I’m a huge fan of everything this book promised. I love Groundhog Day (the movie, of course, but also books with this premise) and Pretty in Pink (and allll of the similar 80s movies). My grandfather was proudly from Punxsutawney, PA, so the setting made this even more interesting for me! I’ve been wanting to plan a trip there in his honor for years. My papa used to train me on how to spell Punxsutawney when I was SO young, bringing out an actual chalkboard like a teacher and making me learn how to spell it – he loved that town.

Andie had a looooot of cringe-worthy moments in the first section of the book. I got some major secondhand embarrassment and wanted to shake her out of her Colton-shaped reverie. (This is the guy she set her sights on in the beginning, when she first moved to Punxsutawney.) She was often judgmental about everyone she met in school on her first day, which made her a little hard to deal with at first. I was definitely reminded of Before I Fall in a few ways (and it’s one of my favorite books). The MC has to learn from her mistakes and become less of a mean girl in order to actually move on to the afterlife. She experiences the same “Groundhog Day” phenomenon, learning more and more about herself in the process. I had a feeling that Andie would do this too, even though she wouldn’t necessarily qualify as a “mean girl,” just someone who judged everyone so quickly based on clique-related assumptions. I was ready to see her grow as a character throughout the story.

Aside from those moments, I liked Andie from the beginning – she and her mom had a close movie-related bond that I really appreciated. It was fun to see the different kinds of days she had once she realized she had nothing to lose. She even took up about a MILLION hobbies in that time period, which was so funny – why not, when you have so much time?! I loved watching her come to realizations about high school, cliques, and being true to yourself. I think there were some moments where her inner dialogue was a bit preach-y and lecture-ish (like my invention of words there?) but overall it was sweet to see her learn. I hope those who read the book pick up on these messages!

The ending and the romance were adorable. I wish I could have read more pages in this book because I would have loved to see how Andie was affected with the decisions of that day…. no spoilers!

Pretty in Pink meets Groundhog day meets Breakfast club. This story has so many classic elements which are sure to make any reader cheer.
This book brings a lot of elements of the 80s way of life and I haven't seen that in books lately. The idea of replaying the first day of school until you get it right and the small things you can change to have a completely different day. It's well written and a hilarious room com any contemporary fan will love.

This book was cute and fun but it also sent an amazing message. With the way our society is today, we often miss the important things that are right in front of us. This holds true for Andie, she’s so lost in her movie induced idea of the perfect high school love and rom-com worthy first kiss that she’s not seeing things for what they really are.

Introduce Groundhogs Day storyline where Andie must relive her first day at a new high school over and over again. As Andie struggles to figure out what she needs to do/learn to set her world back to right she also begins to see those around her in a different light. Cheerleaders, jocks, goths, the smart kids, the theatre kids, and so on, she befriends them all taking the time to learn about each group and person individually. She is changed by these experiences and tries to implement what she’s learned to better both herself and those around her.

Andie has her up and downs. Reliving the same day over and over takes its toll. Seeing her being angry, having a pajama day, and just acting like a selfish teenager really helped to sell this story. I really liked seeing Andie’s growth throughout the book. To be honest, in the beginning, she came across as shallow and a bit annoying. I wasn’t sure I was going to like her at all. But she won me over. As did her over the top mom and always analyzing dad.

Through it all Andie, doesn’t lose her sense of whimsy or desire to experience loves first kiss. But as she learns about everyone around her, she begins to realize that the boy she thought was her Prince Charming, just might be that for someone else. However, that guy in the background? The guy she’s been overlooking? He just might be the one she’s been waiting for.

I really enjoyed this book and see myself giving it to my daughters to read in a few years.

This book was a mix of 80s classics Pretty and Pink and Groundhog's Day. If you're into 80s movies than you'd probably be interested in this book. The girl has to keep reliving a day like in Groundhog's Day until she gets it "right." This made the book rather monotonous for me. It started to drag in the middle because it just went on and on and the first day of school timeline seemed to be unrealistic. I thought it ended well but I got bored in the middle.

What a fantastic, funny book. I loved the tongue in cheek humour and self awareness. I was born in the eighties, so I'm a little young for these movies, but I know enough about them through pop culture osmosis that I was still able to follow them. I liked the supportive family relationships and the different friends Andie met on her pass throughs.

A brilliant read, and I'm going to look up some of the movies mentioned now!

Thank you to Blink and Netgalley for providing me with a free copy for my honest review.

As soon as I saw the synopsis of this book said a Groundhog's Day and Pretty in Pink mashup I knew I had to read this. While I'm not an 80s child, Pretty in Pink was one of my favorite movies to watch with my mom. I think the author did a brilliant job of blending the 2 movies together and with all the 80s references, made a pretty good book.

This book is about Andie who's movie obsessed mom has her watch classic movies at every pivotal moment in her life. The night before she starts at a brand new school her mom has her watch Pretty in Pink with her, while wearing her polka dot 80s dress from her thrift shopping excursions. Oh and this is all taking place on a giant leather pink couch that she just purchased. When Andie wakes up for school the next morning, she gets a ride to school from her summer crush Colton, who she's determined to make fall in love with her. After her first horrendous day at school, Andie comes home and falls asleep on the couch. When she wakes up the next morning, the day before never happened, she's living it again. Andie must figure out how to stop living the same day over and over again.

I really did like this book. Parts of it were honestly hilarious and I love some of the things that Andie did because she knew she would get to start the day over again and no one would remember. I also really liked the author's writing style. It flowed very easily and was never boring or tedious in spots.

I didn't really care for the character Andie at the beginning, she was completely focused on getting whatever she wanted and looking at the world wrong. I know when I went to high school we had our cliques and yes a lot of people did get bullied and talked about but Andie was determined to have the jock and be the popular girl, even if it meant snubbing other people that she saw below her.

This book definitely touched on the problem of cliques and bullying in high school and that's one thing I really liked about this book. Add in all the 80s references and you have me sold. Excellent writing by Laurie Crompton and hopefully I will enjoy other books of hers as well.

Thank you again to Blink and NetGalley!

Andie is a senior in high school who has just moved to Punxsutawney, PA, home of the famous groundhog. When Andie has a horrible first day and wakes up the next day only to realize that the day is looping, a-la, Groundhog Day, she vows to end the loop by getting her true love...only, is that truly what will end the loop?

Here’s the thing, I LOVED the premise, but the follow through was lackluster in comparison. A book this short took me almost two weeks to read because I was just bored for most of it. I feel like it would have done better if each looped day had been fleshed out more. It was all just a lot of the same thing. And, I’ll be honest, I had the ending figured out pretty much from the moment the loop happened. This was unfortunately a big let down for me.

This was a fun light read inspired by Groundhogs Day and 80's teen movies. I love that I'm not alone in my dislike of the ending of Pretty in Pink. In fact I pretty much agree with every movie commentary mentioned in this book which was fun for me. I love the character growth and awareness that the kids that feel like outcasts aren't inherently nicer than anyone else. Over all it was a really entertaining story that wasn't great or ground-breaking but felt like indulging in an unhealthy but delicious snack.

Thanks to netgalley and the publishers for giving me a review copy for my honest opinion.

At the start I was really optimistic and thought it was definitely going to be a 4/5 star read! I really liked all the characters, their interactions and their love for movies. However, the main character got so different when she had to do her day all over again that I didn't love reading those parts as much as I loved the beginning. The ending was, again, really cute though and it almost made me cry! I think you'll definitely like this if you're a huge movie lover.

This book was a quick, light, sweet read for my 80s reference loving heart. It was even more endearing since I grew up about 40 minutes away from Punxsutawney. The more I reflect on the story, the more I like it. It had all the classic cringe, giggle, and swoony moments, giving me a lot of Kasie West vibes.

I absolutely love how horridly cringe-worthy Andie's first day of school is and interactions with Colton in general are. It was delightfully awful. But as the days start to flow one into the other...the same day repeating of course, Andie finally has a come to Jesus moment. To which I cheered out loud when she finally realized that maybe the one you pine for isn't the one for you.

But the story is about so much more than the romance, its also about navigating high school. The endless cliques and everyone trying to fit into their persona while being smothered by stereotype assumptions. Laurie flawlessly captures the struggles of youth identity while simultaneously showing that we are all alike in so many ways we don't even consider. I think this will resonate with teen readers, but also show that just because you look one way doesn't define you.

Along the way there were some bumps. Like it took Andie way to long to see Colton's true colors! And while this obsession did show her a lot about other cliques, by page 100, I was over it. After she sees the light, time still is stagnant and it gets a little hopeless as she realizes she can't undo all the damage already caused. But the ending was all the swoon, and for the record, Duckie should have totally got the girl in Pretty in Pink.

First and foremost thank you to NetGalley and Laurie Boyle Crompton for an advance copy of this novel in exchange for an honest review. This is a super cute fast paced YA romance book if my middle child were a girl I'd highly recommend it to him to read. As a child of the 80's I loved the all the teen movie references. Overall an impressive YA romance & I thoroughly enjoyed it.

Crompton's novel is quirky, colourful, fast-paced and can be enjoyed by any reader, especially by those who adore Groundhog Day-esque storylines and Hughes' movies; in this sweet story about finding both love and your place in life the abundance of 1980's movie references made the reading experience even better,

Andie has had the worst first day at school and what makes it even worse is that she wakes up the next morning to re live it again. She gets stuck in this loop of living the same day over and over again. Andie has to figure out how to get out of this endless loop and doing so she has to pay attention to her life and 1980s movies.

This book is a lot of fun and has so many 80s movie references. I could also see people who have not see these 80s movie getting lost by all the references. I think the reader will really enjoy the lessons that Andie learned. Her character is super quirky and fun. This is definitely a fun and light read that I think most would enjoy.

Andie moves to Punxsutawney P.A. before the beginning of her senior year. When she falls asleep watching ‘Pretty in Pink’, before her first day of school, everything goes south. The next day she wakes up to the same day she just finished. Andie must figure out how to get out of her perpetual first day of school in order to move on. To do this she must first learn about herself, life, and 1980’s movies.

A YA novel with a time loop and a large dose of 1980’s movies, Yes Please! Having recently loved the ‘7 1/2 Lives of Evelyn Hardcastle,’ I just knew ‘Pretty in Punxsutawney’, was for me. (Also, you know the having experienced high school in the 1980’s thing).

The character of Andie, I loved. She is clumsy, and quirky, and awkward, and really funny. Her mom, who is stuck in the 1980’s herself (and wants everyone else to be) is also amazingly fun. The rest of the supporting characters were a really good balance to Andie’s and her mom’s slapstick personality.

The storyline has so much potential and the author really works with it. Andie demonstrates that she can either let the perpetual time loop get her down or she can use it to her advantage. (The middle did lag a bit but I loved seeing so many angles of Andie’s day).


By far my favorite part of this book is the 1980’s movie tie-in’s. It really made for great comedy when Andie relives bits and pieces of different John Hughs movies. I could have used more references to 1980’s clothing, hair styles, and slang but the movie’s references were more than enough.
Also, this story has one of the best endings I read in a while. It just tied everything up nicely and really gave me the feels.

I want to add that the whole point of ‘Pretty in Punxsutawney’ is not to be a realistic representative of today’s high school students . It’s meant to be a parody of 1980’s movies, complete with their clicks, dialog, and stereotypical characters.

I really hope Laurie Boyle Crompton writes another book full of 1980’s pop culture. I need more 1980’s YA in my life.

Pretty in Punxsutawney was my first read of 2019 and it was a great book to start off with. Our main character, Andie, just moved to Punxsutawney and spends her summer at the movie theater. It's fun reading about her love for movies and how she describes them. She has found a new crush and hopes to have her first kiss with her true love.

That's when things get tricky, Andie starts the first day of her senior year and it doesn't go as planned. Only to wake up and start the day all over again. She's stuck in a loop and is convinced she will be stuck until she finds her true love.

I loved the concept of this book. My mother is a big fan of 80's movies and I grew up watching almost all the movies mentioned in this book. It's so sweet that she shares these moments with her mother and how excited they can get. After watching Pretty in Pink, she feels that something is off. Did the main character end with her true love?

It's interesting seeing Andie stuck on the same day over and over again. I can't imagine how frustrating that is though. Having the feeling you're never going to get to go on with your life. It has advantages though. Andie learns that even though there are cliques at school, everyone is a lot more alike than they realize. You just need to give people a chance.

I think for me the looping went on a bit too long though. I get that for the whole learning experience, Andie had to go through a lot. In the end she's been stuck on the same day for months. I think it would've been just a bit better if the author shortened that and dived into a couple of the loop days with a bit more detail. I say this because I loved some of the things she was realizing about the other students at school. I would've loved to have read more about that!

Even though Andie's true love isn't who she expected in the beginning, she learns a lot about herself in her time of the constant repeating of her first day of senior year. She realizes what she really wants and that not everything is as it seems. Andie learns to give people a chance before judging them! Apparently movies can teach us quite a lot!

If you want to know if Andie finds her true love, I guess you'll have to pick up the book and find out!

This book was absolutely adorable! When I read that Groundhog Day would be the main basis for this book, I knew I needed to read this. Pretty in Punxsutawney is a cute and fast-read contemporary that hooked me from the very beginning. It’s a wonderful mash-up of Groundhog Day and Pretty In Pink, which makes for a fun and laugh-at-loud read. I loved how much Andie evolved over those repeating days. Each day brought a new scenario for Andie, which gave the reader a little snippet into another part of Andie’s personality.

When Andie wakes up the next morning after her first day of school, only to find out that she’s reliving the same day over and over again, she thinks it’s a blessing, yet also a curse. She thinks it’s the world’s way of telling her to get the day right and to find true love. And, of course, to get her first kiss. But little does she know that not everything is going to go as planned and not everyone is who they seem. And maybe, just maybe, you don’t need a kiss to break a time loop.

I loved Andie as a character. She’s strong and funny and someone I could really connect with throughout the book. I enjoyed seeing her dynamics with the many characters along the way, especially with Tom. She interacts with kids from different cliques in her high school, where she sees that many people put on an image at school and hide who they really are. And through all these characters, all these interactions, she starts to understand the person she wants to be. Even though her days are filled with angst and high school drama (like having to deal with a girl trying to steal the guy she thinks she likes), she stills fights to figure out who she is and what she’s supposed to do to break the curse.

One of my favorite things about Pretty in Punxsutawney was all the references to classic 80s movies, like Pretty in Pink. I’m a huge movie buff, so I loved all the references and how they all incorporated into the story. Andie references some of her mom’s favorite 80s movies to help her get through each repeat day, and each movie reference helps create a different outcome, which, in turn, teaches Andie something about herself she didn’t know.

Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed Pretty in Punxsutawney. It was different from any contemporary books I have read and referring to 80s nostalgic movies definitely put the cherry on top. If you enjoy contemporaries with big-screen features similar to Groundhog Day and other well-known movies, I highly recommend!

Pretty in Punxsutawney comes out January 15, 2019!

First off, wow what a mouthful the title is! 

Pretty in Punxsutawney follows our main character Andie as she relives her first day of senior year over and over again. Immediately the premise intrigued me, a book about a girl who keeps living the same day, and references to 80s movies like Pretty in Pink and The Breakfast Club? Definitely something I want to read. As Andie keeps reliving her first day of school, she keeps trying to figure out why she can't move on, and is cycling through possible reasons she can't move on.

I really enjoyed Andie's characterization in this novel. She's obsessed with movies and it's brought up many times throughout the book. There are also so many movie references, and the whole reason she gets stuck is because of something having to do with Pretty in Pink. She also grew throughout the time she relived her first day of school because she learned more not only about herself, but about her peers as well. During this time some of her biases were challenged, and her views on different social groups were changed.

"Connecting with a group and trying to do something really well together can make anyone feel less alone."

Pretty in Punxsutawney is a great novel for teenagers/highschoolers because it discussed how people view cliques and how they may have preconceived notions on individuals in certain groups just because of the group they're in. The story also made Andie (and hopefully younger readers) understand that even though people may belong to different groups that seem very different, people have a lot of the same beliefs and may be similar than they realized. This can be especially helpful to younger readers to understand and feel okay about high school, and not be afraid to branch out of their regular friend group.

"I realize this is still happening with students today, and we're doing it to ourselves. Judging each other based on appearances. Divided by assumptions. Blind to how desperate we all are just for a place to belong."

My one critique of the story is that it started dragging a little bit in the middle and I felt that some of the things Andie did were a little ridiculous and didn't really fit in with the her character or the rest of the story. I did enjoy that she spent so much time (MONTHS) repeating the same day, and trying to figure out why it kept happening. She learned so much along the way and matured from the experience.

Pretty in Punxsutawney stars teenage movie buff Andie (yes, named for the character in the movie) who moves to a new town when she has just finished her junior year of high school. After a summer of hanging with her crush at the local movie theater, she finds herself in a time loop, repeating her first day at her new high school over and over. From here she tries several things to break the loop, and she learns a lot about herself, her family, and her fellow students along the way.

The book was just so cute and fun, and I love a good time loop plot. And, bonus, this one was chock full of 80s references and movie trivia! I do recommend this if you need a light, fun, YA book that you can read rather quickly. .

Pretty in Punxsutawney was a really cute book.

Andie is getting ready to start her senior year of high school at a new school. Her mom is obsessed with movies, particularly 80's movies. She named her redheaded daughter Andie after Molly Ringwald's character in Pretty in Pink. Andie has been spending most of her time at the movie theater. She met two boys there her age. Tom, the quirky yet serious guy. And Colton, the cute and popular guy. Andie has a major crush on Colton and is determined to get him to fall in love with her.

The night before the first day, Andie falls asleep on her mom's new pink leather couch, wearing a pink polka dot dress from the local thrift store. She has no time to shower or change before Colton arrives to show her around school. Her day doesn't go well. Not only is she dressed weird, but she meets Kaia. Kaia is almost perfect and she and Colton are definitely becoming an item. Andie also realizes that this school has a lot of cliques and that they don't interact with each other. Her old school was too small to have cliques, so this is all new to her.

Andie goes to sleep that night hoping to change things between her and Colton. But she wakes up in the exact same dress on the couch the next morning. At first, she thinks her parents are being silly when they ask her if she's excited for her first day. It quickly becomes clear to Andie that she's reliving the first day. And this keeps happening over and over. She changes things every day and starts to believe that "true love's kiss" will be the way to break the spell. She also wonders if she is supposed to do a Breakfast Club and get the cliques to interact and hang out more. Andie struggles every day trying to break this Groundhog Day pattern.

The book is full of 80's movies and I really loved Andie's growth as a person as she relived her first day over and over. I also enjoyed a lot of the people she met, especially Tom. He ended up being the only person who didn't judge her in some way.

I gave this book 4 stars. Thank you to the publisher for my review copy.

Warnings for bulimia and super judgemental characters. Also, a tiny bit of sexual harassment (butt grabbing).

Rating: 3.75/5 Penguins
Quick Reasons: frustrating, slow-to-start beginning; the twist on the love interest was easy to see coming, but fun; there was a LOT of focus on romance and not much focus on fully developing Andie's character arc; some of the characters felt a bit contrived, or made only to fit into certain plot points/roles

HUGE thanks to Laurie Boyle Crompton, Blink Publishing, and Netgalley for shooting a complimentary egalley of this title my way in exchange for an honest review! This in no way altered my read of or opinions on this book.


---So what if I can't clap in time to save my life? I have the greatest power of all in my possession. I own time. I've got time handcuffed in my closet and I can do anything I want. I tune in just as one of the girls is asking if I plan on making practice for cheerleader tryouts later. It feels like fate when I answer her with a wide smile. "What time and where?"---


I had SO much fun reading this book, Penguins! The time-loop shenanigans that ensue, particularly those that occur when Andie reaches her breaking point and believes she's never going to be set free, were deliciously entertaining and heart-wrenchingly poignant in turn. I'll admit, though--pretty early on in the read, I became worried that I was in for just another "girl meets cute boy, girl falls for cute boy for no actual substantial reason, girl wins cute boy and everyone lives happily ever after" journey. I needn't have worried, though--Laurie Boyle Crompton bucked the system (almost) entirely and took the read in a much more relatable way.

Of course, that doesn't mean this read didn't have its faults. I felt as if some of the characters were brought into this merely to drive the plot forward or fill in/complete missing chunks of the story. While the scene during which Andie drops, like, a BILLION truth bombs on her unsuspecting (and in some instances totally innocent) classmates was fun, certain characters fell flat outside of the roles they were written to play. Even the core characters, at times, read a bit too stiff for me to fully believe their motivations. There are some super awesome character growth moments sprinkled throughout this read, and while some of them were handled in gorgeously compelling ways, I feel like others didn't quite achieve the desired result. These characters were all SUPER judgmental, as well--some of the things Andie thought were, to me, unbelievable. And while I understood the overall point that Laurie Boyle Crompton was attempting to make...I feel like Andie's initial romantic obsession bordered just a bit on the psychotic. #sorrynotsorry

As much as I don't want this tie with Tom to end, I'm losing the fight to stay awake.


---"Some roller-coaster ride, huh?" Tom says, and I wonder how many times he had to repeat this before I heard him.

"Yeah," I say, my throat dry and hoarse. "Some ride."

I softly smile as I close my eyes and finally, unwillingly, submit to sleep.---


Regardless, this title was intriguing from the start, filled to the brim with so much wit, teenage angst, and snark that my little Penguin heart almost couldn't handle it! While I could see where Laurie Boyle Crompton was leading pretty early on, I still thoroughly enjoyed the journey. I'd recommend this to lovers of time-loops, teenage drama, and reckless shenanigans. If YOU were stuck doing the same thing over and over, what would you change?