Blog Tour: All Together Now by Gill Hornby - Giveaway


Today I'm delighted to be part of the Blog Tour for All Together Now by Gill Hornby. All Together Now is Gill Hornby's second novel and it is out now in paperback. This is a funny, sharply observed and moving novel about the joys of singing, about living in harmony, about falling in love... and about the importance of finding your own, true voice. And today you can win a copy for yourself: 

Title: All Together Now
Author: Gill Hornby
Published: June 2nd 2016 by Little, Brown

Blurb: A hilarious and heart-warming new novel about a small-town singing group, by Sunday Times bestseller Gill Hornby

The small town of Bridgeford is in crisis. The high street is half empty, businesses are closing and the idea of civic pride seems old-fashioned to the commuters rushing home from work. Somehow, it seems to have lost its heart.

But there is one thing that might just bring the town together: music. The Bridgeford Community Choir has a chance of winning the county championship. First though, the small band of singers must find a lot of new members and a whole new sound. Enter Tracey - one of life's soloists, and hiding a secret past; Bennett - a church choir refugee, baffled by the modern world. And Jazzy - who sees her voice as her passport straight out of town to a future of fame and fortune. Can they really fit in with dependable old regulars like Annie? Can they learn to work together, save their singing group and maybe even their community?

First of all I would like to thank the publisher for sending me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.*

Review: All Together Now is a tale about how music can bring together a community, but also how it can brighten anyone’s life. And all this thanks to a community choir. I have to admit that being on a choir has always been something I would have loved to do but given that my music sense is non-existent and that I cannot tune when I sing even if my life depended on it… it’s a dream I had to give up a long time ago. So I found the idea for this book really interesting and amusing.

At the beginning though, it took me a long while to really warm with the characters. They all had their problems at home and the choir was just an extension of these problems, with no organization, no new ideas and no charm at all. But as the story progressed and new characters were added to the story and to the choir, I started enjoying the story a lot more. I really liked that music played such a big role in the story. Gill always described all the songs they were doing on the choir but also added music on the routine lives of the choir members. I knew most of the songs and the ones I didn’t I checked online. This made me feel closer to the story.

But the best bit of the story is definitely the last quarter. Here the story finally takes speed and everything happens at once. With a big finale, worthy of a musical I closed the last page of this book with a huge smile on my face.

All in all, All Together now is a charming story about many different people who are brought together thanks to a hobby but end up bonding beyond it. A bit slow, especially at the beginning, but worth a reading. I enthusiastically recommend it to music lovers and choir aficionados.

Rating: 4 stars

Giveaway


This Giveaway is open to Europe. The winner will be contacted by email and will have 48h to claim their prize.

I had the pleasure of interviewing Gill Hornby. If you want to read it, click here. 

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21 comentaris

  1. Never been in one. I have a terrible voice so probably safer for everyone else if I am never in one. Lx

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  2. was in a choir at school but wouldnt want to be in now

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  3. i have never been in a choir and never would as i cant sing!

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  4. No I haven't been in a choir, I can't really carry a tune.

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  5. I was never in a choir, and no I don't think my voice is good enough xx

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  6. I have never been in a choir and have no wish to be. However I would love to be able to sing without my voice breaking up

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  7. No & No!!! I'm a terrible singer!

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  8. No, I couldn't sing in tune to save my life!

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  9. Nope, never been in a choir. Terrible voice!

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  10. When I was little I was. But now I only sing under the shower or in my car, lol.

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  11. I've only ever been in a school choir - would love to join again now!

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  12. I would love to be in a choir, but can't sing at all. I got embarrassed a couple of years ago when the lovely drummer of a favourite rockband said "he had seen me singing along" during the gig... That was bad enough. Although the bassist of another favourite rockband said my singing couldn't be any worse than his! :) Sorry for the random bits.

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  13. No I haven't been in a choir. I have terrible voice.

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  14. I've been in a school choir and would love to join one but just don't have enough time at the moment.

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  15. I've never been in a choir but my daughter is which I am pleased about x

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  16. Never been in a choir, if you heard my voice you would know why?

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  17. I haven't and no, I would be terrible

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  18. Never been in one. Wouldn't be good if I did! xxx

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  19. I've never been in a choir, and as much as I think it would be fun to be part of one. I cant sing to save my life.

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