But Enough About Me: How a Small-Town Girl Went from Shag Carpet to the Red Carpet
Jancee Dunn
Harper Paperbacks
5 of 5
Words: Aubrey Bramble

Surely you remember Jancee Dunn from the early days of MTV2, back when it was simply called M2. She was the quirky, oftentimes flubbing-her-words, veejay with the dark hair and twisted grin. I don't know about you, but I loved her. She was real, unmodel-y (in a good way), and not afraid of sarcasm. Sure beats the present day cadets like Vanessa Minnillo.

In addition to her stint on M2, Dunn has been a writer for Rolling Stone for over a decade, with cover stories on Brad Pitt and Madonna under her belt. She has also written a sex column for GQ, appeared as a correspondent on Good Morning, America!, and contributed to Vogue, O: The Oprah Magazine, and the New York Times. Pretty fancy.

Anyways, she wrote a book. One part memoir, two parts advice for music journalists, But Enough About Me is surprisingly funny, touching, and a breeze to digest from cover-to-cover. Whether she's giving you advice on how to decline an offer of heroin from a highly sedated rock star, or describing in detail her love of "white foods," Jancee's writing is just like getting a note passed to you from your best friend in seventh grade geometry: conspiratorial and juicy.

The real-life stories were great; the voyeur in me can't get enough of catching that minute glimpse of another's daily adventures and this volume is chock full of telling tidbits. The real-life advice is better. As bona fide journalist bearing the Rolling Stone stamp of approval, Jancee gets the inside track; her tidbits about Dolly Parton, Kim Deal, Scott Weiland, Christina Aguilera, and others are better and more scandalous/endearing than anything Perez Hilton could construct.

You don't need to force yourself to read a chapter or two every night, nor should you expect this book to last you more than a week. It goes down quickly and with ease, just like a nice hot toddy on a cold winter night.