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Who doesn't love the Backstreet Boys? As an Xennial I just loved this. I loved the full color photos, the stories. It was a fun quick read.

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I loved it! This is a great book filled with photos of the Boys and behind the scenes knowledge that not even the dedicated fans will know 100% of. BSB forever!!

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I received a copy of this book for a fair and honest review. I have been a fan almost since they started so when I saw this I had to get a copy to review. While looking through the pictures and reading about how they got together and what they did to come back after the pandemic was a good look inside. It had me thinking about seeing them on tv or waiting for albums to come out. It brought back a lot of nice memories.

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This book shares the history, achievements, and hardships of the hit pop group, the Backstreet Boys. I grew up being a Backstreet Boys fan and HAD to see what this book was all about. I love the layout, I love the inclusion of fan experiences, and I love how much detail and love went into this book. It's an incredible compendium and I highly recommend it for fans of the band, as well as fans of music in general.

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As a long time Backstreet Boys fan, I loved this so much! It felt like going back to my middle school years-- so much nostalgia.
Thank you to NetGalley for the e-arc!

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Backstreet boys have been my favorite group for 25 of their 30 years. They have the best concerts and I have so many amazing memories because of them. This was a nice trip down memory lane. Congratulations on 30 years!

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This book is perfect for any Backstreet Boys fan. Would make a wonderful gift. Interesting information about the subject matter. Thanks to NetGalley, the author and the publisher for the ARC of this book in return for my honest review. Receiving the book in this manner had no bearing on my review.

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My years discovering pop music on my own are so connected to the bands we know and adore. The Spice Girls. Backstreet Boys. *NSYNC. When I saw this book celebrating 30 years of BSB, I had to read it!

I love that this book is framed as a celebration first and foremost. It is curated by fans for fans in appreciation for a band that has never broken up. Sporty Spice herself in an introduction states that part of the success of Spice and BSB was the individual personalities of each member that all complimented each other, and I have to definitely agree. I had forgotten a lot about the beginnings of the band - Johnny Wright as their manager, the early performances in schools, restaurants, and malls, being the kick off point to Jive Records’ branch into pop music (previously being known for R&B and hip hop artists), and working with Max Martin & Denniz PoP. Since I owned their first album in 1996, I’m not sure I ever knew that Backstreet Boys sold ten million copies internationally in thirty countries before it was released in the US (also shoutout to how popular they were and continue to be in Canada first!!). This book is a wonderful reminder of how BIG they were in the prime of 2000s pop. Filled with photos, newspapers clippings, and testimonies from fans, there is something for all pop music fans to enjoy in this book. I do wish there were interviews with the boys, but otherwise it is a great tribute.

Backstreet Boys 30th Anniversary Celebration is a book of remembrance, celebration and music. It highlights BSB’s connection with their fans and is definitely a must read for any fan. Thanks to Quarto, Epic Ink and NetGalley for the ARC!

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This is a perfect book for any Backstreet Boys fan!

Thank you NetGalley and the publisher for ARC.

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Thank you to Quarto Publishing Group – becker & mayer and NetGalley for an ARC of this book.

I was really excited when I saw this title come up on Net Galley. I have been a huge Backstreet Boys fan since the beginning, and I am really excited that fans have released this book commemorating their 30th Anniversary as a band.

This book is full of facts and pictures of their career, and is a wonderful addition to any BSB fans collection. I will definitely be purchasing this book, and recommending it to my friends!

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This is a book about the creation and last 30 years of the Backstreet Boys career.Β  As a member of Team *NSYNC I was disappointed to see there was a call out about *NSYNC being on hiatus 3 paragraphs in.Β  While this book is written by 2 fans, you'd think we'd be grown up and professional enough now to let the 2 bands stand on their own.Β  Apparently not.Β  This was a major turn off.Β  A lot of the info in the book I had already known by being a "fan" for the last 20 whatever years or hearing the guys on various podcasts and interviews.

There were however a lot of photos included and some fan bios which were neat.

I received a free e-copy of this book in order to write this review, I was not otherwise compensated.

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I will say I was team **NSYNC back in the day but I always loved the Backstreet Boys too! This was a fun book to read. Takes you back to the beginning and through the whole journey! Talk about nostalgia.

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It was fun trip down memory lane, relieving my
Youth with the Backstreet Boys. Definitely a fun one.

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Thank you NetGalley and Quarto Publishing Group for providing this book for review!

30 years!!!! Are you a huge Backstreet Boy fan? Do you know every song and all the lyrics? You will adore this scrapbook! From the beginning to present this book shows everything you could want to know. Concert info, interviews, stories, history on how the group came about and pictures galor!! This is a true keepsake that will be treasured for many years! What fun to relive music videos, tours and CD covers!!
Flip through the pages to bring back those memories and learn something new!!
#AlwaysaBackstreetBoyfan

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30th anniversary book filled with pictures and the history of the Backstreet Boys. I was luckily able to go to their concert over the summer so to look through this book brings back memories of my childhood and that concert! Thank you NetGalley for the chance to read this book in exchange for my honest feedback!

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Love the way this is put together. Wonderfully written with a TON of great pictures. Definitely a must read for any BSB fan!

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Backstreets Back! I can’t believe it’s been 30 years. I’ve been a fan since I was young and it was a pleasure to read this book! If you’re a BSB fan you’ll enjoy this. The book was really well put together, easy to read and enjoyable. Great images scattered throughout. After reading I feel like a minor fan compared to many of the fans featured in the book. I could leave all the fan experiences, although sweet I found them very repetitive, but it is a nice addition. I do wish they were a bit more personal on the boys’ lives, not just the music, so I liked that they included that a bit at the end. I would’ve liked to read more on that and less about what number each song charted at in which country. Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the free preview in exchange for an honest review.

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I was a huge fan of the Backstreet Boys in my pre teen years!! This book is great! I love all the pictures (never seen them before). And I love that the chapters are named after songs. This book would be great for a super fan!

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Thank you NetGalley and Quarto Publishing for sending this book for review consideration. All opinions are my own.
I went into this as a huge boy band fan and BSB fan so maybe my expectations were high. This read as just an elaborate timeline of the band. Information about how the band got together, when albums were released, what concert tour went where is all here but that can all be looked up online. I was expecting and hoping to get to know the band members better and maybe even interviews with them regarding the 30th anniversary. Interviews are from fans about what the band has meant to them and most read pretty similarly. The saving grace for me is the pictures. This will be a beautiful book with several 2 page spread photos and the trip down memory lane in photos was a nice treat. Overall this felt like a summary of information already out there.

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This was a nostalgic read for all the fans of Backstreet Boys, and yes, I am one of them.
Maybe not the OG boy bend but one of the prominent bends of pop music, ever, Backstreet Boys are an integral part of the music industry.

I love the music catalog they have and I listen to it even today. I have so many dear memories of my friends and our love for the group. Millennium is still one of the albums that brings me back to the times of early teens, first crushes, dance parties, and friendships.
Long before Spotify and YouTube I would buy cassette tapes of their albums and listen to them on the radio.

While I appreciate this book for what it was; a love letter to a moment in time and a lot of fans sharing stories about their love for the Backstreet Boys, there was a lot of information that people who love them already know and are easy to look up online if you don't know and are curious about them.

I like the addition of photographs.

The ebook version was lacking, and it made it difficult to enjoy this book.
Nonetheless, I want to thank the publisher and NetGalley for the copy of the book in exchange for an honest opinion.

I think if you are a fan, you will probably want to have a paperback/hardcover version of the book.

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