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Super Host
Super Host | Kate Russo
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A deeply funny and shrewdly observed debut novel about being lost in the very place you know by heart. Bennett Driscoll is a Turner Prize-nominated artist who was once a rising star. Now, at age 55, his wife has left him, he hasn't sold a painting in two years, and hasn't been reviewed in five. His gallery wants to stop selling his work, claiming they'll have more value retrospectively...when he's dead. So, left with a large West London home and no income, he's forced to move into his artist's studio in the back garden and rent out his house on the popular vacation rental site, AirBed. A stranger now in his own home, money is finally coming in again and Bennett is getting some of the best reviews of his career, albeit on AirBed. But with his daughter Mia off at art school and any new relationships fizzling out at best, he struggles to find purpose in his day-to-day. That all changes when three different guests--lonely American Alicia; tortured artist Emma; and cautiously optimistic divorcee Kirstie--unwittingly unlock the pieces of himself that have been lost to him for too long. Warm, witty, and utterly humane, Super Host offers a captivating portrait middle age, relationships, and what it truly means to take a new chance at life.
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Skeeterisme
Super Host | Kate Russo
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Hmmm

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Sharpeipup
Super Host | Kate Russo
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Going into Monday like this...thanks to a really early morning

AmyG Oy, hope it gets better. 3y
Aims42 Oof, I feel ya! Hope the day gets better 🤞 3y
Sharpeipup @amyg @aims42 after a nap, all will be well. 3y
Megabooks Yeah, the time change. 👎🏻 hope it gets better. 3y
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Megabooks
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This is a lighthearted, endearing look at a fictional AirBNB host and his guests.

Bennett is a painter and recent divorcée. After losing his wife‘s income and his gallery representation, he rents his suburban London home on AirBNB to stay close to his young adult daughter. The book follows Bennett and three guests as his life gets upended when he reopens his heart and life to new experiences. More contemporary fiction than romance. Loved this!

Megabooks Thanks for the rec @KarenUK 💜😘 3y
KarenUK Oh! So glad you liked it! 💕 3y
Cinfhen Sounds like a nice lighthearted diversion. And it‘s TOTALLY new to me 3y
Megabooks @KarenUK took me over a year to get to it, but definitely the right time this week to enjoy it! 3y
Megabooks @Cinfhen this is 💯 in your wheelhouse! 3y
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KarenUK
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#pop21 #advancedprompt #dnf
I originally had to DNF this one when my date ran out on my #ARC copy.... but weirdly, it appeared back on my Netgalley bookshelf! 🤷‍♀️

Bennet, an aging newly divorced father, whose artistic career is on the downturn, becomes an AirB&B host, renting out his ex-marital home, as he sleeps on a futon in his tiny garden studio...... (continued in comments)⬇️

KarenUK As we encounter three very different women staying at his home, each lonely or stuck in their own way, he embarks on a new relationship with a woman, struggles with inspiration, and makes a connection with his artistic daughter. I loved the character studies of each of the women, and could have spent more time in their complicated lives..... 4y
KarenUK And even with all his flaws, I ended up rooting for Bennet, in all his cluelessness and ineptitude! A story of love, loneliness, art and finding renewed inspiration in work and life. I was really charmed by this simple, contemporary novel. Nothing much happens, but I enjoyed the ride. Funny, poignant and perceptive. 4y
Cinfhen Great review ♥️ 4y
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bookandbedandtea
Super Host | Kate Russo
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Bailedbailed

Most Goodreads reviewers found this funny and charming. I found it depressing and hard to slog through. Finally gave up just past the halfway point.

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Megabooks
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Fresh off the porch #bookmail!! I‘m hoping to use the tagged for #pop21 #AboutAnArtist Going to start it now maybe???

AutumnRLS Please let me know what you think of Maud Dixon! I've heard good things. We have an amazing overlap in our reading and I love seeing what you post and what you think! ❤ 4y
Megabooks @AutumnRLS thank you! 💜😊 I decided to start Maud instead of Super Host. I‘m 25 pages in and finding it fast-paced and interesting. I devoted most of today to You Love Me on audio, but I‘m excited to do some physical book reading tomorrow. 4y
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CindiB
Super Host | Kate Russo
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How do you start over? How do you make your way back to who you were, while incorporating the experience and lessons learned, and sifting through what you still do not understand, and take all of this and move forward? This quirky novel embraces these questions. I really enjoyed it. It‘s well written, thoughtful, and simply charming. 4/5

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lowellette
Super Host | Kate Russo
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A compelling story about an Airbnb-type Super Host and a few of the guests who stay at his listing. The Super Host is a little checked out and lets opportunities pass by without realizing that they are opportunities.

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Well-ReadNeck
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Mehso-so

Just meh. Quick read, though. #ARC #Edelweiss