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**Spoilers** When I first stumbled upon Bitter is the New Black: Confessions of a Condescending, Egomaniacal, Self-Centered Smartass, Or, Why You Should Never Carry A Prada Bag to the Unemployment Office it was once of those moments when a new favorite author enters the arena & a new game begins. It was like she was in my head & that's a twisted thought! I was laughing at loud & telling anyone that would listen that they HAD to read this book. I've loaned my copy of Bitter so many times that I bought another copy to have as a backup. I just discovered that The Tao of Martha was available on audiobook & was narrated by Jen -- I can't wait to check out if Bitter is now available & also narrated by Jen. But, back to the Tao of Martha...
To have another book live up to Bitter is a tall order, but I will always give any Jen Lancaster book a read. I'm not saying this book is a huge disappointment but it wasn't quite what I have come to expect from Jen. After reading the book description, I figured that the adventure in taking on Martha's ways was going to time & time again end in a disaster, but Jen finding her own way to make it her own (like she did when she went nuts ordering on Amazon for her July 4th party) - for me, that is the Jen I've come to laugh with & love. I've never been a huge Martha Stewart fan. I'm not an anti Martha person either, but I admitted a LONG time ago that I was never going to produce or even have the desire to produce anything that Martha Stewart would brand with her stamp of approval. I'm a bit of a perfectionist but when I think of terms of Martha Stewart perfection - my eyes start to cross & I already know that anything I do would never be Martha Stewart quality. I felt like the Jen Lancaster I have come to love through her books would be on the same page with this thought process. I know that seems SO crazy to assume & that's why I wanted to give this book a try even when it became clear that she was not only succeeding on her journey with Martha but was learning life lessons from her. This was a very hard pill for me to choke down.
I think there's something about the Jen in Bitter (and her other books) that can really relate with always having drama & crazy things happening. I can relate with being so poor that my electricity is always on the verge of being "suspended". I was quoting parts from Bitter on facebook & calling friends to read exerts. To this day, I remember parts of Bitter that make me laugh just thinking of them. I just finished Tao today & I have a few things that have stuck in my mind: she loves Jo Malone just like myself, she's an animal lover & experienced a profound loss in losing Maisy (I also just lost a beloved fur family member) & her cancer scare at the end.
This book touched on some very heavy subjects & Jen did it in her way which I loved, but I wasn't prepared for a read that took me into these types of directions. This sort of thing doesn't make the book bad by any stretch, but it seemed like something was a little off.
In Bitter, she would go off in what seemed 5 different directions & somehow it would not only be hilarious but make sense in the end. But, writing about how Martha would do this or that just didn't spike my interest. It seemed a bit stiff (like Martha Stewart has always seemed to me). I suppose my not liking Martha Stewart ranks right up there with her quirk about not liking Abraham Lincoln or Halloween. I also have to add that picking on crafty people shopping at Michael's Craft store didn't really sit too well with me either. I suppose the fact that I tend to roam the isles of a craft store quite regularly (being an art student, quilter, altered journal artist, hand embroidery stitcher & many more -- not to mention I own a few cats...so I seem to fall into the cat lady she's laughing about.
But, in the end everyone should read Jen Lancaster books. She is a hilarious author & extremely talented. I love her style of writing but feel that this book was skimming the surface in most areas besides parts about her animals, especially parts about poor Maisy, & about her Cancer scare at the end. I was left wanting more & that's a weird thing to experience when I come to the end of a book written by Jen Lancaster.


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The Tao of Martha My Year of LIVING; Or Why I'm Never Getting All That Glitter Off of the Dog Jen Lancaster 9780451417633 Books Reviews

I feel like she really tried hard to get this book released on time, but it just feels overly rushed and not as cohesive as some past works of hers. I really relate to her on a lot of levels though and will read anything she puts out, I just feel this one wasn't as deeply felt by her as she was writing. I know she had a lot going on though, so all is forgiven and I will keep an eye out for the next one!
I've read 5 Jen Lancaster books which I enjoyed and thought this would be as funny but I'm very disappointed. I read 54% of the book hoping it would get better but it seemed to get more boring until I quit and moved on to something better by another author. Very, very disappointed in this one! Don't waste your time or money.
I enjoyed that her "tone" seems to be back after her last few books seemed a bit like a struggle.

I also enjoyed that she kept a lot of this material off the internet while she was living it. I think, much like she admits about some aspects of her life she's trying to find her footing as an author. Writing a memoir a year can't be an easy task, and I was sad to read that the one about her volunteering didn't pan out because THAT probably would have been more interesting than hearing about how she stocked up for emergencies and reorganized her closest and pantry.

That being said, it was a good read. Although it didn't have me laughing out loud as much as her other books, because I don't think this one was supposed to be as funny as the others. It's about growth as much as it's about loss and dealing with it. It did have me weeping at one point and it's clear that she did her job as a writer in that regard. I felt something.

I'm not unhappy I read this at all. I think it's well done. But I do think it needs to be said that it's not a hiliarous journey as some of her other books have been.
I'm a huge fan of Jen Lancaster and was thrilled to get her latest book that follows her exploits as she tries to do as Martha Stewart would do. And if you have read her earlier books, you know this is easier said than done. I like Jen because she isn't perfect, she's human and her outcomes are similar to what you would expect from one of her readers. I enjoy reading the glimpses into her life with her husband and her menagerie of pets. I read her first book where she adopted her beloved dog, Maisie, from a shelter and followed along with medical issues Maisie had and was heartbroken when she had to be put out down. I wasn't sure I was going to like Jen in her first book but the love and care she and her husband give their fur kids even when they couldn't afford it, just won me over.
And that is the best quality of her books, the true reality. I doubt that anyone could live up to what Martha Stewart does. But we could probably live up to what Jen tries to do to be Martha.
**Spoilers** When I first stumbled upon Bitter is the New Black Confessions of a Condescending, Egomaniacal, Self-Centered Smartass, Or, Why You Should Never Carry A Prada Bag to the Unemployment Office it was once of those moments when a new favorite author enters the arena & a new game begins. It was like she was in my head & that's a twisted thought! I was laughing at loud & telling anyone that would listen that they HAD to read this book. I've loaned my copy of Bitter so many times that I bought another copy to have as a backup. I just discovered that The Tao of Martha was available on audiobook & was narrated by Jen -- I can't wait to check out if Bitter is now available & also narrated by Jen. But, back to the Tao of Martha...
To have another book live up to Bitter is a tall order, but I will always give any Jen Lancaster book a read. I'm not saying this book is a huge disappointment but it wasn't quite what I have come to expect from Jen. After reading the book description, I figured that the adventure in taking on Martha's ways was going to time & time again end in a disaster, but Jen finding her own way to make it her own (like she did when she went nuts ordering on for her July 4th party) - for me, that is the Jen I've come to laugh with & love. I've never been a huge Martha Stewart fan. I'm not an anti Martha person either, but I admitted a LONG time ago that I was never going to produce or even have the desire to produce anything that Martha Stewart would brand with her stamp of approval. I'm a bit of a perfectionist but when I think of terms of Martha Stewart perfection - my eyes start to cross & I already know that anything I do would never be Martha Stewart quality. I felt like the Jen Lancaster I have come to love through her books would be on the same page with this thought process. I know that seems SO crazy to assume & that's why I wanted to give this book a try even when it became clear that she was not only succeeding on her journey with Martha but was learning life lessons from her. This was a very hard pill for me to choke down.
I think there's something about the Jen in Bitter (and her other books) that can really relate with always having drama & crazy things happening. I can relate with being so poor that my electricity is always on the verge of being "suspended". I was quoting parts from Bitter on facebook & calling friends to read exerts. To this day, I remember parts of Bitter that make me laugh just thinking of them. I just finished Tao today & I have a few things that have stuck in my mind she loves Jo Malone just like myself, she's an animal lover & experienced a profound loss in losing Maisy (I also just lost a beloved fur family member) & her cancer scare at the end.
This book touched on some very heavy subjects & Jen did it in her way which I loved, but I wasn't prepared for a read that took me into these types of directions. This sort of thing doesn't make the book bad by any stretch, but it seemed like something was a little off.
In Bitter, she would go off in what seemed 5 different directions & somehow it would not only be hilarious but make sense in the end. But, writing about how Martha would do this or that just didn't spike my interest. It seemed a bit stiff (like Martha Stewart has always seemed to me). I suppose my not liking Martha Stewart ranks right up there with her quirk about not liking Abraham Lincoln or Halloween. I also have to add that picking on crafty people shopping at Michael's Craft store didn't really sit too well with me either. I suppose the fact that I tend to roam the isles of a craft store quite regularly (being an art student, quilter, altered journal artist, hand embroidery stitcher & many more -- not to mention I own a few cats...so I seem to fall into the cat lady she's laughing about.
But, in the end everyone should read Jen Lancaster books. She is a hilarious author & extremely talented. I love her style of writing but feel that this book was skimming the surface in most areas besides parts about her animals, especially parts about poor Maisy, & about her Cancer scare at the end. I was left wanting more & that's a weird thing to experience when I come to the end of a book written by Jen Lancaster.