I’ve been looking out for more YA contemporary books about fat girls… Or even girls who aren’t comfortable with the size of their body or how they look. Because, I’m one of those girls, so I’m always on the lookout for good representation of this in YA. I’d heard a lot about Big Bones throughout the blogosphere and I was interested to see whether it was the type of book that I was looking for, so I decided to request a copy and see what I thought.
I saw this book in my local Foyles about a year and a half ago. The thing that drew me to this book was that:
I didn’t actually buy the book until a year later, and then it took me another six months to get around to reading it.
This is the first Libba Bray book that I have read (no I haven’t read The Diviners, have you seen the size of my TBR pile?) I’ve heard a lot of mixed things about this book, so I was very intrigued to get to it. A feminist book about beauty queens stranded on a beach? Yes, please. …
Where do I even start when talking about this book? It is everything that I expect a Holly Bourne novel to be and more. I didn’t know if Bourne’s writing could get any better, but it did… It really did… …
AHHHHHH! THIS IS MORE LIKE IT! This was so much better. The storyline kicks off again and we see more of Lea’s character when it’s just her on her own and when she’s not with so many other people. …
It has been so long since I read episode 5 of this charming episodic novel, that I had to go back and read episode 5 again. Episode 6 carries straight on from the happenings of the previous episode and focuses more on the family dynamic between Billy and Lea. …
I’m a sucker for sci-fi books. I love space soooo much so when I read that this book was “set in space” AND was a reality TV show, I was all for it. However, reading the blurb didn’t exactly give away what kind of read I was in for… …
Now this is more like it! Episode five contains what I love the most about The Sunshine Time – drama, romance, Lea being a badass protagonist and the humour. If the rest of the season can be like episode five, then I will be a very happy reader! …
Like episode three, episode four just didn’t seem to have any pace; it yet again, seemed to be a filler episode, forty five pages that seemed to be building up to a bigger event. …
In episode three of this serial novel, I felt like a lot didn’t really happen. It seemed like a filler episode and 40 pages where Panse was building the foundations for when Lea first sees her family. …