Winner announced HERE!
I know you’ve all been waiting for this one and I’m always
so happy to have my friend Jen Lancaster on the blog. I can’t believe she’s got
another book out and this may actually win for having the longest (and
coolest!) title to date:
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
Two things that struck me here on the title alone: I don’t
even know what an arrested development is, and
I had NO idea that Froot Loops is not spelled FRUIT! Cah-razy!
But, I fell in love with Jen the first time I met her at
another good friend’s book signing and Jen didn’t judge me for eating a fallen
truffle from the dirty floor in the bar we were in. And she’s proven to be
every bit as cool in real life as she sounds in her books. I think that’s why
her books are so amazing – you can read them and RELATE. She’s like the best
friend you’ve always wanted. You can actually imagine sitting up front with her
in a car, (a convertible, right?), your hair blowing in the wind, and you’re
jamming to ‘80s tunes on your way to somewhere fabulous to raise some crazy
hell, am I right or am I right? Doesn’t that sound so Jen-esque and fun?!
And even though Jen has pulled a fast one on all of us by
growing up a little bit in this book, you know she’s still a fun girl at heart,
and that she’s still going to play with her Mad Men dolls, and she’ll still do
blog posts acting out Twilight scenes (PLEASE Jen!), and that she’ll still buy
some crazy stuff on eBay when high on Ambien. Because while we love the
grown-up Jen from Jeneration X, we still adore and want to hang out with the
Jen from before too!
In Jeneration X, Jen will
do some growing up though, and she’ll get life insurance, a mortgage and a
mammogram, prepare and host her own Thanksgiving, and tell some Generation Y
Ashley Wanna-Be-Writer-Lazy-Ass to basically go eff herself (my favorite
chapter – chapter 7 – so far!) in the nicest way possible – by forever
immortalizing her in this book. (I wonder if Ashley knows she’s now famous, or
would that be infamous?)
Jen learns life lessons along the way, some of the times
reluctantly, which she so very generously shares with us in the book.
Here’s a link to a very funny, as always, video as she
campaigns to be our next… President? Hell, I’d vote for her! And yes, I’d take
Fletch as a body guard!
You can get a sneak peek excerpt of Jeneration X here.
To win Jeneration X, leave a comment on what you MOST love
about Jen Lancaster and her books. If there’s some strange chance you’ve not
yet been introduced to her, make something up, but damn it, you better make it
good! OK, we all know you love Jen, and it's 5 a.m. and I just woke with a raging migraine and can't sleep. I decided to change my question to better reflect the nature of the book - WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL!! But, you can ALSO answer the first question too!
Also ... if you haven't entered to win the other books still up for grabs, these are still currently available so check out these features here on Booking with Manic too:
The First Husband by Laura Dave
Saving Ruth by Zoe Fishman
Then Came You by Jennifer Weiner
Also ... if you haven't entered to win the other books still up for grabs, these are still currently available so check out these features here on Booking with Manic too:
The First Husband by Laura Dave
Saving Ruth by Zoe Fishman
Then Came You by Jennifer Weiner
IMPORTANT NOTICE: As with all of the books I post on Booking with MaNiC, thanks to the authors and publicists for providing me with the books. Giveaways open to US/Canada residents only. To enter, leave an identifying unique user name or ID, and it's best if you include an email address. Winners will be chosen at random by random.org, within a week from the date the book is posted on the blog, and one entry per book please. Make sure to scroll through previous posts and if there is NOT a highlighted note at the top, then feel free to enter to win that book too! If there is a highlighted announcement at the top of a post, then that book is closed to comments and a winner has already been chosen. For comments, questions, suggestions, please email me at stephanieelliot@gmail.com. Thanks for your participation! Good luck!
