Friday, February 08, 2008


A Word From

BeansTalk’s Bookclub

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
by Jen Lancaster

We’ve rarely written about our monthly book club but we are particularly enjoying February’s choice. We hadn’t heard of it when we came across it and was selected.

We especially like how in this non-fiction book, Lancaster lets the reader know “The bitch had it coming. I was that bitch.

We relish the self-awareness.

So this got us thinking about books that could have have written about Lancaster before she had her self epiphany…the titles alone are priceless: