So fun but also so important!

I really liked the way this memoir made me feel. It felt like I was having an honest conversation and I just couldn´t stop laughing.

I'm Wearing Tunics Now; On Growing Older, Better, and a Hell of a Lot Louder by Wendi Aarons was so much fun and made me happy to continue aging! A delightful book that belongs on every library shelf! I felt so lucky to get a copy for myself! I have shared on my goodreads, bookstagram, and booktok!

I honestly don’t think I’ve ever laughed so hard while listening to a memoir before! I’m Wearing Tunics Now: On Growing Older, Better, and a Hell of a Lot Louder by Wendy Aarons made me bust a gut about a million times! Do you ever finish a book and then say to yourself, “I am the exact target audience for this!” I couldn’t believe how much I related to the author’s experiences. If you’re 30+, the shy, introverted, and awkward type like myself, I’m sure this memoir will really speak to you as well. Aarons absolutely nailed it with her thoughts on motherhood, marriage, fashion, menopause, finding a creative outlet as a SAHM, and making friends as we age. Her sense of humor matches mine completely, and I wish we could be BFFs, for reals. Just a heads-up, the language gets a let foul, sassy, and cheeky. The F-bombs are plentiful! Ha! I also want to mention that this memoir is very politically-charged. If reading about one’s political views makes you uncomfortable, or just simply isn’t your thing, I’d probably skip this one. I just wanted to put that out there. 5/5 hilarious stars for I’m Wearing Tunics Now! It’s out now!

<i>I’m Wearing Tunics Now</i> is Wendi Aarons’ memoir reflecting on being a middle-aged woman. The essays in this memoir had their ups and downs for me; there were some I enjoyed and some I didn’t care for. I think this book will be most enjoyable for 50-something women who enjoy cutting humor.

Many thanks to NetGalley for providing me an audio ARC of this book.

I snort-laughed my way all the way through listening to this gem, narrated by this Texas-based author (and all the glory of her oh-so-not-Texas accent). Since she and I are exactly the same age, it was glorious to giggle and groan at what we women-of-a-certain-age have in common. Lots of comfort and validation in these pages, too. HIGHLY recommend as long as you don't mind a well-placed F-bomb or twenty. (*SNORT*)

I didn't mind this audiobook. I found it was an easy one to listen to, maybe a bit boring at times. I think I would have preferred it as one I could read rather than listen to as I might have gotten more out of it. I liked the narration, it was well done and a decent story, but not the most exciting book I've read or listened to. If you love audiobooks definitely give this one a try, if you're like me and prefer the written version in most cases, I would recommend that for this book. Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for giving me the chance to check out this audiobook!

A witty, reflective walk through some of the struggles of being a woman at various stages of life. Snort-out-loud funny at times, I found the narrator’s quandaries and inner debates very relatable. A great, entertaining romp for any woman whose heard the dreaded “ma’am” and thought, “well, sugar.”

This memoir felt like a big cozy hug from a gal pal I hadn't seen in years. Wendi Aarons brings wit and self-effacing charm to tales of a stay-at-home-mom who feels like a fish out of water. While I'm not a mom myself, I definitely connected to the throughline in her storytelling about managing to feel "other" while also not being a marginalized minority due to social ineptitude and weird cultural norms. I loved how she tackles topics like menopause, sexism in the workplace and mean girl culture in mom circles. Some of my favorite anecdotes were from her halcyon days at early aughts blog conferences - I worked in the PR industry and blogged as a side gig in that era and remember what a fever dream it was.

Thank you to Net Galley for the opportunity to review this audio ARC!

Audiobook format was probably best for this style of memoir. I can appreciate any woman's acceptance of middle age in our patriarchal America, but for those who try to avoid any weight/diet/body shaming, this isn't for you.

Audiobook ARC from publisher via NetGalley, but the opinions are my own.

A friend of mine sent our group chat the McSweeney’s link to the the title essay, and I died laughing. Upon my resurrection, I immediately hopped on NetGalley and was able to get an audiobook - woohoo! This is a perfect, funny, snarky, hilarious series of essays about being a middle aged lady that had some lovey poignant moments about friendship and building community, but it mostly just made me cackle out loud so many times.

This book is like Aarons wrote a love-letter to those of us who suddenly find ourselves in a Chico’s (CHICO’S FFS) buying a sensible sequin-covered dress to wear to our husband’s boring work holiday party and feeling like a real dummy for not just going there first.

I absolutely loved this book and highly recommend it on audio (especially because it’s read by the author)!

What does it mean to love yourself at 30, 40, and 50?

This book explores one woman's journey as she moves from sobbing on her 30th birthday to feeling free and loved on her 50th. As a woman in her early 30's it refreshing to hear stories that reframe the narrative of middle age. I struggle with feelings of "your best years are behind you" and "did I miss my chance to accomplish things?" This book gave me hope that maybe there is still a lot of time.

Also its funny, insightful and poignant. The author feels both like a loving aunt who is being honest and the much older friend you sometimes end up meeting but can't live without.

A must read for any woman entering middle age or for anyone who just wants to hear that it will all be okay.

Audiobook is read by the author and she does an excellent job.

I saw this title and that Jenny Lawson recommends this book, so I felt lucky to listen to the audio narrated by the author. Honestly, I didn't realize who she was until "the letter" and then (lightbulb) a-ha.

She has the snark and the cursing ability that indicates we would totally hang out if she knew who I was. LOL. I laughed out loud many times. Some parts dragged for me but I'm not a mom, just another invisible Gen X woman coming into my own. I enjoyed so many of my generation's pop culture references, but that might limit the audience.

This book is very funny and very in the Forever-35 vein, but I found the narration of the audiobook really annoying. The author is clearly not trained in voice work and I had trouble staying engaged due to her voice. Would read as a book, not listen to.

Thank you NetGalley and Andrews McMeel Audio, Andrews McMeel Publishing for accepting my request to audibly read and review I'm Wearing Tunics Now.

Author: Wendi Aarons
Narrator: Wendi Aarons
Published: 11/15/22
Genre: Entertainment

Absolute garbage. From the exaggerated performance to different every day scenarios to the unbelievably high opinion Aarons has for herself as well as her self imposed high achievements this is insulting.

Again, blah blah blah -- Not every book is meant for ...., the book is better than the movie ....profanity doesn't bother me, blah blah blah.

Who pitches this? Someone point me please to the psychology of the people who genuinely find value in this. I have held my head up, and fought through trenches of garbage with my NetGalley requests; no more. I have about 300 books on Kindle, 200-300 physical books, and 130 approved on NetGalley; and each one I am interested in. I am not wasting anymore time on trash.

I knew by the 3% mark, this wasn't going to bode well with me, at 20% I was done.

My question to the author: With pride you mentioned your sons (I hope they feel the same towards you.) was F or F-ing their first words?

I usually will give 2 stars as a low; this book is why, one star is generous.

I just couldn't get through this unfortunately. it wasn't for me. thank you netgalley & the publisher for the ARC, in exchange for an honest review.

As a 40 something I definitely related to this book. I have completely changed career paths 18 months ago and I care a lot less about what other people think of me (well those that don't matter anyway) as it really is none of my business.

That being said, the book on the whole was so so, it didn't blow me away despite how much it resonated.

I throughly enjoyed listening to this audiobook narrated by the author about growing older and how challenging it is to be in your 40's and 50's and where you belong (or don't) at this age. Snarky and humorous, I found myself chuckling as I listened along. Some things I related to but many things I have yet to experience as a newly turned 40 year old. I appreciated her attitude of not caring about what society things of individuals this age. A quick listen, I recommend this if you are looking for a fun memoir.

Thank you to Net Galley and Andrews McMeel Audio for the advanced listening copy. All opinions are my own.

I knew nothing about the author before I went in. Yet, I had read her Maxi Pad Letter, just didn't connect the two.

I enjoyed this immensely. I like Aarons' sense of humour. There are lots of truths about being a woman in western society in this book.

Thanks to NetGalley and Andrews McMeel Audio for the audiobook ARC!

I'm Wearing Tunics Now is a funny memoir about aging gracefully. Which is kind of why the botox chapter puzzled me a little bit... But the author is very funny and I enjoyed the rest of the book!

I'm Wearing Tunics Now is the newly released autobiography of humor writer Wendi Aarons. Faced with the frightening prospect of becoming thirty, Aarons breaks down in the car, devastated that her best years are behind her. She continues in this vein until somehow, after turning 50, she comes to terms with the idea that she's now middle-aged.

Wendi Aaron has a good turn of phrase, but she treats her experiences as universal and at the start, presents herself as the woman who can lead us to a new level of self-awareness. I enjoyed it as a memoir but struggled somewhat with the idea of the book as inspiration.

It's true that I am maybe not the target audience, because although many of the stories she told had me nodding in recognition, the "crisis" of turning 30 or 40 must have passed me by. Some of the explanations of switching from analog to digital felt as though she'd changed tone to talk to her grandchildren, who clearly would not notice that she came onto the Internet a decade after many of her peers. That said, a number of the descriptions brought a smile to my face and the fact that she's doing her own audio-interpretation of the book helped to give the feeling of a friend sharing her experiences.

If you are a 50-something ex-suburban mom who is worried about the person you seem to have become, then this book may be exactly the antidote to the expectations and tribulations that 50-something American women have to deal with.

As a memoir, it's full of fun pop references for us, from Carrie to Judy Blume, and an inside view of the heady days of Blog Her. Overall, I enjoyed her reading of her book and the shared laugh at how ludicrous it all is. It only drags when Aarons takes herself too seriously.

Thank you to Netgalley for the opportunity to review her audio ARC.