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Life Is Like a Musical
Life Is Like a Musical: How to Live, Love, and Lead Like a Star | Tim Federle
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From the author of the hit cocktail books Tequila Mockingbird and Gone with the Gin comes a guide to getting ahead in life, love, and leadership-Broadway style! Before Tim Federle became a beloved author (his award-winning novels include Better Nate Than Ever, which Hamilton\\'s Lin-Manuel Miranda declared as "highly recommended" in the New York Times), Tim worked in the showbiz trenches as a Christina Aguilera back-up dancer, Radio City Polar bear, and card-carrying chorus boy on Broadway. Along the way, he discovered that the hard-earned lessons he was learning onstage could be applied to his life, too. Life is Like a Musical features 50 tips and anecdotes, with chapters such as "Let Someone Else Take a Bow," "Dance Like Everyone\\'s Watching," and "Save the Drama for the Stage." This charming and clever guide will appeal to all ages and inspire readers to remember that they\\'re the stars of their own life story.
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MatchlessMarie
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Pickpick

Finally finished after 4 years on and off in library purgatory. The thing I have noticed about books finished after a long time from starting them is I always finish them when I need them the most. Loved it. #20in4 #BookSpinBingo

Andrew65 Fantastic 👏👏👏 3y
TheAromaofBooks Lovely review ❤ 3y
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Sorry I went kind of AWOL last week. I had a really overwhelming work week and just didn‘t have it in me to read much the rest of the week. Thanks again to everyone who joined me for #33by33 And while I didn‘t complete as many as I wanted to for #NovelNovember I did make a considerable dent in a few of my chunkster books. So that‘s a win. Today is a new day. Going to try to finish out the month strong no matter what.

BethM You got this! 3y
Andrew65 Sending best wishes 😍 3y
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MatchlessMarie
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From surprise layoffs to surprise divorces, many of us feel as if we‘re starting at square one more often then we‘d like. It‘s okay to take solace in this. Shows shutter. People leave. Life is about beginning again, for everyone.

#33by33

Crazeedi Hey there, welcome to #litsylove! And so glad to see you're on #TeamGameSleighers too!! It'll be fun! I'll try to get a note to you soon🥰 3y
MatchlessMarie @Crazeedi I‘m still figuring it out but I‘m excited to be writing snail mail again! 💌📮 3y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks ❤️❤️❤️ 3y
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MatchlessMarie
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Courage is what you get after trying the thing you thought you‘d royally suck at, and learning afterward that you only suck at it a little bit. #33by33

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Mistreeus
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Lots of fun! Chock full of witty advice that many could learn from.

SW-T 😊 5y
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“Nice is the little black dress of adulthood.”

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This is not at all my usual thing but I snagged an ARC at BEA a couple of years ago...it‘s been sitting in my TBR stacks for awhile. This book distills what Federle learned while working in the “showbiz trenches” into 50 lessons about how to live your best life. The book, relentlessly upbeat throughout, was most interesting when Federle offered glimpses of his life & work. Not bad but not memorable. The TBR pile is shrinking—this is 23/50!

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MatchlessMarie
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That‘ll preach. 🎤
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Suet624 ❤️❤️❤️👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 6y
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MatchlessMarie
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Stop asking for permission. If you can envision a destination for yourself, that‘s more important than the path you take to get there.

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thewallflower0707
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New musical obsession! My favourite song 🎧 is this one and the last one, Seeing you. I fits with the movie 🍿 so well.
#tgif #friday #weekend #nowlistening #musical #music

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MatchlessMarie
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Maybe it‘s times to start letting fortune cookies guide my life. 🎟 #ThisRemindsMeOf

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MatchlessMarie
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At the Library
Me: I‘m only going to pick up my holds. No browsing!
Also me: Look how shiny this one is! 🤩
*proceeds to pet book* #storyofmylife

SassyBookworm Love it 🤩 7y
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Guys, I have found the most delightful self-help book ever. I'm not even sure if it's even considered a self-help book, but it feels like that to me and I'm running with it. This is basically 50 tips on how to life your best life, sprinkled with Tim Federle's own anecdotes from his theatre-filled life. The most delightful thing!

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Natasha.C.Barnes
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Hear ye, hear ye! Get thee to @CrowCAH 's profile and get the deets for this month's #melodiousmusicals photo challenge! (And try to ignore how spilling water on my #bujo really made a mess of this page!)
[Edit: I made a Spotify playlist for myself if anyone else wants to get it on that: https://open.spotify.com/user/1245519151/playlist/2f4kmMQ83JzBxsNFw3Lt5x ]

CrowCAH OMG @Natasha.C.Barnes your bullet journal entry is gorgeous!😍 Super touched that you created it for my challenge! ☺️ Thank you! ❤️ 7y
Natasha.C.Barnes @CrowCAH My pleasure! (I just added a link to my Spotify playlist, though you probably already have one.) and thanks for doing it, I love musicals! 7y
CrowCAH @Natasha.C.Barnes actually, no, I haven't used Spotify. That's a neat idea! I, too, love musicals and am going to see two this month: Hamilton and Love Never Dies. Those are what sparked the challenge themes and @Cinfhen encouraged me to host another challenge and I like her music themed ones, so this is the result. 7y
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Natasha.C.Barnes @CrowCAH I'm dying of jealousy re: Hamilton. 😍😍😍 7y
Cinfhen Love the #BuJo & the playlist❣️❣️❣️ 7y
Cinfhen Sorry I missed day 1 @CrowCAH #migraine 🤕🤢hope to join today 🎶 7y
Natasha.C.Barnes @Cinfhen Haha, it's still day 1 for me! 7y
CrowCAH @Cinfhen no problem; join when you can! 7y
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TheSloanRanger
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This book is pretty much exactly what I need right now.

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TheSloanRanger
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"And once you've seen the world, you can't stay home."

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MrBook
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Got to meet the author "Tequila Mockingbird" and "Gone With the Gin" ???????!!!!! A big fan of such books, if you couldn't tell from my reviews ???. Nice guy too! #BookCon17

booksandsympathy I haven't read his book, but when I was younger, I did think it was called Tequila Mockingbird. 7y
Lmstraubie I also love his Nate books! 7y
LitsyGoesPostal 😊👍🏻 7y
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johnnie_cakes
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The two books I brought home from work yesterday...