false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1188138523m/26023.jpg 26023 4 Jen Lancaster hates to burst your happy little bubble, but life in the big city isn't all it's cracked up to be. Contrary to what you see on TV and in the movies, most urbanites aren't party-hopping in slinky dresses and strappy stilettos. But lucky for us, Lancaster knows how to make the life of the lower crust mercilessly funny and infinitely entertaining. Whether she's reporting rude neighbors to Homeland Security, harboring a crush on her grocery store clerk, or fighting-and losing-the Battle of the Stairmaster- Lancaster explores how silly, strange, and not-so-fabulous real city living can be. And if anyone doesn't like it, they can kiss her big, fat, pink, puffy down parka. 26733 1 5 2007 Bright Lights, Big Ass: A Self-Indulgent, Surly, Ex-Sorority Girl's Guide to Why it Often Sucks in the City, or Who are These Idiots and Why Do They All Live Next Door to Me? total:3528|5:1357|4:1288|3:664|2:175|1:44| 3528 14323 5691 742 5 6 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 06 08:49:36 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 06 09:02:45 -0700 2007
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OK, irritating point #1: In one of the first essays, there's this guy from Texas who refers to everybody, including people in the second person singular, as "y'al...more...]]> 2 2 false true Wed Aug 06 11:01:35 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 15 06:41:25 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 06 11:01:35 -0700 2008
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So far, I've got mixed feelings about this book. Sometimes I find myself laughing out loud (like when the author describes keeping the house quiet while...more...]]> 4 2 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Aug 14 07:08:13 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 14 07:13:19 -0700 2007 Bitter is the New Black.

Amazingly enough, as a published author, Jen still needs to make a living. The book opens with the funniest job interview ever recorded,...more...]]> 1 2 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Nov 22 17:18:05 -0800 2007 Thu Nov 22 17:32:33 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 3 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Aug 11 19:44:35 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 22 20:23:14 -0700 2007
There are so many great one-liners in this book and I hope there are more books to follow...]]> 0 1 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 20 04:51:09 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 01 08:49:43 -0700 2007 Bitter is the New Black, which hit the shelves at the tail end of when she was writing this book. I bought this at the end of August but apparently had never registered it. Whoops.

Apart from? her annoying habit of random ...more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Jan 05 09:15:55 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 09 07:19:15 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 07 11:41:34 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 10 10:40:31 -0800 2008
Oh, Jen, thanks for making everyday things as well as ordinary things freakin' HILARIOUS!

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I gave this bok 5 stars b/c it was hilarious. There were multiple times I was in tears b/c of it. It wasn't amazing in an earth-shatte...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Nov 10 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 18 14:40:59 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 18 15:15:45 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon May 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat May 23 11:14:39 -0700 2009 Mon May 25 10:45:27 -0700 2009 ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Aug 25 09:10:55 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 27 16:32:47 -0700 2009
I loved this book. The chapter describing her gyno visit cau...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Mar 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 06 05:20:09 -0800 2009 Wed Mar 11 04:58:47 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat May 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 25 00:24:04 -0700 2009 Sat May 30 13:32:24 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 3 1 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Jun 13 15:09:31 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 01 19:42:20 -0700 2007 Jen Lancaster's books are like Jerry Seinfeld's sit-com episodes -- they're about nothing at all but you don't care because you laugh yourself silly.

**Of special note: Fluff writer Jen Lancaster uses the word "myraid" correctly in the book. Interestin...more...]]> 1 1 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Jan 08 07:16:18 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 08 07:17:26 -0800 2008 I couldn't even finish this book since I just got so sick of the main character's incessant ranting about nothing important. In the first book, there was actually a plot and the ranting was hilarious, but by the 2nd b...more...]]> 0 1 false false Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue May 08 20:26:03 -0700 2007 Tue May 22 06:28:13 -0700 2007 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=26023