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⭐⭐⭐⭐·5 Out and Proud Stars
I loved this book, what a refreshing change for someone to say "Hey, i like sex, and as long as it is consensual, I'll have lots of it please!"
And gay sex too, oh the horror of it all!!
Jack is the person in this story shouting this, he is gay, and he is "out" loud, and abso-fu*king-lutely proud!
He is at high school, where unfortunately he has to deal with gay shaming, slut shaming, fat shaming, and any other type of shaming you can think of.
His best friends are Jenna, an outspoken blogger, and Ben, a gay, black, fat (his words) fabulous fashion designer.
Jenna talks Jack into writing for her blog, as she wants to help people who have questions about sexuality and sex in general, and are too afraid to ask, they are able to write in anonymously, and Jack answers them VERY truthfully.
Look this book is not going to be for everyone.
One, because is is a book about a gay man having no-strings sex, lots of it, but not as much as the rumour mill at school says.
Two, because Jack is not ashamed of who he is, he's glam, he wears make up, he's opinionated, and he doesn't give one sh*t about what people think about him....until the notes.
The notes that are left in his locker and taped to his door are a knockback for Jack, and we see how he becomes a different person when he trys to NOT be who he is.
I LOVED Jack and his friends, I loved the letters that he wrote to the people who were scared to ask them in public, I mean who *do* you speak to about being a virgin, and a gay virgin at that, who do you ask about how it felt the first time, who do you ask if it hurt? How do you admit that, actually you are not that interested in sex at all?
Jack was very truthful with his answers, and also followed them up with example stories of his own.
"My first time getting it in the butt was kind of weird. I think it’s going to be weird for everyone’s first time, though."
This book pulls no punches, there is sex in it (shock horror) and *GAY* sex at that (put away your pearls mother!) If this type of book offends you, then don't even bother trying to look for it.
I for one, wish that there was someone like Jack in my school, I'm so glad to have met him in this book, and I honestly would tell anyone that had questions about their sexuality or even if they are straight and wanted questions answered to read this book.
Be You & Be Epic
I loved this book, what a refreshing change for someone to say "Hey, i like sex, and as long as it is consensual, I'll have lots of it please!"
And gay sex too, oh the horror of it all!!
Jack is the person in this story shouting this, he is gay, and he is "out" loud, and abso-fu*king-lutely proud!
He is at high school, where unfortunately he has to deal with gay shaming, slut shaming, fat shaming, and any other type of shaming you can think of.
His best friends are Jenna, an outspoken blogger, and Ben, a gay, black, fat (his words) fabulous fashion designer.
Jenna talks Jack into writing for her blog, as she wants to help people who have questions about sexuality and sex in general, and are too afraid to ask, they are able to write in anonymously, and Jack answers them VERY truthfully.
Look this book is not going to be for everyone.
One, because is is a book about a gay man having no-strings sex, lots of it, but not as much as the rumour mill at school says.
Two, because Jack is not ashamed of who he is, he's glam, he wears make up, he's opinionated, and he doesn't give one sh*t about what people think about him....until the notes.
The notes that are left in his locker and taped to his door are a knockback for Jack, and we see how he becomes a different person when he trys to NOT be who he is.
I LOVED Jack and his friends, I loved the letters that he wrote to the people who were scared to ask them in public, I mean who *do* you speak to about being a virgin, and a gay virgin at that, who do you ask about how it felt the first time, who do you ask if it hurt? How do you admit that, actually you are not that interested in sex at all?
Jack was very truthful with his answers, and also followed them up with example stories of his own.
"My first time getting it in the butt was kind of weird. I think it’s going to be weird for everyone’s first time, though."
This book pulls no punches, there is sex in it (shock horror) and *GAY* sex at that (put away your pearls mother!) If this type of book offends you, then don't even bother trying to look for it.
I for one, wish that there was someone like Jack in my school, I'm so glad to have met him in this book, and I honestly would tell anyone that had questions about their sexuality or even if they are straight and wanted questions answered to read this book.
Be You & Be Epic
⭐⭐⭐·75 Tranquil Stars
If you've ever read a book by this author before your know that she is a slow burner, it's not going to jump into a fast paced story straight away she makes you work for it.
The same can be said for this book we meet the characters one by one starting with Frances.
A once famous now washed up author, who has menopausal symptons and a really bad papercut. She is going to Tranquillum House to get away from it all and especially from a really bad review.
Napoleon and Heather are there along with their daughter Zoe.
Young couple Jessica and Ben are also there.
Lars the divorce lawyer and Tony the ex-sportsman, and also Carmel who is trying to be her better self after being traded in for younger model by her husband.
Nine perfect strangers all there for 10 days to be "A better you"
Run by the Russian health freak Masha and her two side kicks, everyone is giving their own "special" personalised diets and are immediately put onto a vow of Silence.
They are taken for long walks and given massages and also one-to-one therapy with the Tranquillum House workers.
Very slowly you start to see different sides of all of the characters and why they are there, you hear their stories and take a peek into their worlds.
Masha was a fabulous character she was so cleverly written.
It's difficult to tell you a lot about this book without going into spoilers, and it's also really difficult to put this book into a specific genre, it is kinda Romance, kinda Thriller, kinda Who-Done-It kinda Contemporary!
It was a very clever story and getting all of these stories interwoven with each other is an art in itself, and again if you've read any of Liane Moriarty books before you know that she's a master at this.
I'm not sure what didn't really work for me in this book as I said before the characters and the story were brilliant, it just needed a little more oompf for me and unfortunately this time it didn't, but I have read all of her other books and loved them, and you should certainly check her out if you haven't done so far.
🎧🎧 Narration of course was done by Caroline Lee who narrates all of Liane Moriarty books, and she did it fantastically as usual.
I love the fact that the author uses the same narrator every for every single one of her books, she is a fantastic narrator and gives a stellar performance Every. Single. Time.
To see my other reviews follow me to www.audiokilledthebookmark.com
If you've ever read a book by this author before your know that she is a slow burner, it's not going to jump into a fast paced story straight away she makes you work for it.
The same can be said for this book we meet the characters one by one starting with Frances.
A once famous now washed up author, who has menopausal symptons and a really bad papercut. She is going to Tranquillum House to get away from it all and especially from a really bad review.
Napoleon and Heather are there along with their daughter Zoe.
Young couple Jessica and Ben are also there.
Lars the divorce lawyer and Tony the ex-sportsman, and also Carmel who is trying to be her better self after being traded in for younger model by her husband.
Nine perfect strangers all there for 10 days to be "A better you"
Run by the Russian health freak Masha and her two side kicks, everyone is giving their own "special" personalised diets and are immediately put onto a vow of Silence.
They are taken for long walks and given massages and also one-to-one therapy with the Tranquillum House workers.
Very slowly you start to see different sides of all of the characters and why they are there, you hear their stories and take a peek into their worlds.
Masha was a fabulous character she was so cleverly written.
It's difficult to tell you a lot about this book without going into spoilers, and it's also really difficult to put this book into a specific genre, it is kinda Romance, kinda Thriller, kinda Who-Done-It kinda Contemporary!
It was a very clever story and getting all of these stories interwoven with each other is an art in itself, and again if you've read any of Liane Moriarty books before you know that she's a master at this.
I'm not sure what didn't really work for me in this book as I said before the characters and the story were brilliant, it just needed a little more oompf for me and unfortunately this time it didn't, but I have read all of her other books and loved them, and you should certainly check her out if you haven't done so far.
🎧🎧 Narration of course was done by Caroline Lee who narrates all of Liane Moriarty books, and she did it fantastically as usual.
I love the fact that the author uses the same narrator every for every single one of her books, she is a fantastic narrator and gives a stellar performance Every. Single. Time.
To see my other reviews follow me to www.audiokilledthebookmark.com
⭐⭐⭐⭐ Mustard Shirt Stars
This was such a fun read I really enjoyed it.
Lucy Hutton and Joshua Templeton are work colleagues...well I say colleagues, but what I really mean is that they hate each other, not even a little bit, they actually HATE each other in caps!!
They work at a publishing house together, side by side, day in, day out, and the hate fuels both of them to get one up on each other all the time.
Joshua is quiet, moody, sly and wears a god awful mustard shirt on a Thursday, every Thursday, this drives Lucy crazy.
Lucy is nice to everyone, and everyone loves Lucy, but people walk all over her and she lets them, this drives Joshua mad.
Now they are both up for the same promotion and ready to Battle it out.
Because it is a senior position, they know that the loser will probably have to resign because they will not work under the victor.
The games they play against each other are hilarious, we have the Staring Game, the super fun HR Game, and the usual general Hating game.
You probably already know that this is going to turn into one of those Hate-to-Love type books, and you'd be right, but this one was done brilliantly.
I can't tell you how many times I laughed out loud listening to this book, the characters, the one-liners and the inner thoughts of Lucy were fantastic.
🎧🎧 Narrated by Katie Schorr, who was just fabulous, this is one to add to your ever growing TBR.
Happy Reading
To read more of my reviews follow me to www audiokilledthebookmark com
This was such a fun read I really enjoyed it.
Lucy Hutton and Joshua Templeton are work colleagues...well I say colleagues, but what I really mean is that they hate each other, not even a little bit, they actually HATE each other in caps!!
They work at a publishing house together, side by side, day in, day out, and the hate fuels both of them to get one up on each other all the time.
Joshua is quiet, moody, sly and wears a god awful mustard shirt on a Thursday, every Thursday, this drives Lucy crazy.
Lucy is nice to everyone, and everyone loves Lucy, but people walk all over her and she lets them, this drives Joshua mad.
Now they are both up for the same promotion and ready to Battle it out.
Because it is a senior position, they know that the loser will probably have to resign because they will not work under the victor.
The games they play against each other are hilarious, we have the Staring Game, the super fun HR Game, and the usual general Hating game.
You probably already know that this is going to turn into one of those Hate-to-Love type books, and you'd be right, but this one was done brilliantly.
I can't tell you how many times I laughed out loud listening to this book, the characters, the one-liners and the inner thoughts of Lucy were fantastic.
🎧🎧 Narrated by Katie Schorr, who was just fabulous, this is one to add to your ever growing TBR.
Happy Reading
To read more of my reviews follow me to www audiokilledthebookmark com
⭐⭐⭐⭐ Savvy Stars
I really enjoyed this one, it was fun filled with lots of smexy goodness, my idea of a great book 😇
Aiden and Savvy were just lovely together and I'm glad she finally got a man to treat her right.
The story is one of Love, Loss, and some mind boggling mathematics!
A great read, thank you to the Author for my ARC copy
I really enjoyed this one, it was fun filled with lots of smexy goodness, my idea of a great book 😇
Aiden and Savvy were just lovely together and I'm glad she finally got a man to treat her right.
The story is one of Love, Loss, and some mind boggling mathematics!
A great read, thank you to the Author for my ARC copy
Review to come⭐⭐⭐⭐ Hard Hitting Stars
#TriggerWarnings - Abortion / Racism / Rape
The story starts out at 5pm at a Clinic in Jackson Mississippi, a gunman has opened fire inside the Abortion Clinic locally known as “The Center” the story then takes us backwards to the start of the day, and we find out why the characters are there.
Hugh McElroy is a hostage negotiator, at 5pm he gets called to the scene and immediately gets all of the details he can, and starts to communicate with the gunman, at the same time his phone starts to vibrate, when he looks at the text he has just received, he is horrified to find out that his daughter Wren and his sister Bex are inside the clinic!
The Center is somewhere women can go to get Contraception, Gynaecological examinations, General Women’s Health check-ups, and Abortions.
There are always Anti-Abortion protesters outside of The Center, trying to grab the women before they make it into the front door, they are handing out “gift bags” and trying to guilt them into changing their minds.
The Gunman is called George, and he is angry because he has found out that his daughter had an abortion at this clinic recently, not only does he shoot the doctor that performs the abortions, he shoots others as well, and Hugh’s daughter Wren might be one of them!
Tangled in this story is another, this story is about Beth, she took the difficult decision to terminate her own pregnancy, and now because of the Mississippi Abortion Law, she is facing murder charges, and could go to prison for 20 years if she is found guilty.
This story doesn’t try and sway you either way in your beliefs, and it doesn’t feel preachy at all, but I do like the way that Picoult tries to make you see both sides of the Pro-Life / Pro-Choice argument.
Regardless of your beliefs I think this is a great book to have for a Book club and I thoroughly enjoyed it.
🎧🎧 – Narrated by the amazing Bahni Turpin.
This was my main reason for picking up this book, she could literally narrate a recipe for a fruit cake and I would be there One Clicking like a lunatic! The woman can do no wrong in my eyes and makes any book into a fantastic read.
This is certainly one to pop into your basket.
#TriggerWarnings - Abortion / Racism / Rape
The story starts out at 5pm at a Clinic in Jackson Mississippi, a gunman has opened fire inside the Abortion Clinic locally known as “The Center” the story then takes us backwards to the start of the day, and we find out why the characters are there.
Hugh McElroy is a hostage negotiator, at 5pm he gets called to the scene and immediately gets all of the details he can, and starts to communicate with the gunman, at the same time his phone starts to vibrate, when he looks at the text he has just received, he is horrified to find out that his daughter Wren and his sister Bex are inside the clinic!
The Center is somewhere women can go to get Contraception, Gynaecological examinations, General Women’s Health check-ups, and Abortions.
There are always Anti-Abortion protesters outside of The Center, trying to grab the women before they make it into the front door, they are handing out “gift bags” and trying to guilt them into changing their minds.
The Gunman is called George, and he is angry because he has found out that his daughter had an abortion at this clinic recently, not only does he shoot the doctor that performs the abortions, he shoots others as well, and Hugh’s daughter Wren might be one of them!
Tangled in this story is another, this story is about Beth, she took the difficult decision to terminate her own pregnancy, and now because of the Mississippi Abortion Law, she is facing murder charges, and could go to prison for 20 years if she is found guilty.
This story doesn’t try and sway you either way in your beliefs, and it doesn’t feel preachy at all, but I do like the way that Picoult tries to make you see both sides of the Pro-Life / Pro-Choice argument.
Regardless of your beliefs I think this is a great book to have for a Book club and I thoroughly enjoyed it.
🎧🎧 – Narrated by the amazing Bahni Turpin.
This was my main reason for picking up this book, she could literally narrate a recipe for a fruit cake and I would be there One Clicking like a lunatic! The woman can do no wrong in my eyes and makes any book into a fantastic read.
This is certainly one to pop into your basket.
⭐⭐⭐⭐ Aloha Stars
Gahhh Peenies Wifey,
His Brother from another mother
His Honey Nuggets
His Baby Cakes
Has finally got his story 😍
And what a story it is!
Zander the big ol pussycat in tigers clothing does the usual thing and falls in love, this time with Aloha, the super famous Ex Disney now singer.
Their story was so cute I was just gushing with Awww's all the way through, but throw in a few more Morgans to make this a perfect mixture.
Peenie AKA Keane Morgan and Zander Shaw's friendship, and all of the Morgan family clan, is #LifeGoals, and I want to be in on some of that action!
**Thank you to the author for the digital ARC. 😘
Gahhh Peenies Wifey,
His Brother from another mother
His Honey Nuggets
His Baby Cakes
Has finally got his story 😍
And what a story it is!
Zander the big ol pussycat in tigers clothing does the usual thing and falls in love, this time with Aloha, the super famous Ex Disney now singer.
Their story was so cute I was just gushing with Awww's all the way through, but throw in a few more Morgans to make this a perfect mixture.
Peenie AKA Keane Morgan and Zander Shaw's friendship, and all of the Morgan family clan, is #LifeGoals, and I want to be in on some of that action!
**Thank you to the author for the digital ARC. 😘
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Nightingale Stars
Ok, Ok I admit it, I'm late to the party to this one, I tried twice before and couldn't get into it at all, but this time I was determined to stick with it, and I'm so glad I did, why did I doubt myself, of course this book was phenomenal!!
The Nightingale tells a story about World War II, and contrary to what I thought I was going to read about, this wasn't about the fighting at all....well not in the way that you think, this is about the women who were left behind.
France 1939, Vianne says goodbye to her husband as he goes to the front to fight for the country, she doesn't think for a minute that the Nazi's will come to her town, let alone invade France, so she isn't too worried about it.
However the realisation that this is exactly what is happening comes too quickly, and Vianne is eventually living in her house with a stranger, not just a stranger, but a Nazi officer!
She must teach her daughter to keep her head down, and her mouth shut, and take huge risks to protect and save lives of people that could get her not just into trouble, it could cost her life!
Isabelle is Vianne's younger sister, she is always getting herself into trouble, and has always been a bit of a rebel.
She is opposite to her sister, in that she is totally ready for the Nazi's, in fact she would be quite happy to head off to Paris to join the fight, and that is exactly what she does.
Against her sisters advice that she couldn't do anything to help, Isabelle is determined that she can do something, so she packs a bag and sets off to Paris.
“Oh, for heaven’s sake, Isabelle. Paris is overrun. The Nazis control the city. What is an eighteen-year-old girl to do about all of that?”
But a difference she does make, to many lives, after joining the French Resistance with her new friend Gäetan, she was known to many as "The Nightingale" and risked her life helping others.
On this cool October morning, her life would change. From the morning she boarded this train
From now on, she was Juliette Gervaise, code name the Nightingale.
A fantastic read that I would recommend to anyone.
🎧🎧 - Narrated expertly by Polly Stone who did a wonderful job, her voice was just perfect for this book and I will definitely be looking out for other books that she has narrated.