Total Page : 384
Publisher : NAL Hardcover
Publication Date : 2010 05 04
>> Forget about Reality TV Jen Lancaster is MY guilty pleasure
Life as we know it Average Life as Jen Lancaster knows it Hilarious
MY FAIR LAZY is Jen s foray into self enlightenment She wonders if it is time to get off the couch away from TV Reality Shows and venture into the world of culture At the same time she has a reflection that perhaps if she were a kinder gentler Jen she might have more success or at least not piss off quite as many people around her
This is a great premise for her to explore with her wit and sarcasm For anyone not familiar with her work she is a bit like an bitter Seinfeld and her observations on life and all the people surrounding her are truly entertaining
If you have been a fan of her books right from the beginning Bitter is the New Black you will love this book However be prepared that she has actually softened an ever so tiny bit to my pleasant surprise Having read all of her books which by the way I strongly recommend before just jumping into this one though it can certainly stand alone why miss out I have seen her grow from a very bitter bitingly sarcastic fairly angry and even occasionally caustic person into a slightly emphasis on that word more laid back version of that same woman I can t help but feel that I have had a part in that Okay so I only read her books but still it s been like watching my child develop into well rounded individual minus all the college tuition bills
During Jen s explorations she makes some great strides in culturing up as she puts it and gains some insight regarding her personality most importantly without losing her Fabulous self I think one of her friends says it best at one point in the book telling her that it might not be about what she is saying but about what she is listening to A lesson we could ALL learn grudgingly as she does
I most definitely recommend following Jen as she leaps off the couch and into the real world
>> My Favorite So Far
I m a huge fan of Jen Lancaster s books they are hilarious fun and sarcastic I ve read all the previous novels kept up on her blog and subscribed to her twitter feed she s just that much fun to follow I mean come on she posts LOLcat pictures That pretty much secures you a place in awesomeland
This book follows Jen s journey to get a little bit more culture beyond her current realm of reality shows like The Hills and The Real Housewives and takes place over a little over a year ending with the big event at The Hamptons She pushes herself to read beyond her comfort zone of Lauren Conrad eat beyond her comfort zone of cheeseburgers and try cheese that isn t made by Kraft As a cheeseburger loving chick lit reading gal I cheered her on every step of the way and giggled at the interludes with rats along the way I am glad to be back in the present with Jen as Such a Pretty Plaid was more remembering the past than the present because her life at least how she writes it is pretty darn funny I still am a bit scared of Ambien but also wanna try it to see if I wind up with a Barbie head or a cake on the counter It s not easy to write a memoir it s also not easy to write a memoir if you are someone that claims everyone pretty much hates upon meeting however Jen does write her memoirs well and makes you want to be BFFs with her and meet her for cupcakes It takes a darn good writer to do that
I realize that Jen s wit and writing style isn t for everyone She can be crass and overly sarcastic However if that s the kind of person you are you will love this and her other books
If you are thinking that you don t need to buy the latest novel because you follow her blog and/or twitter and if you don t you NEED TO think again because reading both only enhances the novel I was online the night she took ambien and tweeted about it laughing along the way and part of that made it into the book and made me laugh even more remembering it
PS Jen if you read these to read your Kindle in the bath put it in a ziploc bag the kind with the slider thing Voila bath readable kindle I ve used this method for a year and it s worked like a charm
>> More of Jen s fun antics
I ve read all four of Jen Lancaster s previous books and really loved the first two but by the time that I got to her third and fourth ones I felt like they weren t as funny as her first two had been Since I was able to get an advanced copy of Lancaster s new book though I couldn t pass by this opportunity and I have to say that this is great fun and feels fresh Jen is back to her hysterical antics in this new book and I couldn t put it down once I started it
The book opens with Candace Bushnell writer of Sex and the Series interviewing Jen and mentioning something about Baudelaire Jen realizes that she has no idea who Baudelaire is since she s spent so much time in front of the TV watching reality shows lately and not as much time broadening her horizons as she puts it The result of this realization Jen s quest to discover it not being a dumb ass is the new black the sub title of the book
If you re familiar with Jen s previous books you ll be happy to see that she still gets into her usual escapades with her familiar cast of characters patient husband Fletch personal trainer Barbie writer friend Stacey and her personal menagerie of dogs and cats Also I m not familiar with many of the reality TV show references that pop up in the book I m not much of a TV watcher but still found the humor to fun and found myself laughing out loud throughout the book
I think you ll find this book funny if you re in the same age group as Jen late thirties and early to mid forties As a child of the 80 s I found her references to things like Jon Hughes movies especially the chapter about a party where discussion of Ryan Jake a character from the film Sixteen Candles comes up to be funny and nostalgic You also don t need to have read any of her other books to enjoy this one since this new one will still give you a strong sense of Jen s personality
If you need a good laugh and a fun read I definitely recommend Lancaster s new book
