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The Lonely Hearts Club #1
The Lonely Hearts Club
Love is all you need... or is it? Penny's about to find out in this wonderful debut.
Penny is sick of boys and sick of dating. So she vows: no more. It's a personal choice. . .and, of course, soon everyone wants to know about it. And a few other girls are inspired. A movement is born: The Lonely Hearts Club (named after the band from Sgt. Pepper). Penny is suddenly known for her nondating ways . . . which is too bad, because there's this certain boy she can't help but like. . . .
Penny is sick of boys and sick of dating. So she vows: no more. It's a personal choice. . .and, of course, soon everyone wants to know about it. And a few other girls are inspired. A movement is born: The Lonely Hearts Club (named after the band from Sgt. Pepper). Penny is suddenly known for her nondating ways . . . which is too bad, because there's this certain boy she can't help but like. . . .
290 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2010
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Elizabeth Eulberg
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Elizabeth Eulberg was born and raised in Wisconsin before heading off to college at Syracuse University and making a career in the New York City book biz. Now a full-time writer, she is the international bestselling author of over a dozen novels, including The Lonely Hearts Club, Prom & Prejudice, Take a Bow, and Better Off Friends, along with the middle-grade series The Great Shelby Holmes and Scared Silly. She now lives in London where she spends her free time aimlessly wandering around historic streets and eating all the scones. ALL OF THEM.
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Elizabeth Eulberg was born and raised in Wisconsin before heading off to college at Syracuse University and making a career in the New York City book biz. Now a full-time writer, she is the international bestselling author of over a dozen novels, including The Lonely Hearts Club, Prom & Prejudice, Take a Bow, and Better Off Friends, along with the middle-grade series The Great Shelby Holmes and Scared Silly. She now lives in London where she spends her free time aimlessly wandering around historic streets and eating all the scones. ALL OF THEM.
To check out the long version, head over to my webpage:
Also, I'm not checking e-mails on my Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ, see my website for information on contacting me!
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June 16, 2014
"Oh, really?" Rosanna rolled her eyes dramatically, "How convenient that you decide to change the rules after you go on a date with the hottest guy in school! Maybe it shouldn't be called the Lonely Hearts Club -- maybe you should call it the Rules Will Change When Convenient For Penny Club!"In the ancient Greek comedy, Lysistrata, fed up with all the warmongering, the women of Greece to withhold sex in a revolt to try to end the Peloponnesian War. If those intrepid women's mission to give up romance and love had lasted as short as the one waged by the main character within this book, the war might still be happening right now.
Because Penny Lane's vow to GIVE UP ALL THE BOYSES lasts all of 5 minutes. Yay. Bravo. Much endurance. Very patience. Such stoicism. Wow.
Not.
This book was terrible. I don't think Elizabeth Eulberg's YA comtemporary books are for me at all, because this is the third such I've read with disastrous consequences.
1. The heroine shows all the signs of being a contemporary Mary Sue including having a special name ("Penny Lane is in my ears and in my eyes"- The Beatles). She is beautiful without knowing it. ALL THE BOYSES FALL FOR HER. Etc.
2. The portrayal of teenaged females as completely shallow character whose lives revolve around that of their boyfriends and crushes
3. A theme of BOYS ARE NOT EVERYTHING that completely, utterly fails
4. An extremely juvenile way of viewing a group of people, in this case, boys, as EBIL EBIL EBIL creatures. It's so fucking 3rd grade.
He was a guy. A guy guy. As far as I was concerned, he probably had the dead bodies of small children and puppies hidden in his locker.The Summary:
"Are you even kidding me? Every time you're around Ryan, you flirt up a storm."Penny Lane is done with boys. D. O. N. E. So she says. Her boyfriend Nate just dumped her because she won't put out.
Yeah, well, that was the old Penny. New Penny was done flirting. I'd be happy if I never had to speak to any guys for the rest of the year.
And now that she's newly single, Penny is starting to see how HORRIBLE EVIL BAD boys are. I mean, they ruin everything they touch. They turn perfectly good, smart girls into mindless, devoted idiots, slave to their selfish EBIL EBIL EBIL needs. From the hipsters to the musicians to the jocks.
I couldn't help but wonder why it was that a guy could find two good girls to date at the same time, when we girls couldn't even find one decent guy.Anything with a penis = trouble.
And it's not just the boys that are the problem, it's the girls, too. The girls at her school are so fucking shallow.
"The guys in the Elite Eight aren't the problem," Morgan said. "Those girls are so shallow and have zero -- and I mean zero -- things to discuss outside of their boyfriends."So, fed up with boys, Penny decides to form the Lonely Hearts Club.
I would stop torturing myself by dating loser guys. I would enjoy the benefits of being single. I would, for once, focus on me. Junior year would be my year. It would be all about me, Penny Lane Bloom, sole member and founder of The Lonely Hearts Club.Famous last words.
Word gets out, and the girls at school think this is a fab, fab (not to be confused with the Fab Four Beatles, with whom Penny's parents are obsessed) idea. Before she knows it, Penny is famous, and practically all the girls at her school are joining it. Giving up boys! Enjoying time with each other! What could be a better idea!
Well, for one, Penny's starting to notice her best friend Diane's ex, Ryan. Diane and Ryan are THE couple. A jock, a cheerleader. Super popular, they've been dating since 7th grade. That's a long fucking time in grade school years, and they've just broken up.
And now Penny's got her eyes on Ryan. So much for her vow of chastity, or, whatever. They go on a date. Or, well, not a date, because SHE'S NOT WEARING A FUCKING BLACK TOP
Rita and I had joked that guys always wore that on a first date while girls always wore jeans and a black top. Since I wasn't wearing a black top, this was clearly not a date.Except Ryan sees it as a date.
"First date?"And then, well, maybe it's time to relax the rules.
I held my breath.
He smiled. "Yes, and what chance do you think I'd have with a second date if I made her pay?"
"I started this club because I was sick of guys. But as the Club has grown, I've noticed that it's more about focusing on ourselves, and that we're really good at that. So now I think maybe our focus shouldn't be on never dating a guy, but on keeping true to your friends. if one of us wants to go --"Are you fucking serious?
The Premise:
All members agree to stop dating men (or, if referring to the male population at McKinley High, "little boys") for the rest of thy high school existence.Those be the rules of the Lonely Hearts Club. It's a pretty neat little club, because although it's not true for everyone, relationships tend to bring out the worst of us sometimes.
"And then when we do find someone we think is special, we forget about our friends." I tried not to look at Diane. "Or we change something about ourselves to please a guy instead of doing what makes us happy or what we know is right. Why do we do this? Why do we even bother?"But this book vilifies relationships so much. It portrays all the girls within the book as desperate for boys, dependent on boys, and despite the fact that this book is about staying away from boys, it almost fails the Bechdel Test because almost ALL THE FUCKING CONVERSATIONS ARE ABOUT BOYS.
And it just fails in the premise. Not only does it has a very silly, juvenile attitude of Boys Have Cooties, the purpose of the book, that of making life more about girlfriends and yourself, just completely gets glossed over because Penny still cares so much about what guys think.
I spent more time than necessary hanging up the coats. the entire time I sensed Nate's eyes on my back. And I enjoyed it.And not only that, the founder of the club completely goes against the club's rules.
I am on a date with Ryan Bauer.And NOT ONLY THAT, she ends up taking her little crush...way too far -_-
My stomach did a somersault and I tried to catch my breath. Crap, I'm on a date with Ryan Bauer. I'm not supposed to be on a date! Not only that, I'd declared in front of the entire Lonely Hearts Club that I wasn't going on a date.
I blushed. I needed to take it down a notch before I started making decisions about our china pattern.For fuck's sakes...
Penny Lane is Making Me Scratch My Eyes Out: No, that's not the lyrics to the actual Penny Lane song, but it should be, because that's how Penny Lane makes me feel. She is a fucking Mary Sue, y'all.
She is beautiful without knowing it. Her beautiful cheerleader friends are all jealous of her and she doesn't know it.
"I've always been a little bit jealous of you."Because she can eat eeeeeeeeverything. So many times in the book, her friends are all jealous of Penny Lane's body and how effortless it takes her to maintain it. All the other girls in the book are on a rabbit-food-starvation-camp diet except for her. And she has no idea.
"Excuse me?" How could Miss Perfect, blond-hair, blue-eyes model Diane Monroe be jealous of me?
"Seriously, Penny --I mean, seriously! Look at you! Do you have any idea how hard I have to work to look like this? I mean, look at what I'm eating, for the love of carbs!" Diane motioned toward her garden salad with fat-free dressing and then looked over at my turkey sandwich with cheddar cheese and mayonnaise and potato chips.
She thinks she looks freakish but Penny's also got a great sense of style, without knowing it.
"AND you have the coolest style. I choose what I'm going to wear based on what magazines tell me. I look the same as everybody else. But you have your own funky style that nobody else could pull off You always have."Every girl in the book adores her with the exception of a few. They don't fucking mind if Penny date their ex-boyfriend. Fucking gag me please.
In other words, I was a freak because I preferred All Stars over stilettos.
"You and Ryan are Diane's closest friends. She wants you both to be happy!"Such generosity! So unbelievable!
All the boys fall in love with Penny. There's Ryan, of course, there's also ex-asshole Nate, and beloved asshole jock Todd. Naturally, she spurns them all. Except Ryan. RYYYYYYYYYYAN.
Overall: Cute premise. Utter failure.
August 27, 2015
3.5 stars.
It was really cute and I enjoyed it, but I found it very predictable. I think my 15-year-old-self would have loved it, but almost ten years have passed since I was that age, so... hahaha.
Anyway, I'll definitely read the second part "We can work it out", expecting a light and bubbly read, as this one was :).
It was really cute and I enjoyed it, but I found it very predictable. I think my 15-year-old-self would have loved it, but almost ten years have passed since I was that age, so... hahaha.
Anyway, I'll definitely read the second part "We can work it out", expecting a light and bubbly read, as this one was :).
July 27, 2012
Okay. Empecemos por el principio.
Creo que es la tercera vez que leo este libro. Y no me canso. La primera vez, cog¨ª este libro con MUCH?SIMAS GANAS. ?Y no me defraud¨®! Amo a Elizabeth Eulberg. Y amo este libro.
Esta historia comienza con una historia id¨ªlica, un ni?a y un ni?o enamorados que solo se ven en los veranos, y a medida que crecen, van convirtiendo su historia en algo real, primeros besos, primeras tarjetas de San Valent¨ªn,. Y sigue con un coraz¨®n roto, el de la protagonista, Penny Lane Bloom.
Bueno, esta es la historia: Penny se decidi¨® a perder la virginidad con su novio Nate, despu¨¦s de todas las insistencias de ¨¦l. As¨ª que va a darle la sorpresa -CUANDO Nate SE EST? QUEDANDO EN SU CASA EN NAVIDAD- ?y la sorpresa se la lleva ella, porque pilla a Nate l¨ªandose con otra chica! Cuando Penny le da una oportunidad para explicarse, ¨¦l le recrimina que ella no quiere ir al siguiente nivel, y que no ha crecido a¨²n. ?Mi reacci¨®n?
Reacci¨®n 1: ?Pero qu¨¦...?
Reacci¨®n 2: ?PERO SER?S HIJO DE-!
As¨ª que despu¨¦s de este gran... desastre/desilusi¨®n, Pen se da cuenta de lo malos que son los chicos, y decide no volver a salir con ellos hasta que acabe el instituto, ya que los chicos del McKinley APESTAN, fundando as¨ª el Club de los Corazones Solitarios. Poco a poco, a medida que el libro avanza se va haciendo m¨¢s y m¨¢s popular. Un club por y para chicas. ?Necesario decir que dese¨¦ que existiera para formar parte? No lo creo. Todas las lectoras de este libro coincidimos en eso.
Pen es taaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan maravillosa. Tiene una gran personalidad, es agradable, se preocupa por sus amigos, los ayuda SIEMPRE... Su personalidad es cre¨ªble ya que es muy parecida a la de muchos adolescentes. Su refugio en la m¨²sica cuando se siente mal y triste, su fanatismo o esa manera de no querer perjudicar a nadie. Su personaje me encant¨®.
Tracy es la mejor amiga de Pen. Bastante, c¨®mo decirlo, borde si te metes con sus amigas/ eres una animadora superficial/intentas salir con alguien de la lista de chicos con los que quiere salir; es s¨²per divertida tambi¨¦n, tiene algunas cosas... (as known as "mueve tu culo esquel¨¦tico de ²¹³ó¨ª/La violaci¨®n de las normas conlleva la inhabilitaci¨®n como socia, la humillaci¨®n p¨²blica, los rumores crueles y la posible decapitaci¨®n.)
Diane es una vieja amiga de Pen que la olvid¨® cuando empez¨® a salir con Ryan Bauer. Cuando ellos cortan, Diane se da cuenta de que est¨¢ sola, y intenta ganarse la confianza de Pen de nuevo. Diane fue mi personaje favorito, se nota mucho su evoluci¨®n a lo largo del libro y la manera en la que deja de importarle lo que los dem¨¢s piensen.
Ryan es el chico de la novela. Es tan duuulce<3 Apoya mucho a Diane, aunque sea su exnovia, y ¨¦l es el t¨ªpico chico perfecto, jugador del equipo del instituto, con un tipazo y ojos azules. Pero las apariencias enga?an, ya que en un punto vemos a la presi¨®n a la que se ve sometido cada d¨ªa, y que ni siquiera ¨¦l es perfecto (?Aunque para m¨ª lo es!
TODAS las fans de los Beatles y del YA deber¨ªan leer este libro, ya que todo el libro gira bastante a este tema. El libro est¨¢ dividido en unas secciones con frases de canciones los Beatles como 'Revolution. 'We all want to change the world' o 'With a little help from my friends...'. En la propia portada ya te da a entender que el libro ir¨¢ de ese tema:
Este es un libro que TODA CHICA DEBER?A DE LEER. Realmente no le vi nada malo, es tan tierno<3
PD: Si os gust¨®/llam¨® la atenci¨®n este libro, deber¨ªais ver estos dos de Elizabeth Eulberg, tambi¨¦n:
?Lo le¨ª y me encant¨®! (Inspirado en Pride and Prejudice de Jane Austen)
?No puedo esperar a ponerle las manos encima! La sinopsis pinta genial<3
Creo que es la tercera vez que leo este libro. Y no me canso. La primera vez, cog¨ª este libro con MUCH?SIMAS GANAS. ?Y no me defraud¨®! Amo a Elizabeth Eulberg. Y amo este libro.
Esta historia comienza con una historia id¨ªlica, un ni?a y un ni?o enamorados que solo se ven en los veranos, y a medida que crecen, van convirtiendo su historia en algo real, primeros besos, primeras tarjetas de San Valent¨ªn,. Y sigue con un coraz¨®n roto, el de la protagonista, Penny Lane Bloom.
Bueno, esta es la historia: Penny se decidi¨® a perder la virginidad con su novio Nate, despu¨¦s de todas las insistencias de ¨¦l. As¨ª que va a darle la sorpresa -CUANDO Nate SE EST? QUEDANDO EN SU CASA EN NAVIDAD- ?y la sorpresa se la lleva ella, porque pilla a Nate l¨ªandose con otra chica! Cuando Penny le da una oportunidad para explicarse, ¨¦l le recrimina que ella no quiere ir al siguiente nivel, y que no ha crecido a¨²n. ?Mi reacci¨®n?
Reacci¨®n 1: ?Pero qu¨¦...?
Reacci¨®n 2: ?PERO SER?S HIJO DE-!
As¨ª que despu¨¦s de este gran... desastre/desilusi¨®n, Pen se da cuenta de lo malos que son los chicos, y decide no volver a salir con ellos hasta que acabe el instituto, ya que los chicos del McKinley APESTAN, fundando as¨ª el Club de los Corazones Solitarios. Poco a poco, a medida que el libro avanza se va haciendo m¨¢s y m¨¢s popular. Un club por y para chicas. ?Necesario decir que dese¨¦ que existiera para formar parte? No lo creo. Todas las lectoras de este libro coincidimos en eso.
Pen es taaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan maravillosa. Tiene una gran personalidad, es agradable, se preocupa por sus amigos, los ayuda SIEMPRE... Su personalidad es cre¨ªble ya que es muy parecida a la de muchos adolescentes. Su refugio en la m¨²sica cuando se siente mal y triste, su fanatismo o esa manera de no querer perjudicar a nadie. Su personaje me encant¨®.
Tracy es la mejor amiga de Pen. Bastante, c¨®mo decirlo, borde si te metes con sus amigas/ eres una animadora superficial/intentas salir con alguien de la lista de chicos con los que quiere salir; es s¨²per divertida tambi¨¦n, tiene algunas cosas... (as known as "mueve tu culo esquel¨¦tico de ²¹³ó¨ª/La violaci¨®n de las normas conlleva la inhabilitaci¨®n como socia, la humillaci¨®n p¨²blica, los rumores crueles y la posible decapitaci¨®n.)
Diane es una vieja amiga de Pen que la olvid¨® cuando empez¨® a salir con Ryan Bauer. Cuando ellos cortan, Diane se da cuenta de que est¨¢ sola, y intenta ganarse la confianza de Pen de nuevo. Diane fue mi personaje favorito, se nota mucho su evoluci¨®n a lo largo del libro y la manera en la que deja de importarle lo que los dem¨¢s piensen.
Ryan es el chico de la novela. Es tan duuulce<3 Apoya mucho a Diane, aunque sea su exnovia, y ¨¦l es el t¨ªpico chico perfecto, jugador del equipo del instituto, con un tipazo y ojos azules. Pero las apariencias enga?an, ya que en un punto vemos a la presi¨®n a la que se ve sometido cada d¨ªa, y que ni siquiera ¨¦l es perfecto (?Aunque para m¨ª lo es!
TODAS las fans de los Beatles y del YA deber¨ªan leer este libro, ya que todo el libro gira bastante a este tema. El libro est¨¢ dividido en unas secciones con frases de canciones los Beatles como 'Revolution. 'We all want to change the world' o 'With a little help from my friends...'. En la propia portada ya te da a entender que el libro ir¨¢ de ese tema:
Este es un libro que TODA CHICA DEBER?A DE LEER. Realmente no le vi nada malo, es tan tierno<3
PD: Si os gust¨®/llam¨® la atenci¨®n este libro, deber¨ªais ver estos dos de Elizabeth Eulberg, tambi¨¦n:
?Lo le¨ª y me encant¨®! (Inspirado en Pride and Prejudice de Jane Austen)
?No puedo esperar a ponerle las manos encima! La sinopsis pinta genial<3
May 8, 2016
Empec¨¦ a leer este libro porque Elizabeth Eulberg, la autora, ven¨ªa a la Feria Internacional del Libro de Bogot¨¢ y me parec¨ªa alta traici¨®n conocerla sin haber le¨ªdo nada de ella. Cuando le¨ª la sinopsis e investigu¨¦ un poco, pens¨¦ que podr¨ªa gustarme porque, oye, era un tema s¨²per girly y amo ese tipo de libros; sin embargo, cuando los Beatles se atravesaron en el camino me asust¨¦. Confesi¨®n: no los soporto. Ya, lo he dicho.
El Club de los Corazones Solitarios es un libro que nos cuenta la historia de Penny Lane Bloom, una chica a la que le faltan dos a?os para graduarse del colegio y est¨¢ hasta los mism¨ªsimos co... digo, est¨¢ harta de que los chicos le rompan el coraz¨®n. Todos y cada uno de los chicos con los que ha salido la han enga?ado, dejado, mentido y mil cosas m¨¢s. As¨ª que despu¨¦s de una ruptura especialmente dolorosa, Penny decide renunciar a los chicos, al menos por lo que le queda de instituto y fundar el Club de los Corazones Solitarios. Todo esto empieza siendo un club de una persona, pero eventualmente se van uniendo m¨¢s chicas, compartiendo sus experiencias y apoy¨¢ndose las unas a las otras.
Si bien en este Club las chicas despotrican de los chicos, no todo va a ser tan f¨¢cil para Penny... pues Ryan aparece en el radar y va a hacer que la resoluci¨®n de Penny de dejar a los chicos de lado se vuelva muy, muy dif¨ªcil.
Si bien este libro no me gust¨® tanto como "?Y Si Quedamos Como Amigos?", lo disfrut¨¦ bastante. Me encantaban las enredadas mentales que se met¨ªa Penny tratando de descifrar cu¨¢les eran las intenciones de Ryan con ella, intentando convencerse de que era un cerdo como todos los dem¨¢s, etc. Quiz¨¢ lo mejor de todo el libro fue ver la reacci¨®n de los chicos del instituto al ver que las chicas ya no quer¨ªan salir con ellos, jajajaja.
Ahora, le pongo 4 estrellas porque no lograba identificarme mucho con los personajes y sus motivaciones por falta de experiencia personal en rupturas dram¨¢ticas y cosas por el estilo, supongo. Peeeeeeeero eso no quiere decir que no vaya a leer la secuela, pues creo que va a ser mucho m¨¢s interesante, dado el final de este primer libro.
El Club de los Corazones Solitarios es un libro que nos cuenta la historia de Penny Lane Bloom, una chica a la que le faltan dos a?os para graduarse del colegio y est¨¢ hasta los mism¨ªsimos co... digo, est¨¢ harta de que los chicos le rompan el coraz¨®n. Todos y cada uno de los chicos con los que ha salido la han enga?ado, dejado, mentido y mil cosas m¨¢s. As¨ª que despu¨¦s de una ruptura especialmente dolorosa, Penny decide renunciar a los chicos, al menos por lo que le queda de instituto y fundar el Club de los Corazones Solitarios. Todo esto empieza siendo un club de una persona, pero eventualmente se van uniendo m¨¢s chicas, compartiendo sus experiencias y apoy¨¢ndose las unas a las otras.
Si bien en este Club las chicas despotrican de los chicos, no todo va a ser tan f¨¢cil para Penny... pues Ryan aparece en el radar y va a hacer que la resoluci¨®n de Penny de dejar a los chicos de lado se vuelva muy, muy dif¨ªcil.
Si bien este libro no me gust¨® tanto como "?Y Si Quedamos Como Amigos?", lo disfrut¨¦ bastante. Me encantaban las enredadas mentales que se met¨ªa Penny tratando de descifrar cu¨¢les eran las intenciones de Ryan con ella, intentando convencerse de que era un cerdo como todos los dem¨¢s, etc. Quiz¨¢ lo mejor de todo el libro fue ver la reacci¨®n de los chicos del instituto al ver que las chicas ya no quer¨ªan salir con ellos, jajajaja.
Ahora, le pongo 4 estrellas porque no lograba identificarme mucho con los personajes y sus motivaciones por falta de experiencia personal en rupturas dram¨¢ticas y cosas por el estilo, supongo. Peeeeeeeero eso no quiere decir que no vaya a leer la secuela, pues creo que va a ser mucho m¨¢s interesante, dado el final de este primer libro.
April 26, 2011
Yes, it was girly.
Yes, it was mushy.
Yes, it was predictable at times.
But seriously, how can you not love a book that gives so much lovin' to the Beatles?!?!? The main character's name is Penny Lane. Every chapter is a different Beatles song, and also a lyric from that song. There are countless Beatles references. Penny Lane makes a mixed CD for the guy she's digging and it's a Beatles mix. Penny and Ryan go to a Beatles tribute band concert. The cover of the book is a spin of the Beatles Abbey Road alblum cover. Do you catch my drift?!?!? This book is for (girly) Beatles fans!!!
It was very chick-lit, but with a tiny edge. At some parts I really thought I had everything figured out, but was pleasantly suprised the author had some tricks hidden amoungst the pages. The outcome is what you think it will be, but the stops along the way are very entertaining. This is really a girl-power book with a light-dusting of romance. I would have been obsessed with this back in high school. I've out grown it, but I still like it.
4 stars
If you are midly interested in this one, I'd definitely recommend you giving it a go.
For those of you who have read this: I appreciate the "I am the walrus" reference with her stuffed animal!!! Nice touch.
"Lady Madonna lying on the bed, listen to the music playing in your head."
This has nothing really to do with the book, but "Lady Madonna" will always hold a special place in my heart. Before my brother passed away, he said this song reminded him of me... not so much the lyrics, but the beat of it... because it was goofy and fun. What a nice thought, that someone thinks of you that way!!!
The Beatles were also one my of brother favorites, I mean for a 16 year old he knew every song and lyric they had.. it was impressive. So, I guess this book really made me reflect and have some smiles.
"Yesterday all my troubles seemed so far away..........."
Yes, it was mushy.
Yes, it was predictable at times.
But seriously, how can you not love a book that gives so much lovin' to the Beatles?!?!? The main character's name is Penny Lane. Every chapter is a different Beatles song, and also a lyric from that song. There are countless Beatles references. Penny Lane makes a mixed CD for the guy she's digging and it's a Beatles mix. Penny and Ryan go to a Beatles tribute band concert. The cover of the book is a spin of the Beatles Abbey Road alblum cover. Do you catch my drift?!?!? This book is for (girly) Beatles fans!!!
It was very chick-lit, but with a tiny edge. At some parts I really thought I had everything figured out, but was pleasantly suprised the author had some tricks hidden amoungst the pages. The outcome is what you think it will be, but the stops along the way are very entertaining. This is really a girl-power book with a light-dusting of romance. I would have been obsessed with this back in high school. I've out grown it, but I still like it.
4 stars
If you are midly interested in this one, I'd definitely recommend you giving it a go.
For those of you who have read this: I appreciate the "I am the walrus" reference with her stuffed animal!!! Nice touch.
"Lady Madonna lying on the bed, listen to the music playing in your head."
This has nothing really to do with the book, but "Lady Madonna" will always hold a special place in my heart. Before my brother passed away, he said this song reminded him of me... not so much the lyrics, but the beat of it... because it was goofy and fun. What a nice thought, that someone thinks of you that way!!!
The Beatles were also one my of brother favorites, I mean for a 16 year old he knew every song and lyric they had.. it was impressive. So, I guess this book really made me reflect and have some smiles.
"Yesterday all my troubles seemed so far away..........."
March 19, 2014
I can't deal with vapid, insensitive and selfish girls like this. Sure they're immature 16/17 year olds, but I just can't deal with the plot in this book. It is not as cute and fluffy as the title makes out. I would think a Lonely Hearts Club would just be a nice little club of people who'd been heartbroken and need someone to talk to, but no, it's a group of gossipy, vain girls who have sworn off dating after a few guys were rotten to them, thus labelling all guys as pigs, morons etc.
What was also unbelievable and stupid in this book was the character of Tracy. I cannot believe this girl actually had a list of guys she wanted to date that year. Like she spent her entire summer thinking of potential candidates to date. And she would cross them off as she realised one had a bad haircut, one worked at a fast food restaurant, and all these other superficial reasons NOT to date someone. So not only is the idea of a 16 year old girl spending her summer devising a massive list of people she wants to date (as in, date all of them on the list), but is turned off by the most mundane things like a haircut. I couldn't deal with it.
I am dumbfounded by the way some girls behave already, and then a book like this comes along, practically telling readers (who I'm assuming would be girls of the same age) that it's okay to treat people this way. It's okay to judge everyone based on how they look. It's okay to label all men as gross and disgusting after one boy hurt you.
I didn't get to any sort of conclusion or realisation in this book, because I couldn't stand it.
What was also unbelievable and stupid in this book was the character of Tracy. I cannot believe this girl actually had a list of guys she wanted to date that year. Like she spent her entire summer thinking of potential candidates to date. And she would cross them off as she realised one had a bad haircut, one worked at a fast food restaurant, and all these other superficial reasons NOT to date someone. So not only is the idea of a 16 year old girl spending her summer devising a massive list of people she wants to date (as in, date all of them on the list), but is turned off by the most mundane things like a haircut. I couldn't deal with it.
I am dumbfounded by the way some girls behave already, and then a book like this comes along, practically telling readers (who I'm assuming would be girls of the same age) that it's okay to treat people this way. It's okay to judge everyone based on how they look. It's okay to label all men as gross and disgusting after one boy hurt you.
I didn't get to any sort of conclusion or realisation in this book, because I couldn't stand it.
February 13, 2011
I wondered if it would've been too subtle to wear a T-shirt that said thank you for your interest, but I am no longer dating.
The Lonely Hearts Club by Elizabeth Eulberg is a fun, fast, light YA contemporary romance that I finished in one sitting. The writing is engaging as are the characters in this story, and I was immediately drawn into this book from page one.
Penny Lane is tainted when it comes to guys. She¡¯s just been cheated on by her long time love Nate, and as she reflects on all her past heartbreaks, she decides to give up on this boy business and start The Lonely Hearts Club. The club begins to take momentum as she and her friends realize that you don¡¯t need a guy to have a good time at a dance, on a Saturday night or around school. All of a sudden though, Penny finds herself in a boy triangle. There¡¯s Nate who is begging her to take him back, Todd the player who¡¯s called dibbs on her to the entire basketball team, and Ryan her friend and locker neighbor that seems to be there as times get tough.
Ryan was by far my favorite of the guy line up for obvious reasons. I loved his honestly and attempts to show Penny how he felt. He took some tough punches, and too-good-to-be-true responses had me aww¡¯ing his every word. I enjoyed their times together and their banter was LOL funny.
I liked the Beatles music tie-in as well as the events as they unfolded. It was a fun book to pass the time. I¡¯ll definitely keep my eye out for other books by Eulberg. Great debut!
Funny quotes and moments
Was there some sort of secret class where they taught boys to become himbos?
No, no, no, for the love of all that is pure, you can¡¯t be ordering a salad, you¡¯re a sixteen-year-old boy! ¡°¡with ranch dressing to start, then a double cheeseburger, fries, and a chocolate shake.¡± That¡¯s my boy¡. Well, not technically my boy.
¡°Penny, this means so much, coming from you. Please don¡¯t be upset.¡± He placed his hand around my neck and leaned in farther so his chin was resting on my forehead.
"And Nate? You kiss like a slobbering dog, you have bad breath, and you wouldn't know how to punch the right buttons on a girl if we came with manuals. Happy Thanksgiving, Jackass."
¡°You know, you being nice and all isn¡¯t helping.¡± I tell him. Ryan stared at me intensely for a few seconds before a smile crept over his face and he says, ¡°Okay, stop your blubbering, woman. You¡¯re being a big tear whore.¡±
Song Choice
I couldn¡¯t really come up with a song that paralleled this storyline, unless I go with the Beatles songs that are included throughout the story, so I¡¯ll just include this song that crept in my head for random reasons.
The Lonely Hearts Club by Elizabeth Eulberg is a fun, fast, light YA contemporary romance that I finished in one sitting. The writing is engaging as are the characters in this story, and I was immediately drawn into this book from page one.
Penny Lane is tainted when it comes to guys. She¡¯s just been cheated on by her long time love Nate, and as she reflects on all her past heartbreaks, she decides to give up on this boy business and start The Lonely Hearts Club. The club begins to take momentum as she and her friends realize that you don¡¯t need a guy to have a good time at a dance, on a Saturday night or around school. All of a sudden though, Penny finds herself in a boy triangle. There¡¯s Nate who is begging her to take him back, Todd the player who¡¯s called dibbs on her to the entire basketball team, and Ryan her friend and locker neighbor that seems to be there as times get tough.
Ryan was by far my favorite of the guy line up for obvious reasons. I loved his honestly and attempts to show Penny how he felt. He took some tough punches, and too-good-to-be-true responses had me aww¡¯ing his every word. I enjoyed their times together and their banter was LOL funny.
I liked the Beatles music tie-in as well as the events as they unfolded. It was a fun book to pass the time. I¡¯ll definitely keep my eye out for other books by Eulberg. Great debut!
Funny quotes and moments
Was there some sort of secret class where they taught boys to become himbos?
No, no, no, for the love of all that is pure, you can¡¯t be ordering a salad, you¡¯re a sixteen-year-old boy! ¡°¡with ranch dressing to start, then a double cheeseburger, fries, and a chocolate shake.¡± That¡¯s my boy¡. Well, not technically my boy.
¡°Penny, this means so much, coming from you. Please don¡¯t be upset.¡± He placed his hand around my neck and leaned in farther so his chin was resting on my forehead.
"And Nate? You kiss like a slobbering dog, you have bad breath, and you wouldn't know how to punch the right buttons on a girl if we came with manuals. Happy Thanksgiving, Jackass."
¡°You know, you being nice and all isn¡¯t helping.¡± I tell him. Ryan stared at me intensely for a few seconds before a smile crept over his face and he says, ¡°Okay, stop your blubbering, woman. You¡¯re being a big tear whore.¡±
Song Choice
I couldn¡¯t really come up with a song that paralleled this storyline, unless I go with the Beatles songs that are included throughout the story, so I¡¯ll just include this song that crept in my head for random reasons.
June 5, 2021
Primera lectura (2012): 5/5.
Relectura (2021): 2/5.
Y esto es lo que pasa cuando a uno le da por releer ciertas cosas con el paso de los a?os. Este libro me encant¨® la primera vez que lo le¨ª, quiz¨¢ porque me dej¨¦ llevar demasiado por las referencias a los Beatles, un grupo que me gusta no al nivel de Penny, pero que s¨ª que me encanta. Y me averg¨¹enza el papel que tienen este libro.
Entiendo perfectamente el contexto de la novela, y lejos de ser problem¨¢tica al nivel de After, lo que nadie le quita es que es la t¨ªpica historia de Wattpad hecha libro. Penny es la clase de chica que "no es como las dem¨¢s", no tiene "nada de especial", porque viste sudaderas y converse. Lo ¨²nico que nos queda claro que es especial en ella es su nombre, Penny Lane. Y ya est¨¢.
Pero a pesar de todo, Penny hace cosas bastante "incre¨ªbles" para ser simplemente una chavala de diecis¨¦is. No le quito la parte fantasiosa a esto, porque nadie dijo que fuera basada en hechos reales. Y repito, aunque entiendo que se escribi¨® por la misma ¨¦poca donde la misoginia enmascarada de falso feminismo estaba a la orden del d¨ªa, tampoco lo secundo y por eso ha dejado de ser una de mis novelas favoritas como ten¨ªa puesto aqu¨ª.
Que no digo que no sea entretenida en ocasiones (a m¨ª me ha aburrido bastante), pero me chirr¨ªan muchas cosas. Los personajes no se desarrollan, la historia no es interesante y se cae por su propio peso... Diane era la ¨²nica que me interesaba saber c¨®mo se desarrollaba y es posiblemente el personaje m¨¢s interesante de toda la historia, pero apenas tiene escenas. En cambio tenemos a Penny Lane quien tiene la vida m¨¢s "normal del mundo" y sin nada "destacable" pero se las apa?a para rellenar 300 p¨¢ginas.
En conclusi¨®n, este libro habr¨ªa ganado 500 puntos si se hubiera planteado el problema de la heterosexualidad obligada que sufren muchas mujeres o sin ir m¨¢s lejos, se hubiera utilizado para tirarle un poco del bigote al patriarcado. En cambio, lo ensalza y lo enmascara con referencias pop a canciones que me encantan y que han sido mi infancia y mi adolescencia.
No te mereces el nombre que tienes, Penny.
Relectura (2021): 2/5.
Y esto es lo que pasa cuando a uno le da por releer ciertas cosas con el paso de los a?os. Este libro me encant¨® la primera vez que lo le¨ª, quiz¨¢ porque me dej¨¦ llevar demasiado por las referencias a los Beatles, un grupo que me gusta no al nivel de Penny, pero que s¨ª que me encanta. Y me averg¨¹enza el papel que tienen este libro.
Entiendo perfectamente el contexto de la novela, y lejos de ser problem¨¢tica al nivel de After, lo que nadie le quita es que es la t¨ªpica historia de Wattpad hecha libro. Penny es la clase de chica que "no es como las dem¨¢s", no tiene "nada de especial", porque viste sudaderas y converse. Lo ¨²nico que nos queda claro que es especial en ella es su nombre, Penny Lane. Y ya est¨¢.
Pero a pesar de todo, Penny hace cosas bastante "incre¨ªbles" para ser simplemente una chavala de diecis¨¦is. No le quito la parte fantasiosa a esto, porque nadie dijo que fuera basada en hechos reales. Y repito, aunque entiendo que se escribi¨® por la misma ¨¦poca donde la misoginia enmascarada de falso feminismo estaba a la orden del d¨ªa, tampoco lo secundo y por eso ha dejado de ser una de mis novelas favoritas como ten¨ªa puesto aqu¨ª.
Que no digo que no sea entretenida en ocasiones (a m¨ª me ha aburrido bastante), pero me chirr¨ªan muchas cosas. Los personajes no se desarrollan, la historia no es interesante y se cae por su propio peso... Diane era la ¨²nica que me interesaba saber c¨®mo se desarrollaba y es posiblemente el personaje m¨¢s interesante de toda la historia, pero apenas tiene escenas. En cambio tenemos a Penny Lane quien tiene la vida m¨¢s "normal del mundo" y sin nada "destacable" pero se las apa?a para rellenar 300 p¨¢ginas.
En conclusi¨®n, este libro habr¨ªa ganado 500 puntos si se hubiera planteado el problema de la heterosexualidad obligada que sufren muchas mujeres o sin ir m¨¢s lejos, se hubiera utilizado para tirarle un poco del bigote al patriarcado. En cambio, lo ensalza y lo enmascara con referencias pop a canciones que me encantan y que han sido mi infancia y mi adolescencia.
No te mereces el nombre que tienes, Penny.
July 16, 2015
Reading challenge 2015: #15 Primer libro de autor popular.
Predecible. Clich¨¦. Hip¨®crita. Un libro muy meh.
Ac¨¢ tenemos a Penny, nuestra querida protagonista, que ha tenido un fracaso tras otro con chicos; se ha cansado de idealizarlos, verlos como objetos de culto bellos y perfectos, para enterarse al final que los chicos, de hecho, son personas, con defectos y virtudes. ?Pero que sorpresa, che! Pero como Penny es una persona muy madura, funda este Club de los corazones solitarios porque s¨ª, todos lo chicos son iguales, unos idiotas ego¨ªstas prejuicios. A lo largo del libro, Penny y sus amigas descubren de los placeres de estar solteras, de dejar de definirse por otro, de vivir para complacer al otro.
A ver, tengo sentimientos encontrados con este libro. Por una parte me gust¨® mucho el cambio de Penny y sus amigas tienen, como empiezan a encontrarse y aceptarse. Pero otro lado, me parece una pelotudez lo del club, no todos los chicos son ego¨ªstas y est¨²pidos, por favor.
Pero el mayor problema del libro es que es demasiado simple, todo se queda ²¹³ó¨ª; la narraci¨®n es sencillita, los personajes son clich¨¦s y apenas desarrollados, el argumento parece de una peli disney, el final es tan predecible. Desde un principio sabemos como va terminar, Penny va descubrir a un chico perfecto que la va entender y querer y que ?oh, sorpresa! va a cambiar sus ideas rid¨ªculas sobre los chicos.
M¨¢s all¨¢ de la poca profundidad, lo pat¨¦tico de los personajes y lo poco cre¨ªble que son algunas situaciones (el club termina con cuarenta integrantes, CUARENTA, ?en serio?) lo que m¨¢s me molest¨® fue el girl-hate. Penny y sus amigas desprecian y ridiculizan a las chicas que no quieren unirse a su club, porque solo piensan en chicos. ?En serio? ?Qu¨¦ clase de libro puede clamar amor y aceptaci¨®n por un lado, y re¨ªrse de las chicas que piensan diferente? ?Qu¨¦ clase de amor y aceptaci¨®n es esa? Pat¨¦tico. Horrible.
No voy a decir que fue una decepci¨®n, no esperaba nada del libro, pero hubiera sido lindo que el mensaje fuera al completo.
Predecible. Clich¨¦. Hip¨®crita. Un libro muy meh.
Ac¨¢ tenemos a Penny, nuestra querida protagonista, que ha tenido un fracaso tras otro con chicos; se ha cansado de idealizarlos, verlos como objetos de culto bellos y perfectos, para enterarse al final que los chicos, de hecho, son personas, con defectos y virtudes. ?Pero que sorpresa, che! Pero como Penny es una persona muy madura, funda este Club de los corazones solitarios porque s¨ª, todos lo chicos son iguales, unos idiotas ego¨ªstas prejuicios. A lo largo del libro, Penny y sus amigas descubren de los placeres de estar solteras, de dejar de definirse por otro, de vivir para complacer al otro.
A ver, tengo sentimientos encontrados con este libro. Por una parte me gust¨® mucho el cambio de Penny y sus amigas tienen, como empiezan a encontrarse y aceptarse. Pero otro lado, me parece una pelotudez lo del club, no todos los chicos son ego¨ªstas y est¨²pidos, por favor.
Pero el mayor problema del libro es que es demasiado simple, todo se queda ²¹³ó¨ª; la narraci¨®n es sencillita, los personajes son clich¨¦s y apenas desarrollados, el argumento parece de una peli disney, el final es tan predecible. Desde un principio sabemos como va terminar, Penny va descubrir a un chico perfecto que la va entender y querer y que ?oh, sorpresa! va a cambiar sus ideas rid¨ªculas sobre los chicos.
M¨¢s all¨¢ de la poca profundidad, lo pat¨¦tico de los personajes y lo poco cre¨ªble que son algunas situaciones (el club termina con cuarenta integrantes, CUARENTA, ?en serio?) lo que m¨¢s me molest¨® fue el girl-hate. Penny y sus amigas desprecian y ridiculizan a las chicas que no quieren unirse a su club, porque solo piensan en chicos. ?En serio? ?Qu¨¦ clase de libro puede clamar amor y aceptaci¨®n por un lado, y re¨ªrse de las chicas que piensan diferente? ?Qu¨¦ clase de amor y aceptaci¨®n es esa? Pat¨¦tico. Horrible.
No voy a decir que fue una decepci¨®n, no esperaba nada del libro, pero hubiera sido lindo que el mensaje fuera al completo.
July 16, 2021
amaba este libro bc tiene canciones de THE BEATLES y si no se menciona a taylor minimo pido a mi banda fav
February 21, 2022
¡î¡ï 3.5
el otro d¨ªa me acord¨¦ de la existencia de este libro y hoy, mientras buscaba en cajas guardadas en el trastero, me lo encontr¨¦ y decid¨ª leerlo de nuevo.
"it's like a boomer who thinks all girls do until they're 21 is think and gush about boys and completely disregard the rest of their relationships". "shallow, fails at what it sets itself up to do", dicen algunos reviews de 1, 2 estrellas. ?y sab¨¦is qu¨¦? me da absolutamente igual. me lo he pasado en grande reley¨¦ndolo y me he sentido transportada a tiempos mejores en los que estaba obsesionada con los beatles y mi grupo de amigas de primaria y yo nos cre¨ªamos las due?as del instituto.
para empezar, la traducci¨®n me parece maravillosa, as¨ª que mis felicitaciones (bien tard¨ªas) a mercedes n¨²?ez por su trabajo. es exactamente el tipo de lenguaje que me espero encontrar en un instituto americano en los 2000s y me flipan algunas de las elecciones de palabras. brutal brutal brutal.
el conflicto de la protagonista me parece, obviamente, mil veces m¨¢s tonto que hace (unos) 10 a?os, claro, pero las lecciones y conclusiones que saca de cada obst¨¢culo que supera son todo aciertos; palabras que agradezco que mi yo de 12 a?os leyera en su momento. temas como la sororidad, tener una personalidad propia, no dejarte llevar por la presi¨®n social y cambiar para agradar a otros... ?que la protagonista es un poco mary sue? pues s¨ª, y a¨²n as¨ª bien que se disfruta.
en fin, que no s¨¦ escribir reviews y que tampoco tengo mucho m¨¢s que decir. a los 21, el club de los corazones solitarios me ha producido much¨ªsima ternura y nostalgia y, al final, hab¨¦rmelo pasado bien ley¨¦ndolo es lo que importa.
ps. a lo mejor la gente que no es young adult no deber¨ªa esperarse un debate/conflicto profundo y real y una protagonista con la que sentirse identificada en un libro que es young adult. no s¨¦, llamadme loca, pero ser cr¨ªtique con esta historia o embarcarse a leerla por primera vez esperando literatura para adultos (o un ensayo feminista en este caso en concreto) cuando es una historia para adolescentes...
el otro d¨ªa me acord¨¦ de la existencia de este libro y hoy, mientras buscaba en cajas guardadas en el trastero, me lo encontr¨¦ y decid¨ª leerlo de nuevo.
"it's like a boomer who thinks all girls do until they're 21 is think and gush about boys and completely disregard the rest of their relationships". "shallow, fails at what it sets itself up to do", dicen algunos reviews de 1, 2 estrellas. ?y sab¨¦is qu¨¦? me da absolutamente igual. me lo he pasado en grande reley¨¦ndolo y me he sentido transportada a tiempos mejores en los que estaba obsesionada con los beatles y mi grupo de amigas de primaria y yo nos cre¨ªamos las due?as del instituto.
para empezar, la traducci¨®n me parece maravillosa, as¨ª que mis felicitaciones (bien tard¨ªas) a mercedes n¨²?ez por su trabajo. es exactamente el tipo de lenguaje que me espero encontrar en un instituto americano en los 2000s y me flipan algunas de las elecciones de palabras. brutal brutal brutal.
el conflicto de la protagonista me parece, obviamente, mil veces m¨¢s tonto que hace (unos) 10 a?os, claro, pero las lecciones y conclusiones que saca de cada obst¨¢culo que supera son todo aciertos; palabras que agradezco que mi yo de 12 a?os leyera en su momento. temas como la sororidad, tener una personalidad propia, no dejarte llevar por la presi¨®n social y cambiar para agradar a otros... ?que la protagonista es un poco mary sue? pues s¨ª, y a¨²n as¨ª bien que se disfruta.
en fin, que no s¨¦ escribir reviews y que tampoco tengo mucho m¨¢s que decir. a los 21, el club de los corazones solitarios me ha producido much¨ªsima ternura y nostalgia y, al final, hab¨¦rmelo pasado bien ley¨¦ndolo es lo que importa.
ps. a lo mejor la gente que no es young adult no deber¨ªa esperarse un debate/conflicto profundo y real y una protagonista con la que sentirse identificada en un libro que es young adult. no s¨¦, llamadme loca, pero ser cr¨ªtique con esta historia o embarcarse a leerla por primera vez esperando literatura para adultos (o un ensayo feminista en este caso en concreto) cuando es una historia para adolescentes...
September 5, 2019
S¨ª, fue femenino.
S¨ª, fue blando.
S¨ª, era predecible a veces.
Pero en serio, ?c¨®mo puedes no amar un libro que le da tanto amor a los Beatles? El nombre del personaje principal es Penny Lane. Cada cap¨ªtulo es una canci¨®n diferente de los Beatles, y tambi¨¦n una letra de esa canci¨®n. Hay innumerables referencias de los Beatles. Penny Lane hace un CD mixto para el chico del que esta enamorada y es una mezcla de los Beatles. Penny y Ryan van a un concierto de la banda tributo a los Beatles. La portada del libro es un giro de la portada de los Beatles Abbey Road. ?Me entiendes?!?!? ?Este libro es para las chicas fan¨¢ticas de los Beatles!
Estaba muy ilusionada, pero con algo de precauci¨®n. En algunas partes realmente pens¨¦ que ten¨ªa todo resuelto, pero me sorprendi¨® gratamente que la autora tuviera algunos trucos escondidos entre las p¨¢ginas. El resultado es lo que crees que ser¨¢, pero las paradas en el camino son muy entretenidas. Este es realmente un libro de poder femenino con un ligero toque de romance. Me hubiera obsesionado con esto en la secundaria. Lo he crecido, pero todav¨ªa me gusta.
Si est¨¢s medio interesado en este, definitivamente te recomiendo que lo leas.
S¨ª, fue blando.
S¨ª, era predecible a veces.
Pero en serio, ?c¨®mo puedes no amar un libro que le da tanto amor a los Beatles? El nombre del personaje principal es Penny Lane. Cada cap¨ªtulo es una canci¨®n diferente de los Beatles, y tambi¨¦n una letra de esa canci¨®n. Hay innumerables referencias de los Beatles. Penny Lane hace un CD mixto para el chico del que esta enamorada y es una mezcla de los Beatles. Penny y Ryan van a un concierto de la banda tributo a los Beatles. La portada del libro es un giro de la portada de los Beatles Abbey Road. ?Me entiendes?!?!? ?Este libro es para las chicas fan¨¢ticas de los Beatles!
Estaba muy ilusionada, pero con algo de precauci¨®n. En algunas partes realmente pens¨¦ que ten¨ªa todo resuelto, pero me sorprendi¨® gratamente que la autora tuviera algunos trucos escondidos entre las p¨¢ginas. El resultado es lo que crees que ser¨¢, pero las paradas en el camino son muy entretenidas. Este es realmente un libro de poder femenino con un ligero toque de romance. Me hubiera obsesionado con esto en la secundaria. Lo he crecido, pero todav¨ªa me gusta.
Si est¨¢s medio interesado en este, definitivamente te recomiendo que lo leas.
October 8, 2011
3.5 bumped up from 2.5
The only reason I bumped this one up is because of the musical aspect of the book. I thought it was interesting and it was something that I had not read a lot of. So... this book got wonderful reviews. Why were you, Sita going to give it a mere 2.5. Well I will tell you why. I will tell you why in the form of a song, no a list. Because the book has enough songs in it.
(1) Annoying main character, that is all - annoying like, no other word to describe it.
(2) The concept was good, I just don't know if the author pulled it off.
(3) The ending. God! I just hated how it ended! Enough said.
I really cant think of anything else that was majorly horrible. But it is out there, it is out there. Oh yeah...
(4) The book on a whole was just not that great, could have been alot better. I mean the idea was good, just the plot. Not so much.
(5) Characters - Shoot me now!
The end.
The only reason I bumped this one up is because of the musical aspect of the book. I thought it was interesting and it was something that I had not read a lot of. So... this book got wonderful reviews. Why were you, Sita going to give it a mere 2.5. Well I will tell you why. I will tell you why in the form of a song, no a list. Because the book has enough songs in it.
(1) Annoying main character, that is all - annoying like, no other word to describe it.
(2) The concept was good, I just don't know if the author pulled it off.
(3) The ending. God! I just hated how it ended! Enough said.
I really cant think of anything else that was majorly horrible. But it is out there, it is out there. Oh yeah...
(4) The book on a whole was just not that great, could have been alot better. I mean the idea was good, just the plot. Not so much.
(5) Characters - Shoot me now!
The end.
March 21, 2016
a mi yo de 15 a?os este libro le hubiera fascinado, sobre todo por la cantidad de clich¨¦s que hay y la forma en que se desarrolla el romance, sin embargo mi yo de 25 a?os, (si 25) he podido ver ciertas conductas, que mujeres seguimos despu¨¦s de tener un coraz¨®n roto y generalizarlo todo, sin embargo tambi¨¦n he podido ver un gran impulso feminista, al darse su lugar, y hacer todo por ellas mismas, creo que es un libro que aparte de ser una linda historia nos invita a reflexionar sobre lo que se espera de la juventud, como es vista y como debe ser valorada, como digo, esto va mas all¨¢ de la historia.
Ah y amo a los Beatles, eso jug¨® un papel muy importante en mi opini¨®n
Ah y amo a los Beatles, eso jug¨® un papel muy importante en mi opini¨®n
October 22, 2014
3.5 stars. Second read. Spoilers everywhere.
Very cute, but on second read, I noticed a few moments where girls were slut-shamed for their clothing - for dressing a certain way. It's early in the book and I do think the characters sort of learn from their mistakes and realize that people aren't what they appear - Tyson, in particular, puts this in perspective for Penny. I don't think the author meant for the slut-shaming to happen, but it did. The other thing that bothered me was that I didn't find it totally believable that the principal of the school would really call Penny into his office to ask her to disband a club because she was getting too much power. It was a cool scene because it allowed us to see Penny's parents standing up for her, but it didn't ring true for me. Why would the principal care if they hadn't done anything wrong? That said, the heart and message of the book was definitely of celebrating femininity and female friendships, and it was definitely meant to be one girl's attempt to navigate what it means to be strong and feminist - without losing romance. Overall, really enjoyed this quick read and looking forward to seeing what happens next to Penny and the Lonely Hearts Club.
Very cute, but on second read, I noticed a few moments where girls were slut-shamed for their clothing - for dressing a certain way. It's early in the book and I do think the characters sort of learn from their mistakes and realize that people aren't what they appear - Tyson, in particular, puts this in perspective for Penny. I don't think the author meant for the slut-shaming to happen, but it did. The other thing that bothered me was that I didn't find it totally believable that the principal of the school would really call Penny into his office to ask her to disband a club because she was getting too much power. It was a cool scene because it allowed us to see Penny's parents standing up for her, but it didn't ring true for me. Why would the principal care if they hadn't done anything wrong? That said, the heart and message of the book was definitely of celebrating femininity and female friendships, and it was definitely meant to be one girl's attempt to navigate what it means to be strong and feminist - without losing romance. Overall, really enjoyed this quick read and looking forward to seeing what happens next to Penny and the Lonely Hearts Club.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
April 22, 2017
So, one of my friends recommended this for me and, I must say, I was a little skeptical. It is so different from what I usually read. I mean, no magic, science fiction, time travel, historical fiction, etc. It is a completely realistic. But, she was so insistent that I promised I would read it.
I couldn't have been more wrong. This book was so amazing. I read it in one day. I love the Beatles, but I don't know nearly as much about them as I should. I really loved all the references to them. One reason I don't read a lot of realistic chick books is because it seems that most are about "getting the guy." What I loved about this book was that the whole book was focused on not being about that. I thought it was a great idea to focus on real friends and yourself, with boys on the side, instead of the other way around. It was really empowering and it made me feel happy reading it. Some of my friends say that I was born in the wrong century because I find the Medieval Period and the Renaissance, and the 18th and 19th centuries so interesting. That may be true but I don't think I could have survived then solely because of all the crap girls had to take. I believe in the power of women and feel the need to wear pants (figuratively and literally). That is what this book is about. The point is for girls to take control and not allow themselves to be pushed, used or broken by guys. It is really one of the best books I have ever read.
I couldn't have been more wrong. This book was so amazing. I read it in one day. I love the Beatles, but I don't know nearly as much about them as I should. I really loved all the references to them. One reason I don't read a lot of realistic chick books is because it seems that most are about "getting the guy." What I loved about this book was that the whole book was focused on not being about that. I thought it was a great idea to focus on real friends and yourself, with boys on the side, instead of the other way around. It was really empowering and it made me feel happy reading it. Some of my friends say that I was born in the wrong century because I find the Medieval Period and the Renaissance, and the 18th and 19th centuries so interesting. That may be true but I don't think I could have survived then solely because of all the crap girls had to take. I believe in the power of women and feel the need to wear pants (figuratively and literally). That is what this book is about. The point is for girls to take control and not allow themselves to be pushed, used or broken by guys. It is really one of the best books I have ever read.
February 25, 2015
[4.5/5]
Awww la verdad es que me ha gustado mucho el libro, no es tan largo y es f¨¢cil de leer. Ya hab¨ªa le¨ªdo otro libro de esta autora y tambi¨¦n en ¨¦l me encant¨® su manera de escribir, ligera y sencilla.
No me demor¨¦ nada en leerlo pero hay algo que no me gust¨® del tofo:e l odio de la protagonista hacia los chicos y el decidir que no iba a salir con ninguno solo por el simple hecho de que uno le hizo da?o. Osea, entiendo el dolor y lo que se puede sentir cuando te lastiman pero eso me pareci¨® un poco exagerado y lo bueno del libro, a mi parecer, se arregl¨® m¨¢s adelante cuando eran un grupo de chicas bastante considerable, organizaban cosas y se juntaban a pasarla bien: eso es algo que todas deber¨ªamos tener, un circulo de apoyo, sea cual sea el motivo por el cual se form¨®. Eran como 30 pero de todas ellas Penny ten¨ªa dos mejores amigas con las que siempre pod¨ªa contar. Solo por eso de que me pareci¨® que el odio de Penny hacia los chicos era algo exagerado y tal vez la autora se pudo haber centrado en algo m¨¢s no tan feminista como trama pero de todas formas recalco la amistad que est¨¢ puesta en el libro, eso me gust¨® mucho :3
Recomiendo el libro, no se demoraran nada en leerlo, es bastante entretenido.
Awww la verdad es que me ha gustado mucho el libro, no es tan largo y es f¨¢cil de leer. Ya hab¨ªa le¨ªdo otro libro de esta autora y tambi¨¦n en ¨¦l me encant¨® su manera de escribir, ligera y sencilla.
No me demor¨¦ nada en leerlo pero hay algo que no me gust¨® del tofo:e l odio de la protagonista hacia los chicos y el decidir que no iba a salir con ninguno solo por el simple hecho de que uno le hizo da?o. Osea, entiendo el dolor y lo que se puede sentir cuando te lastiman pero eso me pareci¨® un poco exagerado y lo bueno del libro, a mi parecer, se arregl¨® m¨¢s adelante cuando eran un grupo de chicas bastante considerable, organizaban cosas y se juntaban a pasarla bien: eso es algo que todas deber¨ªamos tener, un circulo de apoyo, sea cual sea el motivo por el cual se form¨®. Eran como 30 pero de todas ellas Penny ten¨ªa dos mejores amigas con las que siempre pod¨ªa contar. Solo por eso de que me pareci¨® que el odio de Penny hacia los chicos era algo exagerado y tal vez la autora se pudo haber centrado en algo m¨¢s no tan feminista como trama pero de todas formas recalco la amistad que est¨¢ puesta en el libro, eso me gust¨® mucho :3
Recomiendo el libro, no se demoraran nada en leerlo, es bastante entretenido.
July 25, 2018
Me encant¨® Penny Lane, ador¨¦ a Tracy y am¨¦ a Ryan. Un libro bien adolescente, simple, sencillo, naif, divertido, sin grandes problemas y a mi me sirvi¨® para relajar un poco.
January 1, 2016
Le doy esa estrella s¨®lo para no dejarlo con CERO, pero si fuera por m¨ª lo dejar¨ªa con un cero redondito. la protagonista es dram¨¢tica a m¨¢s no poder, generaliza un mont¨®n y cree que los chicos con el anticristo b¨¢sicamente porque no ve el inmenso mundo que hay entre: "Desvalorizarse por ellos" y "No salir nunca con chicos"
Agregando lo que puse en mi blog:
No es que me muriera por el libro, pero ten¨ªa un punto: el hecho de las referencias a los Beatles. As¨ª que estoy en mi deber de advertirte que, si s¨®lo lo vas a leer por eso, mejor ah¨®rratelo, no las hay a mares y puedes gastar tu tiempo en cosas m¨¢s productivas. MIL VECES M?S PRODUCTIVAS.
Lo voy a poner sencillo: no soport¨¦ el libro. Todos, del primero hasta el ¨²ltimo de los personajes femeninos, me parecieron malos a rabiar. Desde Penny, que sataniza a los chicos y generaliza sus est¨²pidas ideas y se cree friki por ser fan de los Beatles (ojo), pasando por Diane, que le deja de hablar cuando pasa m¨¢s tiempo con su novio Ryan, pero cuando cortan vuelve misteriosamente. Yo le hubiera dado dos patadas, a al¨¢, a la chingada. Que quienes pasan todo el d¨ªa pegadas a su novio no merecen que les vuelvas a hablar en la vida, si es que acaso. Y al final llegamos a su mejor amiga, Tracy, que es el personaje que menos soport¨¦; para empezar tiene una LISTA de chicos con los que quiere salir, lo cual me parece un poco enfermo, conozco a muchas chicas, a muchas adolescentes muy normales y ninguna tiene una lista de ese tipo, adem¨¢s de que est¨¢ dispuesta a cambiar cualquier cosa de s¨ª misma por un chico. Cari?o el problema no son los chicos: ERES T?.
En serio, si tu vida completa depende de si un chico sale contigo o no: t¨ªrate de un puente y haznos un favor. Yo tambi¨¦n estuve en el bachillerato, yo tambi¨¦n tuve diecis¨¦is a?os y ese tipo de chicas me dan asco. En serio, yo ni tengo el problema de que sean unas pinches fracasadas en el amor o que no vean m¨¢s all¨¢ de los chicos. Es m¨¢s, al ser un libro sobre chicas, amigas, es l¨®gico que pase el Test de Bechdel... y cumple los dos primeros puntos (al menos dos personajes femeninos con nombre que hablen entre ellos), pero dudo que cumpla el tercero (y la conversaci¨®n no verse sobre hombres), ?ven por donde va el camino?
Bueno, imag¨ªnense que la autora meti¨® todos los clich¨¦s sobre institutos de las pel¨ªculas de Lindsay Lohan y las de Hillary Duff (pel¨ªculas a las que les tengo aprecio, porque s¨¦ que babosada voy a ver) y los meti¨® en un libro con personajes mal¨ªsimos y referencias a los Beatles. No faltan las porristas zorras que no se quitan el uniforme ni para ir a mear, los miembros del equipo que salen con las porristas y son las celebrities del mundo del instituto. No es para m¨ª, gracias.
Y ahora sobre los hombres, pues los hay muy basura (en lo ¨²nico que coincidimos Penny Lane Bloom y yo es que Nate es un cerdo) y los hay muy lindos. ?Puntos medios? ?Hola? ?EXISTEN? No, para nada, responde la autora, mis personajes son clich¨¦s a m¨¢s no poder... El protagonista masculino, Ryan, es el prototipo de chico perfecto que NO existe. Gracias por su atenci¨®n. Adem¨¢s de que el romance es medio forzado y muy, pero muy precipitado.
En fin, creo que se entiende el punto: no me gust¨® el libro. Va sobre no generalizar, pero considero que la gente de diecis¨¦is a?os es bastante lista como para no hacer una generalizaci¨®n tan infantil. Y sinceramente, a m¨ª me molesta que me vean la cara de idiota: no me compr¨¦ un libro para leer como un mont¨®n de chicas se desvalorizan a s¨ª mismas por intentar salir con chicos.
Dios, gracias a dios de verdad no me compr¨¦.
Agregando lo que puse en mi blog:
No es que me muriera por el libro, pero ten¨ªa un punto: el hecho de las referencias a los Beatles. As¨ª que estoy en mi deber de advertirte que, si s¨®lo lo vas a leer por eso, mejor ah¨®rratelo, no las hay a mares y puedes gastar tu tiempo en cosas m¨¢s productivas. MIL VECES M?S PRODUCTIVAS.
Lo voy a poner sencillo: no soport¨¦ el libro. Todos, del primero hasta el ¨²ltimo de los personajes femeninos, me parecieron malos a rabiar. Desde Penny, que sataniza a los chicos y generaliza sus est¨²pidas ideas y se cree friki por ser fan de los Beatles (ojo), pasando por Diane, que le deja de hablar cuando pasa m¨¢s tiempo con su novio Ryan, pero cuando cortan vuelve misteriosamente. Yo le hubiera dado dos patadas, a al¨¢, a la chingada. Que quienes pasan todo el d¨ªa pegadas a su novio no merecen que les vuelvas a hablar en la vida, si es que acaso. Y al final llegamos a su mejor amiga, Tracy, que es el personaje que menos soport¨¦; para empezar tiene una LISTA de chicos con los que quiere salir, lo cual me parece un poco enfermo, conozco a muchas chicas, a muchas adolescentes muy normales y ninguna tiene una lista de ese tipo, adem¨¢s de que est¨¢ dispuesta a cambiar cualquier cosa de s¨ª misma por un chico. Cari?o el problema no son los chicos: ERES T?.
En serio, si tu vida completa depende de si un chico sale contigo o no: t¨ªrate de un puente y haznos un favor. Yo tambi¨¦n estuve en el bachillerato, yo tambi¨¦n tuve diecis¨¦is a?os y ese tipo de chicas me dan asco. En serio, yo ni tengo el problema de que sean unas pinches fracasadas en el amor o que no vean m¨¢s all¨¢ de los chicos. Es m¨¢s, al ser un libro sobre chicas, amigas, es l¨®gico que pase el Test de Bechdel... y cumple los dos primeros puntos (al menos dos personajes femeninos con nombre que hablen entre ellos), pero dudo que cumpla el tercero (y la conversaci¨®n no verse sobre hombres), ?ven por donde va el camino?
Bueno, imag¨ªnense que la autora meti¨® todos los clich¨¦s sobre institutos de las pel¨ªculas de Lindsay Lohan y las de Hillary Duff (pel¨ªculas a las que les tengo aprecio, porque s¨¦ que babosada voy a ver) y los meti¨® en un libro con personajes mal¨ªsimos y referencias a los Beatles. No faltan las porristas zorras que no se quitan el uniforme ni para ir a mear, los miembros del equipo que salen con las porristas y son las celebrities del mundo del instituto. No es para m¨ª, gracias.
Y ahora sobre los hombres, pues los hay muy basura (en lo ¨²nico que coincidimos Penny Lane Bloom y yo es que Nate es un cerdo) y los hay muy lindos. ?Puntos medios? ?Hola? ?EXISTEN? No, para nada, responde la autora, mis personajes son clich¨¦s a m¨¢s no poder... El protagonista masculino, Ryan, es el prototipo de chico perfecto que NO existe. Gracias por su atenci¨®n. Adem¨¢s de que el romance es medio forzado y muy, pero muy precipitado.
En fin, creo que se entiende el punto: no me gust¨® el libro. Va sobre no generalizar, pero considero que la gente de diecis¨¦is a?os es bastante lista como para no hacer una generalizaci¨®n tan infantil. Y sinceramente, a m¨ª me molesta que me vean la cara de idiota: no me compr¨¦ un libro para leer como un mont¨®n de chicas se desvalorizan a s¨ª mismas por intentar salir con chicos.
Dios, gracias a dios de verdad no me compr¨¦.
June 16, 2014
Warning: This book got a recommendation from Stephanie Meyer.
Actually this book gets bigger problems than having the honor to be recommended by Stephanie Meyer (Can anything else be more like a Kiss of Death for a self respecting author?) I am going to mention a few reasons why I can't enjoy The Lonely Hearts Club like I did Eulberg's other book: Prom and Prejudice.
But first let's get to the good parts: I like how Penny Lane's friends manage to gain some maturity as the story progresses---but sadly I can't see Penny Lane herself going through a similar progress. Anyway, I love Penny Lane's parents who are a pair of over-the-top die-hard Beatles devotees. They are so funny and awesome. Said parents' interactions with their daughters are great as well. Some of the parts about Penny Lane's school life are humorous as well.
My main concern is, why isn't this book about this pair of interesting parents?
But I have problem with how cliched and juvenile the whole idea about a school girl deciding that all boys are jerks (after one boyfriend cheated on her...) and deciding to start a club to tell other girls dating and boys suckass and they should avoid dating and boys to save themselves some problems.
The whole thing feels very much like a little 8 years old girl getting fed up and/or annoyed by her little boyfriend of the same age, and then she tells her little girl friends: "Boys are gross, let's not play with them!" After that all the little girls just go playing among themselves and ignoring the boys---for a while.
I actually like how Penny Lane's talking about girls should stand together to support each other and how they should avoid jerks who don't know how to value them, how it's more ideal to spend time with her friends instead of spending every single waking second to try attracting boys and keeping their boyfriends happy, but starting a club over 'not dating'? That's silly.
Okay, I really like the positive messages the author is trying to express, but I dislike how those messages are carried out.
Just equally as silly and cliched is Penny Lane's romance with her ex best friend's boyfriend. My goodness...it's so cheesy that I can't bring myself to mention any detail...
But I am not saying this book is irredeemably bad, I guess the main problem is, it doesn't measure up as a chick-lit, it is silly as a YA, the main idea is cliched in a much-ado-for-nothing sort of way; and it's not my cup of tea.
Actually this book gets bigger problems than having the honor to be recommended by Stephanie Meyer (Can anything else be more like a Kiss of Death for a self respecting author?) I am going to mention a few reasons why I can't enjoy The Lonely Hearts Club like I did Eulberg's other book: Prom and Prejudice.
But first let's get to the good parts: I like how Penny Lane's friends manage to gain some maturity as the story progresses---but sadly I can't see Penny Lane herself going through a similar progress. Anyway, I love Penny Lane's parents who are a pair of over-the-top die-hard Beatles devotees. They are so funny and awesome. Said parents' interactions with their daughters are great as well. Some of the parts about Penny Lane's school life are humorous as well.
My main concern is, why isn't this book about this pair of interesting parents?
But I have problem with how cliched and juvenile the whole idea about a school girl deciding that all boys are jerks (after one boyfriend cheated on her...) and deciding to start a club to tell other girls dating and boys suckass and they should avoid dating and boys to save themselves some problems.
The whole thing feels very much like a little 8 years old girl getting fed up and/or annoyed by her little boyfriend of the same age, and then she tells her little girl friends: "Boys are gross, let's not play with them!" After that all the little girls just go playing among themselves and ignoring the boys---for a while.
I actually like how Penny Lane's talking about girls should stand together to support each other and how they should avoid jerks who don't know how to value them, how it's more ideal to spend time with her friends instead of spending every single waking second to try attracting boys and keeping their boyfriends happy, but starting a club over 'not dating'? That's silly.
Okay, I really like the positive messages the author is trying to express, but I dislike how those messages are carried out.
Just equally as silly and cliched is Penny Lane's romance with her ex best friend's boyfriend. My goodness...it's so cheesy that I can't bring myself to mention any detail...
But I am not saying this book is irredeemably bad, I guess the main problem is, it doesn't measure up as a chick-lit, it is silly as a YA, the main idea is cliched in a much-ado-for-nothing sort of way; and it's not my cup of tea.
November 4, 2019
Verdaderamente estoy en shock de lo mucho que am¨¦ este libro. Fue un favorito totalmente inesperado.
Yo no esperaba leerme este libro en una sola sentada. Yo no espera que me tomara menos de 2 horas y medio terminarlo. Yo no esperaba amar la historia por completo y definitivamente yo no esperaba que al cerrar el libro iba a tener este sentimiento de inmenso amor porque lo ?? pinches ?? am¨¦ ??demasiado.
Ya puedo decir que este es de mis contempor¨¢neos favoritos de siempre. La historia es, literalmente, perfecta para un libro juvenil. Tiene el tono indicado, la trama muy ¨¢gil y entretenida y una historia entra?able. Mientras lo le¨ªa no pod¨ªa parar de pensar que este libro har¨ªa la pel¨ªcula de netflix perfecta, y ojal¨¢ se me haga. Todo el tema de los Beatles que trata me pareci¨® muy, muy bueno, ya que le agrega ese toque ¨²nico a la historia.
El ship principal de este libro me fascino, y ya es uno de mis OTPs. No puedo con lo tiernos que eran y las interacciones tan perfectas que hab¨ªa entre ambos. El romance no est¨¢ muerto y este libro me lo demostr¨®. Por Dios, LA LLEVO A UN CONCIERTO DE UNA BANDA QUE HACE COVERS DE LOS BEATLES. Lloro de felicidad porque estos dos son de lo m¨¢s tierno de la vida y me encantaron.
Igualmente quiero decir que a pesar de que me mega encant¨® y ahora es uno de mis favoritos puedo ver e identificar que la historia tiene fallos. Obviamente este al haber sido publicado hace bastantes a?os tiene uno que otro problema. Llegan a haber momentos de Girl-hate y hay elementos que antes predominaban en la literatura y ahora no est¨¢n tan presentes. Adem¨¢s, este al ser el debut de la autora no tiene la mejor escritura, pero este ¨²ltimo no fue de mi desagrado total.
Cada vez que piensa en este libro se me vendr¨¢ una mega sonrisa a la cara porque as¨ª me sent¨ª mientras lo le¨ªa. Amo, amo , amo, amo.
Yo no esperaba leerme este libro en una sola sentada. Yo no espera que me tomara menos de 2 horas y medio terminarlo. Yo no esperaba amar la historia por completo y definitivamente yo no esperaba que al cerrar el libro iba a tener este sentimiento de inmenso amor porque lo ?? pinches ?? am¨¦ ??demasiado.
Ya puedo decir que este es de mis contempor¨¢neos favoritos de siempre. La historia es, literalmente, perfecta para un libro juvenil. Tiene el tono indicado, la trama muy ¨¢gil y entretenida y una historia entra?able. Mientras lo le¨ªa no pod¨ªa parar de pensar que este libro har¨ªa la pel¨ªcula de netflix perfecta, y ojal¨¢ se me haga. Todo el tema de los Beatles que trata me pareci¨® muy, muy bueno, ya que le agrega ese toque ¨²nico a la historia.
El ship principal de este libro me fascino, y ya es uno de mis OTPs. No puedo con lo tiernos que eran y las interacciones tan perfectas que hab¨ªa entre ambos. El romance no est¨¢ muerto y este libro me lo demostr¨®. Por Dios, LA LLEVO A UN CONCIERTO DE UNA BANDA QUE HACE COVERS DE LOS BEATLES. Lloro de felicidad porque estos dos son de lo m¨¢s tierno de la vida y me encantaron.
Igualmente quiero decir que a pesar de que me mega encant¨® y ahora es uno de mis favoritos puedo ver e identificar que la historia tiene fallos. Obviamente este al haber sido publicado hace bastantes a?os tiene uno que otro problema. Llegan a haber momentos de Girl-hate y hay elementos que antes predominaban en la literatura y ahora no est¨¢n tan presentes. Adem¨¢s, este al ser el debut de la autora no tiene la mejor escritura, pero este ¨²ltimo no fue de mi desagrado total.
Cada vez que piensa en este libro se me vendr¨¢ una mega sonrisa a la cara porque as¨ª me sent¨ª mientras lo le¨ªa. Amo, amo , amo, amo.
April 10, 2014
Ha sido ahora mismo, mientras estaba buscando informaci¨®n sobre este libro para hacer su rese?a, cuando he descubierto que tendr¨ªa una segunda parte. La veo totalmente innecesaria, pero oye, mientras sea la mitad de divertida, amena y fresca que esta primera, yo estar¨¦ encantada de leerla -aunque hay que esperar a que la saquen en ingl¨¦s y luego cruzar los dedos para que la editorial decida que es buen idea sacarla en espa?ol...-. Esta novela es una de esas que me transmiten, incluso antes de empezar a leerlo, que me va a gustar. Y as¨ª ha sido. He pasado muy buenos momentos con ella -aunque en poco tiempo, pues se lee pr¨¢cticamente sola-. Tiene una trama muy predecible, pues cuando te dice en la sinopsis que la protagonista decide no salir con m¨¢s chicos todos sabemos que va a incumplir su promesa, pero igualmente la autora la desarrolla muy bien y nos mantiene pegados a sus p¨¢ginas. Me he echado unas cuantas risas con algunas de las escenas de la historia, los personajes me han ca¨ªdo todos genial y est¨¢n muy bien construidos y ha sido el libro perfecto que estaba buscando en el momento de empezar a leerlo. No os esper¨¦is una gran historia, id con la idea de que vais a pasar un buen rato con esta sencilla comedia rom¨¢ntica juvenil y os encantar¨¢ como a m¨ª. A veces merece la pena desconectar y leer novelas como esta de aqu¨ª.
February 13, 2017
?Por qu¨¦ no lo le¨ª antes?
Me encant¨® ?
Rese?a en el blog:
Me encant¨® ?
Rese?a en el blog:
January 9, 2021
Es un libro que me hubiese gustado leer estando en el secundario.
February 21, 2012
I'm sorry but this book is bad. Just because it comes from a place where the idea is cute, doesn't mean the author wrote it well. As soon as I read "What to the Evs" I knew I was in for it. The cover is cute and the idea of a Lonely Hearts Club is cute, but the Beatle references were bad. They were so forced. I get that she grew up on the The Beatles, but she acted like that was the only music she could ever stand to listen to. I doubt a teenager is going to be like that, especially if their parents are obsessed. Teenagers rebel from their parents. The relationship with Ryan was so obvious, I personally like a little mystery. Her acting like she didn't realize she liked him, please! And miss super awesome perfect Diane, no one exists like that. There is no friend who is going to date someone forever and when they break up be happy to give him to one of her friends.
The conversations were bad, no one talks like that. When she's telling off Nate, I'm thinking yeah this is how I would've wrote that conversation too if I didn't know how to write conversations. You can't just have the girl talk at him, it sounds so fake.
Take the sex and drinking out of it and give it to 5th graders because that's the level I found it to be on. So bad I literally felt offended!
The conversations were bad, no one talks like that. When she's telling off Nate, I'm thinking yeah this is how I would've wrote that conversation too if I didn't know how to write conversations. You can't just have the girl talk at him, it sounds so fake.
Take the sex and drinking out of it and give it to 5th graders because that's the level I found it to be on. So bad I literally felt offended!
November 9, 2010
One word - Awh!
The Lonely Hearts Club was just what I needed. Sure, it wasn't the most amazing book I've read in terms of action and plot complexity - perhaps not my usual type for a 5 star rating, but it was just... I don't know, all I know is loved it.
It was filled with laugh-out-loud moments, the characters were witty and so easy to love (go Tracy!), and i found the emotions to be very relatable. It had a great message for younger and older girls alike, about loving who you are and not changing that for any guy. Girl power, you know. It's funny thinking about my friendships now at 23, and how some of my friends STILL bail on group events if their guy asks them to go out (after agreeing to said group plans). Maybe I should loan them this book ;o)
I finished reading with a smile on my face and thinking positive thoughts. Maybe there's hope for those of us who've recently, or not so recently, had our hearts stomped on by the guy we loved. I just wish I had a club like this when I was in school. A great fast, easy read :o) I look forward to reading more by Elizabeth Eulberg.
The Lonely Hearts Club was just what I needed. Sure, it wasn't the most amazing book I've read in terms of action and plot complexity - perhaps not my usual type for a 5 star rating, but it was just... I don't know, all I know is loved it.
It was filled with laugh-out-loud moments, the characters were witty and so easy to love (go Tracy!), and i found the emotions to be very relatable. It had a great message for younger and older girls alike, about loving who you are and not changing that for any guy. Girl power, you know. It's funny thinking about my friendships now at 23, and how some of my friends STILL bail on group events if their guy asks them to go out (after agreeing to said group plans). Maybe I should loan them this book ;o)
I finished reading with a smile on my face and thinking positive thoughts. Maybe there's hope for those of us who've recently, or not so recently, had our hearts stomped on by the guy we loved. I just wish I had a club like this when I was in school. A great fast, easy read :o) I look forward to reading more by Elizabeth Eulberg.
March 4, 2017
¡°No pod¨ªa evitar preguntarme por qu¨¦ un chico consegu¨ªa encontrar dos chicas estupendas con las que salir simult¨¢neamente, cuando nosotras las chicas no ¨¦ramos capaces de encontrar un solo chico pasable.¡±
Penny Lane Bloom, amante del grupo Los Beatles, de diecis¨¦is a?os y ya est¨¢ cansada del trato de los chicos, decide no volver a tener novios mientras est¨¦ en la preparatoria y forma el Club de los corazones solitarios.
Aunque es un libro para adolescentes no deja de ser interesante en el sentido del poder femenino, del poder que tienen los grupos cuando deciden hacer cosas buenas.
Penny Lane Bloom, amante del grupo Los Beatles, de diecis¨¦is a?os y ya est¨¢ cansada del trato de los chicos, decide no volver a tener novios mientras est¨¦ en la preparatoria y forma el Club de los corazones solitarios.
Aunque es un libro para adolescentes no deja de ser interesante en el sentido del poder femenino, del poder que tienen los grupos cuando deciden hacer cosas buenas.
November 14, 2020
6/10
Muy tierno, por momentos un poco rid¨ªculo desde mi punto de vista, pero es algo que en cierta forma le daba su encanto. Es el tipo de libro que hubiera amado leer cuando ten¨ªa 14 o 15 a?os.
Adem¨¢s, siendo fan de los Beatles como soy, claramente me iba a gustar :)
Muy tierno, por momentos un poco rid¨ªculo desde mi punto de vista, pero es algo que en cierta forma le daba su encanto. Es el tipo de libro que hubiera amado leer cuando ten¨ªa 14 o 15 a?os.
Adem¨¢s, siendo fan de los Beatles como soy, claramente me iba a gustar :)
August 25, 2017
Initial Impressions 6/14/17 and full review as originally posted on The Book Addict's Guide 8/21/17: This book was very cute! I¡¯ve really enjoyed all of Elizabeth Eulberg¡¯s books, some more than others, so I knew I would enjoy THE LONELY HEARTS CLUB pretty much no matter what! It turned out not to be my favorite of Elizabeth Eulberg¡¯s, since I think she¡¯s had some deeper stories and cuter romances, but she just has such a fun voice that makes her books so easy to read!
I loved the Girl Power in this book and the encouragement of female friendships instead of witnessing so many cat fights or frenemies. It was girls standing up for their friends, sticking together, and being okay with not being in a relationship, which is a nice change of pace! I do adore romances in books but I kind of loved that this was about not being in a relationship. The focus on being single allowed the girls to really get to know themselves and not try to be who they thought a crush wanted them to be and really helped foster beautiful friendships in the absence of the boy-crazy talk. I also liked how crushes and relationships still came about in this book because everyone swearing a vow of single-dom is also not really realistic. The plot adjusted based on what was best for each individual girl and I loved that it didn¡¯t stick to the rules simply for the sake of sticking to them!
Some of the characters were a little over-the-top BUT we are reading about high school characters so teenagers are allowed to be a little over-the-top. I always feel like I wasn¡¯t super melodramatic when I was a teenager¡ buuuut I¡¯m pretty sure I actually was. (Bad teenage poetry and sappy love songs? Oh, yeah. I was so there.) I think it¡¯s harder reading some of that drama because I¡¯m an adult now and so far removed from those more volatile and new emotions that it can be a little much but I also don¡¯t think it was unrealistic!
I really liked that what I thought would turn into a Mean Girl situation actually went directly in the opposite direction and turned into a wonderful friendship. There was a Mean Girl or two in the book but they were quickly squashed as unsupportive and the characters didn¡¯t allow them to take over or run their emotions. This book was all about bonding and finding your true self and I thought the message was really lovely!
Overall, this was fun, quick, and delightful! Elizabeth Eulberg¡¯s books continue to be quick and fun contemporary reads for me and I love the levity while still conveying a great message.
I loved the Girl Power in this book and the encouragement of female friendships instead of witnessing so many cat fights or frenemies. It was girls standing up for their friends, sticking together, and being okay with not being in a relationship, which is a nice change of pace! I do adore romances in books but I kind of loved that this was about not being in a relationship. The focus on being single allowed the girls to really get to know themselves and not try to be who they thought a crush wanted them to be and really helped foster beautiful friendships in the absence of the boy-crazy talk. I also liked how crushes and relationships still came about in this book because everyone swearing a vow of single-dom is also not really realistic. The plot adjusted based on what was best for each individual girl and I loved that it didn¡¯t stick to the rules simply for the sake of sticking to them!
Some of the characters were a little over-the-top BUT we are reading about high school characters so teenagers are allowed to be a little over-the-top. I always feel like I wasn¡¯t super melodramatic when I was a teenager¡ buuuut I¡¯m pretty sure I actually was. (Bad teenage poetry and sappy love songs? Oh, yeah. I was so there.) I think it¡¯s harder reading some of that drama because I¡¯m an adult now and so far removed from those more volatile and new emotions that it can be a little much but I also don¡¯t think it was unrealistic!
I really liked that what I thought would turn into a Mean Girl situation actually went directly in the opposite direction and turned into a wonderful friendship. There was a Mean Girl or two in the book but they were quickly squashed as unsupportive and the characters didn¡¯t allow them to take over or run their emotions. This book was all about bonding and finding your true self and I thought the message was really lovely!
Overall, this was fun, quick, and delightful! Elizabeth Eulberg¡¯s books continue to be quick and fun contemporary reads for me and I love the levity while still conveying a great message.
April 12, 2012
I loved every bit of this book! I didn't even realize that I was about to finish it!
First, I so love the main character, Penny Lane. She's just a typical high school girl going on a typical high school life. She wasn't special or anything. Just ordinary. But then made an extraordinary leap in her life by starting up a club, the 'Lonely Hearts Club.' She was actually inspired by the bunch of guys who didn't treat her well, especially her supposed 'man of her dreams.'
At first the club was just about not dating guys for the rest of their high school life. I actually thought it was petty. But then I loved how it turned out to be about friendship. The importance of having true friends who accept you as who you are and not as someone who you are not. Friends who are there for you always, supporting you in every way not minding what others might think. Friends whom you can lean on to when some bitches would bully you or when you're in total despair. Friends who would never leave you through the good times and especially the hard times. Friends who simply made your life wonderful.
Second, I loved this book because it wasn't full of drama like the other books I've been reading lately. I fell in love together with the book and made me smile all throughout while reading it. When a moment would come where Penny and Ryan would be there, I was totally suppressing every emotion I felt. Trying very very hard not to scream and giggle while reading the book in class! (haha!) I just couldn't stop reading it!
Third, I like how the book showed that women can always stand up from heartaches and boy problems. Also, that boys can't just step on our hearts like we're just some garbage who got thrown in the trash after being used. I'm not really a feminist. I have a lot of guy friends and they're very cool. Except some who thought that they could just treat women like trash! I absolutely loved how the author showed that women are strong.
Fourth, I suddenly miss my high school life, although it wasn't really full of boy-stuff like in the book. I miss my friends who have different types of personalities, and yet, we managed to be together, hang out and forget the MANY differences we have. Somehow, a typical teenager like me can relate myself to Penny who encounters common problems in life.
P.S. The title actually struck me as a little corny. But then I gave it a shot and I don't regret reading it. Totally recommended for everyone! Especially if you're looking for a light read.
Love it!!!
First, I so love the main character, Penny Lane. She's just a typical high school girl going on a typical high school life. She wasn't special or anything. Just ordinary. But then made an extraordinary leap in her life by starting up a club, the 'Lonely Hearts Club.' She was actually inspired by the bunch of guys who didn't treat her well, especially her supposed 'man of her dreams.'
At first the club was just about not dating guys for the rest of their high school life. I actually thought it was petty. But then I loved how it turned out to be about friendship. The importance of having true friends who accept you as who you are and not as someone who you are not. Friends who are there for you always, supporting you in every way not minding what others might think. Friends whom you can lean on to when some bitches would bully you or when you're in total despair. Friends who would never leave you through the good times and especially the hard times. Friends who simply made your life wonderful.
Second, I loved this book because it wasn't full of drama like the other books I've been reading lately. I fell in love together with the book and made me smile all throughout while reading it. When a moment would come where Penny and Ryan would be there, I was totally suppressing every emotion I felt. Trying very very hard not to scream and giggle while reading the book in class! (haha!) I just couldn't stop reading it!
Third, I like how the book showed that women can always stand up from heartaches and boy problems. Also, that boys can't just step on our hearts like we're just some garbage who got thrown in the trash after being used. I'm not really a feminist. I have a lot of guy friends and they're very cool. Except some who thought that they could just treat women like trash! I absolutely loved how the author showed that women are strong.
Fourth, I suddenly miss my high school life, although it wasn't really full of boy-stuff like in the book. I miss my friends who have different types of personalities, and yet, we managed to be together, hang out and forget the MANY differences we have. Somehow, a typical teenager like me can relate myself to Penny who encounters common problems in life.
P.S. The title actually struck me as a little corny. But then I gave it a shot and I don't regret reading it. Totally recommended for everyone! Especially if you're looking for a light read.
Love it!!!
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