Confessions and reconciling with our past and how asking for forgiveness is what
goes down between the main characters, Jane and Will. They write letters to each
other over time, revealing their true selves. Will they like themselves?
Will the other accept the other, as they share their most intimate feelings and
past? Will they find the one thing that has eluded them: forgiveness and finding
someone that completely gets them? Will Jane and Will be each other’s “the one?”

This book will resonate with you, through lots of tears and laughter.

Thank you to NetGalley and Blackstone Publishing - Audiobooks for this advanced audio copy in exchange for an honest review.

This audiobook is totally cringy. The narrators sound like they are 60 years old, MUCH OLDER than the characters they are supposed to be portraying. The story wasn’t going anywhere. I’m really hoping the movie is much better than the book.

This is the only time I felt… I hope the movie is better than the book. Essays about their past relationships, fails and ones that got away. It fell flat with me. I forced myself to finish the book and was bored of it. I liked one essay. “The Thruple” that one had humor in its bizarre situation.
The ending was not what I expected and left me feeling cheated. A lot of build up and then flat again.
I listened to the audiobook version of this title. I thought the narrator did an excellent job and had the right voice for the story. I gave the book one extra star for the narrator.

This story had me until the end and then it completely lost me. I am devastated. Ugh. It had so much potential! Why did it end the way it did?
And our narrators, their tones were so similar sometimes I would forget who was talking. Not that they sound identical or anything they just sound super similar.
Honestly, I loved this story up to the driving part at the end. IYKYK. Literally like last 95%.
I am raging right now. Please excuse this chaotic review.

This one wasn't for me. They met at a wedding then wrote letters to each other about every relationship or fling. By 70% I thought it would go a different direction. Thanks for allowing me to listen.

Jane and John meet at a boring wedding and almost hook up in a coatroom. They end up going their separate ways, but exchange letters with confessions of their past love affairs.

Which Brings Me to You is narrated by Kerby Heyborne and Renee Raudman. The biggest issue I have with the audio version of the book is that the voices of the narrators do not match the ages of the characters. The way the book is read, the characters sound more like they are in their 40's or 50's than 30-something.

The book itself is pretty dull, with a romantic dalliance at the beginning that ushers in conversations between two virtual strangers about their histories. I really do not see the point of the novel and would not recommend it to other readers.

Disclaimer: I was given the opportunity to listen to the audio version of Which Brings Me to You. The decision to review this book was entirely my own.

I love a good right person, wrong time romance and this one kind of gave me One day by David Nicholls vibes. I choose to listen to the audio and didn't love the narrators. That may be why I struggled to get into it but ultimately it wasn't for me. Many thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for an early audio copy. I am still looking forward to checking out the movie version though!

No, no, no. This book wasn't for me. I didn't like the characters at all. They gave me the ick. I listened to this an an audiobook and felt the narrators were miscast.

Thanks to Blackstone Audio & NetGalley for providing an audio ARC in exchange for an honest review.

This was just OK. It feels like Steve Almond and Julianna Baggott had a lot of ker-azy dating stories and wanted to parlay them into a book, and this book is the result. It's not particularly helpful that the letters that comprise the work sound, well, like they were written by accomplished authors, and not ne'er-do-well urban thirtysomethings wookin pa nub. While I understand that two people writing back and forth will take time to polish their words, especially as per the limitations of what is essentially an extended, written flirtation, no one - no regular person who's not a trained author with advanced degrees/years of teaching/writing experience - would write letters like these. Also unhelpful: the voice acting is rather prettily precise, which makes the letters feel even more like artfully constructed literary pieces (about youthful indiscretion) and less like, you know, actual letters.

Parts of this book have not aged well - there are some passages that feel VERY early aughts and are things that probably wouldn't get published today. It was, oddly, a Kirkus notable book in 2006 (what?!).

Overall: enjoyable enough, if you connect with the characters (which I feel like I didn't). Someone will probably call it "a romance for thinking people," and I guess they're not wrong. Meh. I guess it just wasn't for me. 2.5 stars rounded up

Written in the form of letters between the main characters, who almost hooked up in the coatroom at a wedding but decided to get to know each other first, Which Brings Me to You tells the romantic history of the two, prior to their meeting. I did like the idea of getting to know each other first, and writing letters was a promising method for a reader to experience their courtship, as well.

Typically, I enjoy character-driven books quite a lot, and I find the epistolary format fun and interesting. I have to admit that Which Brings Me to You kind of fell flat for me, and was not as enjoyable as I anticipated. I found it difficult to like either of the protaganists, as their letters told of their sexual exploits through the years, and left me feeling a little distaste for both of them.

The narration by Kerby Heyborne and Renee Raudman was excellent, and I think I would have struggled to finish if I were reading a print copy. Their voices were perfect for the characters, and enabled me to keep track of which character was writing.

Thank you to Netgalley and Blackstone Publishing for the audio ARC of Which Brings Me to You by Steve Almond and Julianna Baggott. The opinions in this review are my own.

Thank you to the publisher and netgalley for a copy of this book.

Personally, I think this is one of the rare occasions where the movie is going to be better than the book.

I saw this cover (the movie cover), and I thought, oh, I like both of those actors, and then I read the premise and I thought, oh, that sounds like fun. But dang was this book not it.

Jane and John meet at a wedding....they decide they're gonna hook up in the coat room. Only when they're about to actually do the deed, John stops them, and says, I actually think I like you...why don't we hit pause and instead, write letters to each other about our past?

So they do.

The majority of this book is written in letter form, which is not really my preference for books. This was no different. I didn't care for it...but I think that's because the letters were so....edited. I don't know anyone that writes letters so detailed, like they're writing a novel, and then has someone edit them. And that's what this sounded like.

Also, I believe this book was written in 2005, and the audio was done in 2011...and buddy, does it sound like it.

I was very confused by the narration choice. Kerby Heyborne did great but he had some odd pronunciations...like cumin...

And Renee Raudman had an odd accent. It was almost transatlantic?

I think this movie is going to be fun...but for me, the book wasn't it.

Man meets woman. Tries to resist. There is no resisting fate. Typical romance. It is now a movie. Which brings me to you

I really loved the premise of this book. I just found John to be a really awful person. That made it harder to enjoy the story overall. The format of letter writing was very interesting though. Also, there were parts of it being written back in 2006, that probably should have been updated if it’s being re-released as an audiobook that are not appropriate today.

This was a cute love story. Loved how we got to witness their live evolve over time as we got caught up on how they became who they were. Definitely recommending to others!

Wanted to love it, tried to really hard. Just did not hit the mark. It was interesting, started out really good, but it just didn’t quite do it for me. It was ok, just not great.

I wanted to enjoy this book, the confessions were a unique idea but after a while the book felt a bit like it was stalling. The narrators had an engaging voice, kept my attention on listening.



I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

For me, this one lands in the middle... I didn't love it. I didn't hate it. At some points it had my full attention and others I was wondering when the chapter would be over. I'm glad I read it because it's a major motion picture and I love reading the books before watching the movie.

This book starts out with what's to be a one night stand during, yes during, a wedding. Characters John and Jane part ways and become pen pals. The unusual aspect of their correspondence is confessing all the good-bad-ugly details of past relationships until they finally meet again. Everything leads up to if/when they will meet again. In the end it was a good bit underwhelming. While there were a few chapters I couldn't wait to end, I felt like the read end happened too fast. Either way I'm curious to see how this tale is told on the big screen.

So, this was a very different take on a book.
Meet John and Jane.
They are both single and attending a wedding...although they'd rather be elsewhere. BUT, they see each other, and things start to get hot and heavy...
They find themselves in a coat room. And they are about to get hotter...but, John pulls back.
They begin to talk, and decide to make it a do-over. They introduce themselves and decide that they are going to get to know each other the old fashioned way. By writing to each other...
BUT...there's a bit of a difference here.
They decide to confess to each other their deepest, darkest secrets.
Things that they've never told anyone.

Sounds crazy, right??
That's exactly what I thought!

Turns out, it's an ingenious idea!!

They correspond over several months and tell each other about their lives.
Some stories will make you laugh. Some will make you cry.
Some will make you realize that no matter how f'd up you think your life is, it's nothing compared to what's going on here!

And the ending, well, I never saw that coming...not really.
I had an idea that it may turn this way or that, but wow! This ended up going from batshit crazy to wow, that was sweet!

Thanks to #NetGalley and #BlackstonePublishing for an ARC of the audiobook which is due to be released on January 16th. (Strange, because it looks like it was released several years ago...but I think they might be making it into a movie...so maybe it's being re-released?

#WhichBringsMeToYou by #SteveAlmond and #JuliannaBaggott. Beautifully narrated by #KerbyHeyborne and #ReneeRaudman.

4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ for me!

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2.5 Stars
Not for me

The story begins at a dull wedding ceremony where Jane and John first meet. They were both bored and were looking for a way to spice things up. They stumbled upon a coat room and almost hooked up, but at the last minute, they decided not to. Instead, they decided to take a chance on a different kind of connection and started exchanging letters. In each letter, they shared their intimate experiences with past love affairs. And with each letter, they found themselves getting closer and closer, until they finally met again.

While the story initially seemed a bit silly, I was intrigued by the direction it was heading and excited to see what each letter would reveal. However, as the story progressed, the tales of their past love affairs started to blur together and nothing stood out.

Overall, not for me.

***Thank you to NetGalley, Steve Almond, and Blackstone Publishing - Audiobooks for graciously sending me the audiobook to review. As always, all thoughts are my own.***

Thank you to NetGalley and Blackstone Publishing for this ALC of Which Brings Me to You. While the premise sounded interesting, I had to DNF at 28%. The characters were unlikeable and their letters overly sexually explicit. This combined with dry narration made me decide to press stop. There are too many good books waiting to be read to waste time on bad ones.