This wasn't as good as "I don't know how she does it". The plot line was boring, there wasn't a whole lot of interesting... I kept reading, with the hope that things would turn around, and it just didn't happen. Oh well.

It seems fitting that today is David Cassidy's birthday. I finally finished I Think I Love You, but I didn't want it to end. It's the story of girlhood; of obsessive celebrity crushes, awkward unease with self and image; but most importantly it's about girlhood's most agonizing, devastating and rewarding aspect; friendship. It's also a story about reconciling the adolescent self with the adult. David Cassidy is the theme that weaves the characters and story together, but it's the girls and the poignant portrait of their relationships that make this work so precious, provocative and satisfying.

Worth it alone for the author's interview with David Cassidy at the end, but also a lovely story it its own right.

Much better than I expected. Review here: http://bookreporter.com/reviews2/9781400042357.asp

I really liked this book. It's split into 2 parts. The first part went back to the 70's, when Petra and her friend Sharon were huge David Cassidy fans. I really enjoyed reading this part, and felt like I was transported back in time to junior high. The second part had Petra and Sharon as adults in present time. I didn't relate to this part as much, but it was still a good read. I Think I Love You had interesting characters and themes, and I would recommend it to anyone who was a teenage or preteen girl during the 1970's.

Onthe plus side, Pearson so perfectly captures that pre-adolescent celebrity crush. Mine was also on a Cassidy, but the younger one, which is a little embarrassing. (Though I did have a pair of jeans with a tag that said "Property of David Cassidy.") I really related to her protagonist early on.

And then I got tired of it--and it went on and on and on. And then once the novel moved to the character's adult life, it was a little predictable and slight.

Overall, not a significant book, though fairly pleasant and nicely nostalgic. But wow, did she really nail the way I felt when I was twelve.

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I thought this book was lovely.

Although the band in question is a bit before my time, the story still took me back to days of obsessing over pop stars!

Days when I had a poster on my wall which I kissed goodnight and when I thought that if I could just somehow bump into the object of my desire then we would instantly hit it off and he would fall head over heels in love with me!

It is saved from being pure froth by the complex relationship between mother and daughter; which again was incredibly well observed.

Great book about friendship, first love, families and true love.

How does a self-proclaimed squealy fangirl who was 12 circa 1974 resist a book about a teen who is infatuated with - no - in LOVE with - David Cassidy? The back cover goes on to tell me that the first half of the book sets the stage with teenage squealy fangirl nostalgia and the second half of the book finds our heroine in adulthood, where her teen crush resurfaces to lead her to an adventure and a real life romance.

I heard the author interviewed on NPR, so it couldn't be chick-lit, right?

Wrong.

But it was delightful chick-lit - and that is a genre of which I am not generally fond.

I read a lot of reviews that stated that too much time was spent discussing her teen years, but frankly that was my favorite part. I was a Donny girl myself (and we take a mild beating at the hands of the author, but I took no personal offense), but the scene was the same - obsessing with girlfriends, queen bees and wannabes, impossibly strict parents, kissing posters, noticing real flesh and blood boys, even periods - it was all there and I laughed and I cringed in equal measure. Being a teenage girl is awful. And wonderful.

I loved the descriptions of our adult heroine's feelings about motherhood - they really struck a chord.

I have also read reviews that stated that her actual meeting with David Cassidy was anti-climatic. Well it was, but I sort of think that was the point. All of that obsessing and it was just - almost but not quite - a non-event. The truly important moments in the story were much quieter everyday moments.

I also enjoyed the pop culture references that were effortlessly woven into the text - a lot of it was teen idol pop culture, sure, but not all of it.

I gave this three stars because, to paraphrase, I think I liked it.