Jeneration X, Jen Lancaster’s latest, is a return to form
after her disaster of a novel. Nothing
groundbreaking here, and in fact, I think I’ve actually read some of these
stories before (on her blog? In her columns?), but I’m mostly ok with that, because
I’m just so happy to be back to where we were before If You Were Here. Let’s pretend that didn’t happen, ok?
Look, if you’ve read one of Jen’s memoirs, you know what
you’re getting into with this one. My favorite remains Bright Lights, Big Ass,
but I’m starting to think that it’s just because that’s the first one I read.
Jen is hilarious, sarcastic, and an outstanding writer, but all of her memoirs
are very similar, just with different themes to the collections of stories. Don’t
get me wrong, I am absolutely not saying that’s a bad thing, because I look
forward to reading her books and have read all of them (except for Pretty in
Plaid) more than once. And I’m thrilled that her desire to write novels didn’t
keep her from writing memoirs. I’m just saying that there’s not much for me to
review here.
4- I went between a 4 and a 5 on this one. It’s entirely
possible I’m going to end up buying it. Jen is funny and entertaining, and I read
this in about two days, so obviously I really liked it.
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