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Every few years I go on a Beatle kick, were they‘re all I listen to. I love picking an album and analyzing lyrics. Found this recently in a bookstore in Brooklyn. Started yesterday and I‘m almost halfway through.

The most famous screamers in history! 😂
(I can‘t believe I haven‘t been on here for four years!)

An incredible homage to the greatest musical act ever assembled. Sheffield is a writer I trust immensely, ever since reading his heartbreakingly intimate memoir “Love Is A Mixtape”. The seemingly effortless way he would casually slip a Beatles‘ lyric into his writing always brought a coy smirk to my face, like we too were speaking in Beatle code that no one other than he and I would know. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

“Every time The Beatles discovered a new trick and proved it could be done, The (Rolling) Stones would breeze along a few months later to prove it could be done sarcastically.”

So far, Rob has proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that he and I would be best friends IRL. 😂

Rob Sheffield is surely able to break my reading funk. Fortunately, it includes The Beatles too!

Just what I needed. I grew up loving the Beatles and this was a great mix of Beatles lore and personal nostalgia. A comfort read.

Not another Beatles bio but an attempt to explain what the Beatles mean to the writer and the secret of their near-universal appeal 50 years on. Opinionated, sometimes wrong-headed (that is I think I disagree) but always interesting and readable even if, like me, you think you know it all. ;)

I went on a five-day trip this past week, with a LOT of bus time! I finished 4 books (the pictured plus The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall). The Holmes was meh. Well of Loneliness...that ending? I wanted to throw my Kindle out of the bus! Brain on Fire was very good. Dreaming the Beatles...there are no words for my LOVE of that book. Possibly the best Beatles book I‘ve ever read! ❤️🎸🥁🎤

#HeyJune

I missed yesterday‘s prompt! I guess #IFeelFine was far from the truth, as I went to bed in the 8 o‘clock hour. George‘s expression on this cover suggests he thinks I‘m lame 😬

Plenty of time for dreaming the Beatles, though - I definitely recommend the tagged book.

What a fun read! This was the perfect audiobook to follow up the emotionally heavy Columbine I read earlier in the week. I love The Beatles and it at so much fun to hear that love echoed back at me from the author. His insights and stories were fun - as well the arguments he presents. It made work much more tolerable.

Now excuse me as I go to listen to one of my favorite bands 🎧❤️

I love The Beatles. I love all of Rob Sheffield‘s books. This week‘s audio read is a win-win.

I love Rob Sheffield's books #robsheffield #thebeatles #currentlyreading

"I have lived a full and happy life. But being born on the same planet as the Beatles is one of the ten best things that‘s ever happened to me."

Fresh flowers, a candle burning, a new book: A+ Saturday night. #robsheffield #currentlyreading

Drugs, marriage, & music and then there's Ringo with the construction.

Everything Sheffield writes is always interesting to me.

Now reading, now playing. I normally don't read and listen to music at the same time...but this feels necessary 🎶

Rob Sheffield is one of my favorite cultural critics, because he brings such sincere respect to whatever he's discussing. When he devotes an entire book to the Beatles, it's just a joy to read, because you can feel his genuine love for the music and the band. This is a fun read for anyone who loves a good discussion about an artist/band/book/character as much as they love the thing itself. So, basically, all of us 😊.