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mellabella's review against another edition
4.0
Cute read about Kate who blows an interview for her dream job working at a music mag. She blows this interview because she is still a wreck from last nights binge drinking. This book was definitely chick lit. But, not as cutesy (even with a happy ending) as it could have been. Kate winds up going undercover (turns out there is still a chance to get a job at the magazine) to spy on a starlet with substance abuse problems. Winds up befriending said starlet and falling in love with the starlets boyfriends manager. We learn about Kate's past, her family and why she drinks. She is actually a likeable, flawed character. Very good playlist at the very end too.
kdurham2's review against another edition
5.0
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Katie Sandford may not admit to having a drinking problem, but throwing up in the interview of a lifetime due to an evening out the night before may warrant a second evaluation. Thankfully the magazine is willing to give a second chance and challenges her to enter rehab where a well known starlet is also getting treatment and she must get the inside scoop. Challenge accepted!
Sadly, I am a celebrity news junkie! So this book appealed to me on many levels - I love this author, I love the concept and I like a little celebrity behind the scenes (even if it is fiction!) I loved Katie for her naive sense of taking the job and not admitting to herself, although it is obvious to the reader that she needs just as much help as the rest of the patients around her.
Katie Sandford may not admit to having a drinking problem, but throwing up in the interview of a lifetime due to an evening out the night before may warrant a second evaluation. Thankfully the magazine is willing to give a second chance and challenges her to enter rehab where a well known starlet is also getting treatment and she must get the inside scoop. Challenge accepted!
Sadly, I am a celebrity news junkie! So this book appealed to me on many levels - I love this author, I love the concept and I like a little celebrity behind the scenes (even if it is fiction!) I loved Katie for her naive sense of taking the job and not admitting to herself, although it is obvious to the reader that she needs just as much help as the rest of the patients around her.
susanthebookbag's review against another edition
4.0
Poor Katie - she wants to be a writer so bad. It's just that her idea of a social life gets in her way, too much drinking and partying. When she bombs her dream job interview, she is crushed.
But wait ..... they have a deal for her - go into rehab and get the scoop on a star and maybe they will have a job for her. Okay, she can do this! But while she is there, pretending like she needs treatment, she learns a lot about herself and those around her. They are not just stars, they are people just like she is.
Katie does a lot of growing up during those 30 days in rehab. Much of it was painful to go through but it's good in the end, right? Let's hope so!
What an amazing story! I immediately connected with Katie and wanted her to find happiness in her life. This book pulled me in and I spent a great weekend totally immersed in Katie's world. I love it when I find a book that I don't want to leave!
It was interesting how the author worked the word 'spin' into the story in various ways; spinning out of control, head was spinning, put a different spin on the story ~ you get the idea. It made it all connect together.
I totally enjoyed reading Spin. This is the first book that I have read by Ms. McKenzie but she is definitely going on my list of 'to-be-read' authors.
And I am so excited that she has 2 more books being published this year! I can't wait to get my hands on them!
Spin will be out in paperback in the U.S. on February 7.
Her next novel, Arranged, will be released on May 15th with another book, Forgotten coming out later in 2012.
But wait ..... they have a deal for her - go into rehab and get the scoop on a star and maybe they will have a job for her. Okay, she can do this! But while she is there, pretending like she needs treatment, she learns a lot about herself and those around her. They are not just stars, they are people just like she is.
Katie does a lot of growing up during those 30 days in rehab. Much of it was painful to go through but it's good in the end, right? Let's hope so!
What an amazing story! I immediately connected with Katie and wanted her to find happiness in her life. This book pulled me in and I spent a great weekend totally immersed in Katie's world. I love it when I find a book that I don't want to leave!
It was interesting how the author worked the word 'spin' into the story in various ways; spinning out of control, head was spinning, put a different spin on the story ~ you get the idea. It made it all connect together.
I totally enjoyed reading Spin. This is the first book that I have read by Ms. McKenzie but she is definitely going on my list of 'to-be-read' authors.
And I am so excited that she has 2 more books being published this year! I can't wait to get my hands on them!
Spin will be out in paperback in the U.S. on February 7.
Her next novel, Arranged, will be released on May 15th with another book, Forgotten coming out later in 2012.
mj_j's review against another edition
4.0
I liked this a lot more than I expected to based on it's genre! A good quick read with a likeable (albeit fallible) heroine.
steph1529's review against another edition
5.0
Fast paced, easy read. Interesting subject. Can't wait to read more from this author
cookiemuncher3000's review against another edition
5.0
I loved this book! I especially loved Greer and her Scottish lingo. If there was another one, I would definitely get it!
grojasmartinez415's review against another edition
4.0
Not quite what I expected when I first started reading it. Good story, kept me engaged to finish the story in a day. Love the plot twists and how it came together at the end.
raechrae's review against another edition
3.0
This was a great beach read book, not too deep but also deep enough to keep me interested. It was interesting to follow Katie through her own self-discovery while also essentially reading celebrity gossip. It was a quick fun read!
readincolour's review against another edition
4.0
Own your shit. That, fellow readers, could easily serve as my synopsis for Spin, because really, that's what this book is about. It doesn't come out and say that, but that's the message that I took away from it. Let's talk about why.
Katie Sanford is a screw up though she doesn't seem to really know it or care. But if you're a 30something freelance journalist pretending to be a 25 year old grad student, you have to have some clue that you don't really have yourself together. And if that's not enough of a clue, bombing an interview at one of the most prestigious music magazines because you were on a bender the night before, woke up still drunk and threw up mid-interview, should be.
Given a second chance at a writing career, Katie hops on the opportunity. The only catch is it requires her to do 30 days in rehab, which she could certainly use, and write a scathing report on the latest it girl, who happens to be in the same facility Katie is headed to. So no big deal, right? Right. As long as Katie doesn't catch a case of morals.
I picked this out of my to be read pile thinking it would be a fluffy, no thinking required kind of read. I was wrong. To be fair, it was entertaining, but Katie couldn't entirely fake her way through rehab. She seriously needed to be there. And as you watch her interact with her counselor and begin to break things down, you come to realize what's at the root of her problem and you start to cheer her on. How invested was I in her story? I read it in a day...in the middle of the work week. That's how good it was.
I gave this four purple armchairs and would have given it five except that the author had a story line she never wrapped up. Maybe it wasn't that important to the author or anyone else, but I really wanted to see Katie and her sister discuss what went wrong in their relationship and why her sister was so resentful. I was also hoping for a few more chapters to give more detail of Katie's life post-rehab. Yes, there were chapters that touched on life after rehab, but I wanted to know about her job, friendships, etc. Instead, I was left to guess how things turned out.
Katie Sanford is a screw up though she doesn't seem to really know it or care. But if you're a 30something freelance journalist pretending to be a 25 year old grad student, you have to have some clue that you don't really have yourself together. And if that's not enough of a clue, bombing an interview at one of the most prestigious music magazines because you were on a bender the night before, woke up still drunk and threw up mid-interview, should be.
Given a second chance at a writing career, Katie hops on the opportunity. The only catch is it requires her to do 30 days in rehab, which she could certainly use, and write a scathing report on the latest it girl, who happens to be in the same facility Katie is headed to. So no big deal, right? Right. As long as Katie doesn't catch a case of morals.
I picked this out of my to be read pile thinking it would be a fluffy, no thinking required kind of read. I was wrong. To be fair, it was entertaining, but Katie couldn't entirely fake her way through rehab. She seriously needed to be there. And as you watch her interact with her counselor and begin to break things down, you come to realize what's at the root of her problem and you start to cheer her on. How invested was I in her story? I read it in a day...in the middle of the work week. That's how good it was.
I gave this four purple armchairs and would have given it five except that the author had a story line she never wrapped up. Maybe it wasn't that important to the author or anyone else, but I really wanted to see Katie and her sister discuss what went wrong in their relationship and why her sister was so resentful. I was also hoping for a few more chapters to give more detail of Katie's life post-rehab. Yes, there were chapters that touched on life after rehab, but I wanted to know about her job, friendships, etc. Instead, I was left to guess how things turned out.