I Regret Nothing

A Memoir

De: Jen Lancaster

Narrado por: Jen Lancaster

The New York Times best seller.

New York Times best-selling author Jen Lancaster has lived a life based on re-invention and self-improvement. From Bitter Is the New Black to The Tao of Martha, she’s managed to document her (and her generation’s) attempts to shape up, grow up, and have it all - sometimes with disastrous results...

Sure Jen has made mistakes. She spent all her money from a high-paying job on shoes, clothes, and spa treatments. She then carried a Prada bag to the unemployment office. She wrote a whole memoir about dieting...but didn’t lose weight. She embarked on a quest for cultural enlightenment that only cemented her love for John Hughes movies and Kraft American Singles. She tried to embrace everything Martha Stewart, while living with a menagerie of rescue cats and dogs. (Glitter...everywhere).

Mistakes are one thing; regrets are another.

After a girls’ weekend in Savannah makes her realize that she is - yikes! - middle-aged (binge watching is so the new binge drinking), Jen decides to make a bucket list and seize the day, even if that means having her tattoo removed at one hundred times the cost of putting it on.

From attempting a juice cleanse to studying Italian, from learning to ride a bike to starting a new business, and from sampling pasta in Rome to training for a 5K, Jen is turning a mid-life crisis into a mid-life opportunity, sharing her sometimes bumpy - but always hilarious - attempts to better her life...again.

©2015 Jen Lancaster (P)2015 Penguin Audio

Reseñas de la Crítica

One of Popsugar's Best Books of 2015!

"Hilarious.... Lancaster tackles everything from getting a tattoo removed to running a 5K.... No complaints here." (InStyle)

A loooong but funny story!

This was my first introduction to this author. While in the end I enjoyed the book, it took me some time to warm up to it and finish the book. The author during most times would go into explicit details about events which made the story longer than it needed to be. However, there were times when those details were so spot on, you could almost smell/taste it.

I would recommend this book for those looking for a good book to listen to while multitasking.

Everything you've come to expect from Jen!

What did you love best about I Regret Nothing?

I'm a huge Jen Lancaster fan, and "I Regret Nothing" did not disappoint. The first two memoirs will always be my favorite, but "I Regret Nothing" is probably third.

What about Jen Lancaster’s performance did you like?

There were a few points in the story where it stopped sounding like Jen reading her book to me, and started sounding like Jen telling me a story over coffee.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Not really. It's pretty easy to walk away from for a few days and come back to. But it's definitely a book you'll want to finish.

Any additional comments?

I really, really wanted more of those moments where I felt like Jen was telling me a story instead of reading me a book. This is the first time I've listened to one of Jen's books, and I'll probably read hard copies from here on out for that reason. But overall, this book did not disappoint, and had me laughing out loud a few times.

Good, not the best

I love Jen's other memoirs. I would put this one way above Jeneration X. I have really loved all of her other memoirs, so I guess I'm only disappointed because it didn't live up to those. I still enjoyed it, and finished it in two days. She says "sidebar" way too much in this book. At first, I thought it was just going to be in the opening chapter, but it was constant sidebaring through the entire book.

I love Jen Lancaster

What made the experience of listening to I Regret Nothing the most enjoyable?

I love her humor. I just love how after all the books we feel so connected with her, her husband, and all her animals.

What did you like best about this story?

She really showed a different side of herself while discussing her facebook critics. Jen is someone I've always thought of as a bad ass. I was heartbroken for her when some lady was rude to her.

Have you listened to any of Jen Lancaster’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

Like I said, it shows the down side of fame. I have listened to every one of Jen's books. This was really the first one she showed some of the down sides of being a writer.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

I loved the whole book. It's hard to read any of her books and not enjoy them.

Any additional comments?

With fame, always comes assholes Jen. We love you, and will always read anything you write. You deserve everything you have, and worked like a demon to get it. Never let horrible people take that away from you even for a second! I like you, lost everything in the 2008 bust, and have clawed up from nothing to better than I was (at least mentally) to where I am now. Head up, you're awesome, and you know it. :)

I love Jen

Whether you love or hate her politics, you have to love Jen Lancaster's honesty and wit. I cannot think of a better way to spend my commute time.

More dogs, less food, please.

Jen Lancaster is one of my favorite authors. I love her stories about her crazy pets, especially her dogs, and hilarious & heartwarming stories about what it’s like in her loving fur baby filled family. I love her stories about her conversations and arguments with her husband Fletch who is also quite funny. (their online IG Hallmark Christmas movie reviews last year were hilarious!) I also enjoy hearing her conversations with friends and strangers alike, and how her mind works when sizing people up. She used to be openly judgmental which was honest and funny but in today’s world that kind of humor is being cancelled and it’s terrible in my opinion. Must make it really challenging not just for comedians but for authors who say it like it is. I loved her first several memoirs the most, especially “Such a Pretty Fat” & “Bitter is the New Black” as they are so relatable.

I think this is the 5th or 6th memoir I’ve by Jen and sadly “I Regret Nothing” is my least favorite along with the everything Martha book. I still found it enjoyable especially as now her books are available on Audible with her reading her own work which I love. I am really hoping this is the only 3 star review I’ll ever give to one of her books. I can’t wait to read “Stories I’d Tell in Bars”.

Something about this book just didn’t have me racing to finish it. I think “that something” is the lack of what I listed above that I love about Jen’s memoirs. I especially found this most true once I got into the Italy vacation chapters. I’m not much of a foodie so the detailed descriptions of foods in Italy were boring to me. However I loved her interactions with the Frat boy in the sunglasses shop & the needy idiot in her Italian class.
I don’t know much about furniture restoration and though I’m glad she found a hobby she loves, I didn’t much care to hear about it. I never got a tattoo but have heard many a story of tattoo regret so I understand but can’t much relate to that mindset, but learned how expensive “No REGERTS” is to erase! (Misspelling is deliberate here). I never understood the Martha obsession and don’t call anyone my queen so I was kinda glad Jen got to see her true colors in this book after the last one praised her relentlessly. Not because it hurt her but simply in hopes to not hear anymore mention of “her Queen” in future books. Road trips are relatable and her disastrous journey with the gals was probably my favorite part, but nothing made me really laugh.

Bucket lists and crossing things off lists are both relatable things and therefore the premise of this book and it’s title were very appealing, and of course written & read by Jen Lancaster. I think I expected some more scandalous material with the title & cover art. Silly of me judging a book by its cover. I’m just glad she wrapped things up with coming home to the dogs.

Everything I Thought “Jen Reading Jen” Would Be

Have been a fan of Jen’s storytelling for years. Hearing her voice telling her story was the real, compelling deal I needed from this audiobook experience.

Funny

An interesting take on life. From taking Italian to learning how to cope, regrets isn't something we should live with.

Totally relateable

I devoured several of her books one after the other a few years ago and found her delightfully funny and sarcastic. This book was definitely not a disappointment. She is totally relatable. Even as an elder millennial I cackle laugh at her way of observing things. I like her stream of consciousness way of writing. When I read your book without audio it’s like I could hear your voice and when I heard you read this I was like yep that’s exactly the way I remember it. I also love that from “Bitter” to “Regret” your personal growth is amazing. From an overweight 34 year old Elder millennial, you speak to my hear and inspire me. Now I need to catch up and read the other books I missed.

Humorous memoir

Nothing earth shattering here but typical of Jen Lancaster’s books-full of a slice of her life that is real situations as seen through the eye of a humorous. It feels like your best friend is traveling with you telling you stories that make you laugh. It’s like comfort food reading in between novels that wrought emotions or are terrible. This is like a fun vacation that helps you see your own situations differently and with humor. I really like this author. She’s just a cool chick. And it was fun to have her along as the narrator.