Welcome to Litsy!

Amazing! My favorite Sittenfeld yet. I loved this peek behind the SNL curtains-it was funny and heartfelt and Sally and Noah are great characters you just want to spend time with. With portions of the book set during Covid, it made it feel even more timely and real. The examination of comedy, feminism, celebrity, self esteem, and love made for a fascinating, enjoyable, fast read. And the writing-chef‘s kiss! #20in4 @Andrew65 #BookspinBingo

Starting my 1st book of the #20in4 #Readthon So happy for a long weekend of rest and reading!

This is a solid novel version of a reliable B+ rom-com movie that imagines Liz Lemon falling in with a pop star. It is, at best, easy, undemanding, kinda forgettable & a bit cringy
It is also not very fresh? Or innovative? And maybe that's okay? Or maybe, to quote Liz Lemon, blergh!

On my Sittenfeld scale, not as dull as Sisterland but less engaging than American Wife. Very middling.
But maybe I'm grouchy! How will it fare at #camplitsy23?!

Romance is not my genre, and I've had mixed experiences with Sittenfeld's novels, so it was a lovely surprise to find myself so immersed in this novel that I stayed up into the wee hours to finish it. I even loved the lockdown email exchange, and I usually loathe epistolary storytelling. It's emotionally real, the friendships are jealousy-inducing, and it's so sexy when the guy is like, "I'm sorry, I said something wrong. Please let me clarify."

Sally Milz is a sketch writer for The Night Owls, a late-night live comedy show that airs every Saturday. With a couple of heartbreaks under her belt, she‘s long abandoned the search for love, settling instead for the occasional hook-up, career success, and a close relationship with her stepfather to round out a satisfying life.❤️💛🤍

This was an enjoyable read. I‘ve read Prep and Eligible too and liked them a lot. I don‘t Love CS but I will read everything she writes. This story revolves around Sally Milz, a writer for TNO which is obviously SNL. The descriptions of TNO things are so easily identifiable as SNL one wonders if there is any fiction in here 🤣

Uh oh (for my bank account). I went into my Book of the Month account to add the tag book for #CampLitsy23 and saw that I will now be allowed to add FOUR books instead of the previous 2! Here‘s hoping for some good selections in June 🤞🏻

Comedy writer, Sally Milz, catches the eye of a pop music superstar.

SNL ✨ Pandemic Setting ✨ Simple

This audiobook was available through my library so I decided to read it early for #camplitsy23.

Let me just state that I rarely read books in this genre because they normally make me bored and/are irritated. But this book surprised me because I actually really liked it. 😀

It worked great as an audio and I enjoyed the characters and even found myself laughing at a few parts.

#currentlisten
Will I adore like I did Prep and American Wife?
Or find it sludge like Sisterland?
Or absolutely loathe it like Eligible?
Stayed tuned! 😜
#camplitsy23

Tagged my favorite! Throughout a calendar year I sort my cards by my subjective star rating so I can easily see my 5* books at year‘s end. Every year the highest stack by far is 4.5, A-. Looks like I‘m holding tradition!

5* = Loved It, want to shout out loud about this book! I do/will own/keep a physical copy. A+
4*= I liked it, would love to discuss. Solid B
3*=Meh, no need to discuss. Avg C
2*=Nope D
1*=DNF F

Next to read and I got my nails done

Really enjoyed. It started a bit slow for me, but ultimately I liked the writing and characters. I found the anxious, neurotic, self sabotaging Sally very relatable… who hasn‘t used sarcasm and humor to diffuse discomfort or cover up doubt?

A really fun story about a romance between Sally, an SNL type show writer, and Noah, a famous pop music star. She‘s always got the quick comeback and he‘s consistently sweet and unaffected. I really rooted for these two and their unlikely romance. Curtis Sittenfeld is a terrific writer and I loved two of her earlier books: Prep and Rodham.

I like Sittenfeld but rom-coms aren‘t my jam, so I figured this would be a mixed bag for me and it was. I did find parts of it quite funny, but I find the genre predictable in ways that don‘t work for me, and that was true here. I wouldn‘t have picked this up if not for Camp Litsy, but at least I didn‘t hate it!

Loved this smart, super entertaining literary romance. I‘m a huge SNL fan so the first half was a bit of catnip, while the second half went deeper on the character development in unexpected ways. #botm

I really enjoyed this feel good romance.

I think 🤔 I prefer the USA 🇺🇸 cover …..

Break time!

I loved this. I‘m not sure the last time I felt so strongly that I was a fly on the wall in a piece of fiction. It felt so real. I mean why couldn‘t Alexa find my artist when I told her to shuffle Noah Brewster!?

#22ndonmytbr #maymontage @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs

#camplitsy23

Hello campers! I‘ll be leading our discussions in August.

We‘ll read Romantic Comedy first, discussing it on the weekends of 5th/6th and 12th/13th, followed by The Memory of Animals on the following two weekends. Page / chapter numbers will be confirmed during July.

Then it will be the end of camp (let‘s not think about that now! 😭) and time to vote for your overall favourite - I wonder which book it will be?! All 6 sound fab!

Breakfast in bed camping edition

4️⃣5️⃣ Blind Trust ➡️ 4️⃣6️⃣ Romantic Comedy

#ThingsInCommon: two-word titles

#20in4

Feels great to turn in super early to page through my latest Real Simple (I was a charter subscriber 👵) and continue reading my latest book.

Another audio book, I am definitely enjoying listening to more fiction books on audio. For me this was my kind of romantic story, not too cheesy. I liked the story of Sally & Noah. Plus a story of someone finding love close to their 40s was a story line I liked. I also have a deeply sarcastic attitude like Sally. It was a quick, fun listen. I think I liked this more because of the audio version. #bookspin book

A stronger pick than I expected. The research Sittenfeld put into creating her SNL-equivalent must have taken her forever. It set such a good scene for the first half of the book and really sucked me in. The women in this were all so well-written and fun characters to get to know. I haven‘t always been a Sittenfeld fan but this one really worked for me.

I think this suffered a bit from unfortunate timing. I don‘t typically read romance and I JUST read another “Hollywood adjacent falls for huge superstar” novel except that one featured lesbians. There was nothing inherently wrong with this, I just didn‘t think it was anything special. At least it was a #BorrowNotBuy.

#FirstLineFriday @ShyBookOwl

"You should not, I've read many times, reach for your phone first thing in the morning - the news, social media, and emails all disrupt the natural stages of waking and create stress.... "

Good example of a run on sentence. ?

Starting this one today hopefully. #botm

#MMD ModernMrsDarcy 2023 Spring Book Preview
#ReesesBookClub April 2023 selection
#StoryGraph: fiction contemporary romance funny hopeful lighthearted chick-lit rom-com

I don‘t think it‘s coincidence that a book about a Saturday Night Live type show wasn‘t very humorous … much like the way I feel about the real SNL. Hey, y‘all, I gave it my best, but this book was just not for me.

Rating: 2 of 5 stars = It was okay

The first half of the book was super fun and the budding romance between an unlikely couple was enjoyable and un- cringey .. however the second half lost me and It became very predictable .. plus I wished the main character was more confident.. a great read between some heavier reads for me though

This is the kind of romance book that I enjoy! The obstacles that get in the way of the main couple are realistic, not blown out of proportion and resolved in a satisfying manner. Told in 1st person which I also prefer for this genre. I always like to see a character with my name, even though it‘s not a big one in this book!
#AwesomeApril @Andrew65

Greatly enjoyed! Despite being a longtime Curtis Sittenfeld completist, I went into this with low expectations bc of mixed reviews. Totally worked for me, though. There was kind of a lot about the SNL clone workplace of the main character in the beginning of the book, but I was fine with that. I liked how COVID factored into the story, too. Sittenfeld‘s writing always pleases me (and has since I stumbled upon Prep at the library back in 2005! 💖).

A love letter to Saturday night live this is a cut above. A smart romance novel that female writer from a live comedy sketch show . It has a split timeframe and includes I an epistolary section which I enjoyed. Overall though the first was the strongest for me. (Oh and I agree with Sally - beagles are the best small dogs!) #pantone2023 #booked2023 new in 2023

Perfect summer read! Curtis Sittenfeld is one of my favorite authors and she hits it out of the park with Romantic Comedy!!

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I was so wrapped up in this story that I kept finding excuses to keep listening! It was a smart, self-aware romantic comedy for our modern times without the cheesiness. The setting and structure were unique and I loved the epistolary format in the middle. The audiobook narrator is also one of my favorites! 🎧 #reesesbookclub

Spring means reading on the sunporch! 🥰🌷📚

My #botm box finally came! I had a backlog of books I wanted so I caved and got four. Now to decide which to read first!

This was sweet and really enjoyable on audio but it lacked the bite I was expecting from Curtis Sittenfeld. I did love the behind scenes look at Late Night television and now I‘m obsessing about listening to the 28 oral history of SNL😂

The completely perfect vacation read. Funny, romantic and real, or at least as real as a relationship between a comedy writer and a pop star heart throb can be!
Sally, a self described “self-sabotaging ass-hat,” despite her highly tuned romantic cynicism, falls for aging teen heartthrob Noah, then messes it up royally. Then the pandemic changes everything and they unexpectedly become pen-pals of sorts. (Continued in comments….)

I loved this book. It was witty, sweet, and a quick read. I, to an almost eerily point, related so hard to Sally. Also KCMO representing!! 4⭐️ #botm

I adores this book! Sally and Josh have my heart! I loved Sally‘s very real neuroses and they way they worked through them together. Lovely #romantsy

I'm completely confused about where Sittenfeld's talent has disappeared to. This book is absolutely full of sentences that are clunky,and she seems to be trying to virtue signal on nearly every page.The last sentence here,for instance-this is good advice,why undermine it this way?There are several instances of sexism at work-this is hardly one of them.Im actually dreading the rest of this badly written book.

I was able to get a NetGalley ARC of this one. This book is an absolute delight. Sally is a writer for a fictional SNL. There she meets a musical guest who is a pop star and there is a connection. This has 3 sections-1 where they are preparing for the live show, 2-a epistolary email section & a 3rd section during Covid times. This is a very “now” book, which is mildly political (left leaning), and very funny.⬇️

They‘re here! A day early too. I love DHL! 😃

No brainer #botm pick for me! Can‘t wait for this one, I love Sittenfeld!

I have had the worst reading slump in forever this past month! I‘ve only finished two books so far (hoping to finish at least one more tonight after work).

Hopefully I can get back on track in April. I chose the tagged for my #BOTM, since I actually won Adelaide from a Goodreads giveaway.

Even while on honeymoon in Thailand I still made sure to pick my books! 😅 #botm