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 enlarge | Author: Jen Lancaster
Publisher: NAL Trade
Category: Book
List Price: $14.00
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Rating:  83 reviews
Sales Rank: 2081
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 400
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 7.9 x 5.1 x 1
ISBN: 0451223896
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9780451223890
ASIN: 0451223896
Publication Date: May 6, 2008
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 Fantastic October 21, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Use the restroom before you start reading... So funny, I could hardly breathe, due to laughing so hard.
 Such an awful book! October 19, 2008
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
The WORST book I have ever read, without exception. What a slog. It was like being tortured. The only reason I continued to read to the end is because I was completely incredulous that the book could actually get continually worse (& it did, OH how it did).
I stand in awe that Jen Lancaster could actually have gotten published. I have lost faith in American publishing if this manure could be published by any respectable publishing house.
I usually don't buy books, but I'd been recommended this one on amazon (curse them!) & later saw it on the bookshelf at Barnes & Noble & snagged it on impulse. Oh my goodness! I gave this woman my money! I am sick to my stomach.
The writer (book is written in the first person) is completely unlikeable with no redeemable qualities. Just goes to show you, ladies, ANYONE can get a guy, no matter how odious her personality (or how much of a raving alcoholic she is). For that matter, ANYONE can have a bestseller if this drivel can get published. So get out there & WRITE!
I should have known I would have a problem with this author's opinions when she said she wears Crocs. ALL THE TIME. Hold my head somebody.
She curses all the time. I believe that people who curse are too ignorant to know the proper words to use, so they just spew obscenities. Jen Lancaster is a perfect example of my theory. Oh, & note to Jen: Being a drunk middle-aged woman with dog excrement all over her apartment is NOT funny (especially when you're wearing Crocs).
She writes about being in shock that she actually sold a book. SHE SHOULD BE! Here's an excerpt:
"I know I've done this a couple of times before, but each time a book sells, it feels like a miracle."
Yeah! Because it is! A horrible, nightmarish miracle!
"I want to call my publisher and ask, 'Are you sure? You're really interested in what I have to say? And you're willing to write me a check to do so? And then you'll put these thoughts - asinine as they may be - and put them in a format that will live on in the Library of Congress forever?' Unbelievable."
Yes, Jen! Truly unbelievable! Because this book is garbage. As my dear mother would say, its only use is to line the birdcage. Thank goodness those birds don't know how to read.
At one point, the author says she didn't like a personal trainer because she had no sense of humor, which Jen Lancaster defines as someone who doesn't find her funny. All I can say is, she must run into people with no sense of humor A LOT.
She also uses words that are not words. My kingdom for an editor! She actually used the non-word "orientated." Oh my goodness! This woman is getting paid for being illiterate.
Also, at one point she referred to being on a Caribbean vacation & hearing a "tin drum." She meant a STEEL drum. So not only is the author getting paid for manure, the publisher & editor are, too!
I have so much more to say. Just please: Don't read this book. Life is too short to waste on this rubbish.
Horrible Book October 13, 2008
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
This book is horrible. If I could give it no stars, then I would. If you are looking for inspiration for working out and losing weight, don't even bother reading. It took like half the book until she started working out. The first half of the book talks about her dogs, husband, shopping with friends, ugh. I kept saying, when is this going to get on point? And I don't think her writing is very charming. It is somewhat amusing, although I doubt it is genuine as a "memoir" and wouldn't pass the Oprah test, if you know what I mean.
I didn't even give my copy away, I threw mine in the trash.
 What's up with the foot notes October 6, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
I'll be honest upfront that I haven't finished reading this book yet. I'm giving it three stars not because I'm not enjoying or connecting with the book but because of how it is written. What's up with the footnotes. I've read disertations with fewer footnotes. It's really disappointing because otherwise I'd be totally into the book.
Laugh out loud funny! October 6, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Jen Lancaster's latest book is laugh out loud funny. I picked it up on a whim, and laughed (truly) our loud just reading the teaser at the back.
Lancaster starts by describing the horrific foods she endured through her childhood ('healthy and flavorless' she says) until she ate away from home and discovered butter and cream and FLAVOR!!
The years pass and the pounds add up, until the doctor points out further weight gain and the results this wreaks on one's body. As Lancaster says, "...what good is finally being able to afford a pedicure if I lose a foot to adult-onset diabetes
Lancaster shows the way she conquered weight gain to become fit again and we get to laugh with her along the way. From Atkins to Jenny Craig to Weight Watchers, we see what works and what dedication it can take.
Lancaster's wit and style of writing kept me laughing from start to finish. This is the first non-reference book that has footnotes (!) which allowed greater enlightment...it was like a friend whispering into my ear at a party, giving me the backstory on various guests.
Lancaster starts the book with a story about someone telling her what a fat bitch she is, and it doesn't phase her. She accepts that she is who she is. She ends with a similar story, but her comeback to the insult this time is, "No, I am a fit bitch."
I would recommend this to any friend who wanted a laugh. "Such a Pretty Fat" reminds me it's all worth laughing about to keep perspective.
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