This Bird Has Flown

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If this was a standard romance I would have been annoyed by the lack of communication being the sticking point between the lovers, but I‘m prepared to let that go here because I enjoyed all the musical references, the insiders knowledge of the music industry and the fun of guessing who inspired the characters. I‘m also wondering how many incidents were inspired by Susanna‘s real life experiences.

Prairiegirl_reading I didn‘t know she had written a book! Is this a debut? 1mo

CarolynM @Prairiegirl_reading Yes, it seems to be. 1mo

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Ericalambbrown

This Bird Has Flown | Susanna Hoffs

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I stumbled upon this in my Libby app and decided to give it a go. The author read the main character and the ridiculously talented and entertaining Juliet Stevenson performed the other characters. This was a fun little bubblegum listen with flawed, neurotic characters. Not bad to pass the time in the garden!

CarolynM Great review. I need to get to this soon. 5mo

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Larkken

This Bird Has Flown | Susanna Hoffs

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I enjoyed all the music industry insiderness and refs in this squeaky-clean romance from one of the creators of The Bangles. Lots of great lyrics and etc. as Easter eggs (even the title refs a fav Beatles song).
The romance part was fine 🤷🏻‍♀️

Larkken #52bookclub24 title refs song lyric @Kristy_K, @LaraReads, @KarenUK, @Hooked_on_books, @BarkingMadRead, @Crazeedi, @brittanyreads, @Magpiegem, @BookBelle84, @Larkken, @jenniferw88, @julesG, @Deblovestoread, @MidnightBookGirl, @Librarybelle, @triplem80, @Tove_Reads, @Read4life, @Bluebird, @BarbaraBB, @eeclayton, @hissingpotatoes, @Book_Lover95, @TheAromaofBooks #popsugar24 title is a complete sentence 11mo

LeeRHarry I just opened up Litsy whilst listening to Manic Monday - freaky! Great song 😊 11mo

dabbe So many happy college memories dancing to The Bangles. #80srock 💜🩶💜 11mo

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BarbaraBB This seems like a great fun read. Love the 80s! 11mo

Librarybelle The Bangles! ❤️ 11mo

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 11mo

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DebinHawaii

This Bird Has Flown | Susanna Hoffs

#HumbleHarvest

Two books with titled with #Birds from my TBR stack. 🐦🐦

Eggs, Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Eggs Great choices 👌🏼🦅🖤 13mo

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CSeydel

This Bird Has Flown | Susanna Hoffs

so-so

Another formulaic romance in which the female protagonist suffers from crippling self-doubt, feeling personally and professionally stuck; she meets a wonderful man, they fall instantly in love and have copious amounts of tremendously satisfying sex without ever really getting to know each other. The past comes back to bite them in the ass; there‘s a contrived breakup, a professional breakthrough, and the inevitable reconciliation. Cute but weak.

CSeydel Things I liked: the characters were all fun and likable; the music-industry setting was interesting; lots of literary references. 1y

CSeydel But the minor characters seemed inconsistent and vaguely unnecessary. (Cynically: felt like a cheap way to diversify the cast.)

This may be me being dense, but the Big Problem from Jane‘s past never quite made sense to me, and her reaction to the Big Problem from Tom‘s past felt excessive and unnatural. (edited) 1y

CSeydel Oh I forgot this is book 7 of #SummerEndReadathon (edited) 1y

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TheSpineView Good job for pushing to finish this book. 1y

CSeydel @TheSpineView I shouldn‘t be so harsh; it was entertaining. It started out really promising but flagged a bit as the plot waded into the inevitable conflict and resolution. 1y

TheSpineView @CSeydel We like what we like. 1y

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CSeydel

This Bird Has Flown | Susanna Hoffs

#weekendreads

Anybody read either of these?

rachelsbrittain

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bookandbedandtea

This Bird Has Flown | Susanna Hoffs

I cannot get into this and the only character I even remotely care about is Pippa, who isn't in it enough to help me. I think I'm going to release this back to the library and move on.

Tiffiney I couldn't finish it either... 1y

bookandbedandtea @Tiffiney It's comforting to hear I'm not the only one! 1y

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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

This Bird Has Flown | Susanna Hoffs

#BookMail
Adding to my #aardvark collection!

#CoverLove

💗🦅 💚

Jari-chan Great picture🤩 1y

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Jari-chan thank you 💚 1y

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Skeeterisme

This Bird Has Flown | Susanna Hoffs

so-so

🤷‍♀️

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Nathan_Opland-Dobs

This Bird Has Flown | Susanna Hoffs

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vlwelser

This Bird Has Flown | Susanna Hoffs

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Such a fun book. This author was one of the Bangles. Clearly quite a talented individual. So glad I picked this from #aardvark. I also quite love this cover.

#BookSpinBingo @TheAromaofBooks

@AardvarkBookClub

dabbe My FAVORITE Bangle! 💙💚💙 1y

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 1y

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Sounds good!! 💚💚 1y

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LeftyDv

This Bird Has Flown | Susanna Hoffs

so-so

“That‘s my not my kinda book,” I told myself, so I skipped buying it and checked it out at the library. Should have trusted my initial reaction. I won‘t pan it - there‘s an entire audience who will love it. I‘m just not it, despite my decades-long crush on Susanna Hoffs. I hoped for a little more rock n‘ roll on stage and a little less rock n‘ roll in bedrooms. A little more Almost Famous and a little less Music & Lyrics would have been nice.

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PatriciaU

This Bird Has Flown | Susanna Hoffs

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This will be in every beach bag and carry-on this summer and if it‘s not, it should be! I‘m looking forward to more from Susanna Hoffs, Author!

See full review at https://itsallaboutthebook.org/

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mcctrish

This Bird Has Flown | Susanna Hoffs

so-so

This was okay. There is a blurb on the cover from Tom Perrotta saying this book is part British rom com ( yes -ish) and part Jane Eyre ( that is a stretch - at one point I really thought it was setting up for that and I was like Holy Crap, and then it was just meh) what it really is is YA with a lot of over thinking angst but with a 33 yr old

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mcctrish

This Bird Has Flown | Susanna Hoffs

My oldest left on Sunday ( he spent the last school year back at home since he only had one uni credit left to do) to work at a new to him summer camp. My youngest went back to Toronto today b/c he‘s taking a course during intercession. Despite having practice with them both out of the house ( and often wanting a moments peace) I am floundering about the house in tears and trying to knock the easier things off my To Do list #readingspotisago

Tamra 😢 Oh, that is bittersweet. On the upside, new beginnings for each of you! 2y

dabbe Lovely reading spot––time to get lost in a book. Hang in there! 💙💚💙 (edited) 2y

AmyG Hugs. Empty nest does get easier at some point. 2y

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Deblovestoread It does take some getting use to and nothing wrong with some tears! 2y

mcctrish @Tamra I am so excited for my oldest and his new camp job, but I was a bit unprepared for how much I‘m missing him 2y

mcctrish @AmyG it‘s the damn pandemic, everyone came home and then now it‘s all back to ‘normal‘ 🤣😢 2y

mcctrish @dabbe still doing busy work, the book is there to tempt me when I want to slow down ( and maybe have a glass of rosé) 2y

mcctrish @Deblovestoread I keep telling myself it‘s healthy to feel the feels 2y

LeahBergen Aww! 😭 2y

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mcctrish

This Bird Has Flown | Susanna Hoffs

Has tub reading season begun? Let‘s hope so

BkClubCare 🛁 ❤️ 2y

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vlwelser

This Bird Has Flown | Susanna Hoffs

Finally picked my #aardvark book. I already read the really super popular one (that's already sold out on the third day of the month). It's possible I picked this for the cover. + love the logo placement.

@AardvarkBookClub

mcctrish I impulse bought this too ( for the cover) 2y

vlwelser @mcctrish also The Bangles. Probably flying my old lady flag rn. 2y

mcctrish Totally for The Bangles!!!! 2y

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Jemgirl2014

This Bird Has Flown | Susanna Hoffs

Aardvark pick. This looks cute! Didn‘t choose Christina Lauren‘s newest on BOTM as my add on since I have that one on preorder from LitLove. So, my Aardvark pick fills my romance quota. lol This one shipped right before my BOTM box did. 😃

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Sara_Planz

This Bird Has Flown | Susanna Hoffs

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Jane Start is funny and quirky, and this makes her the perfect contrast in her relationship with Tom. I loved all Hoffs built this relationship from a meet cute on a plane, to the struggles that we all have dealing with new love, past relationships and those dreaded exes, as well as moving forward together. I also liked how Hoffs chronicled the anxieties Jane had about herself and her own talent, taking us on that journey to finding confidence.

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