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3.92 AVERAGE
3.92 AVERAGE
I actually read this book a few years ago, then re-read it this week. I read it paired with Francisco Goldman's "Say Her Name" the first time, which provided a couple of weeks of sobbing examination of love (which was a good thing, for me). This time, I re-read it trying to figure out how Sheffield generated the emotional heat in this story and actually found it less passionate than at first. I love the lists of mix tapes that inspire/direct each chapter and only wish I knew more of the songs he references, but all in all, the book is a poignant-but-not-too-sappy ode to his late first wife and the music that drove their lives, and it was a super enjoyable read the second time too.
A hopelessly romantic book, Love is a Mix Tape, traces Rob Sheffield's love for his wife, Renee, through the mix tapes they shared.
What a sad book. Poor Rob, his wife dies in his arms at such a young age of an unexpected brain aneurysm. This should have been a quick read, but all the songs of the '90s are "my" songs, so each chapter caused me to reminisce about my youth and what I was doing when I heard that song.
In the memoir, Love is a Mix Tape, the author describes listening to music after his wife died, how he kept having to turn of the radio in the first days after but then listened obsessively after that. During the course of the book he listens to different tapes that he and his wife had recorded (mix tapes) and each tape brings forth a different time or aspect of their life together. At it's core, this is a meditation on the ways that music impacts and shapes the lives of music lovers.
I am finding this deeply touching because he spends time talking about his wife, who died, but this is really about how is life is shaped by music. For someone from my generation this was a familiar book. I know this man (or at least someone like him). Outstanding.
I am finding this deeply touching because he spends time talking about his wife, who died, but this is really about how is life is shaped by music. For someone from my generation this was a familiar book. I know this man (or at least someone like him). Outstanding.
I listened to the audiobook and while I could have done without the portions relating to his adolescence, I enjoyed the parts about his marriage. It was fun, but I don't know if I would have stuck with it if I was actually reading it. It was have been more enjoyable if it included some of the music referenced in the book.
One of the most painfully beautiful stories I've ever read. The definition of bittersweet.
Came for the stories about music, ended up crying about the stories on grief. Rob Sheffield writes with love about music and his wife and takes readers to the ugly side of grief when you have no idea how to move on. My next mission will be recreating these mixtapes on Spotify.
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What a great read! I spent many many years in Cville VA, and it was interesting to read about places Rob had hung out that are still there today. What a trip down memory lane for all the music. I am a huge lover of 80's and 90's music and love reminisce. Very moving look back on a part of his life and a wonderful way to honor is wife, Renee.