Month: Jul 2020

Eat,gay,love by Calum Mcswiggan and The Great Godden by Meg Rosoff Reviews below

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Both books provided for review from the publishers

Reviews below

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Oh WOW what a memoir this was!!! โฃ
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This one knocked it out the park for me what a amazing memoir following Calum after the breakdown of his relationship with his fiancรฉ and feeling really down and low, Calum decides to pack everything up and to look for happiness and travel the world!! Having his Eat pray love Moment (one of Calumโ€™s fav books) โฃ
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On his travels around the world Calum meets some inspiring people with some truly beautiful and emotive stories of their own lives!!! All of these people he meets are part of the LGBTQ+ stories some of them are out, some are hiding their sexuality from their families and friends because either the religion or country they live and/or because their own families are not okay with the LGBTQ+ community. โฃ
But through that what I love about every person Calum meets their is strength and hope in all of them and how all the stories and lives shared it brings Calum hope in his own self and for the future of the LGBTQ+ community โฃ
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This memoir was such a beautiful celebration of the power of community and a tribute to the Amazing LGBTQ+ community all over the world.โฃ

No rating for a memoir as itโ€™s someoneโ€™s life.

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This book for me was just middle of the road for me!!โฃ
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It was definitely a great read to fly through and a summery book if you wanted to read anything about two families going to their annual summer holiday destination and getting up to all sorts of antics!!! โฃ
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I just felt like that it was an insight to a familyโ€™s holiday and I was on the holiday with them but I just felt it was lacking in a plot and all couldnโ€™t connect with the characters as we were only seeing little snoops throughout the days we are with the characters. โฃ
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Sadly not the best ๐Ÿ˜ฆ but it was still enjoyable enough and I liked the summer holiday vibes (as not really going to be going on one this year, so just lived vicariously through this family ๐Ÿ˜†) โฃ
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A quick read though if you needed one to get you out of a reading slump ๐Ÿ™‚

3/5 stars

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Darius the great deserves better – Review

Thank you to the publishers for sending me a E-Galley in exchange for review

Review below

oh I loved this one so much!!!

the first book in this series is and always will be one of my fav books ever.!!! this sequel did not disappoint one bit
this is set a few months after our first novel and we follow Darius when he is back from Iran and we see how life has changed for him since his visit.

we see Darius grow even more in this second novel and while we have this few months time jump you can definitely see the confidence that oozes more Darius and how he handles himself in situations with himself and with others. he’s definitely changed but he still as all the same characteristics he had from the first novel with his love for tea being the biggest one and now as he works in the teashop (what a perfect job for him) this is also where he met his boyfriend Landon. plus always being the kind and protective brother and son to his family.

as with any mental illness you can have a good days and bad days and that for sure happens for Darius with his depression and the further exploration and talk of depression that happens in this second novel continues between Darius and his father. (their bond in this second novel is so beautiful to see and read about, and how accepted Darius’s family make him).

there are so manyyyy things I loved about this book that it would be like writing a book in itself but here is 2-3 out of about 50 that I loved.
the protectiveness Darius has over his sister and how he helps with the bullying she is facing in school .

Darius’s queer Grandma’s who come to stay with the family throughout this book and the slow growth that happens in the relationship between the three of them and all the little stories that they tell Darius about them being a couple growing up (one is transgender)

and finally how so supportive all of his friends are especially His soccer friends who will always be their for him and make sure he is okay and doing well, and actually not giving a damn that he is Gay. (which is very rare to see in a group of sports related mens teams/circles and we need this more)

like I said I could go on and on about this book but don’t want to bore you, when this releases please please pick this one up or if you haven’t read the first yet goโ€ฆ read the first then buy the second because you will not be disappointed.

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