Even before my love of reading was reinvigorated I had one starred book release for 2024 noted — One in a Millennial. Obviously I was dying to dive into the book from the person behind the only podcast I regularly listen to these days, Be There in Five! The book focuses on pop culture with a focus on 1990s, 2000s and present day – so I decided this long-form blog post with photos, links and lots of info was a must do.
The Book
I came in excited for this one already in looking at the book alone. The cover featured a mix CD in Kate’s writing. These were my fave to do back in the day! The book is obviously pink (I forgot the Pantone color of the year for 2016 was none other than Millennial Pink!) and includes the author’s doodles on the inside front and back jacket.
I hated to be coming into an event on January 24th, only one day after the book came out, without reading it beforehand. I ended up coming close though, listening to it on Audible before I got my hard copy at the signing. Kate says it’s not a “memoir” — but in so many ways it totally is, though not through the more standard approach to chronologically going through her life. Instead it is a set of essays that are true to the time, but inherently very personal from her perspective. They touch on so many of the little things that were so important to life during that time. I am not a true Millennial but would say I’m a Xennial, especially after reading through this book and identifying with so many things I’d forgotten about that make up so much of my earlier life experiences.
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