Book Review: The Throwback List | Lily Anderson

I am thrilled to be hosting a spot on the THE THROWBACK LIST by Lily Anderson Blog Tour hosted by Rockstar Book Tours. Check out my post and make sure to enter the giveaway!

About the Book:

Title: THE THROWBACK LIST

Author: Lily Anderson

Pub. Date: October 5, 2021

Publisher:  Hyperion Avenue

Formats: Hardcover, eBook, Audiobook

Pages: 400

Find it: Goodreads, Amazon, Kindle, Audible, B&N, iBooks, Kobo, TBD, Bookshop.org

Welcome to Sandy Point, Oregon: a sleepy beach town that’s home to a giant anchor statue, a sometimes-karaoke-bar, and Frosty’s questionably legendary Sunday Sundae Surprise. A town Jo, Autumn, and Bianca thought they’d left far behind when they graduated high school, finally moving on to greener pastures than the midway point for tourists heading to the Goonies house. But life seldom goes according to plan.

Bianca Boria-Birdy, former prom queen and valedictorian, has always been an overachiever. As she juggles managing the family tattoo parlor, caring for her grandmother, and adjusting to a new marriage, Bianca’s schedule becomes stricter than ever, with no room for disruption. What she really needs is a vacation, but not even Bianca Boria-Birdy can achieve the impossible.

Autumn Kelly used to be an actress. Now she teaches drama at Sandy Point High. She may have had to kiss her movie-star dreams goodbye, but molding the next generation of performers has given her life meaning in a whole new way. Until the sudden reappearance of her ex-best friend throws everything off-balance.

Jo Freeman has it all together. With a cool job in Silicon Valley, connections at the trendiest fitness studios, and a down payment on her dream condo, she’s well on her way to reaching every one of her goals before thirty. Or she was, before she got fired and landed right back home with her parents and teenage sister.

When Jo finds an old bucket list in her childhood bedroom, it sets the three women on a path that brings them closer to one another with each task. And it just might lead to a life none of them could have planned.

Praise for The Throwback List
“Witty and fiercely relatable. Lily Anderson writes about what it’s like to realize you’re totally failing at this adulting thing and how it makes you turn to that one, special, friend who always knew you best. A fun, funny, and surprisingly emotional look at how friendship evolves but always endures.”—Sarah Watson, author of Most Likely and creator of The Bold Type

MY REVIEW:
This book was pretty familiar in it’s mechanisms – girl finds her circumstances totally changed and must move back home. The characters are fun and quirky, and the location of a beach town in Oregon was equally as fun. As you read along with these characters, you feel like you know them, like they could be you. But there is hope there that keeps you reading. My only criticism is that there are some parts of this book (towards the beginning) where I got confused with characters and details as they were being introduced. A little tightening up here and everything would be golden. If you are looking for a solid beach read, consider picking this one up.

About Lily Anderson:

Lily Anderson is the author of The Only Thing Worse Than Me is You;
Not Now, Not Ever; and Undead Girl Gang. A former school librarian,
she is deeply devoted to Shakespeare, fairy tales, and podcasts. Somewhere in
Northern California, she is having strong opinions on musical theater. Find her
online at www.mslilyanderson.com.

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