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Love Buzz
by Neely Tubati Alexander
Thank you so much to Harper Audio & Harper Perennial for an advance copy of this book!
This book will be published on May 2nd.
I was super excited to read this just knowing that some of it took place in New Orleans at a bachelorette party. Because honestly what could go wrong? And this did not let me down! I absolutely loved it and was sucked into the cat and mouse game of Serena trying to find Julian with whom she met at a bar and had an instant connection with. In serendipitous moment, when talking to Julian she finds out that he is not from Louisiana but Washington state and is not far away from where she lives in Seattle. Can she find him to see if their connection was the real deal or just a night of harmless flirting?
I recently learned the difference between romance and women's lit and I think I would classify this more so on the women's lit side. While there is romance in the beginning and at the end, the middle was more of Serena figuring out what she wants for herself as she approaches her 30th birthday. She broke up with a guy she was supposed to (eventually) marry, she quits her steady job and suddenly doesn't know what she wants all while trying to find this mystery. man she met in New Orleans.
Serena had put this pressure on herself to be a certain way to somehow not let down her deceased mother but had a looming interview for "Life at Thirty" from UW Daily (a publication at her alma mater). All the articles she had read previously shows well put together adults who knew what they wanted and she just wasn't altogether which is more of the norm than not. Heck even for myself at 35, I still have no plan for the future. I do not think one deep down doesn't ever really know. As Tubati-Alexander writes, "Thirty is not a magical number. It's not a litmus test for when we should have our lives in order. And what does "in order" really mean, anyway?"
My only qualm with the book was that is that I selfishly wanted just a smidge more of Serena and Julian.
In addition to reading the physical book, I paired it with the audio. It was narrated by Deepa Samuel and I thought she did a wonderful job!! They altered their voice depending on the character and made the listening experience better.
Also how cool is that the title of this book comes from an expected source - a Nirvana song! And after looking up the lyrics, I can totally see how perfect it is!
Bravo debut Neely!
This book will be published on May 2nd.
I was super excited to read this just knowing that some of it took place in New Orleans at a bachelorette party. Because honestly what could go wrong? And this did not let me down! I absolutely loved it and was sucked into the cat and mouse game of Serena trying to find Julian with whom she met at a bar and had an instant connection with. In serendipitous moment, when talking to Julian she finds out that he is not from Louisiana but Washington state and is not far away from where she lives in Seattle. Can she find him to see if their connection was the real deal or just a night of harmless flirting?
I recently learned the difference between romance and women's lit and I think I would classify this more so on the women's lit side. While there is romance in the beginning and at the end, the middle was more of Serena figuring out what she wants for herself as she approaches her 30th birthday. She broke up with a guy she was supposed to (eventually) marry, she quits her steady job and suddenly doesn't know what she wants all while trying to find this mystery. man she met in New Orleans.
Serena had put this pressure on herself to be a certain way to somehow not let down her deceased mother but had a looming interview for "Life at Thirty" from UW Daily (a publication at her alma mater). All the articles she had read previously shows well put together adults who knew what they wanted and she just wasn't altogether which is more of the norm than not. Heck even for myself at 35, I still have no plan for the future. I do not think one deep down doesn't ever really know. As Tubati-Alexander writes, "Thirty is not a magical number. It's not a litmus test for when we should have our lives in order. And what does "in order" really mean, anyway?"
My only qualm with the book was that is that I selfishly wanted just a smidge more of Serena and Julian.
In addition to reading the physical book, I paired it with the audio. It was narrated by Deepa Samuel and I thought she did a wonderful job!! They altered their voice depending on the character and made the listening experience better.
Also how cool is that the title of this book comes from an expected source - a Nirvana song! And after looking up the lyrics, I can totally see how perfect it is!
Bravo debut Neely!