4.5 starsHave you ever noticed that mixing romance and time travel often ends badly? And yet authors still toy with the idea. Fortunately one of them is first-time novelist Mo Daviau. She has written a quirky story that combines a whole litany of elements that practically guarantee a messy ending; love, time travel, over-the-hill rock stars, damaged hearts and even a cataclysmic asteroid event. What could possibly go wrong?And yet, somehow she pulls it off. Granted, the initial hook, time-travel...

Viajes en el tiempo, amores destinados, rockeros en malos momentos y corazones dañados. Además de visitar la prehistoria o un futuro cataclismo planetario. Todo eso ofrece Lena y Karl, una lectura entretenida, aunque endeble, rebosante de referencias y premisas alocadas, repleta de coincidencias sin sentido y un ritmo imparable. Un blockbuster veraniego agradable, con ciertos momentos oscuros, pero que desprende cierto aire encantador que impide soltar el libro hasta terminar.Mo Daviau escribe c...

I read this book approximately seven years ago and at the time didn't consider it to be anything special. I gave it three stars, which is a "meh, nothing to write home about" rating from me. Mostly, I remember being rather annoyed that I had to pretend that there was any possibility that a cell phone could work in the year 980 (There are no cell phone towers in the tenth century, Mo!). I realize that this is a silly thing to focus on since the entire book relies on a suspension of disbelief - it...

This is a brilliantly different look at time travel, with a goofy, irreverent voice and a lot of silly ideas. When a bartender and former indie rock star finds a wormhole in his closet, he decides it should only be used to allow people to attend rock concerts in the past. You can see Jimi and the Beatles and Janis Joplin perform live! But then his friend decides to go back to 1980 to save John Lennon -- and winds up in 980 instead due to an error. It's as ridiculous and fun as it sounds, althoug...

Feh. Didn't work for me. I hate music-geek stories, to begin with. At least this one lacked the orgasmic descriptions of what it's like to play in a band and how The Outsiders Will Never Understand. I hate time-travel stories that just casually handwave the technology, and use it carelessly. Yeah, sure, if you could travel in time, wouldn't you go to a 1990 concert by the Pustulent Zits? Not, say, the Crucifixion, or ancient Babylon, or to see Shakespeare? And a guy is in 980 AD but can still t...

First reaction upon finishing this shorter than it feels book:" I wish I could go back in time and convince myself not to read this book""Bullshit!""oh for fuck's sake!!"You know what it's about: a guy discovers a wormhole in his apartment and being a has-been rock star and good guy and dreaming of the better times in the past and ETC he uses this to go to the epic rock concerts of the past. Sometimes he sells tickets to rock concerts of the past. When his friend Wayne is stranded by mistake in ...

3.5 stars. So this is the kind of person I am. On my way home from working a conference in Woodley Park, I got off the Red Line at Dupont Circle to get some empanadas. Left unchecked in Dupont Circle, I am going to wander into Kramerbooks because, well, hi. (I feel like Politics & Prose is considered the more acceptable answer to the question of favorite DC bookstore, but I gotta be honest – I lean a little more towards Kramer because I love their layout and their brunch is delicious-if-pric...

It book really surprised me. I thought it was going to be really funny and ridiculous. I mean the premise sounds a guy finding a wormhole in his closet and using it to go see his favorite bands in the past. But it was actually a pretty heartfelt story. I moved quickly and a few times I got a bit muddled with all the time jumping, but I thought that it added an interesting dynamic to the story telling. It will definitely make you think about the things that happen in a person's like that makes th...

this is a book with an irresistible hook: High Fidelity with time travel. that is the perfect opportunity for a joyful, if flimsy, romp full of pop culture references and fanboy/girl gushing and a little romance slapped on top because a book's gotta have one of those.* and it started out that way.it's got that same kind of bittersweet nostalgia as High Fidelity:Wayne and I shared that common affliction plaguing single men with limited prospects and self-destructive tendencies: we regarded our pa...

though this book was by no means perfect, I really really enjoyed it. of COURSE you have to suspend your disbelief a bit where time travel is concerned - and that's really not a problem for me. To me this had the perfect blend of fun plot, good character development, and EMO NOSTALGIC YEARNINGS (MY FAVE). It kind of reminded me of ready player one in how readable & fun it was, w/ some high fidelity and back to the future mixed in.