With sass and snark, we are treated to the communications and experiences of a third grade classroom mother and her ongoing obligations. Third grade is tough, not only for the kids and teachers. The kids are "not as cute" any more and participating in their classroom activities and field trips, etc are not as fresh for the parents. Jen Dixon tries to liven things up.
There is a new mother in town, who must get used to Jen's ways of communicating, Jen's husband is trying to scale up his sports business, and Jen discovers the life-changing effects of spinning!

Laugh your way through the trials of third grade, and creating a fifth grade safety patrol system when the school crossing guard retires. Jen has the added discomfort of watching her older daughters act in ways similar to her own wild youth, and now she knows some of what she put her own mother through.

She’s baaaaccckk! Jen Dixon, the witty, sarcastic mom of Class Mom, is back for another year of school and the funniest newsletters ever! I only wish I had met a mom like her when my kids were in school. I would have been her best friend. Her newsletters are hilarious. The whole book is hilarious, just like the last one. Of course, she has some different issues this go-round. She has been put in charge of the fifth grade crosswalk safety group. (Wouldn’t we all say oh yay?) Max is hanging around with a kid who brings delightful little trinkets to school. Her daughters are more silent about what’s going on in their respective lives. Something is up with her parents and her husband wants to franchise the company. It all adds up to plenty of laughs and a lot of good fun.

If you are looking for total escapism, this is the book for you. If you haven’t read the first book, Class Mom, you really need to. You are going to laugh and see yourself in a lot of it. If you cannot laugh at yourself in mother mode, you are going to lose it. I look forward to more in the series. Please Laurie Gelman?

The review is my opinion and I thank Netgalley and Henry Holt for a copy of this delightful book.

From the minute I finished Class Mom, I was dying for more. Luckily, Laurie Gelman gifted us with this second gem.

If you don’t know the Class Mom world (you’re really missing out), it follows Jen Dixon through a school year as class mom for her son Max’s class. If you’re not a mom or a teacher, this might sound really boring to you. I promise you, it’s not! Jen is hilarious and I live for the letters she sends to her fellow parents. She’s zany, straightforward, and maybe a little bit inappropriate at times.

I have no idea if this is the last we’ll see of Jen Dixon, but I sure hope it isn’t.

I cannot tell you how excited I was to learn that Laurie Gelman, author of the absolutely hilarious book Class Mom was writing a sequel! If you have or had elementary aged children, you will most definitely relate to the funny situations and amusing characters which Gelman has introduced to the reader.

In the latest book, Jen Dixon our snarky entertaining hero from Class Mom reluctantly becomes the room parent for her son Max's third grade class. Although many of the parents/children have returned, Gelman introduces us to even more new quirky parents.

With her best friend having moved away, Jen must also deal with a new PTA President she can't quite figure out as well as reluctantly volunteering as the new safety guard coordinator.

Meanwhile back at the home...Jen is dealing with a mouthy Max, a husband who is never home anymore, a mother who has just finished Chemo for breast cancer and a daughter who is...following a band around Europe...sound familiar?

Gelman knows just how to deal with serious issues with a light hearted spin never detracting from the importance of the subject.

And spin she does...when a new couple they meet takes them on one heck of a ride!

You can't help but love Jen Dixon! My hope is there will be a sequel to the sequel and Max will never grow up!

Laurie Gelman has another winner with You've Been Volunteered.

Thank you #NetGalley #HenryHoltandCo #LaurieGelman #You'veBeenVolunteered for the advanced copy. You've Been Volunteered is out today.

Special thanks to Netgalley and Henry Holt & Company for an e-Advanced Reader’s Copy of the book. Receiving You've Been Volunteered did not affect my review or rating.

You’ve Been Volunteered is a continuation of Laurie Gelman’s first book, Class Mom which I immediately fell in love with back in 2017. And you wouldn't believe, the joy I felt when I discovered, we'd be graced with a second book in the hilarious debauchery of Jen Dixon's life.

If you haven’t yet, please check out Class Mom! In a nutshell, the book might just be the most hilarious mom fiction (is that even a genre?) you’ve ever read! And Jen Dixon is definitely one of my fictional best friends.

Now, if you want sassy wit, tons of humor with a dash of everything is not what it seems, then You’ve Been Volunteered is the Women’s Fiction or what some may call Chick-lit for you.
Being Class Mom is never an easy job. Couple that with being in charge of Safety Patrol for the entire school and you’ve got two full-time jobs on your hands. Reuniting with Jen Dixon’s particular dose of humor, her supportive businessman of a husband, and her three kids as well as her parents, felt like a warm bookish family reunion. Not to mention her best friend, and the onslaught of opinionated parents (mostly moms) of the kids in her son, Max’s third-grade class.

You’ve Been Volunteered is a great light read, with an easy-going plot and characters that will make you want to jump on the next flight to Kansas City (setting of the story by the way). I enjoyed Laurie Gelman’s well-timed pacing, great setting descriptors, and character-driven plot. Specifically, the character development of a few side characters, one particularly (no spoilers) who started off as a possible villain in the story but quickly became one of my favorites.

What I loved and appreciated most, was a side character named Mitch. And because (if you can’t tell) I’m a firm believer in no spoilers, I won’t go into details of Mitch's background but will say that too many of our veterans return home and end up on our streets. And that I might have teared up a bit reading his background story.

Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed this book and I’m secretly hoping there’s a third one coming our way soon.

I recommend this to lovers of mommy Chick-lit, and looking for a fun light-read that will probably leave you with a smile on your face when you're finished.

There is nothing a mom wants to read more over summer break than a book about the exploits of children and the crazy that is class parents. HA! I love Jen Dixon – I like to think that there is a little of her in all of us that volunteer too much and wonder what is going on in the heads of other parents in our kids’ classes or in their homes to explain their kids’ behavior. Just like CLASS MOM, YOU’VE BEEN VOLUNTEERED by Laurie Gelman has humor, touching moments, and the kind of crazy relatability that no one wants to admit to. It will read fast, make you smile, and make you sure that you don’t bring your phone to Vegas. I really enjoyed reading it and hope there is a follow up to see what happens when Max gets in the 4th grade since we know that Jen, like many of us, just can’t say no in a way that people hear!

Thank you to Henry Holt & Company and NetGalley for the advanced copy of this novel. All opinions are my own.

You're Been Volunteered is another hilarious tale of motherhood and being a PTA class mom. Jen Dixon's son, Max is now in the third grade and Jen has been coerced into the job once again by her best friend, Nina. Jen's husband, Ron is researching opening a franchise of yoga studios to accompany his sporting goods store, and requires Jen to be on a tight budget, only purchasing store brand items and cutting back on her coffee habit. Laura, Jen's middle daughter, is traveling Europe with her boyfriend's band and Vivs, her oldest, is in town working at Jenny Craig and acting strangely moody while avoiding her mother. Wrapped up with Jen's snarky emails to parents, all of this leads to laugh out loud situations.

I loved Class Mom, the first in this series, so I was excited to hear about a sequel. This one did not disappoint. It was just as humorous and creative. Jen is lovable and thinks quickly on her feet with a great comeback or two. Pick this up to brighten your day for a light, funny, easy read.

I received an advance copy. All opinions are honest and my own.

It’s like Laurie Gelman is in my head. I’ve been Class Mom. I’ve been voluntold to do something. I’ve written ALL the emails. The wit and sass that go into Jen’s…it could be me. IF I wrote everything I wanted to write. Remove my filter and I am Jen Dixon. And I love every bit of it. I even read a few emails from the book to my husband and he agreed. What can I say?

For every parent that has been class mom, knows a class mom, or has been suckered into something, this one’s for you. You will understand and laugh at Jen’s attitude in the books, her sassy emails to the parents, and of course, the responses back. In the middle of all that, you’ll see Jen’s relationship with her kids, her husband and you’ll learn that you really don’t know someone else’s struggles. And still end up laughing.

You’ve Been Volunteered is a Class Mom novel, but you don’t have to read Class Mom first. It would technically help you understand certain attitudes, relationships, and some of the things Gelman mentions in the story, but hey, if you don’t want to put in the work, you’ll get by. She provides a tiny review for the new (slacker?) reader.

Pick up this one and enjoy. You will not regret it.

I received an advanced copy of this book, all opinions are my own.

Class Mom Jen Dixon is back. After taking a break from being class mom, Jen has decided that for Max’s third grade year, she can bring all the sassy, funny snark back to the class emails. And though her life is more complicated this time, with her mother having some health issues, her adult daughters being less transparent about their lives and relationships, and her best friend moving away (and taking Jen’s favorite personal trainer with her), Jen is still up for the challenge of leading the third grade class to greater heights.

Then she gets volunteered. The new head of the PTA is setting up a new system for the school’s safety patrol. Now it is up to Jen to organize the older students and their parents to make sure that both the morning and afternoon drop-off times are covered. The stakes are high, as the kids’ safety is important, and Jen wants to make sure everyone is safe out there and that the new program is a big success. But this is a bigger school project than she’s ever taken on before.

And while she’s taken on being class mom, and working on this new safety program, and trying to support her husband as he puts in longer hours and insists the family clip coupons to save money in order to expand the business, and trying to figure out just what it is her adult daughters are keeping from her, and keeping in touch with her bff who moved away, and wondering if her and her husband’s new friends are investors or possibly swingers, Jen has her hands very full just getting herself and her family through each week.

But the thing about Jen Dixon: she never gives up. And everything is an adventure.

Laurie Gelman is back with one of my favorite fictional characters in You’ve Been Volunteered. The follow-up to 2017’s Class Mom, You’ve Been Volunteered is another rollicking, rib-tickling, roller coaster of a delight, and I wish I could just go around and hand out copies of this novel to friends, family, coworkers, and complete strangers. I loved it that much. So much fun!

Galleys for You’ve Been Volunteered were provided by Henry Holt & Company through NetGalley, with many thanks.

Jen's youngest, Max, has matriculated to the third grade and once again, Jen has been roped into being class mom. With her best friend out as PTA president, Jen has to break in a new president and gets volunteered into more responsibilities. Equally as funny and irreverent as the first book, this follow up adds even more of the personal lives of Jen, her family, and friends. I loved how Ms. Gelman was able to address some serious situations with respect and humor. This is easily a must read for anyone in the sandwich generation!

Every parent has been there. You get "volunteered" by one of your well meaning friends, and the next thing you know you are in charge of every project even remotely related.

So it goes with Jenn Dixon. She's the class mom for her son's third grade class. Somehow, she finds herself being put in charge of the safety patrols for the school and raising funds for the safety patrols to buy new vests and signs.

This would be enough to overwhelm anyone, but that is not where it stops.

Jenn's husband is searching for financing to franchise his yoga studio business. This requires long hours and deep cutbacks in their personal finances to save enough money to make the dream a reality. Her oldest daughter has a secret that is making her grumpy, and her youngest daughter is touring Europe with a band.

In the midst of all the craziness that her life has become, Jenn maintains her sense of humor and learns to laugh at herself and her situation while growing into new friendships and experiences that widen her horizons and make her a better person.

I was so excited to see there was a follow up to Class Mom. Anyone who has ever been a parent of a school age child can relate to Jen’s experiences and we all wish we could get away with being as sarcastic and silly as Jen is when she is dealing with her son’s school or other parents. This book is charming, delightfully entertaining and every bit as enjoyable as Class Mom.

You've been Volunteered is the second book in Laurie Gelman's Class Mom Series and it did not disappoint. What I enjoyed most about this book is that it was an easy breezy read with content that I could relate to. Jen Dixon is back again, and this time she is the class mom for her son's third grade class. Jen will make you chuckle once again with her interactions with the other parents. Her emails to the class are vibrantly straight forward and hilariously rude! While she is attempting to coordinate volunteers for the school's safety patrol, she is also dealing with her older daughters and her aging parents. Readers will get a kick out of all the maneuvering that occurs just to get out of volunteering. Jen Dixon is a witty and lovable character that us moms can most definitely identify with. Gelman delivers a sassy and charming story that was a delight to read.

I received an advance copy of this book from Henry Holt & Company via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

I enjoyed Gelman's first book, Class Mom, and found this sequel to be very similar in style and content. For anyone who has ever volunteered to be a class mom or a PTO volunteer, the humor in this book will hit close to home. It is definitely a book that I can relate to after several years of experience in the crazy world of elementary school parenting!

As far as this sequel goes, I found it to be humorous and light and easy to read, much like its predecessor. But it was almost too similar to the first book and in general the plot seemed a bit weak. Jen is back as a third grade room parent, and she is also head of the school's new Safety Patrol program! Between balancing classroom responsibilities as well as multiple issues at home, she has her hands full...but still plenty of snarky e-mails in her bag of tricks!

The witty and sarcastic e-mails remain the star of the book in this one as well as the first! I wish I could just read a whole book with just the e-mails, because they are by far my favorite part of these books!

I was excited to see that this author had written another book, a follow-up to her earlier book, Class Mom. I loved Class Mom and laughed out loud throughout it. You've Been Volunteered was good, but not up to par with Gelman's first book. I would still like to read other books she writes, but this one was just okay for me.

First, I enjoyed this book so much more than the first in the series! I found the first to be culturally insensitive and offensive at times, thankfully this one didn't cross that line.

This is a fun, light read, perfect for a day at the beach. The author's specialty is definitely dialogue, because it had me laughing the whole time I read the book. The story was forgettable, nothing too exciting or meaningful. Just a fun, easy read.

Thank you to Net Galley for the ARC for an honest review.

Oh.....to be back in the world of elementary school and class mom....... that's a big H-E-double hockey sticks no but I'll live vicariously through Jen Dixon. Its always entertaining when the sophomore effort has the exact same tone, snark, and characters from the first with some awesome editions. I can't wait for Max's adventures in 5th grade....and beyond....

LOVED this book. It was a great follow up to the first one. I laughed out loud so many times. My only downside is where is the third book???? Seriously this book was excellent!!!

Jen Dixon from the book "Class Mom" is back on the job. This year she is not only class mom at her son's school, but she is also in charge of the safety patrol. As always, Jen deals with everything with lots of shade and humor. I love reading her snarky emails to the parents, and the tales of her crazy life as a mom and a wife. This is the perfect summer read for when you just need a good laugh!

After thoroughly enjoying the first in this series, "Class Mom", I was excited to learn there was a sequel. The result, for me, did not live up to the original. The story felt a bit forced, and never seemed to focus in on anything in particular. Also lacked the humor of the first.