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This was the first thing that came to mind for #YouCantStopTheBeat #SeptemberSins @jenniferw88

Story about a guy who won‘t sell anything but records in 1988 and, of course, a girl as well. Very cute romance about the healing power of music!

#putyourrecordson #ayupaugust @squirrelbrain @Cinfhen

#botmbacklog #bfc #BFCr3 #goteam book 2/28

Cute romance novel about the redemptive and healing power of music. 3.5⭐️

65/90 minutes of activity today, which is pretty good since my cold is in my chest
Doing well recording my food 🥘👍🏻
7 hours sleep 😴🥳

Still working on last year‘s #botmbacklog! I have three books coming tomorrow or Monday, so I better work quick!! 🤣🥳

Yay! Just received my book from @REPollock that I won in their giveaway!! I‘m super excited it looks Like a great story! Thank you so much! ❤️

Heading to DC for DAR Continental Congress. Any other members on Litsy? #darcc19

Thank you so much @Kdgordon88 !!!! You made my day!
#JB

The Music Shop by Rachel Joyce is a very quirky romance that will cause frustration, happiness, and a few tears.

While the romance is the key focus, this is also a wonderful tale about a tight-knit community made up of a wonderful cast of characters that I just couldn‘t get enough of!

https://www.ericarobynreads.com/book-review-the-music-shop-by-rachel-joyce/

#romance

Yay! The rest of my Thriftbooks order arrived today! 📚 The Music Shop has been on my TBR list for a long time!

#QuotsyApr19 #record @TK-421

What a wonderful surprise for my week! Thank you for the wonderful #jb #bookmail @Jas16 🧡📚🧡

4.5 ⭐️
A book for lovers of music, & lovers of love.
This is a bit like the Alchemist & Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant: if you‘re doing what you were born to do, you will find a way to succeed; & sometimes people know what you need better than you do.
Two notes:
Books with playlists should announce that upfront, not the end.
And music stores, take heed: offer listening parties like Frank hosts listening lessons. I‘ll be there 🙋🏻‍♀️

Audiobook narration for this one was great, but the story left me somewhat bored. It‘s meant to be a sweet, cozy love story set in a music shop. The characters were interesting, but the story felt very forced and predictable.

I haven‘t come across a contemporary book I‘ve loved this much in a while. I loved all the characters, the story revolving around a vinyl record shop in the late 80s, and the heartfelt ending—plus, music references throughout. Seriously, there‘s so much to love in this book!

Ultimately, it's a romance. But I cared about the characters. I could relate to their ambitions and foibles. I wanted Frank to tell me what music I need

“The way to Heaven is not through the clouds. It‘s in the joy with which you look at the world despite your pain and your sorrow.” Peg stood at the French windows, surveying the sea and the sky. “And of course to sing,” she said. “Well, that‘s very fine indeed.”

#MusicalNewYear #FallingSlowly Frank owns a record shop on a hard luck street named Unity, Ilse a newcomer to town faints outside his shop one morning. And in that moment the improbable relationship between two people who had assumed they were done with love begins. Similar to the story in the musical Once?”Real love was a journey with many pitfalls and complications,sometimes the place you ended up was not the one you hoped for."

It‘s a good book to read if you want something easy. A lot of music quotes in it that made it hard to follow if you don‘t know what type of music they‘re talking about

A bit of High Fidelity and a bit of It‘s a Wonderful Life, this sweet book hit the spot. A few broken people find solace in each other in a record shop. Prickly Madge, mysterious Ilse, enthusiastic Kit an old Father, and Frank at the heart of it all.

I wasn't sure if I was going to like this one - it started out as a seeming combo of "High Fidelity" and "Serendipity", but, around chapter 16, it started to pick up. #audiobook

Round 18 of our #tenatatime #tbr project. A lighter load for this time of year. Even a couple of Christmas reads.

#music #gratitude30

A nice change of pace in a lovely little story. 3.5 ⭐️#makemereadit #2/4 #13in3

Next up for #13in3 and #makemereadit #2.

Next audio book, although the friend who recommended it warned not to listen to the book ending while driving. 🤔

I have mixed feelings about this book. On the one hand, I enjoyed the variety of music and the discussions about music, and the ending. On the other, I thought the overall story was uneven and I never connected to the characters.

My full review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2503582749

#HumpDayPost
1. As TeddyCat demonstrates, it was a rather lazy weekend (thanks to the weather), but I did get my hair done. No longer blonde! New season, new color.
2. It‘s been a while since I‘ve been to one that I don‘t remember what the last one was.
3. chewing on my nails & cuticles
4. I‘m in between shows. Need to find a new one to watch.
5. Tagged!

Thank you La Toya! This #summerbookswap package is awesome! ❤️💜 I can‘t wait to dive into the books and enjoy a cup of tea. 😀

I hope you enjoy your package as much as I love mine.

#AbbaInAugust A BIG shoutout to my fabulous cohosts #ThankYouForTheMusic and the hilarious posts & comments that made August so much fun!!! Hope you‘ll join me again 🎵🤟🏽😁 starting tomorrow the lovely @Kalalalatja will be spinning #SeptemberDanes 🇩🇰❤️please join us and check out Katja‘s page for the awesome playlist 🎶 Tagged book was quirky and a love song to vinyl, which I really appreciated,even though the story was #MoreMehThanYeah 🎸🎸🎸

Clever at times, but something missing: There was buildup to a climax that never really materialized. The narrator is pretty good, but not when he sings. Overall rating: 3.22 stars

A quick and charming read about the power of music, community, and love.

A quirky book for holiday reading that was ultimately a bit disappointing. I really loved how it talked about music and the small community feel of the street. And I loved Frank‘s devotion to his record store. It was charming at times but the plot line just took too long to get going and I never quite felt that “happy sigh” feeling when a good romance happens. So for me it‘s a 3.5 ⭐️ read.

The first MRT train I got on had enough seats for me to sit and crochet but when I had to change to the East-West line it was too crowded so out came the tablet and I got through a decent chunk of this lovely musical book while swaying along with the train.

On the plus side ... pleasant writing and enough of a plot line to make read to the end

On the negative side ... characters that weren‘t fully fleshed out and just too much preciousness for me

I do love vinyl though.

As an admitted music snob, I‘m very excited about my new read...

I really enjoyed this book.

Book group in a couple hours and I just finished the book. I really enjoyed it, but then, it‘s a book about music, and people, and how music affects people. I did get annoyed with Frank sometimes though and I was afraid I wasn‘t going to like the end, but I did.

The Music Shop by Rachel Joyce is my favorite so far this year. It was just such a great book with so many awesome elements. Thanks so much @Mommamanzi for the awesome giveaway 😊

7 | #HeatOfJuly

I bet Frank could pick a great #PartyRockAnthem🤘

This book was one giant love letter to music wrapped in a disguise of a novel. I love music and believe that certain songs come to us when we need them in our lives.... a beautiful book with a beautiful message! #blameitonlitsy #Booked2018 @Cinfhen @BarbaraTheBibliophage @4thhouseontheleft

Repost from @Cinfhen :

Starting tomorrow, July 1, we‘re celebrating the #HeatOfJuly with a July playlist consisting of each year‘s biggest summer hits counting back from 2017 to 1987. Please join us and share your bookish thoughts. Use the hashtag #HeatofJuly and tag @BarbaraBB @Cinfhen ☀️😎

For some summervibes, go to Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/user/21lyqcmmp57m6opx6upewo64q/playlist/4AE4ZXMgKvU7TRr...

This book is essentially a love letter to music and as a music lover myself, I enjoyed it immensely. I especially liked the characters. My favourite part of reading this book was how it made me feel. The author's descriptions of the experience of listening to music via vinyl records brought back so many memories of afternoons spent sitting next to my stereo, playing my LPs on the turntable. A wonderful, nostalgia-filled read.

Lovely book.

If you like music and books that are full of emotion then this one is for you.

(The photo is from a detail on the book‘s back cover.)

I swear I only went to pick up my hold....#libraryhaul #oopsididitagain #lovemylibrary

This book opens with a quote from a Nick Drake song and I‘m already in love.

If you‘re not yet familiar with Nick Drake I suggest you check out Time Has Told Me, The River Man, or One of These Things First.

Romance can be well done too, you know? The characters were a bit plain and everything was 99% obvious.
I only cared a bit about the music parts, except when it seemed like it was just showing off from the author.
Evidently, not at all my cup of tea.