Recently read the book and loved it, so I‘m hoping to like the adaptation!
Recently read the book and loved it, so I‘m hoping to like the adaptation!
Watching this because I‘m a sucker for punishment…(it‘s not going well) 🤣
Sophisticated 40 y/o Solène enters into a fling with 20 y/o Hayes, member of a world famous boy band, the band Solène‘s teen daughter is obsessed with. The pair face many obstacles, the age difference being only the beginning. Can‘t wait to see the new movie! And I couldn‘t resist including my pic with Nick Carter, who I met at a con last summer. He‘s my all-time fave boy band member! Well, now he‘s second to HS. ?
This book just left me indifferent…It was too predictable, too dramatic, too meh.
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37% in and I don‘t see this going anywhere…Someone tell me this gets better 😐
Oh, I don‘t know, I think I‘m too old to make it make sense for a 40-yo mother of a 14-yo to start a thing with the 20-yo star of the British boy-band her daughter fawns over. Honestly I didn‘t seem as though Solene was having real world fun - I mean outside great sex, then talking to her boy-toy about said great sex. I‘m am though intrigued to see Anne Hathaway take on the role in the adaptation of this story..
Fun read but I found it hard to believe with the age difference and the boy band popularity! Lots of explicit sex too!
#TitlesAndTunes #SexDrugsAndRockAndRoll
Very readable, enjoyable fantasy about a sophisticated older woman & a spectacularly beautiful, immensely charming, unbelievably mature 20 year old leader of a world famous boy band. The woman & the descriptions of fame were all very convincing but, delightful though the character was, the boy was just too good to be true. There was masses of (oddly unerotic) sex, some drugs, but not what I call rocknroll.
#TitlesAndTunes #SexDrugsAndRockAndRoll
The song was easy this time - Life In The Fast Lane covers all 3 components. I‘ve gone for the Party Boys version because it‘s rockier and it‘s Joe Walsh on lead vocals (clock him in the cork hat 🤣) I wanted to choose novel rather than a classic rock bio or a rock critic type book, and this one sounds like it fits. Thanks to @Books_et_al for putting it on my radar at just the right time.
This week at work is really doing my head in! Bring on the long weekend!!!
This book was perfect for the sort of week I‘ve been having - fun, spicy and very readable. 😊
It took an age for the hold to come into the library, so long I can‘t now remember who recommended it - if it was you - thankyou! 😊
#52books23 #contemporarysetting
This was surprisingly good and I don‘t really like romances. A 40 year old divorcee has an affair with the 20 yr old lead singer of a world famous boy band. It sounds sordid but the characters are relatable and it‘s really romantic till you get sucked into his world of fame and fans. It‘s got an interesting plot too with Devil wears Prada vibes. Very readable.
This was surprisingly good and I don‘t really like romances. A 40 year old divorcee has an affair with the 20 yr old lead singer of a world famous boy band. It sounds sordid but the characters are relatable and it‘s really romantic till you get sucked into his world of fame and fans. It‘s got an interesting plot too with Devil wears Prada vibes. Very readable.
#aestheticallymatched
Being with a global superstar in this book, many a meetings took place at the airport.
I LOVED this book! Soléne, a 39 year old mum takes her daughter to meet her favourite boy band. The last thing she expects is to make a connection with one of the members. So begins a passionate, genuine relationship which spans the world on a global scale.
A forbidden love story I can‘t stop thinking about! I loved Hayes and Soléne together even though it broke my heart. Such an emotional journey that captivated me from the start 5⭐️
I‘m unsure on this book, in parts I really enjoyed it and in others it really dragged.
Well this is a super sexy classy read . It‘s so refreshing to have an older female protagonist and a younger male lover , Wev had it the other way around in fiction for years so glad it‘s now becoming the norm and more accepted , no one blinks at an older man and younger woman ! Anyway it‘s very difficult for an author to create believable chemistry between two characters and make it classy , it is a wonderful read pure escapism !
I could not be more excited to bring you this bonus episode of the Brit Lit Podcast!
The Idea of You held my attention in a way very few books have been able to of late and it took my heart. I love it so much.
Robinne Lee and I talked about her origin story as a fanfic writer, why she made her main character French, why love stories that don't end happily have such a big impact on us, and a whole lot more.
It's a delight! Don't miss this one.
Well. Ahem. Think a beach-read version of Daisy Jones & The Six but steamier and with a less cool boy band…Couldn‘t put it down and for all the romance (!) it was also a very smart read in parts, managing to make me feel oddly anxious throughout, and touching on the invisibility of being a woman approaching middle age and the cult of celebrity and fandom. Also just very good fun haha
Don‘t know if I‘d recommend it, but I liked it a lot, in large part because I love reading about how rich people live. When I came across the name of a hotel or shop or artist, I‘d Google it so I could better picture this world. It also helped to be forewarned that the story would not end happily.
Here we have a 40 year old woman and a 20 year old boy band star falling in love with each other. It‘s an interesting premise, but doesn‘t really deliver any kind of emotional jolt. Lots of sex though!
❐ Overall Rating 4⭐ | Narration 😁 = Very Good
At its core, this is a story about finding love when you least expect it...with someone, you never would‘ve seen yourself with. A relationship with so many things against it; including a significant age difference with someone who is not only famous but also a teen idol for your daughter. One that comes with paparazzi and the whole world watching and analyzing your every move. ⬇ ⬇
This was one part bubblegum fluff, one part VERY steamy sex, one part exploration of female identity, and one part heartbreaking love story. I expected the fluff, the rest of it caught me off guard and I found myself far more invested in Solène and Hayes story than I anticipated. The peek behind the scenes of the life of a pop star; the ongoing discussion of what women give up in trying to balance being wives, mothers, career women; the ⬇️
Book hangover alert! This was so good and so heartbreaking at the same time. Have Kleenex handy and find a comfy place to read.
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Today, I‘m suffering from a huge book hangover because of Hayes and Solène. This book was sexy, smart, and thought-provoking, and I don‘t know when I‘ll get over that ending.
This book is painfully pretentious and over-written, but entertaining enough for quarantine.
What a STEAMY romance!! Some have mentioned their distaste for the age difference in this book, but I‘ll just say SO many of these same people LOVE books where the male character in the relationship is way older than the woman.
The theme of female empowerment in this book is strong, and the idea of an older woman maintaining her sexuality is wonderful to see in a romance novel! ☺️
My book club chose this one and it isn‘t one I normally would have read on my own. That being said, holy hell I couldn‘t put it down. I enjoyed the story and my only gripe is with how it ended. Robinne Lee‘s debut was wonderful and I really do hope she does a follow up with Hayes and Solène.
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Bravo, Robinne Lee, bravo. You took this middle-aged, married mother of 3 on a torrid love affair that had me seriously pondering a young lover. (Shhhh...don't tell my husband😉) However, I think you just might be a sadist. 🤔
This book left me with a serious book hangover and I'm sure I'll be thinking about it for days, at the very least.
My book club does #NaughtyNovember every year, and I wish this had been our pick (instead we'll be reading Mastered by Her Mates😮). This was fun and sad and sexy. I would love for there to be a sequel, but I also liked how it ended so realistically.
I'm pretty sure the blame (credit?) lies with you, Littens, on how I discovered this book. I've loved the idea of May/December romances, esp with the elder being a woman, since Donna Love and Matthew Cory on Another World (I am still devastated that they didn't work out). So far this book is working for me as long as I don't actually think of how it's based on Harry Styles, because even now he looks like a high school kid and that is not my jam.
I was skeptical to pick this up because it didn‘t sound like my style, but with recent rave reviews I was curious. Nope, it wasn‘t for me.
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A book about a 39 year old mom who meets a 20 year old pop star. Not a book I‘d normally choose. Sounded cheesy....And it kind of was at times. BUT it was actually pretty good. That ending though....
An epilogue into the future would have been nice. I‘m over here a bit peeved about that lol.
Anyways, I recommend to romance fans. It has a little bit of every emotion.
Boy oh boy, what a find. Thank you to the Bad on Paper podcast for selecting this for their June Book Club Pick or I would never have found The Idea of You. This is a gem of book. I know this is two years old, so maybe I am late to game, but if you haven't read this, please do.
For my full review please visit: http://obsessedbookaholic.com/2019/07/31/the-idea-of-you/
Pretty good week of reading. Check out my recap at: https://obsessedbookaholic.com/2019/07/29/weekly-reading-round-up-july-29-2019/
Hope you all had a great week also.
“We have this problem in our culture. We take art that appeals to women—film, books, music—and we undervalue it. We assume it can‘t be high art. Especially if it‘s not dark and tortured and wailing. And it follows that much of that art is created by other women, and so we undervalue them as well. We wrap it up in a pretty pink package and resist calling it art.”
"Love, she said, was not always perfect, and not exactly how you expected it to be. But when it descended upon you, there was no controlling it."
Taylor Jenkins Reid said this was one of the most exciting and intoxicating love stories she‘s read in years, so I snagged this from the library earlier this week. And now this is a fun way to spend my Sunday! Also, I might have to go listen to some One Direction when I‘m done. 😂
I picked this up because it was on someone‘s top #romantsy books of the year list and I had never even heard of it. I fully expected to bail because a book about a woman who has an affair with a pop star half her age she meets while bringing her daughter to a meet and greet sounded like it was going to be eye roll inducing. Instead I devoured it and have a last minute addition to my top romance reads of the year list.
I want to spread some love for The Idea of You, one of the best books I‘ve read this summer. It‘s a smart, sexy modern love story with a mature, sophisticated heroine and a swoon worthy hero. I had so many feels while reading this book! ❤️😍😱 #TheIdeaofYou
I got wrapped up in this way more than I expected. I would definitely read more about Solene and Hayes.
This was such a well-written book. It follows the love affair between a woman and a pop star half her age. Incredibly sexy but also very emotional. We see the full life cycle of the relationship - beginning to end.