so-soJune 11, 2025 I would say that I picked up the book multiple times. I did not sit down for a long time to read it. That saying, I would give the book 3/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️. It did kind of remind me of Daisy Jones and the Six because it had a lot of songs and music relates terms within the text but it wasnt page turning or gripping for me.
June 11, 2025 Well, I feel like you only have to pretty mucb read this text from Tom Hardy that he wrote to Jane and figure out whether they are together or not. Oh wait, maybe they are together?! Idk the last chapter will tell... final review of the book will be posted soon
June 11, 2025 Page 308 out of 348. 40 more pages. Will the book end on a positive note or negative note? Will Jane Start fall madly in love with Tom Hardy? The man she met on the plane ride (whom she kissed on the lips and felt dizzy afterwards). Hmm idk fingers crossed that the book ends on a positive note
June 8, 2025 My stack is so colorful and summer-y looking. Omg I can't stop looking at it haha lol My next book I plan to read is Problematic Summer Romance by Ali Hazelwood. I DID NOT KNOW SHE WROTE A SUMMER BOOK!!! It makes me so happy that she is broadening her themes... from science romance to summer romance (excuseee me) and then Daughters of the Bamboo Grove by Barbara Demick. This book is based on a true story eeekkk ✌🏻
June 8, 2025 Page 185 and I am liking this book. I wouldnt say it is outstanding but it does cause me to flip the pages and laugh at the way the characters are speaking to each other.
May 30, 2025 My next TBR and first time reading a book by this author.
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This wasn‘t a great book, but it was entertaining enough and since October was a pretty bad reading month for me it will have to do.
pickIf this was a standard romance I would have been annoyed by the lack of communication being the sticking point between the lovers, but I‘m prepared to let that go here because I enjoyed all the musical references, the insiders knowledge of the music industry and the fun of guessing who inspired the characters. I‘m also wondering how many incidents were inspired by Susanna‘s real life experiences.
pickI stumbled upon this in my Libby app and decided to give it a go. The author read the main character and the ridiculously talented and entertaining Juliet Stevenson performed the other characters. This was a fun little bubblegum listen with flawed, neurotic characters. Not bad to pass the time in the garden!
pickI enjoyed all the music industry insiderness and refs in this squeaky-clean romance from one of the creators of The Bangles. Lots of great lyrics and etc. as Easter eggs (even the title refs a fav Beatles song).
The romance part was fine 🤷🏻♀️
so-soAnother formulaic romance in which the female protagonist suffers from crippling self-doubt, feeling personally and professionally stuck; she meets a wonderful man, they fall instantly in love and have copious amounts of tremendously satisfying sex without ever really getting to know each other. The past comes back to bite them in the ass; there‘s a contrived breakup, a professional breakthrough, and the inevitable reconciliation. Cute but weak.
I cannot get into this and the only character I even remotely care about is Pippa, who isn't in it enough to help me. I think I'm going to release this back to the library and move on.
pickSuch a fun book. This author was one of the Bangles. Clearly quite a talented individual. So glad I picked this from #aardvark. I also quite love this cover.
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so-so“That‘s my not my kinda book,” I told myself, so I skipped buying it and checked it out at the library. Should have trusted my initial reaction. I won‘t pan it - there‘s an entire audience who will love it. I‘m just not it, despite my decades-long crush on Susanna Hoffs. I hoped for a little more rock n‘ roll on stage and a little less rock n‘ roll in bedrooms. A little more Almost Famous and a little less Music & Lyrics would have been nice.
pickThis will be in every beach bag and carry-on this summer and if it‘s not, it should be! I‘m looking forward to more from Susanna Hoffs, Author!
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so-soThis was okay. There is a blurb on the cover from Tom Perrotta saying this book is part British rom com ( yes -ish) and part Jane Eyre ( that is a stretch - at one point I really thought it was setting up for that and I was like Holy Crap, and then it was just meh) what it really is is YA with a lot of over thinking angst but with a 33 yr old
My oldest left on Sunday ( he spent the last school year back at home since he only had one uni credit left to do) to work at a new to him summer camp. My youngest went back to Toronto today b/c he‘s taking a course during intercession. Despite having practice with them both out of the house ( and often wanting a moments peace) I am floundering about the house in tears and trying to knock the easier things off my To Do list #readingspotisago
Finally picked my #aardvark book. I already read the really super popular one (that's already sold out on the third day of the month). It's possible I picked this for the cover. + love the logo placement.
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Aardvark pick. This looks cute! Didn‘t choose Christina Lauren‘s newest on BOTM as my add on since I have that one on preorder from LitLove. So, my Aardvark pick fills my romance quota. lol This one shipped right before my BOTM box did. 😃
pickJane Start is funny and quirky, and this makes her the perfect contrast in her relationship with Tom. I loved all Hoffs built this relationship from a meet cute on a plane, to the struggles that we all have dealing with new love, past relationships and those dreaded exes, as well as moving forward together. I also liked how Hoffs chronicled the anxieties Jane had about herself and her own talent, taking us on that journey to finding confidence.
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