Thank you to Riverdale Avenue Books, Truth and to NetGalley for an ARC of this book.

I have read "I'm with the Band" by Pamela Des Barres previously, so I was excited to see that she had another book coming out.

I was really disappointed. This is a collection of stories, most of which I found very boring.

Sad to say I didn't love this one.

I didn’t love this collection of fairly average writing. While Des Barres has loved a fascinating life and written well about it, this does not match the quality and interest of her previous work.

Oh Miss Pamela....

I had hoped the dear Miss Pamela had used this as an opportunity to talk about writing your own story just as she did hers. I have always enjoyed her book, as she IS the queen of all groupies. Instead, this is a collection of stories from women who have taken her writing class.

While that is enjoyable and some of the stories were okay, it took me back to an advanced writing class I took 20 years ago. I hated listening to others read their short stories then....and I hated reading some of these now.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publishers for the opportunity to read and review.

DNF. Pamela des Barres wrote 'I'm With The Band" many years ago and since then has cultivated writing workshops for women who have experienced the rock and roll life. I found some of the essays interesting, but not enough to do more than skim most of them.

This isn’t a how to, despite the title, it’s more curated works written by some of the women who’ve taken Des Barres’ workshops.


Perhaps it's my own fault, for taking the title to mean that there would be something from the workshops, some guidance, within these pages and not reading the synopsis more clearly. Given that there was not, I unfortunately did not find what I was hoping to see within the pages.