Daisy Jones and The Six | 
pick@Clwojick #pantone2023
I chose to go with the audiobook and wow – The casting was amazing!!! Jennifer Beals has such a voice that reflects a little bit of rasp and grit while Pablo Schreiber's voice lents it's warmth to Billy's character that makes him shine and Benjamin Bratt shines as Graham while omg Judy Greer's voice feels so spot on for Karen Karen and her quips and confidence.
pickI‘m a little embarrassed that I didn‘t realize this was a fictional band until the end. I‘m not the most musical and assumed they just weren‘t around long enough to still be played/common enough today and I figured several of them had died from overdoses. It was interesting, but also sad. I did like how it was written though, like interviews remembering the past.
Happy Tuesday everyone! My grandkids inspired today's questions. Everyone is welcome to play!
Hope your day is fabulous!
My answers:
📚 Yes. I remember my grandmother setting up chairs in the living room to help me make a fort. I would play for hours underneath.
📚 Daisy Jones and Six (tagged) because I grew up in that Era.
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pickThis was a great one to listen to! All the different actors made it feel so real and did an amazing job. I loved the story and I loved the emotion. So good!
pickThis is sex, drugs, and rock‘n‘roll. I listened to the audio and it was so well done. The story was good (I‘d give the story itself 3.5 stars), but (as I always do when it‘s this good), I am adding an extra ¼ star for the audio. But also an additional ¼ star for the format of the book. Cont in comments...
pickWOW! A fictional story purportedly based loosely on Fleetwood Mac. This may be a fictional story but the book reads as though these events really happened. It's raw & honest, it's occasional sweetness wrapped up in a gut punch. It was amazing listening to this documentary style book, all the different characters, all the different voices, simply amazing! I can't tell you how many times I Googled a song to listen to! Listen to this one!🎧
pickI never wanted to read this, and I don't know why! I really liked Evelyn Hugo and Malibu Rising, and I LOVE full cast audiobooks. Maybe it was whatever the opposite of FOMO is...FOJI (fear of joining in 😆)? Extreme hype can turn me off sometimes. Anyway, I gave the audio a try, mostly because I wanted to try the show, and I loved it. Stellar voice performances made for a fully enjoyable and immersive audio experience.
Finished listening to my #titlesandtunes book for the month. It was a reread. I‘ve been planning to go back to the audio ever since I watched the Amazon adaptation. Since I‘d already read and seen the story this felt more like a comfort read because I knew what the tension was building toward. But I still loved being a voyeur into the scenes about the songwriting. Reading about the creative process in niche interest of mine. @Cinfhen @BarbaraBB
This is a re-listen, and I‘m loving it almost as much the second time around! Back when it first came out this was my first experience with a full cast audio recording, and that‘s an experience you just can‘t recreate.
I‘ve always associated the book with Rumors, so I‘m grabbing my favorite iconic song from that album for our playlist.
#TitlesandTunes #sexdrugsandrockandroll @Cinfhen, @BarbaraBB
pickI really enjoyed this book! I think I liked Evelyn Hugo more because it felt like it had more depth to it. But this book was really fun. Lots of drama and intrigue. The format made it easy to read it super fast in one sitting. I just started watching the show and let me tell you the book is much much better. I also liked this little plot twist at the end about the author if you could even call it a plot twist.
pickpickMan, I can‘t stop listening to Fleetwood Mac and dreaming of this group. A unique way to write a book and I was hooked from the very beginning.
pickGood book, easy to read…but not nearly as good as 7 Hubby‘s of EH. I bet the show is good, too!
⭐️: 3.75/5
Hold came in from library for audiobook.🎧 So spent a few hours with Daisy Jones & The Six🎼🎹🎸🥁
My Sunday Funday!🥰
so-soWritten as a current day interview reflecting on the renowned career of a band launched into international prominence in the 70‘s. The attention to details of each differing recollection of events made the book more lifelike. It was a super easy read. Although, towards the end it just seemed to skip the subtitles of how the main characters relationship changed so rapidly. But overall would recommend for an easy quick read.
pickI was skeptical about reading this book because it's not my usual thing and it's written in the form of an interview. But I LOVED IT! I love classic rock and I love reading about how bands come together and the struggles that come with being famous. Drugs were so casual a few decades ago and it blows my mind how much people used and how it was socially acceptable.
A really great book about fame, substance abuse, love, and struggle.
Songs are about how it felt, not the facts. Self-expression is about what it feels to live, not whether you had the right to claim any emotion at any time.
#VolumesandVocals
#EdgeofSeventeen
“I had absolutely no interest in being somebody else's muse.
I am not a muse.
I am the somebody.
End of fucking story.”
https://youtu.be/UmPgMc3R8zg
pick"Life is about who is holding your hand and, I think, whose hand you commit to holding." #maybookclub #book7of24for2023
pickI listened to the audio which was great with the full cast experience. I haven‘t read any other Taylor Jenkins Reid. I feel like the more popular an author is, the more reluctant I am to go there?! 😂 unless I‘ve been a fan since book 1 (like SJM). This book reminded me of the movie Almost Famous, which I love. Definitely well done. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
pickThis was freaking fantastic! I listened to the audiobook and the full cast was absolutely amazing. The story was like a Behind the Music documentary and was probably one of the most unique and entertaining books I've read.
“I had absolutely no interest in being somebody else‘s muse. I am not a muse. I am the somebody. End of fucking story.”
#May2023
I had absolutely no interest in being somebody else‘s muse.
I am not a muse.
I am the somebody.
—Daisy
I've been meaning to read this book since it came out and now I'm finally getting around to it. My audiobook hold from the library finally came in for it after several months.
Been listening to this for a bit now. Forgot to update here. I almost always think the visual reading of a book is better than the audio version but in this case, I‘m glad I am listening to it. 👌🏻
pickWhat a mind-blowing story. Listen to the audiobook,it's awesome.
Starting this one tonight before I start the series on tv. So far, no complaints. I don‘t think TJR can do wrong #daisyjonesandthesix #amazonprimeseries #reesesbookclub #springreading #librarybooks
pickSex,drugs and rock and roll. You end up caring about the band and beyond.
A little Taylor Jenkins Reid book collection!
As someone who is generally opposed to books being made into TV/Movies this TV show is absolutely excellent. The soundtrack is amazing and “let me down easy” is such an earworm!!! Highly recommend if you‘ve not seen it yet.
so-soI‘ve heard rave reviews but… I don‘t get it. The storytelling was interesting but the interview style was confusing early on - maybe it was because I was listening to the audiobook and not seeing the words in the page, but I lost track of the characters and ended up abandoning the book for a couple of months and starting over recently. The story was ok, loads of people behaving badly to the point it was the norm, leaving Camila as my MVP. It‘s ok.
pickAbsolutely loved this book after watching the show, didn‘t want to put it down and was sad when it ended
pickThis is my second book by this author. I enjoy her writing style. This one is written in an oral history format. “The author” is interviewing the members of the band. It‘s a quick read and now I‘ll get to watch the show based on the book. Rock-n-roll 🙌🏽
pickGreat wee read! Loved the narrative structure and the pace of the novel. It covers a number of years but it isn't at all laborious .... and the ending is really moving. Look forward to watching it on Prime! 🎶🎸🎸🎸🎸
#WithANumber #TemptingTitles Finished the Prime miniseries last week, so good! so I‘m thinking about listening to the audio again next month to find out where the changes were and hang out with OG Daisy again. @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
so-soEdit: actually so-so
I liked the innovative storytelling of this book with every member of the band telling their own take on what happened 30 years ago: from how they got together as a band, and how they ended up splitting.
Why the change: unrealistic choice of interviewer...
It's well-written with a good flow. But I must admit being disappointed in the ending, that I found cheesy... Am I the only one!?
pickread: february 28-march 3, 2023
i honestly really enjoyed this book! i love romanticizing the 70s, i love rock & roll, i love passionate love stories! it was a really fun read that kept me invested from start to finish. it made me want to listen to all of their songs and go to a concert. i also liked the interview format in which the book was written! i‘ve never read anything like that before, and it was super fun!
“All I will say is that you show up for your friends on their hardest days. And you hold their hand through the roughest parts. Life is about who is holding your hand and, I think, whose hand you commit to holding.”
-Camila, Page 302
“Knowing you did the right thing doesn‘t mean you‘re happy about it.”
-Karen, Page 302
“You can‘t control another person. It doesn‘t matter how much you love them. You can‘t love someone back to health and you can‘t hate someone back to health and no matter how right you are about something, it doesn‘t mean they will change their mind.”
-Simone, Page 299
“Here‘s a lesson for everybody, take it from me: Handsome men that tell you what you want to hear are almost always liars.”
-Daisy, Page 237
