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MY POINT...AND I DO HAVE ONE

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this is the funniest book i have ever read! not stop laughs - and i laughed literally out loud each page! definately will read again and again, her style of humor is wonderful

Ellen's first book is SO hilarious! You can hear her voice inside your head with every word you read. Which is actually kind of spooky. But fun at the same time. I know she'll come back to haunt me in the afterlife and she'll just be talking and talking and talking to me non-stop. I'll never be able to take a shower alone again.

Anyway...I've read this book twice now, and it never ceases to amaze me with its laugh-out-loud humor and prose. I pick it up when I need a good laugh. In fact, that makes it a great pick-me-up! It never gets old for me.

I've also given this book as a gift to friends. Thankfully you can find it really cheap now. :)

So what are you waiting for? Order this book and you'll have something to read over and over and over again! You'll never have to buy another book.

I know that this is the first book that she wrote, but I didn't read until after I read her newest one. I have to say that I was laughing the entire time. It truely is a wonderful piece of work and I can't wait to read it again. It's like an instant pick-me up. So, I recommend this to anyone who loves, needs, or wants to laugh. If you are neither of the 3, then still get a copy. I promise, you'll love it!!

I was really disappointed. I like Ellen a lot and thought I would get a few laughs out of a light-hearted book. I don't think I laughed once, I might have smiled a couple of times. Don't bother!

I love Ellen DeGeneres as an actor and a comedienne. When I read this book, whilst I found some parts of it amusing, I have to say it wasn't as funny as I expected. Part of my disappointment was that this book was written before Ellen came out and when I read it, I can see she is holding back. There are a couple of references to relationships with men that just don't ring true. It's worth a read, but I don't think it's the funniest thing I have read.

A true fan of her TV show, I was incredibly disappointed (an understatement) in this book. There is ONE joke; it's on page 41. This, I remember, after reading the book 3 months ago (which I never finished: something that hasn't happened to me since 'Moby Dick'). No matter how grueling, I always finish. This book is a rambling, definitely NOT funny (try Mark Salzman's Lost in Place or Seinfeld or Reiser -- even Fran Lebowitz) piece that you or I could have written in 6th grade. My Point, and I Do Have One... should have been retitled, "My Pointless Thoughts, and there are many." I simply couldn't believe I didn't laugh ONCE at this (Fannie Flagg's Daisy Faye and the Miracle Man is hilarious laugh-until-you-cry); I'm NOT that hard to please. Ellen's subtle and dry witticisms on the show are absent here. There is nothing of substance nor wit. I cannot imagine what possessed this woman to write this book; I cannot imagine her publishers' encouraging her. What a little name recognition can do! "Write it and they will come." The only thing that baffles me more are the reviews here that called this book hilarious. This book is the testimonial equivalent to the 'fart joke' -- minus the joke.

I have to say this book was laugh-out-loud funny. But hey, its Ellen DeGeneres what do you expect? Well, I suppose it didn't actually meet my expectations. It was rather shallow and not meaty at all to say the least. It was kinda just a collection of jokes and wit. Nothing personal was in it at all. In fact it was the opposite of personal as you could tell that 99% of the stories in it were made up to be funny. She wasn't even out yet so there were some hetero-oriented references in there that seemed wholly out of place. But again it was hilarious because it was Ellen and she's funny. And it only took me one night to read it which was what I was looking for at the time having come off of a binge of actual memoirs with substance. So really if you're looking for something to keep your brain occupied this isn't for you at all. But if you love Ellen DeGeneres you'll like this.

Not only did tears stream down my face whilst reading this book, but I also ended up wetting myself (though that could be due to my lack of bladder control).
I don't think there is a funnier book out there and if there is then I will buy that one too and be proactive and buy depends before I read it.

This was the worst book I've ever read. Not only is it a near copy of her stand-up comedy, but she fills the book with excerpts of how difficult it is to write a book and ends by randomly naming things in the room she's in. It was a sad disappoinment from one of my favorite comediennes and was not worth the two dollars I spent on it at a flea market.

Without doubt, this is one of the funniest books I have ever read... and read... and read. And each time I read it, I laugh all over again. I even took it to work and read it out loud to a coworker on our lunch breaks. Each day, we'd read a new chapter. Whether you're a fan of Ellen, never heard of Ellen, or can't stand Ellen, you've got to read this book. She has such an unconventional way of looking at things and relating a story. She'll keep you laughing for hours.