I Regret Nothing

A Memoir

By: Jen Lancaster

Narrated by: 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

Critic reviews

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.

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.

Loved it!

Another fabulous and funny memoir by Jen! A great listen and well worth the credit.

Wise, funny, smart, sweet, honest.

And also extremely entertaining. I loved listening to I Regret Nothing, and I'm sorry to see it end.

Funny and inspiring

Many laugh out loud moments. The book is relatable, funny, and at times even inspiring and thought provoking.