITD was so moving and so good, I really reccomend you read it. It's a pandemic novel (though not Covid but the comparisons are there) but also parenthood and death.

[@music_YT2023]

I loved Hyperbole and a Half and got the book when it first came out (still a fixture on my coffee table) along with Sharky Malarkey for when I need a smile. In the original comics, Allie was always apologizing for the poor quality of the images she made, but seriously, she gave those stick figures more of an emotional range than the CGI nonsense in the newest Lion King.

[@justjay6388]

idk if others have mentioned this already but quinta brunson has actually written a memoir! it’s called “she memes well” and it’s one of the better celebrity / comedian memoirs out there!

[@jkwonsmiff]

oh my god I'm late here but I just want to say, your eye makeup is STUNNING in this video. What a look!!!

[@TiBunCosplay]

Your son is adorable. it was nice seeing you have a silly loving mom moment.

[@ReadswithRachel]

You are so kind!

[@WildeBookGarden]

YES Huda F Are You is so good!!! I was thrilled it got nominated but really wish it had won I've seen like a couple old sketches from Amy Schumer way back, and I liked those (the That's What Makes You Beautiful parody was pretty good) but ever since .......nope I'm so sorry you had to suffer so much 😭 some of these sound truly awful your makeup is gorgeous btw!!

[@ReadswithRachel]

Thank you 🥹 I love Huda Fahmy and the fact that more people don’t read her stuff and vote for her is a crime

[@blearyeyedchangeling]

I'M SO GLAD YOU LIKED HYPERBOLE AND A HALF. I LOVED this book!!

[@LiteratureScienceAlliance]

“The Jesus was my hot sauce” 😂

[@PapersOfAsh]

That is now in my lexicon

[@JennyTroutstanding]

The second a humor book does that platitude thing, I feel so bad about myself so I'm afraid to read social media figures' memoirs. The cover of Dear Girls looks like a people magazine. That is the coolest book cover I've seen a while. I'm gonna read it.

[@grimviolins]

I don’t know if she’s ever been nominated for GoodReads awards (she deserves to be) but Samantha Irby has 4 memoirs out and I think she is hilarious. She talks a lot about her journey through adulthood into middle age, accepting getting older, dealing with health issues, dating then getting married, and living as a black queer woman in white, straight world. ☺️

[@justanormalfish]

That Tiffany Haddish book sounds so disturbing... how the hell did that win the 'humor' category? Goodreads get your shit together! Also I liked Mindy quite a lot until the content of the Velma show came out... it mocks the #MeToo movement which was absolutely awful... hated that a lot. Also you ARE extremely funny, ever since I found your channel this year I've been sharing your videos with my friends! Especially SJM book videos because I know plenty of people who are interested in reading but I have to be like "No dear please value yourself more" because they're all good writers 😩

[@totakluska]

"Jesus was my hot sauce" I'm crying-laughing so hard, you have my vote for the humor category this year 😂😂

[@camillagilmore1547]

Your makeup is so beautiful! Also, all these seem to be memoir by comedian, which I wouldn't say is the same as humour? When I think of humour I think of PTerry (GNU) or PG Woodhouse etc. I don't get the impression many people write actual humour these days. The closest thing I can think of that was recently published that I would class as humour are the Thursday Murder Club books by Richard Osman.

[@pandoricaofbooks]

I saw your video and Jess's and I was excited hoping it was a project of all categories and now I have so many videos and new booktuber to watch!

[@Sparkle__Punk]

Just started watching and OMG YOUR MAKEUP IS SO GORGEOUS 🤩✨

[@ReadswithRachel]

Thank you so much!!

[@mischarowe]

It's really sad that "best" categories being popularity contests is something common across multiple mediums.

[@maryinsanfrancisco]

For a genuine LOL read, David Sedaris is the man.

[@bseiscio]

I'm confused... Are all of these autobiographies? Only asking because I've read plenty of comedy books that are fiction. (Also, as a mom of a 1 year old the parental interludes always make me so happy) 😊

[@sarahmellinger2907]

Can confirm: I have a cousin named Amy who thinks she’s hilarious, but really she’s just annoying.

[@lisahoshowsky4251]

I realized seeing your actual breakdowns I recognize a lot more authors that I initially thought😅 I’m bad with names so I’m blaming it on that, I actually think I knew all the authors at least in a generic “they’re famous” way. What I take away from this is celebrities who are known for being in “light” shows and movies, are comedians, or are known for being in comedy shows/movies who write books usually win that year, whether or not they’re a genuinely funny writer or wrote a funny book. Being a humourous person, or someone who’s in humourous movies/shows doesn’t mean you can write a funny book but it seems like they are just given a golden ticket.

[@nasrinthebarbarian]

If you want a funny auto bio, I recomend Rachel Blooms in audio book form. It's my favorite plane audio book

[@melbajd6849]

The whole video I was sweating hoping that you liked Hyperbole and a Half and it was as good as I remembered. Love Allie Brosh!

[@peggyluwhoreads]

You are funny, and I loved the baby interruption.

[@reading_faerie]

26:22 THE JESUS WAS MY HOTSAUCE LMAO

[@ArcticWolfe84]

There's so many different types of comedy - written, stand-up, scripted tv/movies, casual/everyday, etc. - and absolutely no guarantee that being good at one form of comedy is going to translate into being good in any other form of comedy. Like, I know I can be funny in a conversational setting, but putting me up on a stage to do stand-up would only lead to a positive outcome if your actual goal had been to see me hyperventilate and pass out in a puddle of my own pee. I often feel like that's the equivalent of what we're seeing when presented with a comedian or comic actor's book. Jenny and Allie, on the other hand, really are masters at the kind of comedy that lends itself to being published in book form (or as an online blog, which is where I was first introduced to their stuff).

[@LadySolwind]

Until today, I didn't realize that The Last Black Unicorn was supposed to be funny. Also, ugh, I used to love Mindy Kaling but she's supported JKR and liked her tweets and stuff. If someone sides with the TERFs I just can't anymore with them. It was so disappointing to see because I loved her work.

[@ReadswithRachel]

SHE WHAT?!

[@nowyousieme]

there's also the thing where her brother pretended to be black and wrote a book claiming it got him into med school. afaik, she publicly stated she doesn't agree with it, but ... there's threads of antiblackness in her work and that had to come from somewhere 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@ReadswithRachel]

Oh my fucking god I’m shocked at how little I actually knew about her despite watching her show and reading her book

[@taylorgayhart9497]

“Jesus was my hot sauce.” 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@cricket8875]

I mean... I find you funny. But I'm autistic, so I clearly have no sense of humor and wouldn't know what a joke even was. /hj Seriously though, both Filming Rachel and Editing Rachel trying desperately to keep up with an energetic kid who seemed to find it funny that you didn't want them on camera was just the most adorably wholesome thing. Just the smile I needed today.

[@maggiedk]

Awww, Broken by Jenny Lawson is one of my therapist's favorite books! She's been trying to get me to read it for months (I actually have it but didn't get very far yet) and this review convinced me to finally go for it ❤️ though I might get the audio version because that sounds extra hilarious!

[@Pharm2be]

Idk if it’s true but from what I’ve seen in her interviews Mindy Kaling has kissed her costars in a way they didn’t consent to, especially in situations where she’s the boss and picked costars based on wanting to kiss them.

[@nowyousieme]

read allie brosh's newer book!!! it's soooo good, even better than hyperbole and a half, though it's also big on grief so be prepared. i loved it so deeply.

[@Winstar66]

So many time when people talk of past relationships and make fun of the person or are horrible to that person I’m always like. …did you know you can simply CHOOSE NOT TO DATE PEOPLE???? Like if you were soooo bothered by his disabilities.. don’t date him? Like. What??

[@AModelWhosRead]

"Jesus was my hot sauce" made me laugh out loud 😂

[@reiy8401]

bro finding out about tiffany haddish is horrifying wtf...can never bring myself to watch Tuca and Bertie again which is a shame because that show got me through some stuff

[@firelight09]

When I read Hyperbole and a Half for the first time, I started while reading chips. I didn't make it past the introduction I was spitting my chips out and had to put them away. 🤣

[@MrRorosuri]

The makeup look is so pretty

[@kaytegardner7859]

As a parent, can I tell you how much I LOVE your parenting interludes? Cause I do.

[@voodoopickles3793]

"The Jesus was my hot sauce" best quote!

[@marymac3572]

If you haven't read Allie Brosh's followup book, you really should. It was really great with a solid blend of funny and real, very hard hitting emotional stuff.

[@CezzL]

I can't remember if it was Amy Poehler's book or Tina Fey's (or possibly both?) that rubbed me the wrong way when they inserted a random chapter about doing charity in "Africa" (no actual country mentioned or issue discussed - just doing a generic celebrity ambassador trip to Africa). It was so out of place - almost as though their editor said, 'Hey, maybe mention something about charity so you look like a good person?'' But it was written in such a robotic, bland way with no passion or heart behind it. It seemed so insincere and 'Hollywood.' Anyway, your reviews are spot on. I've read most of these books and, god, they are not funny. Loved Allie and Jenny's books though.

[@missyroberts8197]

Your eye shadow is gorgeous

[@marianamauricio]

your eyeshadow looks incredible!!!

[@karamiddleton2920]

Omg fading in Mitch McConnell. 😅😅😅😅😅

[@spookyfirst9514]

Comedians seem to be put in the comedy category no matter what kind of book they write. I don't understand it, but that seems to be what's going on. "Jesus was my hot sauce."--you need that on a mug or a t-shirt. Seriously. It's hilarious.

[@pastelwriter]

I absolutely love your makeup look! I laughed when you mentioned Kevin from Up 😂 I mean I love Kevin too, so either way the make up look is iconic 🌈

[@AlishaHerbiederbie]

Voting before watching the video - Jenny, Ali, and Allie

[@ReadswithRachel]

You nailed it!

[@AlishaHerbiederbie]

@@ReadswithRachel Whoo! I have rarely laughed as hard reading a book as I did Jenny Lawson's, I love her sense of dry/dark humor. You know, the kind that makes some people look deeply concerned because they have never been a member of the Suffer Squad. I haven't read Ali Wong's book, but I really enjoy her stand up so I guessed on that. But I have read Aliie Brosh and my god I am gleeful that there are other people who are as much a weirdness magnet with a dubious sense of self-preservation as I am. My hot sauce was not spiritualism, but pretending I liked horror movies then not sleeping for days at a time. Since it would obviously benefit Future!Alisha if I just kept up the bit. Yikes.

[@moustik31]

SAME! LMAO.

[@JJ-rx8ym]

3 YOs are little agents of chaos

[@RobinReads]

This video may have been funnier than most of the books you read. I can’t believe you all had to suffer through this but I thank you for it lol. You would have dieeeddd seeing Tiffany Haddish perform her standup where she talks about Rodney. It was so bad! Sooo bad!! Idk if you’ve read other Jenny Lawson books but I think you’d enjoy some of her other stuff too. She’s actually funny lol

[@ReadswithRachel]

SHE PERFORMED THAT LIVE?!??

[@marymac3572]

19:04 I mean, I kind of get where she's coming from with the old lady in her head. My dead mom's Voice of Judgement lives in my head and any time I see something she would have commented on, I hear her voice and I have to consciously work to get past it. It's really frustrating.

[@weirdandproudofit1]

This was a great video and your makeup is incredible, I'm in awe

[@marteawqakuq7455]

you are funny just in a kind of bitchy way i love it