WHAT I LIKED
- The Premise: A New York City journalist visits a small town upstate looking for the story that will jumpstart her career. When she arrives, she discovers that the town is not what she envisioned. What's not to love?!
- The Ending: The ending was pretty epic and definitely swoon-worthy!

WHAT DIDN'T WORK FOR ME
- The Characters: The characters fell flat for me. There was enough backstory to give them substance, but they never felt quite real to me.
- The Writing: The writing felt a bit clunky, especially in the beginning. The dialogue didn't flow well, either.

Overall, this wasn't a hit for me, but remember...you may love it!

Read this if you liked The Dating Dare or How Sweet It Is.

Read this if you like: Small towns, Gilmore Girls, steamy ❤️‍🔥

Adina Gellar wants to be a journalist and she is done with dating in New York City. She’s obsessed with made-for-TV romance movies. She dreams of the small town feel, complete with harvest festivals, delightful but quirky characters, and scores of delectable single dudes. So when a big-city real estate magnate targets tiny Pleasant Hollow for development, Adi knows she’s found the perfect story. This is one that will earn her a position at a coveted online magazine, she just knows it. She heads to the town and hopes she may find her dream man too.

Pleasant Hollow isn’t exactly “pleasant” nor does it resemble any Hallmark movie that Ari has ever seen. There’s no charming bakery, no quaint seasonal festivals, and the residents are rude, not welcoming. The only upside is Finn. He is charming and gorgeous but he works for the company she is hoping to bring down.

I really liked this one. I enjoyed the characters though I liked Finn more than Ari. It was a little on the repetitive side. I get that they were trying to paint how the town was not like a sweet cheesy movie. The towns people seemed obnoxiously rude, almost unrealistic. The rest of the book was very realistic. The pacing of the relationship was perfect. The ending was so swoon worthy. I loved it. Highly recommend you picking this one up June 7th or pre-ordering it!

Thank you to NetGalley, the author, and Forever (Grand Central Publishing) for the gifted copy! ❤️

Adulting is over-rated Adina. That's what I was screaming at the book in front of me. Then, of course, I'd laugh. In a city filled with millions, dating was a chore and Adina was trying to find her place in this world. I think we have all been there. Hallmark most definitely makes finding "the One" seem easy peasy while simultaneously landing your perfect "big girl" job. But as I said, adulting is over-rated.

What I love about this book is that rather than mimic a Hallmark movie, it shows just how unrealistic they can actually be - and I love that. Real life comes with tough decisions, real places aren't always magical, and the perfect job isn't always the one you actually end up loving. I think that Meredith taking something beloved (Hallmark plots) and mixing it with reality is what absolutely won me over to this book. Along the way, I fell in love with Adina - rooting for her to find her place in this great big world. And of course, rooting for Finn to see that Adina is worth it all!

This book gives all the small-town/Hallmark pop culture references. While Adi, the main character, is the quintessential New York City journalist who is struggling to find love.

I enjoyed that this book was a play on the Hallmark movie trope. Where the main character leaves the city for a fresh start (save a small town) and meets the quirky townspeople while also falling in love with the brooding local. Adi, partly because she is so well versed in this Hallmark culture, believes that it is all possible. So when she goes to upstate New York for a story about a big developer building a new complex in a small town. She assumes that the town will riot and she can come and save the day with her story.

The plot twist is that the town, in fact, does not really care. If anything, they are all for the big developer bringing in new business. They are neither friendly nor quirky. The supposed small-town guy she meets when she arrives at the B&B lives in the city.

This book had an interesting concept for sure! I think it played at the fact that many 20-somethings are now gravitating toward small-town romance and gravitating away from the city life. So it was funny to see every single trope employed in the opposite way.

This author's writing style is not for me, unfortunately. Everything felt a bit too forced and over the top, and I found Adi to be an unsympathetic (and at times downright annoying) main character. Having just read Book Lovers which did a great job of weaving in and subverting the Hallmark movie tropes, this ended up feeling disappointing. I'm giving this 2 stars, as I think it could appeal to some readers, but just not to me.

Thank you to Forever and Netgalley for providing an ARC for review!

A Jewish journalist/spin instructor heroine in a Stars Hollow esque setting?! Was this book written specifically for me? In Meredith Schorr's traditionally published debut, Adina Geller is nothing but relatable to this NYC single girl., complete with a Rosh Hashanah dinner scene! Don't even get me started on Finn - the Chris Hemsworth hero who steals Adina's heart.

I have read some of Meredith's prior novels as well and have loved all of them, I certainly look forward to more from her in the future.

Thank you to Forever for an advanced copy. All opinions are my own.

This story had such promise but did not deliver on the description. Adina is not likeable; she's annoying, immature, and bratty. I could not get through this because her need to change everything to her liking was saddening. What is it with New Yorkers leaving NYC and expecting to find the exact same thing everywhere else? If you love it so much, why leave? I get it. NYC is pretty fantastic but there is a whole big world out there with different experiences and maybe instead of expecting to find the same thing, try something new! I couldn't get through this book and can't recommend it.

This was an entertaining spin on your traditional Hallmark small town romances and I loved how Schorr wasn’t scared to add some steam to what are typically pretty tame stories!

It was light, charming and fun and I liked witty banter and pop culture references and all the plays on Stars Hollow from Gilmore Girls and this one being set in Pleasant Hollow.

It also felt pretty realistic so that was a very nice bonus as some romcoms tend to feel quite impractical! While I was hoping for a little more out of this one, it was still a cute and enjoyable read!

I received a advanced reading copy via Netgalley and am voluntarily leaving a review.

As Seen on TV was such a delightful story! Adina Gellar is searching - for a more permanent career, for love, for a place to land. She goes to Pleasant Hollow, a small NY town in search of a story - and nothing is what she expects, especially not Finn Adams.

Adi and Finn’s story was lovely to read and led me to laugh, to tear up, and to cheer them on!

Thank you so much to @readforeverpub for sending me an advance copy of As Seen on TV so I could read it ahead of its publication. This book comes out June 7, 2022 - tomorrow!

As Seen on TV follows Adina Gellar, an aspiring journalist who pitches the perfect story to her online magazine, small town coming together to protect itself when a developer moves in, and is granted the story and sent on location to get the scoop. Once there she meets charming resident Finn sitting in the lobby of her B&B.

I loved that this book spotlighted another normal way to be Jewish in life. Not particularly observant, except for the major holidays, but still identifying as Jewish, because this is so true for so many Jews I know. It's been so great getting to connect with more Jewish characters as authors and publishers keep putting out books like this. (How many times can I use Jew/Jewish in a paragraph huh?)

Unfortunately, I had difficulty connecting with Adnia other than that. I found her to be kind of childish, with huge expectations that could never be met and an unrealistic understanding of what life is like. BUT, this does hit the Hallmark Movie right on the head, which I guess was the point.

The engineering side of me loved Finn's straightforward, precise characteristics.

I really enjoyed all the Gilmore Girls and references to movies I've watched and loved, these were a definite highlight.

This book was just not for me. I love a Hallmark movie but this book was trying too hard and being too obvious with the vibe and similarities. Please just show me don’t tell me. I also found the main character condescending and a bit of a know it all about small town life based on Hallmark movies. It was too much for me. Disappointing because this book was described as Hallmark movie meets Gilmore Girls.

A small town story with sweet
banter, Gilmore Girls references, and a lovely slow burn romance. This book wasn’t too cheesy and didn’t focus too much on cliche tropes, instead it focused on realistic small town atmospheres and a feeling of hopefulness throughout the story.
The story development kept my attention and our main characters Adi and Finn were adorable and easy to connect with. Gilmore Girls references!! That show is my comfort and I loved the pieces that were scattered throughout this book. Definitely a feel good and lighthearted read!
Thank you to NetGalley for an ARC copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

It always snows on Christmas, Main Street is always decorated with twinkle lights, there’s always an ice skating rink and then BAM a city outsider comes in inherits the house next door he/she didn’t want, inherits the doctors office he/she doesn’t want to run or wants to gentrify a part of town. And then there is always the local sweetheart that melts the city slicker ice cold heart.

Ahhh the hallmark channel…

Journalist and city girl Adina, leaves Manhattan to go and live out her Hallmark movie fantasy and write all about it. She has romanticized the idea of small town living, until she realizes it’s really not like the movies and Pleasant Hollow isn’t exactly “pleasant” and doesn’t even have pie.

This is a light, fun and sweet rom-com. As an avid Hallmark movie watcher, I made all the connections! I freakin loved it, I thought it was so hilarious and the premise of this book is genius! I love how Schorr literally debunks all the classic hallmark tropes. And last but not least I am always happy to see more Jewish characters in mainstream books!!

As Seen on TV
Meredith Schorr
3-3.5 ⭐️

As a lover of rom-coms, Hallmark movies, and Gilmore Girls I had high hopes. As Seen on TV was a cute small-town-ish story with a mix of characters and a little steam. My first read by Schorr, and while it wasn’t my favorite, I enjoyed reading it and will check out more by the author.

As Seen on TV publishes June 7th. If you a looking for a quick and easy rom-com read this might be for you.


Thank you NetGalley and Forever Publishing for the ARC in exchange for my honest review.

So I really tried to finish this book, but I DNFed at 38% and here is why.

I really liked the premise of the book, the whole idea of her pitching a story to her boss about a Hallmark town and it being complete opposite is the reason I kept trying to read this book. The whole reason why I can't bring myself to finish this book is because its a very niche book.

I love hallmark movies as much as the next person, why if you take away all the hallmark references or movie references this book would be around less than 50 pages. The whole personality of this book (and Adina) is Hallmark movies. I feel like this kind of book is the reason some people hate pop culture references in book, it just becomes too much and is overwhelming to me.

Might pick up again some day. I got this book from netgalley, thank you so much Forever publishing.

As Seen On TV is about Adina, a journalist who visits a small town in search of the small town vibe she finds on TV and especially in Hallmark movies. Unfortunately, the small town is no Stars Hollow, even though it's called Pleasant Hollow! In town, she meets Finn, who isn't exactly the small town resident she expected to meet, but who she falls for anyway. She realizes that the city isn't so bad and that she can get that small town vibe even within a city like New York. I really enjoyed the pop culture references - especially to The Bold Type - I love that show! And that Adina goes home for a Rosh Hashanah dinner. That's right, Jewish people have more holidays than Hanukkah! There are also deeper issues in the characters' lives including alcoholism and money struggles.

The Gilmore Girls vibes this book gives! I didn't love everything but ultimately it was a fast and fun read I'd recommend to others

First, the cover is really cute. Second, the story got better as I read deeper into the book. Adina, I thought, was quite naive for a 25 year old. She pitches a story line about a small town in hopes of gaining a coveted writing position. Instead, she is let down by Pleasant Hollow, but meets Finn.
I thought Adina needed to get her head out of clouds. She had preconceived notions and tried to bend reality to conform to her pie in the sky ideals, especially when faced with Finn’s issues. I did like all the movie and book references That were relatable.
The last part of the book was the best. Adi comes into her own and grows up.
It’s a cute story, perfect for a summer read.

(ARC from NetGalley) I wanted to like this so badly as I am also a reality TV and Hallmark channel enthusiast, but unfortunately not a fan. Adina says she’s trying to take responsibility— she needs her big break to help her mom pay the bills. Seems realistic enough AND she even has a normal job (barista/cycle instructor/freelancer)! However, she comes up with the most convoluted plan for said big break (stop involving the townspeople omg) which just makes her seem immature and privileged. Girlie you are 25?!!! The romance gave me the ick a little.

3.5 stars. AS SEEN ON TV by Meredith Schorr tells the story of an aspiring journalist trying to find her story in a world that is anything but Hallmark. Or is it? While the first half of this novel was hard for me to stay engaged in, the second half was much more enjoyable. The reader has to decide if they want to root for the lead in the story or not because she is a little unlikable when you get to read every single thought she has. A little editing on her inner monologue would have gone a long way. But the steamy is good, Finn is fantastic, and Kate is the best friend we all need. There is a lot to like in the supporting cast and the end of the novel is a great bow for the story line. If this book doesn’t sound like it’s right for you right now, I highly recommend any of Schorr’s other novels! I received an Advance Review Copy of this book. All opinions are my own.