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Self-Inflicted Wounds audiobook

  • By: Aisha Tyler
  • Narrator: Aisha Tyler
  • Length: 6 hours 46 minutes
  • Publisher: HarperAudio
  • Publish date: July 09, 2013
  • Language: English
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Self-Inflicted Wounds Audiobook Summary

In her book Self-Inflicted Wounds, comedian, actress, and cohost of CBS’s daytime hit show The Talk, Aisha Tyler recounts a series of epic mistakes and hilarious stories of crushing personal humiliation, and the personal insights and authentic wisdom she gathered along the way.

The essays in Self-Inflicted Wounds are refreshingly and sometimes brutally honest, surprising, and laugh-out-loud funny, vividly translating the brand of humor Tyler has cultivated through her successful standup career, as well as the strong voice and unique point of view she expresses on her taste-making comedy podcast Girl on Guy.

Riotous, revealing, and wonderfully relatable, Aisha Tyler’s Self-Inflicted Wounds: Heartwarming Tales of Epic Humiliation is about the power of calamity to shape life, learning, and success.

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Self-Inflicted Wounds Audiobook Narrator

Aisha Tyler is the narrator of Self-Inflicted Wounds audiobook that was written by Aisha Tyler

Aisha Tyler is a comedian, actress, author, television host, podcaster, and recovering nerd (see photo–note the devastatingly fashionable Casio watch). She is cohost of the Emmy-nominated daytime talk show The Talk, the voice of sexy superspy Lana Kane on FX’s hit animated series Archer, and host of the all-new Whose Line Is It, Anyway? on the CW. She is also the creator, producer, and host of the award-winning podcast Girl on Guy with Aisha Tyler, consistently ranked one of the top ten comedy podcasts on iTunes. Tyler tours as a standup comedian nationwide, and has contributed to Oprah, Wired, Glamour, and Entertainment Weekly magazines. She lives in Los Angeles, where she reads postapocalyptic fiction and plays video games in her meager spare time.

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Aisha Tyler is the author of Self-Inflicted Wounds

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Self-Inflicted Wounds Full Details

Narrator Aisha Tyler
Length 6 hours 46 minutes
Author Aisha Tyler
Publisher HarperAudio
Release date July 09, 2013
ISBN 9780062263322

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The publisher of the Self-Inflicted Wounds is HarperAudio. The imprint is HarperAudio. It is supplied by HarperAudio. The ISBN-13 is 9780062263322.

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This book is only available in the United States.

Goodreads Reviews

Kelly

July 05, 2013

Aisha Tyler is many things that I am not: tall, childless, funny, confident, fearless. But she and I also share some qualities, if you can call them that. We’re both neurotic, both nerds, both prone to going off on tangents while telling a story. But let’s be honest: it doesn’t matter if an author and I have absolutely nothing in common, really, as long as she makes her writing work. And Aisha Tyler does just that.Self-Inflicted Wounds is a memoir of sorts in which Tyler recounts all the times in her life, beginning at the ripe old age of five, when she (inadvertently) screwed herself over. From setting the kitchen on fire to boy problems to broken bones, she’s had a remarkable amount of incidents where she can blame no one but herself. Footnotes are liberally sprinkled throughout the cringe-inducing tales. This is an excellent format for the asides that a stand-up comedian can’t help but make when telling a story.Although she often drops a mini-lesson at the end of a chapter, the best part about these episodes is that they’re funny. In fact, they’re so funny that I tried my son’s patience more than once. See, I’m still nursing him once or twice a day. And when you’re reading a funny book and don’t want your nipple bitten off, you try not to laugh. But as any private-school girl knows, withholding laughter just means lots of snorting and jerky shoulders. So my kid’s head is bouncing on my arm, and I’m trying to stop laughing, which is only making me laugh harder, and then I have to stop reading and use the advice from my scuba certification course: just focus on your breathing. She’s that funny.To be honest, I didn’t know who Aisha Tyler was before Friends. I still haven’t seen her stand-up (but may need to, since I enjoyed this book so much), but I’m a big fan of Archer and think she’s pretty great on there. And now that I know how much I enjoy her particular brand of ranting, self-deprecating humor, I’m even more excited about her gig as host on the revival of Whose Line Is It Anyway? Basically, what I’m trying to say is that I was a tentative Tyler fan before, but now I’ll look forward to her upcoming projects with increased zeal. And isn’t that a successful venture for an artist?All in all: Read this if a) you like comedy and b) you don’t mind lots of 17+ language.Note: Only read this in public if you don’t mind people staring at you as you try your hardest not to bust out laughing.Also note: I received a free copy of this book from Edelweiss in exchange for an honest review.

Jacky

January 11, 2014

I got stern looks from my boyfriend numerous times while reading this book in bed, mostly because I was doing that kind of laughing where you're trying really hard to hold it in and be quiet so your whole body ends up shaking and then your laugh finally just comes out in a loud snort.I also discovered that I REALLY REALLY want to be friends with Aisha Tyler.

Casey

February 08, 2019

Okay I actually started to tear up a little in the middle of reading this. I love Aisha Tyler (not Taylor, as apparently some people think it is.) She's a great host on Whose Line Is It Anyway? and just doesn't give a fuck. Her personality shines through this book and while I marked it as a memoir, that's only part of it. Really Aisha gives out life advice, and reiterates how important hard work is. You have to fuck up to know you're doing life right, otherwise you'll never learn. I do wish she had talked more about her career as a whole, mainly she talks about her stand up career and the struggles she had to go through starting out in comedy. I like how she reinforced how even if you're good, the funniest comic out there, you still are a green horn when starting out because comedy (stand up at least) is time plus talent. Not just one or the other. She is an interesting person (as are her parents) and all I can say is I'm glad she decided to quit her job with the Parks and Rec. and made the jump to comedy. She is a unique voice, and we'd be remiss without her.

Lindaisa

November 10, 2013

I have to say....even though I did enjoy this book, I expected it to be a bit funnier. What do they say about having expectations though right?'Self Inflicted Wounds' by Aisha Tyler is a book (memoir) about the best of Aisha's 'self inflicted wounds' throughout her life and career. Aisha defines a self inflicted wound as being some kind of injury, physical or psychological, that you bring upon yourself, you can blame no one else, the fault is yours and yours only.Put self humiliation with an intelligent, witty, potty mouth comedian and of course you expect a book full of fun and laughs on each page...however, Aisha unfortunately missed the mark on the 'funny' with most of her anecdotes for me.I first attributed my dissatisfaction with the 'humor' in this book on not hearing the book told in Aisha's funny and distinctive voice....so of course I got the audio-book from Audible (for free.) That worked for a chapter because, 1. It's not the same as listening to her on her podcast and 2. She reads slower than I do (lol.)Anyway other than the book not being as funny as I thought it would be, it was still really good. Aisha has a way of telling the story in a well paced, self defecating manner that doesn't seem awkward or make you uncomfortable, and then wrapping it up in a way that lets you know that even though she's learned her lesson from each particular wound, she wouldn't hesitate to do the same exact thing over again. The theme of the book isn't about failure and humiliation. Its more about the things learned and gained from those failures and bouts of humiliation. Aisha really pushes the reader with each chapter, to grab life by the balls and give it everything you've got so at the end of your very short existence, you feel like you've lived it to the fullest and haven't just ridden this thing called life til the wheels fell off, but til the doors, roof and undercarriage have been destroyed as well.With Self Inflicted Wounds, Aisha gives a unique perspective on life's gaffes and using her own as a platform to push her readers to live life so they have no regrets and make sure to get drunk and fuck shit up every chance they get!Ps: at least now I no longer feel bad about not reading things of 'substance.' back to my -- vampires, witches, shapeshifters, lions, tigers, bears, oh my! -- i go :)

Gina

July 15, 2013

I follow Tyler on Twitter because she's the voice of Lana Kane on my beloved "Archer," and reading her book makes me think that she kinda IS Lana Kane! Aisha Tyler is cooler and more bad-ass than I will ever be, and I wish she were my friend, because I truly think she'd make me a better person. She'd inspire me to work harder and spend more time out in the world. (I mean, sure, I could let her BOOK inspire me...but it's easier to daydream about being friends with her than it is to actually take her advice. If she knew me, though, she wouldn't let me get away with that.)Ignore my laziness and read this book if you have any interest at all in kick-ass, funny women.

Liz

November 23, 2013

I've followed Aisha Tyler's standup for years now, and I'm part of the Girl on Guy Army (we are legion). This book is as strong as I've come to expect from her. It's genuinely laugh-out-loud funny, and in many places strikingly poignant and touching. There are a lot of life lessons in here, many of which spoke very strongly to me; 'Be Brave' is how she signed my book, and after reading this, I feel more ready to embrace that than ever.

Jackie

February 15, 2014

I am a big Aisha Tyler fan, basically since watching her on Talk Soup. I really enjoyed this book. It was insightful as well as hilarious. I don't know if it's because I had a similar childhood and was too as big of a nerd as she was/is but i found myself relating to almost everything she said. I'd definitely recommend this to my friends.

Justin

May 10, 2021

A neat little series of anecdotes. I’d purchased it in ebook format but ended up listening to the audiobook on Libby. I enjoy Tyler’s work and wish I could find some more of her stand up.

Rafael

April 11, 2022

Wow! There are a lot of people who disliked the book. I thought it was great. Listening to the book may have been the difference for me because she reads it. It's always great when the author reads their own material because it's read in the way the author intended it to be read. Her stories reminded me of my own embarrassments growing up.

Casey

November 18, 2022

Love her 😊 funny, prescient, down to earth advice and life lessons - but comedy.

Rosey

December 31, 2018

Some Robots Read thoughts.

Lara

January 14, 2019

Man, a lot of people did not like this book. I, however, want to be Aisha Tyler's best friend. That is all.

Jonathan

March 15, 2018

So much to like about this book. Aisha Tyler is the voice of Lana for all you Archer fans and so the audiobook was like listening to Lana tell you stories. I get that there is a difference between the two but there’s so much of Tyler’s personality that comes through in the performance. I loved this book. Tyler is funny and a great storyteller. This book is a collection of stories about self-inflicted wounds (surprise, surprise) and what to do about them. She gives great life advice like why not to snowboard on a broken arm. You have to read / listen to figure that out. A lot of comedians are funny but that doesn’t always transfer to the page. This one works and is so awesome. “And you still may not get to where you wanted to go. That is a reality of life. Shit happens. People are mean. Puppies die. And things don’t always go your way.” “Along the way I realized that to be really good at something, to truly excel, you have to love it even when it doesn’t love you. You have to be prepared to suck at it and get good and then suck again and that may go on for a very long time. Until you want to punch the thing you love and get a job at Home Depot. But if you really want something, you don’t punch it in the face. You stick with it until you stop wanting to hit it and start wanting to hug it. And then kiss it. And finally, make sweet, sweet love to it that will leave you both in a shivering puddle of tears. Ok, that got a little weird. Until then, it’s absolutely fine to fake it ‘til you make it. Jump in with both feet. Act “as if.” Just remember, you’ve got to actually put in the hours and do the real hard work of becoming “as if” because eventually you will have to put your money or your jokes where your mouth is.”

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