For Pride month, I'm sharing a couple memoirs, a beach read, & an evocative love story.
I wasn't sure what to expect from Adam Rippon's Beautiful on the Outside memoir.
He shares how he made his journey from struggling with poverty to becoming a figure skating Olympic medalist.
He's confident yet self depreciating. Being anxious and outgoing are what make him relatable.Turns out he details everything with humour & modesty, making it a fun, easy read.
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A "modern classic" to me, Call Me by your Name is filled with lovely, vivid quite different style prose. I found constant poetry throughout the pages.
Elio speaks in a fast, flustered, muffling way, exactly what you expect from a 17 year old.
There are 2 pages devoted to how he felt being touched the first time. An average writer would say he was shocked. But author André Aciman spends time on his emotions, each reaction, and the reasons why. What a wonderful writer.
Elio's father was very intuitive and supportive. How I liked that character! This was a novel that was brought to life so well on the big screen. A must read erotic romance.
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Fans of Queer Eye will appreciate hearing it's shining stylish star Tan France tell his story in Naturally Tan. His memoir is told in fun chapter titles like jeans, sweatpants, brogues & cowboy boots. Some are PSAs on jeans, accessories & little black something.
It was his first chapter shalwar kameez that I liked the most actually. He talks about growing up in a small county in England in a traditional Muslim Pakistani family.
Something that I took note of, recognizing the sentiment that others feel, is when he said "I always had to be polite, always be nice, always be kind. You can't be another crazy brown person who's upset."
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In Right Before the Weather, 40 something Cate realizes she has to start adulting. She's struggling from a recent break up, is in a new relationship, has a dead end job, & an ex husband staying with her. A violent assault of her close friend that she happens upon brings her into that tragedy.
A lot happens in this book, much sad & unfinished. And the 2016 president Trump election is featured.
Did you read any of these? What did you think? 🏳️🌈
I received these books in giveaways, thanks Bookstagrammers!
Until next time,
~Kara
