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Title: Take Me Home Tonight

Author: Morgan Matson

Series or standalone: standalone

Publication year: 2021

Genres: fiction, contemporary, romance, adventure

Blurb: Kat and Stevie - best friends, theatre kids, polar opposites - have snuck away from the suburbs to spend a night in New York City. They have it all planned out - they’ll see a play, eat at the city’s hottest restaurant, and have the best night ever. What could go wrong? Well...kind of a lot? They’re barely off the train before they’re dealing with destroyed phones, family drama, and unexpected Pomeranians. Over the next few hours, they’ll have to grapple with old flames, terrible theatre, and unhelpful cab drivers...but there are also cute boys to kiss, parties to crash, dry-cleaning to deliver (don’t ask), and the world’s best museum to explore. Over the course of a wild night in the city that never sleeps, both Kat and Stevie will get a wake-up call about their friendship and their choices, and finally discover what they really want for their future...that is, assuming they can make it to Grand Central before the clock strikes midnight.

#take me home tonight #morgan matson #standalone #2021 #fiction #contemporary #romance #adventure

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illustration-alcove · 1 year

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Cannaday Chapman’s illustrated book cover for Morgan Matson’s Take Me Home Tonight.

#cannaday chapman #take me home tonight #book covers #american literature #morgan matson

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in-the-stacks · 2 years

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Presenting: Take Me Home Tonight by Morgan Matson

http://www.inthestacks.tv/2022/05/jess-the-librarian-take-me-home-tonight-by-morgan-matson

#Take Me Home Tonight #Morgan Matson #MyLibrarian #In The Stacks

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fonkeloog · 1 year

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Get to know me

Thanks for the tag @sliebman10 :)

Doing an open tag because my brain is completely blanking hahaha

3 ships: Remus/Sirius, Harry/Ron, Lucius/Narcissa

First Ever Ship: Harry Styles/Louis Tomlinson

Last Song: "Silver Tongues" by Louis Tomlinson

Last Movie: 27 dresses

Currently Reading: Take me home Tonight by Morgan Matson

Currently Watching: The docu about Prince Harry and Megan Markle

Currently Consuming: Tea

Currently Craving: A better way to cope with the pain my body is experiencing A white Christmas

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this-ephemeral-bliss · 2 years

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I had a theory that love was about paying attention. It's the one thing you can't buy or fake or make up for at the last minute. So the things that meant the most to me were the little details that told you someone had been paying attention, memorizing your random preferences, letting you know they cared.

—Morgan Matson, Take Me Home Tonight.

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taylor-reads-books · 2 years

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“I have a crippling fear of being without a dog.” —Morgan Matson, Take Me Home Tonight •——————————————————————��———————• Same, but make it a cat! 🐈💙 Speaking of, me and my kitties are currently snuggled up in the nook watching the rain from a storm that popped up out of nowhere! Usually I love to read when it rains but it’s just been so long since we’ve had rain, I’m content to just watch it and listen to it 😌 •——————————————————————————————• #yalit #yabooks #yafiction #yacontemporary #youngadultbooks #takemehometonight #morganmatson #bookish #bookishpost #bookcommunity #bibliophile #reader #reading #readingforpleasure #readersofinstagram #bookstack #bookspines #beautifulbooks https://www.instagram.com/p/Ch20thUv6At/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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anintensityofblue · 3 years

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Take Me Home Tonight by Morgan Matson

It doesn’t feel like summer until a Morgan Matson book is released. Matson has been quintessential summer reading for me since Amy and Roger’s Epic Detour (released 2010), when I first discovered the author. She’s had hit after hit with Second Chance Summer, Since You’ve Been Gone, and Save the Date. Take Me Home Tonight is supposed to be a mash up of Ferris Bueller’s Day Off and Nick and Norah’s…

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wellesleybooks · 3 years

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Did you ever buy a book because of the back cover?

TAKE ME HOME TONIGHT by Morgan Matson is about two girls, one night in NYC and unexpected Pomeranians! We did not expect the Pomeranian. You can expect a lot of fun when reading this new YA novel.

#take me home tonight #read ya #pomeranian #nyc #morgan matson

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readingwhentheworldends · 3 years

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I had a theory--even though I'd never told anyone, not even Kat--that love was about paying attention. It's the one thing you can't buy or fake or make up for at the last minute. So the things that meant the most to me were the little details that told you someone had been paying attention, memorizing your random preferences, letting you know they cared.

Take Me Home Tonight, Morgan Matson

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blurrypetals · 3 years

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Take Me Home Tonight by Morgan Matson - blurrypetals review

originally posted may 25, 2021 - ★★☆☆☆

I really waffled around over whether I was actually going to DNF this or not. I've read 3 of Matson's other books and 2 of them, Since You've Been Gone and Save the Date, are a couple of my favorite books of all time. This book just didn't have any of Matson's usual charm. Even in her debut, she had some intrigue and drama that drew me in, but the plot of this book just absolutely did not draw me in and life's too short to waste time reading a book you aren't interested in.

#take me home tonight #morgan matson #2021 #did not finish #dnf #goodreads mirror #blurrypetals

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mermaidmebaby · 3 years

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Non-Spoiler Book Review | "Take Me Home Tonight," by Morgan Matson

Non-Spoiler Book Review | “Take Me Home Tonight,” by Morgan Matson

Rating: 2.7 out 5 stars LOL, where do I even start? I have a bone to pick with this one. I’ve read three of her books, Since You’ve Been Gone (which is my favorite), The Unexpected Everything (which was okay), and finally, Save the Date (which I didn’t like). This book reminded me of Save the Date in a way, it was unnecessarily long and with too many details that really didn’t need to be in the…

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hollymbryan · 3 years

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Blog Tour + #Review: TAKE ME HOME TONIGHT by Morgan Matson (w/ #giveaway)!

Welcome to Book-Keeping! I’m thrilled today to be part of the Rockstar Book Tours blog tour for Take Me Home Tonight, the latest contemporary from Morgan Matson, which releases next Tuesday!

About the Book

title: Take Me Home Tonight author: Morgan Matson publisher: Simon & Schuster BFYR release date: 4 May 2021

Ferris Bueller’s Day Off meets Nick and Nora’s Infinite Playlist in this romp through the city that never sleeps from the New York Times bestselling author of Since You’ve Been Gone. Two girls. One night. Zero phones. Kat and Stevie—best friends, theater kids, polar opposites—have snuck away from the suburbs to spend a night in New York City. They have it all planned out. They’ll see a play, eat at the city’s hottest restaurant, and have the best. Night. Ever. What could go wrong? Well. Kind of a lot? They’re barely off the train before they’re dealing with destroyed phones, family drama, and unexpected Pomeranians. Over the next few hours, they’ll have to grapple with old flames, terrible theater, and unhelpful cab drivers. But there are also cute boys to kiss, parties to crash, dry cleaning to deliver (don’t ask), and the world’s best museum to explore. Over the course of a wild night in the city that never sleeps, both Kat and Stevie will get a wake-up call about their friendship, their choices…and finally discover what they really want for their future. That is, assuming they can make it to Grand Central before the clock strikes midnight.

About the Author

Morgan Matson is a New York Times bestselling author. She received her MFA in writing for children from the New School and was named a Publishers Weekly Flying Start author for her first book, Amy & Roger’s Epic Detour, which was also recognized as an ALA Top Ten Best Book for Young Adults. Her second book, Second Chance Summer, won the California State Book Award. She lives in Los Angeles.

My 4-Star Review

I was excited when I saw that one of the reigning queens of YA contemporary had a new release coming out! So far I had read The Unexpected Everything and Save the Date by Morgan Matson, both of which I really enjoyed, and now I can add Take Me Home Tonight to the list of MM books I’ve read and loved. (Side note: since I am of a certain age (ahem), I cannot pick up or think about this book without immediately singing “Take me home tonight, I don’t wanna let you go til you see the light” in my head -- so thank you to MM for reuniting me with Eddie Money and Ronnie Spector!)

This book felt like a bit of a love letter to drama/theater kids, to New York City, and, kind of like The Unexpected Everything, to being open to unplanned adventures. Kat and Stevie are seniors, best friends since ninth grade, both drama kids who have their (very different) futures planned out. When the casting list for their upcoming play isn’t posted on Friday afternoon as usual, throwing Kat for a loop, and Stevie’s dad bails on her birthday dinner with him, Kat hatches a crazy plan to celebrate Stevie’s birthday and catch their drama teacher’s play on opening night in New York City. They’ve not been to NYC alone before, on their own, so of course they lie to their parents, pulling in a third friend as their alibi, and head off with a plan that allows them to have a great evening and still be back in Connecticut by midnight. Naturally, the plan soon goes by the wayside as basically every. single. thing. that possibly can go wrong does, upending their entire evening and leaving them fighting with one another. Soon they are accidentally separated and each has their own adventures while working through the issues that have come out in their fight.

I love the idea of the power of friendship, especially the bond between girl friends. Both Stevie and Kat end up learning a lot about themselves through the evening’s trials, not least of which is that we cannot always (ever?) plan life down to the smallest details. Each must learn to open their hearts, whether to the possibility of new love, or to step-siblings you want to hate but just can’t, or to broadening your horizons instead of moving forward with laser focus on one possible future. Embarking into adulthood is a scary time, and there is no one better to go through that with than a best friend! But first, Stevie and Kat have to make it through the night, try to find each other again, and see if they can get past their blowout.

I would recommend Take Me Home Tonight to any fan of contemporary, and it will be of particular interest to readers who are/were drama kids themselves and those who love the hustle and bustle of NYC (I readily admit feeling anxious about their travails in the big city, ha!). I just really enjoy the way Morgan Matson tells a story, and how vibrant her characters are. I’ve been so steeped in fantasy lately that it was nice to throw a standalone contemporary into the mix! I hope you’ll pick this one up.

Rating: 4 stars!

**Disclosure: I received an ARC of this book from the publisher for purposes of this blog tour. This review is voluntary on my part and reflects my honest rating and review of the book.

About the Giveaway

Four (4) lucky winners will each receive a finished copy of Take Me Home Tonight by Morgan Matson! This one is US only and ends 24 May 2021. Enter via the Rafflecopter below, and good luck!

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About the Tour

Here is the full tour schedule so you can follow along and check out all the reviews and other great content!

Week One:

4/26/2021 - For the Love of KidLit - Excerpt 4/27/2021 - PopTheButterfly - Review 4/28/2021 - The Book Nut : A Book Lovers Guide - Review 4/29/2021 - Do You Dog-ear? - Review 4/30/2021 - Book-Keeping - Review 5/1/2021 - Kait Plus Books - Review

Week Two:

5/2/2021 - Eli to the nth - Review 5/3/2021 - BookInNeverland - Review 5/4/2021 - Fictitiouswonderland - Review 5/5/2021 - Emelie's Books - Review 5/6/2021 - onemused - Review 5/7/2021 - What A Nerd Girl Says - Review 5/8/2021 - Not In Jersey - Review

Week Three:

5/9/2021 - Fire and Ice - Review 5/10/2021 - Moonlight Rendezvous - Review 5/11/2021 - booksaremagictoo - Review 5/12/2021 - Feed Your Fiction Addiction - Review 5/13/2021 - BookHounds YA - Spotlight 5/14/2021 - Midnightbooklover - Review 5/15/2021 - I'm Shelfish - Review

Week Four:

5/16/2021 - Book Briefs - Review 5/17/2021 - Dazzled by Books - Review 5/18/2021 - A Dream Within A Dream - Review 5/19/2021 - Books and Zebras @jypsylynn - Review 5/20/2021 - Satisfaction for Insatiable Readers - Review 5/21/2021 - fictitious.fox - Review

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2021ya · 3 years

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TAKE ME HOME TONIGHT

by Morgan Matson

(Simon & Schuster BFYR, 5/4/21)

9781481498982

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Ferris Bueller’s Day Off meets Nick and Nora’s Infinite Playlist in this romp through the city that never sleeps from the New York Times bestselling author of Since You’ve Been Gone, Morgan Matson. Two girls. One night. Zero phones. Kat and Stevie—best friends, theater kids, polar opposites—have snuck away from the suburbs to spend a night in New York City. They have it all planned out. They’ll see a play, eat at the city’s hottest restaurant, and have the best. Night. Ever. What could go wrong? Well. Kind of a lot? They’re barely off the train before they’re dealing with destroyed phones, family drama, and unexpected Pomeranians. Over the next few hours, they’ll have to grapple with old flames, terrible theater, and unhelpful cab drivers. But there are also cute boys to kiss, parties to crash, dry cleaning to deliver (don’t ask), and the world’s best museum to explore. Over the course of a wild night in the city that never sleeps, both Kat and Stevie will get a wake-up call about their friendship, their choices…and finally discover what they really want for their future. That is, assuming they can make it to Grand Central before the clock strikes midnight.

#photo covers #take me home tonight #morgan matson #matson #simon & schuster #simon & schuster bfyr #may #may 4 #new york city #contemporary #theater #24 hour novel #new york

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fonkeloog · 1 year

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22/20: Take me home tonight, Morgan Matson

#britt's book nook #the other one was like... 64 pages #so we just keep reading #remember how i was stressing about reaching my goal? yeah idk why i did that

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bookaddict24-7 · 3 years

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New Young Adult Releases Coming Out Today! (May 4th, 2021)

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Have I missed any new Young Adult releases? Have you added any of these books to your TBR? Let me know!

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New Standalones/First in a Series:

The Ones We’re Meant to Find by Joan He

Better Than the Movies by Lynn Painter

Indivisible by Daniel Aleman

Meet Cute Diary by Emery Lee

Counting Down With You by Tashie Bhuiyan

Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry by Joya Goffney

Ember of Night by Molly E. Lee

All Kinds of Other by James Sie

Luck of the Titanic by Stacey Lee

Hurricane Summer by Asha Bromfield

Realm Breaker by Victoria Aveyard

Take Me Home Tonight by Morgan Matson

The People We Choose by Katelyn Detweiler

10 Truths & A Dare by Ashley Elston

The Summer of Broken Rules by K.L. Walther

Any Place But Here by Sarah Van Name

Sunkissed by Kasie West

Blade of Secrets by Tricia Levenseller

When You Get the Chance by Tom Ryan & Robin Stevenson

This is For Tonight by Jessica Patrick

New Sequels:

The Block (The Loop Trilogy #2) by Ben Oliver

Sky Breaker (Night Spinner #2) by Addie Thorley

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Happy reading!

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therainbowfishy · 2 years

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Best Books Read in 2021

Links are to my staff pick reviews on Avid Bookshop’s website

Thanks for tagging me, @wayfarers97! ( @the-forest-library, you’re up--favorite books of 2021!)

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Fiction

Tell the Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka Brunt

In Other Lands by Sarah Rees Brennan

Furia by Yamile Saied Méndez

Take Me Home Tonight by Morgan Matson

Not Here to be Liked by Michelle Quach

Our Crooked Hearts by Melissa Albert

Front Desk by Kelly Yang

The House with Chicken Legs by Sophie Anderson

The Apothecary by Maile Meloy

Graphic Novels

The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen (this might be my favorite book of the year, if I had to pick a #1)

It's Not What You Thought it Would Be by Lizzy Stewart

The Postman From Space by Guillaume Perrault

The Accursed Vampire by Madeline McGrane

Squad by Maggie Tokuda-Hall, illus. by Lisa Sterle

Shirley and Jamila's Big Fall by Gillian Goerz

Paper Girls by Brian K. Vaughn, Cliff Chiang, Matt Wilson

Lightfall by Tim Probert

Nonfiction

You Look Like a Thing and I Love You by Janelle Shane (but go check out Because Internet first!)

The Faraway Nearby by Rebecca Solnit

Birds, Art, Life, Death by Kyo Maclear

Picture Books

Ten Little Dumplings by Larissa Fan, illus. by Cindy Wume

Hamsters Make Terrible Roommates by Cheryl Klein, illus. by Abhi Alwar

When You Look Up by Decur

Sato the Rabbit, a Sea of Tea by Yuki Ainoya

#books #book recommendations #favorite books #favorites #best of #bookworm #bibliophile #ya #middle grade #fiction #novels #nonfiction #creative nonfiction #picture books #illustration #kid lit

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