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Out of Sync: A Memoir
Lance Bass

Simon Spotlight Entertainment, 2007 - 208 pages

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Honest and Sincere Memoir

OUT OF SYNC by Lance Bass is a thoughtful, honest piece of work from Lance Bass. The book is short and provides some definite insights into the man he is. Lance is 27 and has lived thru a lot during those years. He is also gay and with his innocent religious upbringing this was difficult for him to express. Growing up he knew 100% that it was true but he didn't even consider having the right to come out.

His childhood is described mostly in regards to his history with and development of his singing. NSYNC and their journey take up a great portion of the book. Reading the history of the group is very interesting.

I give this book 4 stars not because it is a huge literary achievement or because it is filled with immense soul searching revelations. Let me change thange. For Lance they are life changing, soul searching revelations. Why I give this book 4 stars is because it is truly the written word of Lance Bass. It is not toyed with to great extent by a publisher to make it more intense. It actually reads like a diary in the sense of it being the real Lance Bass. You experience his wonder, joys, pains and revelations.

You also get the impression that Lance Bass has a huge heart. He is still innocent at 27 but has a good head on his shoulders and is well prepared to face his future. He wraps the book up with some deep insights and they are honest and touching.

The media was prepared to attack him with the knowledge of his being gay. He had great respect for his family and how they may be affected. He handled the situation responsibly and did what he needed to do for himself. Writing this book I'm sure was cathartic for him but it also is for the reader. I thank him for sharing a part of his life journey openly and holding nothing back.

His being gay is a part of him the same as anything else - he is still Lance Bass and by sharing his story I'm sure he will help other people, young and old, deal with their sexuality.


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Not without insight

I received this book as a gag gift and read it purely to out-gag my friends (because who really uses gag gifts?). Knowing the book hasn't sold well, I dove into my reading with low expectations. It's possible that I enjoyed the book merely because I wasn't expecting much. Overall I felt that the writing was a bit juvenile, but it was a quick and easy read not without insight. It was interesting to get some perspective on the world of pop stardom- in the midst of teenage obsession it's easy to forget that the objects of one's affection are actual people with actual feelings and emotions. And while pop stars are somehow different from we normal folk, there were some parts of Lance's story that seemed so totally normal and down-to-earth as to make it impossible to ignore the fact that he, too, is human.

I have to agree with other reviewers that I was expecting to read more about Lance being gay and coming out. On the other hand, perhaps it provides hope for equality in society if he can present his coming out and dating life as merely part of his story rather than the whole piece of it.

As a side note, I saw Lance on a float in Mardi Gras. I yelled "I read your book!" in the hopes that that would give him incentive to throw me some beads; alas, it was not to be. So Lance, if you happen to read this... could you throw me something, mister?



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Appreciative Read

I must say thank you, thank you, thank you Lance Bass for this fantastic read. Allowing us insight to your world is greatly appreciated. Not once was I bored with this thoughtful book. From start to finish Lance kept me interested and inspired.






Ditto to "Good Little Read"

If you read the review titled "Good Little Read" from October 2007, that pretty much says exactly what I would. Short book, didn't say a lot, kept it clean, didn't provide a lot of details, etc.

I was surprised how short the book is. I got it out of the library Friday evening and finished it in a one and a half days-probably could have finished it less if I hadn't of been working. I thought that this book shouldn't have even been a hardbound, it should have been a supermarket paperback sold at the checkstand. Geez, anybody who pays $25 for this is spending a lot.

I hope he uses his money well, as he will most likely fade into the past and find a second occupation as SO many stars have since the Golden Age of Hollywood and the Big Band era. No different now, except this generation seems to get screwed up easier. Hopefully Lance won't fall into that pit.


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At sixteen, Lance Bass received a phone call from Justin Timberlake that would change his life forever. Soon after, he left his small-town home in Clinton, Mississippi, to join an emerging musical group called *NSYNC. Two years later *NSYNC was inspiring Beatles-esque mania around the world, becoming the face of the new MTV generation, and earning the all-time record for most album sales in a single day (more than one million) and in a single week for No Strings Attached.

He's remained in the spotlight ever since, and here he talks in depth for the first time about his childhood, his astonishing experiences as a young man and Christian growing up in one of the biggest bands in the world, his shock and frustration at the band's eventual dissolution, and his subsequent career, including his four months in Russia, training to become a cosmonaut.

He also frankly discusses life as a gay man -- his first same-sex relationship at twenty-one, his struggle to keep his sexuality hidden from *NSYNC's fans in case it jeopardized the band's success, and the true circumstances that led to his decision to publicly come out at the age of twenty-seven.

Full of fascinating behind-the-scenes lore and revealing insights from a pop star who, until now, has been notoriously private, Out of Sync is the book that millions of fans have been waiting for.


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