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Guitar Girl

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Seventeen-year-old Molly Montgomery never planned on becoming famous. Molly's band, The Hormones, was just supposed to be about mucking around with her best mates, Jane and Tara, and having fun. But when the deliciously dangerous Dean and his friend T join the band, things start happening fast. Soon The Hormones are front-page news, and their debut album is rocketing up th...more

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Published April 21st 2005 by Speak (first published July 17th 2003)

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May 28, 2007 Emma rated it 2 of 5 stars Recommends it for: bored teenage girls

This is almost the equivalent of a “chick flick” movie. This book is not terribly sophisticated or affecting, but it has its enjoyable moments. Molly Montgomery, an emotional seventeen-year-old, starts a pop-rock band, “The Hormones”. The band gets very popular and sucks her into a dramatic life of stardom. Molly’s dream of fame comes true but is quickly jolted by romance, drugs, sex, legal documents, alcohol, miscommunication, and depression. It is a quick read and succeeds in pulling its reade...more

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Jul 08, 2012 Tyler rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: every bookworm in the world along with music/British lovers

I found this book at a bargain store near me and I can honestly say this was one of the best purchases I had made in my entire life. Not only did it surprise me when I figured out that this was an English book, but it pulled me in straight from page one. I first heard about it through a friend and when I saw the title, I remembered how oddly familiar it sounded only to remember of the recommendation. I would highly recommend this book. It's fresh and funny and just all together perfect in every...more

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Dec 17, 2008 Pink Ink rated it 3 of 5 stars

Loved the premise of this book, the main character and the story's satirical look at rock bands. Unfortunately, the middle sags with the character's immaturity which is to be expected of a teenage protagonist. I just had little patience seeing it through to the end.

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Jun 18, 2012 Suzy rated it 4 of 5 stars

This book made me sad. Most people would read this and not think it's sad, but it struck a chord with me. I really liked the lead girl, Molly. I liked her sensibility and her wit, until she had a lapse in judgement and let the rock and roll lifestyle cloud her head. However, I'm proud of Molly for recognizing the path her life was headed, especially after seeing her idol, Ruby X. *Spoiler Alert* I hate Dean for breaking her heart and taking what was good from her only to go back to that skank, S...more

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Dec 27, 2011 PK rated it 5 of 5 stars

There are not many books that should make you cry- and when it happens, you have read a book you cannot forget. This book is Guitar Girl by Sarra Manning. This book is a heart-breaker. I loved this book so much. And it shook me to the core, and you will think about this book long after you’ve put it down.

Molly Montgomery. She is just a normal British school girl. She has two very normal friends: Tara, a silent no-nonsense girl, and Jane, the school’s resident tramp- and that isn’t an offense. Th...more There are not many books that should make you cry- and when it happens, you have read a book you cannot forget. This book is Guitar Girl by Sarra Manning. This book is a heart-breaker. I loved this book so much. And it shook me to the core, and you will think about this book long after you’ve put it down.

Molly Montgomery. She is just a normal British school girl. She has two very normal friends: Tara, a silent no-nonsense girl, and Jane, the school’s resident tramp- and that isn’t an offense. These three girls want to rock the world- and when they meet two boys who turn their chill-out band into something more, their dream comes true- but there is a catch- all comes at a price. Molly is forced to do things she does not want to do, she loses her virginity, she gets high and drunk, she betrays her friends, she gets into legal trouble, and she loses herself. Now, Molly is forced to get it all back- but when your life has spun out of control, is that even possible?

The music industry is a horrible, unforgiving place. I bought this book because of the fact that girl had shocking red hair, like the well known front woman of the band Paramore- Hayley Williams. This book is a carbon copy of what wrong with that band, but you love this Molly. She is strong, she is talented, but she is manipulated and you can’t blame her. She looks up to her idol Ruby X, but when she finally realizes who Ruby is…she understands that giving music to millions isn’t all what being in a band is. Her band mates care more about money, fame, and drugs then playing shows for fans. Her manager controls her, and Molly grows strong enough to control her new life.

There are scenes in this book that speak to you- boy because they are dangerous and disturbing. Molly goes through hell to get to where she is and fix her life, and even through it all, she ends up going back down on her downward spiral. But despite the challenges, she learns a lot about friendship, and most of all the power of music. Music saves Molly, and it saves you too, in the end

Bottom Line:
Buy It. Check it out from your library. I’m not kidding.

“Keep on rocking baby, keep on rocking”…..(less)

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Nov 23, 2010 Susan Helene Gottfried rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: west-of-mars-recommends, rock-fiction

Originally posted at West of Mars Rocks 'n Reads (http://rockread.westofmars.com)

In my quest to become the world's most knowledgeable woman about this genre I call Rock and Roll fiction, I must say that while I've encountered similar plots before, the situation in Sarra Manning's Guitar Girl is a welcome, fresh one.

It's told in flashback style, when it's all over but the infighting. This is always a difficult structure to pull off well, but Ms.Manning does. We are set up for angst and betrayal...more Originally posted at West of Mars Rocks 'n Reads (http://rockread.westofmars.com)

In my quest to become the world's most knowledgeable woman about this genre I call Rock and Roll fiction, I must say that while I've encountered similar plots before, the situation in Sarra Manning's Guitar Girl is a welcome, fresh one.

It's told in flashback style, when it's all over but the infighting. This is always a difficult structure to pull off well, but Ms.Manning does. We are set up for angst and betrayal and a lawsuit -- but we get so much, much more.

Guitar Girl is the story of Molly, a girl who is inspired by rock queen Ruby X. Molly's intrigued by the idea of girl power and what it means for a rock band, so she grabs her two best friends and starts a band. They are totally clueless, and that instantly endears us to them. They're muddling through -- until Dean and T enter the scene. Those two have a clue. In the end, we realize they have much, much more than that. Angst and betrayal, indeed.

This fivesome remains pretty clueless throughout the book, which is a total strength of the book. If Molly knew how she was being played, we'd have an entirely different -- and significantly less charming -- book. But part of the strength of Guitar Girl lies in the fact that we readers pick up the clues Molly keeps missing. Instead of calling her a blockhead and wanting to chuck the book aside, we can't. Molly's hanging on through this ride, and that's about all she can manage to do. We don't expect her to see the signs. Frankly, she's not capable.

Yes, our heroine is in over her head almost from the get-go. The cynical part of me wants to scoff and say this could never happen. Sadly, I think it happens more often than not. This is music industry exploitation at its best, gang. How Molly manages to emerge from it as relatively unscathed as she does is pretty darn amazing. She's so darn innocent as the book opens, a true naif, as my satire professor would have said.

Yet her innocence doesn't keep her from seeing herself when she has a chance encounter in an elevator with another rocker type. Molly's savvy enough to realize where she's headed -- and, no matter how hard it is, she knows what she's got to do.

Guitar Girl is totally Molly's story, and to that end, sometimes the supporting characters aren't as strong as they could have been. Molly's parents are well-drawn but sometimes veer into the realm of cliche. And the band? They aren't nearly as distinctive as they should be. There are four other people in The Hormones with Molly, but Jane gets lost, both on the page and in her own life as alcohol and drugs take over. Tara's pretty typical, T falls short of the goal of being deliciously eccentric, and Dean's a jerk. He's hard to like, even when he's being nice to Molly. Why she is involved with him at all makes no sense, except that nothing else around her is in control. Why should her heart be?

It's really the ending that makes this book touching. A moment in an elevator has ramifications and repercussions that are totally unexpected -- but precious nonetheless.

This one's a definite West of Mars recommended read.

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May 04, 2010 Emilyandherlittlepinknotes rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: ya, young-adult

I’m a sucker for the “high-school-kid-in-a-local-band-scene-almost-makes-it-big-and-learns-a-little-something-about-himself/herself-in-the-process” novel, Guitar Girl is not as sophisticated or intense as Nick & Norah’s infinite playlist but it’s just as good.
Sarra Manning is amazing (if you haven’t read the Diary of a Crush trilogy, you absolutely must because it’ uber-cool, it’s everything a YA love lit should be) brilliant, I read all her books and I truly believe she is one of the best y...more

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Apr 25, 2010 Maddie rated it 2 of 5 stars

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. The novel Guitar Girl by Sarra Manning tells the story of Molly Montgomery, a seventeen-year-old (sorry…almost eighteen, not seventeen, as Golly Miss Molly consistently reminds us) girl from England who forms a band in her bedroom with the help of her best friends Tara and Jane. They are called the Hormones and get joined by Dean, an arrogant eighteen-year-old and his mysterious friend T. The Hormones become international phenomena quickly, going on world tours and having their singles top the c...more The novel Guitar Girl by Sarra Manning tells the story of Molly Montgomery, a seventeen-year-old (sorry…almost eighteen, not seventeen, as Golly Miss Molly consistently reminds us) girl from England who forms a band in her bedroom with the help of her best friends Tara and Jane. They are called the Hormones and get joined by Dean, an arrogant eighteen-year-old and his mysterious friend T. The Hormones become international phenomena quickly, going on world tours and having their singles top the charts. However, in the end, fame quickly goes to poor Molly’s head, and the record company that signed the Hormones in the first place sues her.

That’s about where the plot stops.

This book reads like over rated fan fiction (that good, huh?). Being told in the first person in Molly’s perspective, Guitar Girl is laden with uncorrected typos—and no, it cannot be overlooked, despite GG being Manning’s first novel—English slang that no one understands (not even my British friends), lots of innuendo, arrogant English boys working at a McJob (I have no idea, either), and moves too quickly, with little plot. The book can easily be finished in one sitting.

Like I have said before: plot seems to be absent. The main plot is finished off in the prologue, first few chapters, and the last chapter. The rest of the book consists of subplots that do little to the story. While the story starts off enjoyable, the middle of the book is fluff, can be taken out, the cookie part of an Oreo, any way you want to complete that analogy is fine. Other readers here on goodreads.com even wonder what kind of hangover they suffered that got them to enjoy the book in the first place (“I first read this book right before I turned 13 and while I liked it at the time, after re-reading it earlier this year I'm wondering what kind of class A drugs I was on at the time” says one reviewer).

If you’re looking for a book with no plot, horrible crude humor, bad jokes, lots of innuendo about things I’d rather not discuss, horribly written songs that are supposedly “damn good”, and little bratty almost-but-not-quite-legal girls complaining about her boyfriend pretending that he doesn’t like her (even though they AGREED that for the band’s sake they’d act that way towards each other), then definitely go pick up Guitar Girl.(less)

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Mar 25, 2012 Blakeley rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: favorites

oh my god.

i am going to try and write how this book makes me feel without repeatedly saying the words amazing and brilliant and awesome and other adjectives that generally mean the same thing. but in actuality this book is all those things and more.

you can read the synopsis if you want to know what it is about, i don't feel like relaying it all.

molly is this quite yet strong girl who want to start a girl revolution that springs loads of punk girl bands who sing about being a girl and stupid boy...more

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Apr 04, 2008 Alarra rated it 3 of 5 stars

I love how she gets teen girls, right down to the moodiness, the flights of fancy, the shaping of the self. BUT I didn't like Dean in this at all, which makes the romance fail in my eyes, and it was difficult to understand Molly's attraction to him, and her consequent actions. The details about the hard slog towards stardom were interesting, if slight.

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Jan 02, 2010 Justine Sof2014 rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: grade-8-ir-books-nicole

This book is called "Guitar Girl" by: Sarra Manning. This book is about a seventeen year old girl named Molly Montgomery. Molly's band, "The Hormones" was supposed to be about having fun with her best friends. They never planned on being famous. Molly has to go through hazards of fame, first love, loud screaming fans, and managers that are a pain. Molly knows that her fame has a price, and she finds out what that price is.

A text-to-world connection that I have would be that all famous rockers or...more

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Aug 15, 2012 dontouchmychocolate rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

An engaging book with a good writing style that really showed me the world of rock 'n roll and stardom through Molly's eyes.

Didn't like the ending that much because some questions were left unanswered, such as Tara.
Dean was thoroughly unlikeable and I couldn't get past their relationship being something along the lines of "all we do is f* and fight". Heaps of sex in this book, and I wouldn't recommend it to a young reader.

One of my pet peeves when it comes to reading is the "selective editing"...more

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Nov 03, 2010 Annie rated it 5 of 5 stars

I first borrowed this book from the library when I was 12. I initially borrowed it because the cover appealed to me, and, after reading the blurb, I decided it sounded like a good read. After reading a few pages I couldn't put it down and ended reading late into the night to finish it. I then stayed up a further few hours, wishing I could have changed how it ended. To me, that makes it an amazing book because it managed to get inside me and mess with my head, and not many books can do that. I fe...more

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Nov 21, 2012 Ash of Typing Tiara rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: read-in-2012, reviewed-typing-tiara-blog

I seriously felt like this book went by WAY too fast. I wanted more. I wanted to really be able to sink my teeth in. I felt like I was only getting glimpses of the bigger picture and I wanted the whole thing. It was like you sat down to write your life story and was just scribbling it down like mad to make sure you got everything down but didn't bother with all the little details because you could go back and fill those in later. I really wanted those little details. I felt like there was so muc...more

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Jul 09, 2011 Charlotte rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This book was about Molly. She starts a band with two of her best mates, and along the way they pick up two guys to join them. It becomes a hit real fast. But she learns that the music business isn't all it's cracked up to be, and the book becomes a kind of downward spire.

This book was extremely creative. I'm not much for books-about-bands but this was reinvented my outlook for them. I really connected with Molly, with most everything she did. There were never any parts where I was like 'OH MY G...more

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Mar 25, 2010 Mel rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: teen-books

I loved this book.
It delivers some harsh truths about what it's really like to be famous and the chemistry between Dean and Molly is amazing.It's like a behind the scenes look at the fame game, including fans, rockbands, journalists and greedy managers. I like how flawed the characters and their relationships with each other are-after all, life is never perfect. It makes the characters "real".
I love Sarra Manning's writing style and a lot of what she wrote made sense to me- things like being lo...more

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Sep 01, 2012 Sara rated it 4 of 5 stars

I really loved this book, it was hard to put down and it taught me a lesson about the world of famous people that I never really knew about and I love the way Sarra Manning added a bit of love in there. However, I hated how the book was too fast. One moment Molly was an ordinary girl who people never noticed and the next day she's famous.. not very smooth. It was also very short and I disliked how there wasn't much of background info about her life. Overall, I'd recommend this book to many, but...more

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Nov 27, 2009 Kyle, E rated it 5 of 5 stars

Brilliant book for teenage girls. Totally original story, great love tale that is real and funny. I really like this story because it feels so true and isn't so fantastical and isn't about 'the one' or one person who is so perfect and compatible that the relationship has no flaws or anything like that. You feel like you can really relate to the story and that it could happen in real life.

I would definitely recommend to all my female friends for teens and young adults.

Also includes some beautifu...more

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Nov 13, 2012 Karen Wapinski rated it 3 of 5 stars

This isn't a great book but it's a fun one. For anyone who likes movies or books like Neon Angel, the Runaways, That Thing You Do!, etc. this is a book you'll like.
It's told from Molly's POV about how her fun little girlband rose to fame and what happened to them because of it. It's told in a light tone to reveal the way Molly sees the world, but it has some darker subject matter like what Molly's manager does to manipulate her and drug addiction on behalf of certain characters.
Molly feels her w...more

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Mar 13, 2013 Beth Dean rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: fame, romance, time-spanning, ya-fiction

Scratch the cheesy as hell blurb and you do have a teen novel which is worth a look. Since this is the second time I've read it I'm tempted to say it really is one of my favorite teen books to date.

Molly isn't the best, most developed character and Dean is almost half created but I love that about this book. It's not pretentious and telling you that this girl is perfect and yeah she makes a ton of mistakes and gets drunk and sleeps with the wrong people. She's a teenager, that's what we do. At l...more

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May 29, 2011 Mabeelle rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: young-adult

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Nov 07, 2010 Yazleen rated it 4 of 5 stars

I loved this book! I thought the whole plot and characters were so realistic that it almost felt as if I were a part of the band. I really liked how Molly, through the chaos and challenges, was able to notice that she had lost herself along the way. Not many people can do that. Many just go with the flow until it's too late to go back. I didn't think she was "a diva" even though many of her band mates thought she was. It has some funny moments and sad ones as well but i recommend this book becau...more

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Oct 20, 2010 Mad Scientist rated it 3 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Music Fans

Shelves: 2010, young-adult

By: Sarra Manning
Publisher: Dutton
Hardcover 217 Pages
Book Art: I thought the book art was simple and fresh.
Tags: Young Adult, Music, Coming of Age

Reason Why The Mad Scientist Picked Up This Book:
The book art peaked a interest while I was browsing the GoodReads swap.

First Line: There's a stack of folders piled up on the desk in front of me.

Concoction of a Review:

The first line was hardly what I would call gripping. *sigh* However, I did enjoy how Mistress Manning's prologue was what was going on...more

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Jul 28, 2010 Sophie Elizabeth rated it 4 of 5 stars

Even though this isn't Sarra Manning's best book, ("Nobody's Girl" was better written, I think it's because Manning had been writing for longer at that stage), it's my favourite.

The title of the book immediately caught my eye, seeing as at the time I was finding it hard to find a book that I was interested in. It's difficult when you're twelve.... (this book is probably a thirteen and over, it does have its moments)

Molly is my favourite out of Manning's characters. Maybe because she's stronger t...more Even though this isn't Sarra Manning's best book, ("Nobody's Girl" was better written, I think it's because Manning had been writing for longer at that stage), it's my favourite.

The title of the book immediately caught my eye, seeing as at the time I was finding it hard to find a book that I was interested in. It's difficult when you're twelve.... (this book is probably a thirteen and over, it does have its moments)

Molly is my favourite out of Manning's characters. Maybe because she's stronger than the others, she's more of a force of nature, (all though that could just be LSD - Lead Singer Disease) or maybe because I could identify with the musician and songwriter side of her personality. But she is an original character. She's neither an archetypal "good girl" (Bella Swan... eww...) nor an archetypal bad girl (like Isabel in "Let's Get Lost", even though she was multi-layered, too). She is strong, but has her weaknesses, she is a good person but has her stroppy, bratty moments.

The plot, (I haven't mentioned that yet, have I?) follows the quick rise, the fleeting fame and the crash and burn of a band called The Hormones, in which our narrator is the lead singer. It's probably not the most realistic of band-fiction novels: Nina Malkin's 6X books have more realism in some ways, but also less in others. The burn and the horrors of being on the road are covered far better in this novel. (I've read a few real rock and roll biographies, too, so I'm aware). The secondary characters are also very well drawn (when you have a strong narrator, the secondary characters can run the risk of becoming cardboard cutouts). Jane and Tara maintain themselves as having rounded personalities. Dean is my favourite male love interest out of all of Manning's novels. (Charlie from "Pretty Things" is my favourite of Manning's male leads).

The main meaning behind this book is "Be careful what you wish for, it might come true", but it is put across in a funny, and at times quite moving way. I've re-read it dozens of times. It's a fast read, but worth buying because of how re-readable it is.

Sarra Manning is a wonderful writer, and contrary to my belief that generally, American YA fiction is better than its British counterparts, Manning's novels are probably the best of the genre. They're quick, they're well-observed, they're very humourous. She draws her characters very well, without them ever becoming caricatures. She is a more acerbic Sarah Dessen, and the one edge she holds over Dessen as an author is that she isn't writing the same story over and over again, and that her main characters don't use a boy as a way to find themselves.

I would reccomend it for girls aged thirteen and up, especially those who are sick and tired of the same old same old YA fare. Four stars for a great story with great characters.(less)

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Oct 02, 2009 Marielle rated it 4 of 5 stars

Synopsis:
Sarra Manning stars seventeen year old Molly Montegomery in her famous, "Guitar Girl". Molly and her friends, Tara and Jane start a band just for fun and being a girl. But after Molly relunctantly let Dean and his mysterious friend into the band, they land gigs and suddenly become a big bad band. The book mostly revolves around Molly and her experiences with being in love with a bandmate, the industry and the problems with being a rockstar.

Classification:
Target Audience - young teens, y...more

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Dec 15, 2009 Briana rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: favorites, great-lesser-known-books

Original/full review here:

Review:
If you are the kind of person who only likes to read about the happy-go-lucky side of fame, then this book is not for you.

In Guitar Girl, Sarra Manning explores the harsher and more realistic side of being a teenage rock star through her main character, Molly Montgomery. With sharp wit and raw emotions, Molly tells the story of her, and her friends, time in the spotlight. In the beginning, I felt somewhat detached from the story and the characters because of the...more

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Jan 05, 2013 Kirsty (overflowing library) rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: uk-author

A lovely quick read which I enjoyed.

Guitar girl follows 17 year old Molly who, shortly after setting up a band with her friend, is discovered and catapulted into the limelight. The story follows her journey from ordinary teenager to music superstar and gives fan insight into all the highs and lows of being in such a position.

Molly is a fab heroine of the piece. She's a real teenager complete with all the moodiness and the impulsiveness. I loved seeing how she had to cope with all the attention...more

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Sep 20, 2011 Karen Zheng rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: 10th-grade

Awesome book. One of the top books on my list. It actually had me crying. I despised the main character for making the wrong choice in the end. She didn't even know it, either. It was a different type of book that the others that I read. Not every teen becomes famous. One archetype is romance. Obviously, not all relationships work out, either. Plus, Molly really takes you on a journey. You will feel everything she feels. Really touching.

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Mar 31, 2009 McKinley rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: books-read-in-2009

I can never resist a book about girls+guitars. Bought ths at the Maple Ridge Public Library Booksale on Friday for a dollar. It was okay. It had its moments every once in awhile, but it definitely wasn't inspired. Reminded me of a Brit YA version of Don't Sleep With Your Drummer but not as good.I guess there are only so many plotlines in the world, especially when it comes to writing about a rock band.

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Jun 07, 2011 Saffron Paffey rated it 3 of 5 stars

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“I'd always thought that my awkwardness was a thin veil disguising the real me. The me that was funny and could write songs that touched people. The me that would one day find some beautiful, intelligent boy who'd recognize me as his soul mate. The me who was secretly pretty and stylish if only someone would lift the veil and see. But I was beginning to suspect that underneath the awkwardness there was just more awkwardness and not much else. And that would explain why I stood in a room full of people and felt like the loneliest girl in the world.” — 44 people liked it

“God! Molly, will you just stop and listen to me?" he begged, trying to wrap himself around me again.
I pushed him away. "What could you possibly say that I'd want to hear?" I demanded, slapping his lying arms away.
"I love you," he pleaded.
And it broke my heart into a thousand tiny pieces. Because it was only now, when I knew that I could never stand to be near him again, that he was telling me what I'd always wanted to hear.” — 2 people liked it

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