Standalone Sunday: None of the Above
Standalone Sunday (#SAS) was started by Megan over at Bookslayer Reads.
What is Standalone Sunday?
Each Sunday bloggers feature a standalone book (one that is not part of a series) that they loved or would recommend. The standalone can also be one you want to read. There is so much focus on books that are part of a series that standalone books seem to be forgotten. They can be just as great as book series!
It has been a while since we did #SAS. This week’s #SAS is a contemporary YA novel. This one deals with coming to terms with yourself and learning who you really are.
This week’s #SAS is by I.W. Gregorio:
None of the Above
A groundbreaking story about a teenage girl who discovers she was born intersex… and what happens when her secret is revealed to the entire school. Incredibly compelling and sensitively told, None of the Above is a thought-provoking novel that explores what it means to be a boy, a girl, or something in between.
What if everything you knew about yourself changed in an instant?
When Kristin Lattimer is voted homecoming queen, it seems like another piece of her ideal life has fallen into place. She’s a champion hurdler with a full scholarship to college and she’s madly in love with her boyfriend. In fact, she’s decided that she’s ready to take things to the next level with him.
But Kristin’s first time isn’t the perfect moment she’s planned—something is very wrong. A visit to the doctor reveals the truth: Kristin is intersex, which means that though she outwardly looks like a girl, she has male chromosomes, not to mention boy “parts.”
Dealing with her body is difficult enough, but when her diagnosis is leaked to the whole school, Kristin’s entire identity is thrown into question. As her world unravels, can she come to terms with her new self?
Purchase Links:
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Remembering Megan:
Standalone Sunday was started by Megan over at Bookslayer Reads. She sadly passed away last year and was the heart of the book blogger community. She was always so welcoming and helpful towards others and she is missed.
Megan’s presence on social media is gone, but I will remember her! It’s sad that a life so young ended.
Standalone Sunday: The Ruins of Lace
Standalone Sunday was started by Megan over at Bookslayer Reads.
What is Standalone Sunday?
Each Sunday bloggers feature a standalone book (one that is not part of a series) that they loved or would recommend. The standalone can also be one you want to read. There is so much focus on books that are part of a series that standalone books seem to be forgotten. They can be just as great as book series!
This week’s #SAS is a Kim pick! But if you have been following us for a while, you will have figured that out as by now you know what we both read.
This week’s #SAS is by Iris Anthony:
The Ruins of Lace
Lace is a thing like hope.
It is beauty; it is grace.
It was never meant to destroy so many lives.
The mad passion for forbidden lace has infiltrated France,
pulling soldier and courtier alike into its web. For those who want the best, Flemish lace is the only choice, an exquisite perfection of thread and air. For those who want something they don’t have, Flemish lace can buy almost anything–or anyone.
For Lisette, lace begins her downfall, and the only way to atone for her sins is to outwit the noble who now demands the impossible. To fail means certain destruction. But for Katharina, lace is her salvation. It is who she is; it is what she does. If she cannot make this stunning tempest of threads, a dreaded fate awaits.
The most lucrative contraband in Europe, with its intricate patterns and ephemeral hope, threatens to cost them everything. Lace may be the deliverance for which they all pray… or it may bring the ruin and imprisonment they all fear.
Purchase Links:
Amazon US
Amazon UK
Remembering Megan:
Standalone Sunday was started by Megan over at Bookslayer Reads. She sadly passed away last year and was the heart of the book blogger community. She was always so welcoming and helpful towards others and she is missed.
Megan’s presence on social media is gone, but I will remember her! It’s sad that a life so young ended.
Standalone Sunday: The Novelist by Angela Hunt
Standalone Sunday was started by Megan over at Bookslayer Reads.
What is Standalone Sunday?
Each Sunday bloggers feature a standalone book (one that is not part of a series) that they loved or would recommend. The standalone can also be one you want to read. There is so much focus on books that are part of a series that standalone books seem to be forgotten. They can be just as great as book series!
Kim’s pick for the SAS this week is by Angela Hunt:
The Novelist
When bestselling novelist, Jordan Casey, is challenged by a writing student to write something from her heart instead of her usual bestselling claptrap, Jordan decides to accept the challenge. Departing from her usual adventure type books, Jordan starts to write a story that allows her to merge her faith for the first time, something she had always been reluctant to pursue.
As she writes, she hopes to be able to teach her students, but also reconnect with her son, Zach. But stories have lives of their own and soon Jordan finds her real life intermingling with fiction, especially as Zach’s suicidal desires come to life. Will Jordan discover how to save her son, while also saving herself?
Purchase Links:
Amazon US
Amazon UK
Remembering Megan:
Standalone Sunday was started by Megan over at Bookslayer Reads. She sadly passed away earlier this year and was the heart of the book blogger community. She was always so welcoming and helpful towards others and she is missed.
Megan’s presence on social media is gone, but I will remember her! It’s sad that a life so young ended.