sandraagee's review against another edition
4.0
Take this book for what it is: A girly story about friendship, boy/girl relationships, and the Beatles. Very little brilliant is happening here and much of the plot is predictable, but it more than suited my mood and proved satisfying. I enjoyed seeing Penny Lane take control of her life and inspire her friends to do the same as the Lonely Hearts Club transforms slowly from an anti-boy club into a network of girls who work to make the most of themselves. The bumps that the club goes through provide an interesting, if not intended, lesson about planning and organizing a group/club.
Sweet and fun. Plus it made me want to listen to lots and lots of Beatles music.
Sweet and fun. Plus it made me want to listen to lots and lots of Beatles music.
sc104906's review against another edition
4.0
Modern day Lysistrata (kinda). After Penny's last relationship ended in flames (icky cheating boyfriend caught in the act), Penny uses her family's obsession with the Beatles to craft a Lonely Hearts Club at school. This is a girls only club, where all members have sworn off men and dating. Instead, Friday nights are dedicated to the club and they all work together to better their community. It is all going great, until Penny realizes that she is starting to have romantic feelings that can't be ignored. How is the leader of this movement going to be true to herself and her heart?
This was a great summer/beach read. Super easy, simple, and fun. I really enjoyed reading it. The characters were funny. The incorporation of Beatles information added a nice fluffy layer to the story. Loved it.
This was a great summer/beach read. Super easy, simple, and fun. I really enjoyed reading it. The characters were funny. The incorporation of Beatles information added a nice fluffy layer to the story. Loved it.
tefidemasi's review
3.0
Entretenido para pasar el rato. Es una lectura super rápida y bastante llevadera.
dtrumps's review against another edition
4.0
read it on Gone Pecan
Penny Lane, named of course for the Beatles song, has just been dealt a harsh blow from the guy she expected to be with for a long time, possibly even marry and have babies with. Granted, she bought into the whole “childhood sweethearts” crud, but was crushed by Nate because he was AWFUL! She then decides to start her own solitary club, The Lonely Hearts Club, obviously drawing from her fanatical obsession with the fab four, which basically entails her deciding not to date while still in high school. But then she brings in an old friend , Diane, who’s just broken up with her boyfriend of four years and it kind of snowballs from there, eventually becoming so big that it intimidates and threatens the male population at school. Just when she begins to think that all boys are scum, she starts to have feelings for one in particular.
This was a really cute book. I liked Penny, though she did go a little overboard with the “all boys are scum” mentality (though I understood how she reached this conclusion). I liked that Penny became a figurehead for this movement, making friendship with other girls more important than being with guys. I liked that she was so forgiving to Diane, who she hadn’t talked to in 4 years because Diane effectively dumped Penny when Diane started dating Ryan. This is a trap that I know a lot of girls/women fall into, making the boy/man (or romantic relationship) in their life the center of their universe and pushing their other relationships aside, until or unless that romantic relationship ends. It’s good to know that these girls (though they are ficitional) have learned this lesson early in life gives me hope that the real girls reading TLHC will learn it, as well. The club turned out to be not all about romantic relationships, after all, but how girls/women can lean on their friends for all sorts of issues.
The romance in the book was super cute. It starts with friendship, which is my favorite type of romance. Although I have to say, I didn’t know who the male hero would be initially because with my friends, it would not be cool to start dating your friend’s ex. Not cool at all. But it worked out. And Ryan was a great guy and very deserving of Penny, because of his personality and how he treated Diane during and after their breakup. He was definitely an example of a good guy. I wasn’t expecting him to be, of course, because he broke up with Diane and is the reason why Diane is in the club. But I loved that he stayed friends with Diane and was very helpful to her and respectful of Diane’s friendship with Penny.
This book is definitely a recommendation. I read it in just a few hours. Last week, I also read Elizabeth Eulberg’s Take a Bow, which I also read very quickly and was done very well. Ms. Eulberg has become a favorite. There was no sex, no angst, just a sweet romance and a lof of friendship.
Pecans: 4/5
Penny Lane, named of course for the Beatles song, has just been dealt a harsh blow from the guy she expected to be with for a long time, possibly even marry and have babies with. Granted, she bought into the whole “childhood sweethearts” crud, but was crushed by Nate because he was AWFUL! She then decides to start her own solitary club, The Lonely Hearts Club, obviously drawing from her fanatical obsession with the fab four, which basically entails her deciding not to date while still in high school. But then she brings in an old friend , Diane, who’s just broken up with her boyfriend of four years and it kind of snowballs from there, eventually becoming so big that it intimidates and threatens the male population at school. Just when she begins to think that all boys are scum, she starts to have feelings for one in particular.
This was a really cute book. I liked Penny, though she did go a little overboard with the “all boys are scum” mentality (though I understood how she reached this conclusion). I liked that Penny became a figurehead for this movement, making friendship with other girls more important than being with guys. I liked that she was so forgiving to Diane, who she hadn’t talked to in 4 years because Diane effectively dumped Penny when Diane started dating Ryan. This is a trap that I know a lot of girls/women fall into, making the boy/man (or romantic relationship) in their life the center of their universe and pushing their other relationships aside, until or unless that romantic relationship ends. It’s good to know that these girls (though they are ficitional) have learned this lesson early in life gives me hope that the real girls reading TLHC will learn it, as well. The club turned out to be not all about romantic relationships, after all, but how girls/women can lean on their friends for all sorts of issues.
The romance in the book was super cute. It starts with friendship, which is my favorite type of romance. Although I have to say, I didn’t know who the male hero would be initially because with my friends, it would not be cool to start dating your friend’s ex. Not cool at all. But it worked out. And Ryan was a great guy and very deserving of Penny, because of his personality and how he treated Diane during and after their breakup. He was definitely an example of a good guy. I wasn’t expecting him to be, of course, because he broke up with Diane and is the reason why Diane is in the club. But I loved that he stayed friends with Diane and was very helpful to her and respectful of Diane’s friendship with Penny.
This book is definitely a recommendation. I read it in just a few hours. Last week, I also read Elizabeth Eulberg’s Take a Bow, which I also read very quickly and was done very well. Ms. Eulberg has become a favorite. There was no sex, no angst, just a sweet romance and a lof of friendship.
Pecans: 4/5
freader21's review against another edition
3.0
Este no va a ser el mejor libro que he leído nunca o pues por lo menos ahora no lo es, pero aún así es agradable de leer, esto es una opinión personal ya que también tengo un guilty placer con los libros así, no son mis favoritos pero si me sacan muchas risas, por eso le pongo 3 estrellas o pues para mi es 3.5
missprint_'s review against another edition
4.0
Penny Lane Bloom is done with boys. Love might be all you need, but Penny has her doubts. Especially when the dating pool is limited to the losers, players, jerks and wannabes otherwise known as the male population of McKinley High School.
After a summer romance gone wrong once again leaves Penny miserable because of a guy she decides to call it quits. No more boys. No more dating. At least until the end of high school. Taking inspiration from the only men who never let her down, Penny decides to start her own anti-dating club: The Lonely Hearts Club, total members: one.
But when her friends join and the girls at school hear about the Club, Penny finds herself at the center of attention as news of her stance on boys and her club spread throughout the school.
As Penny builds a community of strong, capable girls she might even realize that some boys--even if they aren't John, Paul, George, or Ringo--might be okay (and maybe even worth dating) in The Lonely Hearts Club (2010) by Elizabeth Eulberg.
Everything about Eulberg's debut novel* The Lonely Hearts Club is charming from the cover to the delightful plot, not to mention the Beatles motif throughout the novel.
Penny is a clever, authentic narrator. Readers will love her frank tone and her humility as her Club morphs from an angry declaration against all boys to an important force for good at her high school. Penny's journey throughout the story both as leader of the Lonely Hearts Club and as a girl who has been burned by one too many boys is realistic and well-written.
What really sets this book apart and makes it so wonderful is that the book is literally filled with strong female characters. In fact, that's kind of the whole point as Penny and the other Club members learn to focus on themselves and put their own interests first instead of focusing on boys. In short The Lonely Hearts Club is really the perfect blend of old fashioned girl power feminism and romantic sentiment. (And it's really fun and includes tons of Beatles references besides!)
*Previously the mastermind behind publicity for the Twilight books (and lots of other titles you would recognize), Eulberg wrote this book in 2010. She followed it up with Prom and Prejudice in 2011. She also recently announced that she was planning on pursuing her writing career full time which, as a fan of her work, is extremely exciting!
Possible Pairings: Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan, A Little Wanting Song by Cath Crowley, Prom and Prejudice by Elizabeth Eulberg**, Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine, The Boy Book by E. Lockhart, The Unwritten Rule by Elizabeth Scott
**I don't usually list an author's other books in possible pairings because I feel like it's implied but I made an exception here because I think the two books, aside from both being delightful, really hit some of the same high notes and pick up the same themes and they just work well together aside from being by the same author. (Want to see what I mean? Read this review.)
After a summer romance gone wrong once again leaves Penny miserable because of a guy she decides to call it quits. No more boys. No more dating. At least until the end of high school. Taking inspiration from the only men who never let her down, Penny decides to start her own anti-dating club: The Lonely Hearts Club, total members: one.
But when her friends join and the girls at school hear about the Club, Penny finds herself at the center of attention as news of her stance on boys and her club spread throughout the school.
As Penny builds a community of strong, capable girls she might even realize that some boys--even if they aren't John, Paul, George, or Ringo--might be okay (and maybe even worth dating) in The Lonely Hearts Club (2010) by Elizabeth Eulberg.
Everything about Eulberg's debut novel* The Lonely Hearts Club is charming from the cover to the delightful plot, not to mention the Beatles motif throughout the novel.
Penny is a clever, authentic narrator. Readers will love her frank tone and her humility as her Club morphs from an angry declaration against all boys to an important force for good at her high school. Penny's journey throughout the story both as leader of the Lonely Hearts Club and as a girl who has been burned by one too many boys is realistic and well-written.
What really sets this book apart and makes it so wonderful is that the book is literally filled with strong female characters. In fact, that's kind of the whole point as Penny and the other Club members learn to focus on themselves and put their own interests first instead of focusing on boys. In short The Lonely Hearts Club is really the perfect blend of old fashioned girl power feminism and romantic sentiment. (And it's really fun and includes tons of Beatles references besides!)
*Previously the mastermind behind publicity for the Twilight books (and lots of other titles you would recognize), Eulberg wrote this book in 2010. She followed it up with Prom and Prejudice in 2011. She also recently announced that she was planning on pursuing her writing career full time which, as a fan of her work, is extremely exciting!
Possible Pairings: Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan, A Little Wanting Song by Cath Crowley, Prom and Prejudice by Elizabeth Eulberg**, Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine, The Boy Book by E. Lockhart, The Unwritten Rule by Elizabeth Scott
**I don't usually list an author's other books in possible pairings because I feel like it's implied but I made an exception here because I think the two books, aside from both being delightful, really hit some of the same high notes and pick up the same themes and they just work well together aside from being by the same author. (Want to see what I mean? Read this review.)
richardpierce's review against another edition
1.0
Worthy if well-trodden subject matter poorly executed, I'm afraid.
p3n1's review against another edition
4.0
Pertama kali ngambil buku ini dari rak di Rumah Buku, gara-gara kesengsem sama covernya yang abegeh banget.
Jujur, saya bukan penggemar The Beatles yang fanatik. Saya hanya tahu lagu Yesterday dan beberapa lagu lain, tapi nggak dengan lagu The Lonely Hearts Club atau Penny Lane. Bukan berarti saya nggak suka The Beatles. Saya suka, hanya saja nggak tahu banyak lagu mereka.
Awalnya, pas baca buku ini, saya agak kesulitan memahaminya. Tapi ini sih, tipikal saya baca buku, emang. Selalu nggak dapet feel-nya pas di awal baca.
Penny Lane dinamain dari salah satu judul The Beatles, sebab orangtuanya, bapak dan ibu Bloom adalah penggemar fanatik The Beatles. Ketiga anak perempuannya dinamai dari judul lagu The Beatles. Lucy, Rita, dan Penny Lane. Liburan mereka juga nggak jauh-jauh dari markas The Beatles. Konyolnya, ibu Penny, menentang anak-anaknya makan daging, karena Paul McCartney adalah vegetarian :D
Nah, ini ceritanya tentang Penny Lane yang patah hati karena dikhianati Nate Taylor (teman semasa kecil, anak sahabat kedua orangtuanya, sering melewatkan Thanksgiving bareng antar keluarga, sering jadi pengiring pengantin bareng, bahkan jadian meski kedua orangtua mereka nggak tahu), waktu dia nyaris memenuhi keinginan Nate untuk lebih dari sekadar pegangan tangan dan menemukan Nate sedang bersama perempuan lain, di rumah Penny!
Rasa sakit hati ini membuat Penny memutuskan untuk bikin The Lonely Hearts Club (diambil juga dari judul lagu The Beatles). Awalnya cuma beranggotakan dirinya sendiri, kemudian Tracy, sahabatnya, ikut bergabung. Di luar dugaannya, sahabat lamanya, Diane (yang meninggalkannya karena punya pacar bernama Ryan, kemudian putus) memutuskan mau jadi anggota dan jadi sahabatnya lagi.
Lama-lama klub ini berkembang dan beranggotakan banyak. Memang awalnya untuk menampung korban-korban sakit hati dan menjadikan cowok sebagai "musuh", tapi lama-lama, klub ini berubah menjadi klub yang memberi dampak positif bagi anggotanya. Semacam klub "penumbuh rasa percaya diri" kayaknya.
Memang, sih, sadar nggak sadar, kadang kita berdandan atau melakukan sesuatu demi orang lain. Bukan untuk kita sendiri. Bukan karena kita nyaman dengan apa yang kita kenakan. Atau mengharap pujian dari orang lain.
Saya suka buku ini. Banyak kejutan-kejutan di dalamnya, meski sebenernya udah ketebak endingnya kayak apa, kejutan-kejutan dan drama di dalamnya membuat buku ini menjadi hidup.
Cuma emang, sih, ada hal-hal yang rada nggak masuk akal, kayak waktu Michelle ninggalin Mike demi jadi anggota klub ini. Mike itu adik Tracy, akibatnya Mike nggak mau bicara dengan Tracy selama Michelle masih jadi anggota klub. Bukannya kalo lagi kasmaran mah, cewek nempel terus sampai didepak cowoknya? Kok, ini nggak ada masalah ama cowoknya, terus ninggalin cowoknya?
[pengalaman pribadi, ya?]
[bukan, yey! saya mah ga pacaran jaman SMA :p]
Terus, tiba-tiba Penny Lane bermasalah dengan Kepala Sekolah, sampai orangtuanya dipanggil hanya gara-gara klub ini yang dianggap memusuhi cowok. Memangnya, kepala sekolah ngurusin hal kayak gini sampai sedetail ini, ya? Eh, apa sekolah di Amrik mah emang gitu, kali, ya? Emang di negara kita? Hihi... Kepseknya sibuk cari proyekan di luar sekolah. *Mode suudzhan on*
*ditempeleng sama kepsek se-Indonesia*
[ouch. maap]
Terus kepsek juga yang melarang adanya pencarian dana buat bikin seragam tim basket. Ini mah semacam sentimen pribadi yang dibawa-bawa ke sekolah, ya? Atau saya aja yang terlalu lurus pas sekolah dulu, jadi nggak tahu bahwa di banyak sekolah, atau mungkin di sekolah saya sendiri, ada intrik-intrik murid vs kepsek.
Tapi ya itu sih, yang rada anehnya. Apa iya, ada kepsek yang memihak satu murid kelompok murid aja? Sekali lagi, maafkan saya yang naif lurus ini.
Oh iya. Ada kalimat yang agak ganjil saya temukan di sini.
Siapa pun yang pernah berpegangan pada lagu seperti rakit kehidupan musik pasti mengerti. (hal 12)
Apa itu "rakit kehidupan musik"?
nemu typo:
Sepulang makan malam dengan diane (hal 50)
tapi yang lain ga kecek juga, sih...
ada kalimat yang hilang juga:
Kubayangkan mereka berdan
ya drama dapat mereda hari Minggu dan sekolah normal lagi hari Senin. (hal 123)
Ternyata oh ternyata, waktu lihat di sini, cover aslinya lebih keren. Kayak cover salah satu album The Beatles. *gigit jari*
Jadi kalo ditanya kerenan mana, jelas kerenan cover aslinya. Tapi saya nggak menampik, kalo saya ngambil buku ini buat dibeli gara-gara covernya. Unyu. :D
Jujur, saya bukan penggemar The Beatles yang fanatik. Saya hanya tahu lagu Yesterday dan beberapa lagu lain, tapi nggak dengan lagu The Lonely Hearts Club atau Penny Lane. Bukan berarti saya nggak suka The Beatles. Saya suka, hanya saja nggak tahu banyak lagu mereka.
Awalnya, pas baca buku ini, saya agak kesulitan memahaminya. Tapi ini sih, tipikal saya baca buku, emang. Selalu nggak dapet feel-nya pas di awal baca.
Penny Lane dinamain dari salah satu judul The Beatles, sebab orangtuanya, bapak dan ibu Bloom adalah penggemar fanatik The Beatles. Ketiga anak perempuannya dinamai dari judul lagu The Beatles. Lucy, Rita, dan Penny Lane. Liburan mereka juga nggak jauh-jauh dari markas The Beatles. Konyolnya, ibu Penny, menentang anak-anaknya makan daging, karena Paul McCartney adalah vegetarian :D
Nah, ini ceritanya tentang Penny Lane yang patah hati karena dikhianati Nate Taylor (teman semasa kecil, anak sahabat kedua orangtuanya, sering melewatkan Thanksgiving bareng antar keluarga, sering jadi pengiring pengantin bareng, bahkan jadian meski kedua orangtua mereka nggak tahu), waktu dia nyaris memenuhi keinginan Nate untuk lebih dari sekadar pegangan tangan dan menemukan Nate sedang bersama perempuan lain, di rumah Penny!
Rasa sakit hati ini membuat Penny memutuskan untuk bikin The Lonely Hearts Club (diambil juga dari judul lagu The Beatles). Awalnya cuma beranggotakan dirinya sendiri, kemudian Tracy, sahabatnya, ikut bergabung. Di luar dugaannya, sahabat lamanya, Diane (yang meninggalkannya karena punya pacar bernama Ryan, kemudian putus) memutuskan mau jadi anggota dan jadi sahabatnya lagi.
Lama-lama klub ini berkembang dan beranggotakan banyak. Memang awalnya untuk menampung korban-korban sakit hati dan menjadikan cowok sebagai "musuh", tapi lama-lama, klub ini berubah menjadi klub yang memberi dampak positif bagi anggotanya. Semacam klub "penumbuh rasa percaya diri" kayaknya.
Memang, sih, sadar nggak sadar, kadang kita berdandan atau melakukan sesuatu demi orang lain. Bukan untuk kita sendiri. Bukan karena kita nyaman dengan apa yang kita kenakan. Atau mengharap pujian dari orang lain.
Saya suka buku ini. Banyak kejutan-kejutan di dalamnya, meski sebenernya udah ketebak endingnya kayak apa, kejutan-kejutan dan drama di dalamnya membuat buku ini menjadi hidup.
Cuma emang, sih, ada hal-hal yang rada nggak masuk akal, kayak waktu Michelle ninggalin Mike demi jadi anggota klub ini. Mike itu adik Tracy, akibatnya Mike nggak mau bicara dengan Tracy selama Michelle masih jadi anggota klub. Bukannya kalo lagi kasmaran mah, cewek nempel terus sampai didepak cowoknya? Kok, ini nggak ada masalah ama cowoknya, terus ninggalin cowoknya?
[pengalaman pribadi, ya?]
[bukan, yey! saya mah ga pacaran jaman SMA :p]
Terus, tiba-tiba Penny Lane bermasalah dengan Kepala Sekolah, sampai orangtuanya dipanggil hanya gara-gara klub ini yang dianggap memusuhi cowok. Memangnya, kepala sekolah ngurusin hal kayak gini sampai sedetail ini, ya? Eh, apa sekolah di Amrik mah emang gitu, kali, ya? Emang di negara kita? Hihi... Kepseknya sibuk cari proyekan di luar sekolah. *Mode suudzhan on*
*ditempeleng sama kepsek se-Indonesia*
[ouch. maap]
Terus kepsek juga yang melarang adanya pencarian dana buat bikin seragam tim basket. Ini mah semacam sentimen pribadi yang dibawa-bawa ke sekolah, ya? Atau saya aja yang terlalu lurus pas sekolah dulu, jadi nggak tahu bahwa di banyak sekolah, atau mungkin di sekolah saya sendiri, ada intrik-intrik murid vs kepsek.
Tapi ya itu sih, yang rada anehnya. Apa iya, ada kepsek yang memihak satu murid kelompok murid aja? Sekali lagi, maafkan saya yang naif
Oh iya. Ada kalimat yang agak ganjil saya temukan di sini.
Siapa pun yang pernah berpegangan pada lagu seperti rakit kehidupan musik pasti mengerti. (hal 12)
Apa itu "rakit kehidupan musik"?
nemu typo:
Sepulang makan malam dengan diane (hal 50)
tapi yang lain ga kecek juga, sih...
ada kalimat yang hilang juga:
Kubayangkan mereka berdan
ya drama dapat mereda hari Minggu dan sekolah normal lagi hari Senin. (hal 123)
Ternyata oh ternyata, waktu lihat di sini, cover aslinya lebih keren. Kayak cover salah satu album The Beatles. *gigit jari*
Jadi kalo ditanya kerenan mana, jelas kerenan cover aslinya. Tapi saya nggak menampik, kalo saya ngambil buku ini buat dibeli gara-gara covernya. Unyu. :D
andehsb00kshelf's review
4.0
Este libro me encantó , es muy simple de leer pero realmente entretenido, me encantó la historia y como se va desarrollando, simplemente lo sentí como un abrazo.