Rock My World: A Novel of Thongs, Spandex, and Love in G Minor

by Liza Conrad

Livy James didn't exactly have a typical childhood... Surrounded by lots of sex, drugs, and rock and roll, she's been on the road for as long as she can remember. With a father who was the lead singer... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0451215230
• ISBN13: 9780451215239
• Release Date: June 2005
• Publisher: New American Library
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 7.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 12 and higher

Customer Reviews

Writing + Music = Survival

This book is not for the rock illiterate. I do believe it is only appropiate for those who fully appreciate music. Not Justin Timberlake or Pussycat Dolls, but real music. It reveals the true intimacy of true rock from The Who to The White Stripes. This book is full of passionate love of music and life. And unfortunately in a world where a synthesize drum beats and computer generated noise are concerned amazing music (e.i. "Yeah"- Usher), this book isn't for all audiences.

Rock My World:A Novel of Thongs, Spandex and Love in G Minor

"Rock my World", had a really beleivable plot. You could almost feel that you were with the characters. You could even sympathize with the adult, seemingly unsympathetic characters, who, as you continued reading,became more and more human, and real.

rock on

Liv is going with her dad's band on the reunion tour as a writer for a magazine. She wants to find out what happened on the famous "night in paris" when greg tried to shoot her father and the group split up. Also on the tour is the band the Wolves. Nick, the lead singer, asks her out and even though they have chemistry she doesn't want to break her no musician rule. She knows all about sex drugs and rock and roll growing up with her dad and she doesn't want to get into that. But Nick seems different somehow. So she decides to give him a chance. In London Nick takes Liv to a pub where he gets drunk and then back to his hotel room where he tries to have sex with her. When she wasn't ready he got mad and she ran out in tears. Will they ever make up or will she keep her no musician rule? Read to find out

"Not Your Daddy's Rock and Roll"

At seventeen, Livy James realized long ago that her childhood was anything but normal. The only child of Paul James, lead singer of the band the Babydolls, and Anna James, one of the band's former backup singers, Livy spent most of her younger years surrounded by music, drugs, and alcohol. Now she's working for the magazine Rock On, following the Babydolls around the country and writing pieces for all the world to read. The Babydolls are all older, but thanks to one of their songs being played in a hit movie, they're now on an International Tour along with The Wolves, their opening act. Everyone's there--dad Paul, who is currently drug-free and sober; her father's bodyguard/driver Toby Quinn, who has always been more of a father to Livy than Paul; lead guitar player Greg Essex, who still downs Jack Daniel's like it was water and who also happens to be her mother's ex-boyfriend; womanizer Steve Zane; and the band's drummer, Charlie, who is still in love with ex-wife number three. Livy's mother is along for the ride, too, of course, along with Livy's own best friend, Cammie. As Cammie sets out to bed Steve Zane to complete Operation V, things become a little more complicated when the girls meet Nick and Kai, the lead members of The Wolves. Livy has always sworn to herself that she would never get involved with a musician of any type, but Nick is proving a worthy adversary to her self-made rule. Add to the mix the infamous "Night In Paris", a night several years ago when the band disintegrated after Greg pulled a gun on Paul, and the tour becomes a veritable circus. As Livy seeks to uncover the truth about what happened all those years ago, she learns a few things about herself along the way--namely, that love has no boundaries, that parents are tricky creatures with their own hurts, wants, and needs, and that truth is subjective. I loved ROCK MY WORLD! At times funny, poignant, and downright sad, it's the story of learning to be your own person, that truth isn't black or white, and that love comes at the most unexpected times.