Valentine by Elizabeth Wetmore
This was the first book in a while that my book club didn’t really agree on. We were split down the middle, actually. (I’m glad we’re still doing book club by Zoom but I miss hanging out with my people in person, and I miss all the yummy food. I know everyone misses everyone and everything right now, but I wanted to say it anyway.) If you can’t tell by my rating, I was more on the dislike side of it, though I didn’t hate […]
Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Daisy Jones is a bored, rich girl who is too pretty and too talented for her own good. Billy Dunne is a natural talent who starts a band with his brother called The Six. Individual they both do well for themselves, but together as the group Daisy Jones and the Six, they are electric. Naturally, as a rock n roll band in the 70s, the group members of this band struggle with ego, alcohol, drugs, promiscuity, and complex relationship within and outside of the band. […]
Paul Has a Summer Job by Michel Rabagliat
I thought this was going to be the worse book I would read this year. It was certainly angling for the one of the worse books I have read in the last few years. But Paul Has a Summer Job is far from the worse book I have ever read. Michel Rabagliati did not write something I would ever consider a favorite, but not the worse, book. When I say Helge Dascher translated an odd graphic novel that might be an exaggeration. Yet, there is […]
Daisy Jones and The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Ever since Daisy Jones and The Six was released, it has been on my radar, in particular because it was highly praised on my two favorite pop culture websites Pajiba and Lainey Gossip . When CBR Bingo was announced, I instantly knew what my Pajiba square book would be. My first title for this review was, “What I imagined the 70s rock n’ roll scene was like”, but while Daisy Jones and The Six is a great time capsule into that era, that is not what the […]
Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
CBR11 Bingo – Canonballer Says This book has been popping up on ‘must read’ lists, and in bookstore displays all year, but in reading the description, I wasn’t sure it would be my jam. But then it was on the new releases shelf at the library, and there had been a couple recent 5star reviews here (Jen K, Manimama, and ardaigle), so I tossed it in my pile on a whim. The book is laid out like a VH1 Behind the Music interview, with […]
Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
A number of folks at my work suggested this book, and specifically said it was great on audio and since my commute is grossss (hour or hour 15 one way) I’m always on the look for not just any audiobook, but one that makes my time on the road worth it. In addition, it’s a Reese Witherspoon book club pick and I’ve been delighted by her choices that I’ve read so far: see also The Library Book, Eleanor Oliphant is perfectly fine. This was a […]
