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Bitter is the New Black
Bitter is the New Black: Confessions of a Condescending, Egomaniacal, Self-centered Smart-ass, Or, why You Should Never Carry a Prada Bag to the Unemployment Office : a Memoir | Jen Lancaster
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A hilarious memoir chronicles the adventures and misadventures of a woman whose perfect life, perfect job, and perfect man vanish when she goes from a six-figures career to unemployment. Original.
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Octoberwoman
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I‘m posting one book a day from my massive collection. No description, no reason for why I want to read it (some I‘ve had so long I don‘t even remember why!). Feel free to join in!

#ABookADay2024

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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
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#Newinthetitle
#AuldLangReads

Will I ever read this?! Who knows?! 🖤🖤🖤

CocoReads It was funny in parts and annoying in others but I kind of enjoyed it. 5y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @CocoReads I‘ve got soooo many to read!! I don‘t know when I can get to it!! 🤦🏼‍♀️ 5y
CocoReads @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I feel your pain! I‘ve got 4 actively going right now and hardly any time to sit down and do it. I am off today and tomorrow bc my youngest had her wisdom teeth out this morning so I‘m hoping to make a dent! 5y
OriginalCyn620 🤣🤣🤣 5y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @CocoReads I fell asleep 😴 5y
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
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OriginalCyn620 🖤🖤🖤 5y
BittersweetBooks I love Jen Lancaster...always has me 🤣🤣🤣 5y
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Jennick2004
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Aaahhh awful! I finished it because my OCD tendencies do not allow me to DNF 😭 But it was BAD.

MaleficentBookDragon I had to bail on this one. It was horrible. 6y
Jennick2004 @MaleficentBookDragon I hated it. I wish I would have stopped early on...but 150 pages in I just had to finish or I‘d have wasted 150 pages 🤣🤷‍♀️ 6y
MaleficentBookDragon @Jennick2004 usually when I want to bail I go ahead and read the last 2 or 3 chapters to see how it ends. But, I hated this one so much I couldn't even do that. 6y
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Jennick2004
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I‘m about halfway through this one and wow...talk about first-world problems. I don‘t think I‘m feeling it!

allureofbeauty I DNF‘d it 6y
Jennick2004 @allureofbeauty I can def see why! 6y
allureofbeauty @Jennick2004 and it turned me off trying to read her again too. I just didn‘t like her attitude really. 6y
Stephaniereads1 I didn‘t either. 6y
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Reviewsbylola Pretty pumpkin! 6y
Leftcoastzen Fun book, I enjoyed it. 6y
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Cinfhen Hi!!!! Great photo 🎃 6y
Cinfhen What‘s new with you??? 6y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Cinfhen I‘m training for another job prn so I‘m excited about that!! What about you? 6y
Cathythoughts Great pic. 6y
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
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I came home to a very sweet and unexpected surprise!!! Tori, I don‘t even know what to say!! This is so generous and sweet of you!! Thank you!! I think I‘m going to start with the tagged book! I need something lighter to read in between our buddy reads! And I LOVE elephants 🐘❤️ The card was perfect 💗 and the wrapping paper!! I love butterflies 🦋!!! thanks again so much!! Love you!! 😘

Kaye Nice ! 6y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Kaye y‘all spoil me!! 💗 6y
Kaye You deserve it 6y
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Kaye 💗😘thank you 6y
vkois88 I'm so glad you like it all!! I tried to pick things you liked, or that I thought you would. You definitely this and loads more ❤❤ Thank you for all you do for all of us Littens. You're the best. Love you! ❤ 6y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @vkois88 I love everything!!! Thank you sooo much!! You‘re the sweetest!! 😘😘 love you too!! 6y
Tanisha_A Love elephants too! 🙌 Beautiful card! 6y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Tanisha_A thank you!!! Have you read Leaving Time by Jodi Picoult? I loved that book? 🐘💗 6y
Tanisha_A @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks No. I haven't read any Jodi Picoult in fact. Maybe I should start with this one. It has something to do with elephants? 6y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Tanisha_A whaaaattttt?!?! 😮😮😮 No Jodi Picoult?!?! Do you live in the US? 6y
Tanisha_A @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 😶 I haven't. Nope, live in India. 6y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Tanisha_A darn it!! International shipping just sucks!! But, try any of her books! They are all so good! Leaving Time is really good and is about elephants!! However, it‘s cool to know I have a friend in India 💗💗😘 (edited) 6y
Tanisha_A @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks SuchASweetheart! 💌 I will definitely start with this one in that case. Plus it's about 🐘 🐘! And yay, friend! ♥ 6y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Tanisha_A yay!!! Let me know what you think!!! 🐘🐘🐘 6y
Tanisha_A @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I will, for sure! 💐 6y
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guinsgirlreads
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Pickpick

Quite an entertaining read, although I did skim through some of the middle because it seemed to be taking me forever. Good lessons involved for people like me though! 😝👛👠🖤👏🏻

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guinsgirlreads
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So true 😂😂 👛

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Hollie
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Jen Lancaster makes a #fashion statement with her bitterness in this snarky tale of her downward spiral into the depths of unemployment. I think "you should never carry a Prada bag to the unemployment office" is solid advice. #septembowie

stephanie_reads I really enjoy all her memoirs!! 7y
Cinfhen Ha! That's solid advice😂 7y
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guinsgirlreads
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I'm like the quote queen 👸🏻 with this book 🤗😂 .. I also heavily enjoy White Russians (and caffeine) 👏🏻

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guinsgirlreads
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I'm currently reading a #marvelousmemoir .. ! #awesomeautumnbooks @Jess7

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guinsgirlreads
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I've probably said something along those lines to some people in my life at one point or more.. 😂😂

JoeStalksBeck Definitely thought this before! 7y
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guinsgirlreads
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Bwahaha 🥂🍻

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This seems like it might be a book full of quotes for me ! 👠 👛

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Kappadeemom One of my favorite books! 7y
mrozzz Hahahahah 👌🏻 7y
guinsgirlreads @Kappadeemom it seems to be pretty fun so far! 7y
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MrBook Niiiiice!!! 😁👍🏻 7y
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britt_brooke
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Pickpick

My bazillionth post of the day (sorry). 🙃

I first read this in 2010, loved it, and read the rest of Jen's cleverly-titled memoirs in rapid succession. I reread this on audio while we moved houses. It was a great distraction while unpacking boxes.

Still enjoyable and I liked the narration. I appreciate how Jen and Fletch (reluctantly) had to take a walk in others' shoes when both were laid off and forced to reevaluate what's important.

RealBooks4ever Hey, no-one needs to apologize for posting in this community!! 💜😁 7y
britt_brooke @RealBooks4ever You are so right, my dear. Thanks! 😘 7y
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britt_brooke
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Listing while unpacking. #reread #audio #overdrive

LauraBeth We need to read her new one! 7y
britt_brooke @LauraBeth I'm reading it on my Kindle now (well, not this minute, but you know what I mean ). 😁 7y
cathysaid I remember some laugh out loud moments with this one 😂 7y
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britt_brooke @cathysaid Me, too! When I first read it, I ended up reading the next four memoirs immediately after. She's funny! 7y
BornReadChicago Fun tidbit, you know the part where she temps in an office in the Sears Tower while the company goes on an offsite meeting and she's freaking out about the emergency supplies? I worked for that company and met her before we went on our offsite 😆 I read her blog, too, for a little while after that. When I read the book, I was like, wait WHAT!? 7y
britt_brooke @BornReadChicago Too funny! I just got to the temping part this afternoon so I'm glad you caught me before that particular story so I can picture you there. 😁😉 7y
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Maggie4483
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I'm so sad to be missing another #24in48! 😭

After the last one, I marked in my calendar to ask off. But then ALL the other weekenders at 2nd job said they needed this weekend off too, so I didn't even bother. But THEN one of them ended up NOT taking off after all! 😡

And to top it all off, this one is motor mouth-so I won't even be able to get any e-reading in. PISSED!

Y'all have fun, though. ❤️

VanChocStrawberry 😭😭😭 7y
Reviewsbylola That's so annoying! 7y
Maggie4483 I'm FURIOUS! She's not even doing anything - just standing around pretending to fold towels while she talks to other employees. Might as well not even be here. 😡😡😡 7y
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LauraBeth
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I weighed myself and I had gained 20 lbs in a week. I was all ??and I start going to the gym, I'm out walking, I say no to the cake, I'm making sure I get all the circles on my Apple Watch. This morning the husband weighed himself and said, "the scale is broken - I did NOT gain 20 lbs in a week." He replaced the batteries and voila - those 20 lbs I gained were gone. This sums up the main difference between him and I.

I'm gonna go eat cake ?

AnnieReads 😂😂 7y
Tcip Hahahahahaha that is amazing! Eat some damn cake and enjoy it! 7y
drbethandherkindle Love it! Cake for every meal! 7y
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tammysue 😂😂😂 7y
valeriegeary Get that cake! 😂😂🎂🍰 7y
monkeygirlsmama 😹🎂 7y
TrishB 😂😂 7y
Laura317 Cake for the win!!! 7y
JulAnna 😂😂 7y
Smangela Omg lol thank goodness you found out the scale was broken 😂😂 7y
LauraBrook Awesome! 😂❤️🍰 7y
LibrarianJen 😂 you definitely deserve cake! 7y
Lmstraubie And I cream. It's summer. You need ice cream. 🍦🍨🍧 7y
My_novel_obsession That's awesome! I wish the batteries in my scale was the problem with my 20 pounds!! 7y
minkyb Too funny. 7y
TNbookworm Enjoy your 🍰 7y
RealBooks4ever 🤣🤣🤣 7y
Bookzombie 😂😂😂 7y
Izai.Amorim That pretty much sums up the male approach to problems: we men first look for the cause outside, and only consider we might be responsible after exploring all other possibilities. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. 😁 7y
LauraBeth @Izai.Amorim exactly! He automatically thought that scale was at fault. I, on the other hand, completely believed that lying son of a bitch scale. 7y
Tcip Hahahaha that scale is always making people do drastic and shitty things. 7y
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MrBook
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#TBRtemptation post 4! This is a humorous memoir about a haughty former sorority woman who went from making a quarter-million a year to being evicted from a ghetto apartment. She considers it a karmic tragedy mixed with a healthy dose of humor. Many reviewers call it great entertainment. See for yourself! 😁 #blameLitsy #blameMrBook 😎

cathysaid This one is laugh-out-loud funny 👍 7y
britt_brooke I've read all of her memoirs and most of her novels. Love Her! PS. She is self-publishing a new book and it comes out in a couple of weeks. She didn't want to do what the editors and publishers told her she should do, so she's doing her own thing herself! 🙌🏻Another memoir full of funny stories. I can't wait!! 7y
Leftcoastzen I thought it was super funny! 7y
MeganAnnabell I have all of her memoirs! I love them. So funny! 7y
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britt_brooke
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JEN LANCASTER FANS: You can now preorder the ebook version (kindle only right now) of her new, self-published memoir for just 6.99! 💃🏼 Book will be released on July 25. Also, check out her FB page for the whole story behind this quick decision and release.

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Kappadeemom Thank you! Just ordered! 7y
britt_brooke @Kappadeemom Yay! 🙌🏻 7y
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LauraBrook 🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼 7y
britt_brooke @LauraBrook I love so much that she's rebelling! 7y
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Cinfhen Niiiiice 😊📚🙌🏻 8y
britt_brooke @Cinfhen Thanks! 😉 8y
kspenmoll Great covers! 8y
britt_brooke @kspenmoll Thanks! 👍🏻 8y
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Pickpick

Jen Lancaster cracks me up. I love her memoirs!!

Fights88 I love Jen Lancaster! This memoir is great!! 8y
britt_brooke @Fights88 She's so funny and ridiculous! Her fiction is decent, too, but I prefer her memoirs. 👍🏻 8y
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