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    Jeneration X: One Reluctant Adult's Attempt to Unarrest Her Arrested Development; Or, Why It's Never Too Late for Her Dumb Ass to Learn Why Froot Loops Are Not for Dinner
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    Jeneration X: One Reluctant Adult's Attempt to Unarrest Her Arrested Development; Or, Why It's Never Too Late for Her Dumb Ass to Learn Why Froot Loops Are Not for Dinner
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    Jeneration X: One Reluctant Adult's Attempt to Unarrest Her Arrested Development; Or, Why It's Never Too Late for Her Dumb Ass to Learn Why Froot Loops Are Not for Dinner

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    In Such a Pretty Fat, Jen Lancaster learned how to come to terms with her body. In My Fair Lazy, she expanded her mind. Now the New York Times bestselling author gives herself - and her generation - a kick in the X, by facing her greatest challenge to date: acting her age.

    Jen is finally ready to put away childish things (except her Barbie Styling Head, of course) and embrace the investment-making, mortgage-carrying, life-insurance-having adult she's become. From getting a mammogram to volunteering at a halfway house, she tackles the grown-up activities she's resisted for years, and with each rite of passage she completes, she'll uncover a valuable - and probably humiliating - life lesson that will ease her path to full-fledged, if reluctant, adulthood.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateMay 1, 2012
    ISBN9781101564387
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    Jeneration X: One Reluctant Adult's Attempt to Unarrest Her Arrested Development; Or, Why It's Never Too Late for Her Dumb Ass to Learn Why Froot Loops Are Not for Dinner

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    • 4/5
      This is the type of writing I want to do. Or, to clarify, the type of writing I want to get paid to do. Lancaster is hilarious in a casual way, and is honest about her weight, her laziness, and her penchant for spying on her neighbors. It makes me want to be her best friend. I read the book in about a day and am ready to read all the others she's written.
    • 5/5
      Love, love, love Jen Lancaster!!!
    • 4/5
      I picked this book up off the library ‘new books’ shelf on a whim. I don’t often read humor books, but the description sounded fun- a late coming of age story. I figured I’d read the book a little at a time, in between bouts with a history of China book. Instead, I found myself addicted, ignored the serious book, and read this straight through. Each of the 27 chapters describes events – some pivotal, some simply ludicrous- as the author is dragged, kicking and screaming, into late onset adulthood. Buying a house, buying life insurance, finally training the dogs that have the manners of very friendly ferals; nothing seems to happen to her without disasters, which, luckily for her, she sees the humor in. And so did I. It’s odd; she and I have pretty much nothing in common other than being females of the human species. She’s comfortably well off (now; at one point, she lived in poverty), lives in a high class neighborhood, carries designer handbags and can afford a cleaning woman. But she can describe a situation in such a funny way that, even though I’ve certainly never been in that situation, I can feel how she saw it and feel for her- and laugh until I nearly cried. After reading the book, I found that Lancaster has written several other books and has a blog, and that many readers were upset because much of what is in Jen X is taken from those. Coming at the book as a new reader, I am able to say that the book is hilarious.
    • 3/5
      I always find Jen Lancaster books "laugh-out-loud" funny. She says all the things I wish I could say.
    • 5/5
      Loved it! I don't know how I have missed Jen Lancaster, but I certainly won't miss any of her stuff from now on. Superbly funny and spot on. She is mean to people but loves animals. She doesn't put up with crap and is awesomely human. Foibles and all, she is great! Go pick this book up now!
    • 2/5
      So I realized something sad when I started to read Jeneration X: I think I've outgrown it. This is equal parts sad and odd because a) I used to love her non fiction titles and b) I'm at least a decade younger than she is. At some point between My Fair Lazy and the latest chapter in her "I'm a fancy author and now so is my friend Stacey and I have to remind you every other page", I got bored. Also sad, it look me four weeks to get through this book when I used to plow through her early ones. I think the biggest issue with this one was a lack of filter or editor. Seriously, a book shouldn't read like a blog, and there's a reason I don't read her blog. That said, there were some funnies in this book as well as some things I identified with -- unfortunately they were somewhat drowned out by her egotism. Midway through the book when talking about eBay she identified herself as "hypercompetitive asshole". At least she knows her shortcomings.
    • 4/5
      This is another of Jen's memoirs. In this one, she is sharing her lessons learned as she tries to grow up and be an adult. I really enjoyed this! One particular chapter had me laughing so hard I was crying, having trouble breathing and I scared my cat, who was wondering what the heck was wrong with me!! Really, that's the chapter that brought my rating up to a 4.
    • 4/5
      Jeneration X: One Reluctant Adult’s Attempt to Unarrest Her Arrested Development; Or, Why It’s Never Too Late for Her Dumb Ass to Learn Why Froot Loops Are Not for Dinner by Jen Lancaster
      368 pages

      ★★★★

      Oh Jen Lancaster, how I love you and your humor. Seriously. I love this author. She has never disappointed me in her many memoirs and luckily, this one was no different. What was different for me was that instead of reading this book, I listened to the audio version – narrated by the author herself. As usual, this book goes into the humorous situations that Jen manages to find herself in and a range of her thoughts are thrown in for good measure. This book focuses on her attempts to become an adult, at 42ish years old, and wins and fails along the way. While Jen’s stories are often humorous, they work not only because they make you laugh but because they are relatable. I dare you, in one of her many books, not to find one time you relate to her.

      The audio version was something new for me with this author. At first I had difficulty with it. Jen Lancaster is a fast reader and this was somewhat annoying to me. But I quickly got into the rhythm of it and it just felt right, like there was no other way you would expect Jen to narrate. Her inflictions made parts of this book even more humorous than if I had just read them. Not only does this author’s writing continuously make me smile and laugh but so does her reading. As usual, a winner if you are a fan of Jan Lancaster.
    • 4/5
      I picked this book up off the library ‘new books’ shelf on a whim. I don’t often read humor books, but the description sounded fun- a late coming of age story. I figured I’d read the book a little at a time, in between bouts with a history of China book. Instead, I found myself addicted, ignored the serious book, and read this straight through. Each of the 27 chapters describes events – some pivotal, some simply ludicrous- as the author is dragged, kicking and screaming, into late onset adulthood. Buying a house, buying life insurance, finally training the dogs that have the manners of very friendly ferals; nothing seems to happen to her without disasters, which, luckily for her, she sees the humor in. And so did I. It’s odd; she and I have pretty much nothing in common other than being females of the human species. She’s comfortably well off (now; at one point, she lived in poverty), lives in a high class neighborhood, carries designer handbags and can afford a cleaning woman. But she can describe a situation in such a funny way that, even though I’ve certainly never been in that situation, I can feel how she saw it and feel for her- and laugh until I nearly cried. After reading the book, I found that Lancaster has written several other books and has a blog, and that many readers were upset because much of what is in Jen X is taken from those. Coming at the book as a new reader, I am able to say that the book is hilarious.
    • 4/5
      3.5 stars
      Incredibly enjoyable and had me busting a gut, but...
      I could have done without the constant feeling of déjà vu since I read about half the stories on her blog already. She did expand on the stories in her book, but still, needed more new stories.
    • 5/5
      Wonderfully funny and wise all at once. Love Jens musings. Her thoughts read just like she is in person which is delightful!! Recommend it!
    • 3/5
      After having read a few of Ms. Lancaster's memoirs, I have a good feel for her style; which I do like. Her snarky, catty, judgementalness are all traits I can relate to. And while I am constantly fighting those traits to become a better me, Ms. Lancaster seems to embrace them for herself (all the power to her). While I enjoy her tales, I do find the books tend to drag on once you get through the first 200 pages.
    • 5/5
      Jen Lancaster, how I love thee. I can always count on you for a laugh-out-loud read. I always love a Jen Lancaster memoir and this one is no different. It's the same Jen we know and love but this time she's trying become a real grown up. Despite her best efforts to the contrary, she does. What I like best about Jeneration X is that Jen seems to have more heart. She's always been hysterically funny, but sometimes you wonder if she's really THAT mean/self-centered/politically incorrect in real life or if she just exagerated for the book. In Jen X, Jen is more caring and compasionate - but don't worry - it doesn't take away from her writing style. Our little Jen is all grown up, sniff, sniff.