Fans of Hannah’s coming from her profound Instagram presence will enjoy this one! The pieces that I enjoyed most were those that she has gone viral for in the past, but I’m glad that such a talented author is giving all of her work a well-deserved home on readers’ shelves.

Thank you so much to St. Martin’s Griffin, the author and NetGalley for the early eARC!

I wasn't sure about this first starting to be honest but as I continued to go on, I continued to relate to a lot of the poems. I really fell in love with the mothering sections as I have such similar feelings. There are many I will take with me. Wonderful book!

It was thanks to Netgalley that I got to read this book. I really enjoyed the writings in this book. A new author for me, and I will definitely read more from this author in the future. Thank you.

I have followed the author on Instagram for a while, and was so happy for her when she announced that she would be publishing her first book of poetry. I have enjoyed every poem she’s posted to IG, and will happily buy the print form of this book when it releases!

This collection has poems rooted in the days of learning who we are as we become our adult selves, as we fall in love and find a life partner, as we become parents- and what it means to be ourselves when our life becomes so deeply intertwined with other people. Hannah lovingly reminds us we are not alone, and to show ourselves kindness as we grow and change.

I am farther down the marriage and mothering journey than Hannah, but I can easily be taken back to the early days of parenting and marriage in her poems. I am MUCH farther away in time from being young and figuring life out with my friends. But while these poems capture a very specific time of life, they also apply to us all no matter what age we are. We are always learning new things- about ourselves, about our relationships, about the people we love, about the people we have lost along the way.

I smiled, I laughed some at memories from my past her poems stirred to life again, and I teared up, remembering the days when my baby still fit in my lap (she is now taller than me and will be a high school
Junior in the fall). I enjoyed every minute I spent reading this book.

So many of my favorite follows on Instagram are publishing their poems into books and I am here for it. I have followed and liked Hannah Rosenberg poems the last few years. I was so excited to get an early copy of Same.

Split into seven parts, the poems fall into categories such as: for our younger selves, for our friends (prob my favorite), for our family, for our minds, and for our bodies. A handful are some of my favorites I have seen before, but there was also more that I highlight and know I will come back to.

If you are not familiar with her writing follow her on Instagram, and look for Same out later this year, on October 21st!

Thank you St Martin’s Griffin for this eARC copy to read and review.

Here are some of my favorite poems:
Three fingers pointing
In my daydream, our daughters are strong
For our friends
How we met
Marriage of friends
This is your reminder to plan a girls trip
Most Alive
So I call my body “she”
Old and wild things
Same

- Hannah Rosenberg’s poetry collection “Same” is a beautiful exploration of feminine love in all its forms: platonic love and friendships; romantic love and marriage; innate maternal love and motherhood; and self love and independence. Through the lens of her own life and experiences, this poet/author explores these varying aspects of life and love in six parts: I, “for our younger selves;” II, “for our friends;” III, “for the ones we date and marry;” IV, “for our families;” V, “for our bodies;” and VI, “for our minds” and “for our children. (My autistic brain is somewhat bothered by what seem to be two parts each being listed as “VI” but perhaps there is some intentional aspect to this I cannot yet grasp.) Each collection brought to mind my own lived experiences, though some themes of womanhood were difficult for me to connect with as a nonbinary individual with a not-so-clearly defined understanding of their feminine as well as masculine traits and experiences. My favorite poems from each part (listed in order for parts I-VI) include: “A bedtime story;” “Always at home with them;” “We got nothing done and the weekend was perfect;” “The places I’ve lived are like people I love;” “Ideas for how to make gynecology appointments better;” “Until I thought of myself as the sea;” and “Twenty years from now I will not remember this hour.” A heartfelt thank you to Hannah Rosenberg and her publisher, St. Martin’s Press, for the opportunity to read this collection and share my thoughts!

Hannah Rosenberg describes Same as a collection of love letters and I absolutely love that description.
She has an incredible ability to write about ordinary things in such a beautiful way that fills you with joy and makes you fall in love with life. Her words tugged at my heartstrings and I found myself deeply resonating with the emotions she's capturing in her poems.
The poems about friendship and motherhood hit me the hardest and I teared up more than once. I found myself thinking "same" so many times because she expresses everything I've felt and everything I hope to feel one day.
I really loved this collection and can’t wait to read more from Hannah Rosenberg!
～Thank you to St. Martin's Press and NetGalley for the ARC!

Thank you netgalley for this arc.

This was a 3 for me

Once in a while, I like to read a poetry book. Let me start by saying that the writing was great but it didn't resonate with me. However, the flow was nice, there were a lot of concepts that worked while into everyday life.

I love that this poetry collection offers a girlhood slice of life perspective and to those bits I’m sure many people will relate to and enjoy. However, each section after a few poems started to get repetitive and I personally look for sad poetry ( but that is my own personal issue, if you are not looking to be sad, but still want relatable poetry this is for you).

A wonderful read full of honest, reflective, and meaningful poetry and prose. A deep look at the most emotional and meaningful parts of life and love.

I fell in love with Hannah Rosenberg's poetry on Instagram so it was an easy yes (and some squealing!) to have the chance to read this collection early. And it is just as stunning, easy to connect to and powerful as everything I've experienced of her online. This poetry collection met me in hard days, made me feel deeply and reminded me of the gift it is to be human.

„Same“ is a collection of poems that hit real close to the heart. There is so much love and kindness in it, with compassion towards others and yourself. So many times I felt so connected to the feeling and moment Hannah Rosenberg puts into words. Its wonderful and just a joy to read. It perfectly encapsulates early motherhood, female friendships and ones own journey in loving oneself. I already preordered multiple copies for my village of motherhood.

Thank you to the publisher and netgalley for an advanced readers copy.

An absolutely gorgeous collection of poems on everything from womanhood, motherhood, friendship, love, family, and body positivity and self love. Her words resonated so deeply with my and my stage of life, at times I felt like they were coming from my own soul. An absolute pleasure and delight to read

My final rating: 2.9

Goodreads rating: 2

It’s not bad but I wish it was better. Some of the poems feels like a collection of quotes, others feels like a facebook post, and others feel like a short story. It reads like a short story at first but then gets to the actual poem. The cover is nice but I just wish it was something more. I would’ve given this a 3 out of 5 but I rated another book a 3 and it’s not on the same level. It really pains me to give it a 2 on GoodReads but you could round my rating up if you feel like it to a 3.

Rosenberg does a lovely job stringing together passionate and honest poems. These poems are simple but in the sweetest way.

Poems I enjoyed most:
women at a restaurant
when I kissed you across the table in Chinatown
sisters on the telephone

Thank you NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for granting me access to this book in exchange for an honest review.

This is a book of poetry sure to be enjoyed by the millennial mother demographic. I enjoyed many of the poems and I especially enjoyed the section on friendship. I’d recommend this for those who like Mary Oliver’s Drunk Cousin and Kate Baer.

While I enjoyed this poetry collection exploring the experiences of womanhood, it felt very surface-level. The writing was very accessible and easy to read but very basic. Nothing really stood out or made me anything, and overall it just left me wanting more.

If you are looking for a collection of poems that is incredibly accessible and understandable surrounding the emotions and experiences of being a woman you will enjoy this one. It is not a book I can read from cover to cover but I liked to just pick it up when I wanted a quick something to read.

Same is a collection of poems organized into seven sections, each dedicated to a group of those we love: our younger selves, our friends, our true love, our families, our bodies, our minds, and our children.

Hannah Rosenberg writes in her introduction
that she hopes readers will send her poems to loved ones. She notes that each poem is “some kind of love letter,” which is absolutely true. I sent my younger sister “Sisters on the telephone” and my best friends “Texting with friends”. I read “You don’t write love poems but sometimes” aloud to my boyfriend, and shared “The compliment game” with my students. I thought of my nana with dementia and sobbed when reading “What my grandmother said” and “Most alive”.
This collection is overflowing with love, which sometimes fills us with joy and other times is incredibly painful. Rosenberg does an excellent job of highlighting both sides of love by using seemingly mundane moments that are actually magical.

I thoroughly enjoyed the first three sections of poems, but my interest weaned towards the end of the collection, especially during the poems that focused on motherhood. I am not a mother myself, so this was a topic I couldn’t relate to at all. I think this would be less of an issue if the motherhood poems were included in the same section, but there are many across parts four, six, and seven. Additionally, I wished that part five, titled “For our bodies” was longer because I think more women need to hear poems like those.

Overall, I enjoyed Rosenberg’s work and plan to revisit it someday when I have children of my own. I’ll be different, but hopefully, I’ll still think: "Same."

Ugh, this book of poems hit me emotionally so HARD. Every single section had multiple poems that resonated with me. Especially, in Part 1: For our younger selves. "Ideas for Playing House", "When people say "we can learn from kids" and make it sound trite, cute, and fake", and "Glow" absolutely destroyed me and brought so many feelings up from my childhood. Amazing poems, I highly recommend.