Wednesday 28 July 2010

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Review: My Big Nose and Other Natural Disasters by Sydney Salter

 My Big Nose and Other Natural Disasters by Sydney Salter My Big Nose and Other Natural Disasters by Sydney Salter (review copy) - It’s the end of junior year, and summer is about to begin. The Summer of Passion, to be exact, when Jory Michaels plans to explore all the possibilities of the future--and, with any luck, score a boyfriend in the process. But Jory has a problem. A big problem. A curvy, honking, bumpy, problem in the form of her Super Schnozz, the one thing standing between Jory and happiness. And now, with the Summer of Passion stretched before her like an open road, she's determined for Super Schnozz to disappear. Jory takes a job delivering wedding cakes to save up for a nose job at the end of the summer; she even keeps a book filled with magazine cutouts of perfect noses to show the doctor. But nothing is ever easy for accident-prone Jory--and before she knows it, her Summer of Passion falls apart faster than the delivery van she crashes. In her hilarious and heartbreaking debut novel, Sydney Salter delivers a story about broadening your horizons, accepting yourself, and finding love right under your nose. From Amazon US

This is such a brilliant book! I really loved it! Such a sweet novel! I really loved it!

Jory has two goals for the summer. Find her passion, and get a job so she can save her money for a nose job, so she can nab the gorgeous Tyler Briggs. Her passion goal is half-hearted, as that's what her friends are doing, but she is obsessed with the rest; nose jobs and Tyler - or any other cute guys who happen to be around at the time.

It's really quite sad how badly she thinks about her nose. She keeps a Nice Nose Notebook, where she keeps pictures of models with nice noses to show to the surgeon when she gets her nose job. Everything that goes wrong in her life, is down to her big nose. Her mother is constantly on a diet, and trying to get Jory to wear beauty enhancing make-up. It's just really sad.

But there is more to this book than just Jory's nose. There's friendship, family, and boy issues that go a lot deepers than a squabble and an unrequited crush. But they're all dealt with in such a brilliant way.

I don't know what else I can say about this book. So much goes on in it, and I don't want to spoil it. It really is a brilliant book, one that is right up there with my favourites! I absolutely loved it, and can't recommend it enough! I will definitely be checking out more of Sydney Salter's novels.

Thanks to Sydney for sending me a review copy.

Published: 6th April 2009
Publisher: Graphia Books
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Sydney Salter's Website

8 comments:

  1. I've read other reviews that say this book is great so I can't wait to get my hands on it. Glad you enjoyed it, great review :)

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  2. I almost checked this out of the library yesterday but didn't end up getting it. Kinda sorry I didn't now!

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  3. I just finished Swoon at your own risk and thought it was alrightish. Hopefully, I'll like this better :)

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  4. Cindy - Thank you! Oh, it's such a brilliant book! I really hope you enjoy it when you read it!

    Mollie - Oh, maybe next time! It's such a great book! :)

    Sasha - I haven't yet read Swoon At Your Own Risk, but I'd like to read it. This book was so good! :) I hope you'll like it! :)

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  5. I will definitely have to pick this one up. I will hopefully have time to read it later this summer. I am glad to hear it was really good. I used to have nose issues as a teen so I'd probably relate well to Jory.

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  6. It's such a great book! I really did love it! I hope you enjoy it when you read it! :)

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  7. I'm so happy you clued me in to this book! I can't wait to check it out! BISP month is such a great idea- thank you for supporting it!

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  8. No problem! I hope you enjoy it when you read it, it's such a great book! Aw, thank you! I'm glad you like the idea :)

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