Shockaholic
{{Short description|2011 autobiographical humor book by Carrie Fisher}}
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| name = Shockaholic
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| image = Shockaholic-Carrie Fisher (2011).jpg
| alt = Image of a doll of Carrie Fisher's character Princess Leia with its hands over its eyes.
| author = Carrie Fisher
| audio_read_by = Carrie Fisher
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| country = United States
| language = English
| series =
| genre = Humor
Autobiography
| publisher = Simon & Schuster
| release_date = November 1, 2011
| media_type = Print (hardback)
| pages = 176 (hardback edition)
| isbn = 978-0743264822
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| preceded_by = Wishful Drinking
| followed_by = The Princess Diarist
}}
Shockaholic is a 2011 book by Carrie Fisher.{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-xpm-2011-dec-24-la-et-book-carrie-fisher-20111224-story.html|title=Shockaholic review: Carrie Fisher's tales electrify|first=Jeannine|last=Stein|date=December 24, 2011|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|access-date=August 15, 2024|archive-date=April 14, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240414142140/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-xpm-2011-dec-24-la-et-book-carrie-fisher-20111224-story.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web |title=Nonfiction Book Review: Shockaholic by Carrie Fisher. Simon & Schuster, $22 (160p) ISBN 978-0-7432-6482-2 |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-7432-6482-2 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190224064002/https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-7432-6482-2 |archive-date=24 February 2019 |access-date=23 February 2019 |website=Publishers Weekly}}{{cite web |last1=Leon |first1=Lidia de |date=28 November 2011 |title=Book Review: Shockaholic by Carrie Fisher |url=https://www.seattlepi.com/lifestyle/blogcritics/article/Book-Review-Shockaholic-by-Carrie-Fisher-2297779.php |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190224062710/https://www.seattlepi.com/lifestyle/blogcritics/article/Book-Review-Shockaholic-by-Carrie-Fisher-2297779.php |archive-date=24 February 2019 |access-date=23 February 2019 |website=Seattle Post-Intelligencer}}
Reception
The Guardian{{'s}} Peter Conrad said, "Carrie Fisher's wisecracks and waspish rants fail to mask her Hollywood self-regard."{{cite web |last=Conrad |first=Peter |date=10 November 2011 |title=Shockaholic by Carrie Fisher – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/nov/10/shockaholic-carrie-fisher-review |access-date=23 February 2019 |website=The Guardian}} Martin Chilton of The Daily Telegraph said the book is "funny in patches but lacks overall the jaunty warmth that Fisher brings to her performances. Still, it does contain wisdom for a modern, mad world".{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/bookreviews/8923185/Shockaholic-by-Carrie-Fisher-review.html|title=Shockaholic by Carrie Fisher: review|first=Martin|last=Chilton|date=29 November 2011|access-date=23 February 2019|website=Telegraph.co.uk|archive-date=24 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190224062428/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/bookreviews/8923185/Shockaholic-by-Carrie-Fisher-review.html|url-status=live}} Will Durst of the San Francisco Chronicle wrote, "Fisher's wordplay is wicked, relentless and as playful as a bouncy house full of polar bear cubs."{{cite web |last1=Durst |first1=Will |date=6 November 2011 |title='Shockaholic,' by Carrie Fisher: review |url=https://www.sfgate.com/books/article/Shockaholic-by-Carrie-Fisher-review-2323976.php |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190224062542/https://www.sfgate.com/books/article/Shockaholic-by-Carrie-Fisher-review-2323976.php |archive-date=24 February 2019 |access-date=23 February 2019 |website=San Francisco Chronicle}} The A.V. Club{{'s}} Tasha Robinson wrote, "Shockaholic is often funny, though more often in random, scattered asides than when Fisher actually sets out to pile on the jokes."{{cite web |last=Robinson |first=Tasha |date=4 January 2012 |title=Carrie Fisher: Shockaholic |url=https://www.avclub.com/carrie-fisher-shockaholic-1798170996 |access-date=23 February 2019 |website=The A.V. Club}}
References
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{{Carrie Fisher}}
Category:2011 non-fiction books
Category:Books by Carrie Fisher
Category:Simon & Schuster books
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