Book Review: But Enough About Me

BUT ENOUGH ABOUT ME: How a Suburban Jersey Girl Got Behind the VelvetRope Through Shameless Flattery, Disturbingly Meticulous Research, and a Few Other Tricks
By Jancee Dunn
Rating – A
Began: April 7, 2006
Finished: April 11, 2006
Genre/Date Published/# Pages – Memoir – June 2006 – 288 pages
Characters: Jancee Dunn, writer for Rolling Stone, former correspondent for Good Morning America, and former veejay for MTV2, her family and friends.
Setting: New Jersey and Manhattan (primarily)
Where Did Book Come From: Bought from eBay
Reason for Reading: Heard about it and it sounded good, found an ARC on eBay for $2.

BRIEF SUMMARY: Jancee Dunn grew up in a middle-class neighborhood, the eldest of three daughters. During her senior year in college she attends a party and meets a woman who is a writer for Rolling Stone magazine and decided to put in her resume. To her great surprise, she is offeredthe job of an editorial assistant and is soon doing interviewsherself. The book is written in alternating chapters – with a chapter of Dunn's clever tips for interviewing a celebrity and the next chapter telling of her early childhood growing up and/or anecdotes of her life interviewing the rich and famous.

MY COMMENTS:I loved this book! While Dunn is from a different generation, being amusic fan, I still was familiar with most of the celebrities she interviewed including Bono, Madonna, Bruce Springsteen, and DollyParton. One of my favorite stories though was how she posed as Ben Affleck's girlfriend shortly after his breakup with Jennifer Lopez, just to "prove a point" about the paparazzi and then was seen in thetabloids as the "mystery woman". After not being able to finish a book in either February or March, I was thrilled to essentially read this book in two days. Whether it was the subject matter, Dunn's easy-going style, or my mood, I am thankful for it and perhaps now I will be able to get into the reading mode again.