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Summary: I read this book and then threw it away.
Review: "Around We Go" was one of the worst purchases I have ever made. I must not have read the reviews...when one has to fight with an Author's gramatical errors and unsure story lines, why bother? After I finished this book, I threw it away (into the recycling bin).I did read the entire book...I think out of amazement that a book of this caliber could be not only published, but sold for $18.95(approximately). The only other use I can think for this book is very expensive firewood.
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Summary: I read this book and then threw it away.
Review: "Around We Go" was one of the worst purchases I have ever made. I must not have read the reviews...when one has to fight with an Author's gramatical errors and unsure story lines, why bother? After I finished this book, I threw it away (into the recycling bin). I did read the entire book...I think out of amazement that a book of this caliber could be not only published, but sold for $18.95(approximately). The only other use I can think for this book is very expensive firewood.
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Summary: I want MORE!!!!
Review: Around We Go is without a doubt the best book that I have read in years. The characters are vibrantly alive in my mind and heart. Ms.Chatelaine has a gift for drawing you into the lives of her characters. The emotions were such that I could relate and actually feel right along with the story. I laughed and cried.....I even cursed the author for the many unexpected twists and turns. I await the second novel with impatient, but eager anticipation. More, More, More!!!!! Look out Hollywood! This could be your hottest television series ever!!!!!
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Summary: Around We Go
Review: Around We Go Tonya L. Chatelain presented "Around We Go" to us last year as her first
[explicit] lesbian novel. [Explicit] indeed! It had me blushing. But [explicit] falls
short of the depth of the character experiences in AWG; their travels,
travails, sense of adventure, their generosity, their lust AND their need to
connect and build meaningful lives with another human being. Tiffany struggles for years not accepting her true identity. She even
carries on a sleep together relationship with her college roommate, Susan,
because that was just the thing to do. Boy! I was sure naive in college. And maybe Tiffany's roommate was naive, too, because she thought something
more fundamental than college fun was going on. Tiffany went on to date a
man for years while Susan licked her wounds. This college-thing-do-phase represented something deeper that Tiffany
finally admitted to herself, her mother and her fiance. That she loves
women, and more precisely Susan. What inspired me about the characters was their growth in facing difficult
challenges. Face it. It's not easy telling you're mother you're a lesbian.
And gay men and women risk their lives for simply holding hands as is
portrayed in a grizzly scene in Australia which leaves Tiffany paralyzed and
her partner dead. The final moments of her partner's life are beautifully
written and I almost felt as if I were perishing with her. Can love overcome years, disability and the miles. Tiffany's mom comes through, travelling thousands of miles to bring her daughter home. But can
Tiffany repair her relationship with Susan. I think we have to read Around
We Go Again to find that out. I enjoyed this book and recommend it. Art Hansen
for Alison's Read and Trade
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Summary: This was so good I am left with little words.
Review: I am an avid reader so I make this review with a harden heart towards books as I have read so many bad ones. I must admit that this book moved me in so many new ways, I was very pleasantly surprised and relieved to finally find a book that I could go "Dang that was an excellent book"... I found the country accent hard to read at times but it was needed to tell that part of the story. I felt as if I was watching a movie or even real life, as it was so bright and vivid in my mind as I read I could see the characters and feel their feelings and I had a lot of the same emotions that they were going through as I read along feeling at times I was intruding into their world a bit by reading. I read this book all in one setting. I wait patiently to know what happen to her and who did it. OK so maybe not so patiently as I have read book one at least three times all ready. (Well it's a great book). Ms. Chatelain has touched something inside of me that I did not until this book think written words could touch. A magnificent read.
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Summary: No one is more surprised then I that this was a great read!!
Review: I loved this book! It does have some spelling and grammatical errors, but what book doesn't? I was so glad to find that the series continues, I have purchased the next two in the series and hope they will be as great as the first. I couldn't put this book down for a second, took me on and a half days to read it. Sometimes I cried, others I laughed. Was so glad that I bought it. Keep up the good work. I recommend this book to anyone that enjoys reading.
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Summary: No one is more surprised then I that this was a great read!!
Review: I will admit that at first I was very skeptical and even a little hesitant about buying this book due to some reviews I read about it, but the more I thought about it, the more I wanted to buy the book to see what all the hoop la was really about and boy am I GLAD I did.
I ordered a couple others from different authors the same day and once they arrived I leafed through them each and something about Around We Go caught my eye, (a juicy scene if you must know what it was) and decided this one would be the first I was to read, by the time I was half way through with it I was hooked and proceeded to order her other two and have since read them as well, all before reading the others I had ordered to begin with and I can honestly say that I have found my new author of choice, as I eagerly await more on this story.
I'm in love with Susan as I know most of the readers will be as well, the heart that woman has for the baby and others brought me to tears (something that most books don't do to me) I wish the world had more people to lend a helping hand as Susan does in these books.
My words of advice, ones I myself will be following from now on is, it doesn't matter if someone else likes the book or not that will play no part in if you will like it, you should let you be the judge, not anything any of us reviewers have to say.
Goes to show you that like and dislike are in the mind of the reader.
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Summary: A must read!
Review: I, for one, loved this book. I did not put the book down until it was finished. I laughed and cried and the beginnings and endings of different loves in the book. Ms. Chatelain has a great writing ability and great story ideas. If you don't read this book you will miss a winner!
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Summary: A must read!
Review: I, for one, loved this book. I did not put the book down until it was finished. I laughed and cried and the beginnings and endings of different loves in the book. Ms. Chatelain has a great writing ability and great story ideas. If you don't read this book you will miss a winner!
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Summary: The Zero Wing of US lesbo pulp
Review: Mixed reviews, indeed! If you come here to look for a lesbian romance book, taking the genre for what it is, I would advise you to first scan all reviews on several titles, and determine which kind of reader you are. There seem to be two types of readers visiting these pages. This book may be the best example to categorize yourself: you will either love it or put it away after 50 pages.
Much of what can be said about this book has already been covered by other reviewers, so I won't repeat their comments. Personally I classify this book as the single worst I have ever read. So bad in fact that it fascinated me - I wanted to expound what sets it apart from what I think is a good book. During reading I am usually not consciously aware of technical elements like grammar and spelling, character development, dialogue structure, and transitions from one scene to another. But in this book they were so out of order they completely diverted my attention from the story itself.
Because such an evaluation is inherently personal, below are some excerpts I find quite indicative of what you can expect in this book. If you think there is something wrong, don't buy the book. If you can't see any problem, by all means do! "I understand Tiffany. I will not lie to you and say I am not hurt as I had hoped our love would help you except it at least a little bit as we grew closer and that you would want others to know, but I do understand. I will not say anything to them or anyone else." Susan knew Tiffany struggled with them as a couple a great deal but she didn't realized how much until now. "Stop it," Susan interrupted. "I don't want to think about it. We still have Christmas and then six more months after that to be together (Also for me to change your mind, Susan thought) now lets not talk about it anymore right now, ok? Please." Susan didn't stop; she drove straight to Stephanie's house. She had to see her, things could not have gone worse at Tiffany's. It was slow going and she still didn't have the hang of driving on this stuff, and everything kept running through her head. Tiffany and Stephanie and the past and the now, she was so lost. Was what she had with Tiffany (which she now knew was only one sided all along) real and still there enough, she doubted it and was what she had started to feel with Stephanie real and not just rebound and enough to last? She kept asking herself how could it be rebound? It had been several years after all.
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