My Fair Lazy: One Reality Television Addict's Attempt to Discover If Not…

As with all of Jen's books, it's an amusing collection of the author's own experiences. This time they center around her concern over the vast amount of reality television she has been watching since she turned her life around (after losing her dot.com job, as she chronicled in Bitter is the New Black) and the fact that she has become "dumbed down"-or perhaps just stayed dumber than she should be for a person at her stage in life. She is inspired, about halfway through the book, to improve herself culturally in order to be prepared for an Author's Night she has been invited to that will bring her into close contact with many of her author idols, idols she is afraid she will embarass herself in front of as she is wont to do. The book tells of her attempts--some successful, others not so much--to improve herself by reading classics, watching opera and theater, learning about wines and cheeses, and eating international cuisines. She draws a parallel throughout the book between her experience and Eliza Doolittle's--hence the title, a play on words of the title of Alan Jay Lerner's famous musical. It is interesting to see the changes in Ms. Lancaster not only within the confines of the book, but also from her first book through this, her fifth. ( )

It pains me to rate this two stars, it really does. For me, though, it really was just ok. ( )

Made the drive to Indianapolis and back go super quick! Also, I'm now dying to eat at Moto in Chicago. ( )

Count me in as a fan of Jen Lancaster. This book was a loan from my SIL, now I'm on a mission to find my own copy as well as the rest of Lancaster's books.

Snarky, culturally spot-on, and very very funny. ( )

http://girlsjustreading.blogspot.com/2012/04/julies-review-my-fair-lazy.html ( )