• I Regret Nothing

  • A Memoir
  • By: Jen Lancaster
  • Narrated by: Jen Lancaster
  • Length: 9 hrs and 50 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (410 ratings)

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I Regret Nothing

By: Jen Lancaster
Narrated by: Jen Lancaster
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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

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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)

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The Smug Is Strong With This One

I listened to this twice, and maybe that was my mistake. I enjoyed it the first time, but the second time there were things about it that weren't satisfying. Jen's matured a lot, and her writing has gotten a bit stuffy and formal. Or maybe that's just the over-enunciating/stuffy way she reads it. She learns lots of lessons about herself and is so damn pleased about it, that after awhile I found myself rolling my eyes and getting twitchy. She has FINALLY stumbled upon the key to her losing weight, but decides that sharing the details of it aren't appropriate for a "funny memoir" - NO! I want to know! There's just a whole lot of smug judging that made me feel less and less that Jen's someone I'd want to hang out with (the way I USED to feel$. Couple that with snooze-worthy stories, stilted dialogue, and constant apologizing any time she has an opinion that might be the slightest bit controversial and it's a wash. The only thing I regret is going back for the second reading!

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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.

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narration needs a little work

Would you listen to I Regret Nothing again? Why?

It was super funny and I could relate!

What did you like best about this story?

Had me laughing from the begining

Would you listen to another book narrated by Jen Lancaster?

Maybe.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

I laughed out loud the whole time!

Any additional comments?

I had to get used to her narration style. Otherwise was a great listen!!

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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. :)

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Jen's sarcasm and wit is back

I Regret Nothing is a return to the Jen Lancaster of the Bitter days in some respects...her humor and sarcasm is back as well as a few (well deserved) snarky rants directed at the self proclaimed righteous police of social media. She's stepping forward with a bit of the introspection from Such a Pretty Fat and growing up and moving outward. One of the things I love about Jen's books is her ability to touch base with our generation of women from a specific set of reference points most of us are going through - millennials and our Mothers don't relate so well because Jen's experiences aren't theirs. And that's ok...they have their own voices to reflect their coming of age trajectories, we have Jen and Fletcher.

Her recap of the basement flood had me laughing out loud in my car, eliciting a stare from the barista at the Starbucks drive through window. And I admit, I looked up three wheel bikes online which in turn set off a string of laughter punctuated by curse laden threats from my own husband. I'll stick to walking the dogs through our neighborhood with my audio books thanks and planning our next overseas trip that does not involve backpacking...because it's ok to say "that doesn't work for me". Thanks Jen

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Whiney stories with a whiney voice.

What disappointed you about I Regret Nothing?

By the time I was coming to the end of this book, I could not wait to be done. Her stories are mostly about complaining about other people's behavior. Not to their faces, mind you. She waits till they're gone then complains to anyone who has the misfortune of standing around her, or her very put upon husband, who has no choice but to go with the flow as she is the bread winner, and most definitely drive the bus in their relationship. Most of the book plods through her life where she very clearly sees herself as the star, and center of attention of all those around her. Narcissism much?

Would you ever listen to anything by Jen Lancaster again?

Probably not, I found her narrating her own book over the top, and tiring.

How did the narrator detract from the book?

She buys way too heavily in to her own humor, and thinks her stories are much more interesting and funny than they are.

If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from I Regret Nothing?

A lot of her trip overseas. She fancies herself quite the upper class, well traveled, "famous" author.

Any additional comments?

Jen Lancaster has a very terse, mean spirited sense of humor where it feels she is looking down her nose at everyone else. No one else can quite match her self felt hilarious wit.

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Wise, funny, smart, sweet, honest.

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

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Jen never disappoints!!

As a 45 yr old woman who started an award winning business 6 yrs ago while working full time- I respect all that she has accomplished. I am “team butter” all the way and have visited Italy twice and it always leaves me longing for a better quality of life. This one hit me right in the feels!!!

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Just awful

Just really, really painfully awful amounts of meandering whining… I only made it to chapter two before my ears were bleeding and I thought seriously about chucking my phone out the window to make the horriblenesses stop. If you like story-based, narrative comedy there are about a million other women who do it soooo much better.

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  • 04-22-22

Funny and inspiring

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

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