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Out of Sync: A Memoir
by
Lance Bass,
Marc Eliot
Lance Bass tells all about his life, his music, and his sexuality in this candid, compelling memoir.
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-...more
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-...more
Hardcover, 256 pages
Published
October 23rd 2007
by Simon Spotlight Entertainment
(first published 2007)
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I will not lie, I adored this book. I wonder if it was written like John Barrowman's - his words transcribed and edited into format. Because this was not well enough written to be completely done by a ghost writer, but not badly enough done to just be Lance. *g*
It wasn't nearly as dishy as all of his promo interviews have been, which is sad. And it didn't really give that much new info. I do wonder at what has been cut or was never put in. It was nice having some fan ideas confirmed...more
It wasn't nearly as dishy as all of his promo interviews have been, which is sad. And it didn't really give that much new info. I do wonder at what has been cut or was never put in. It was nice having some fan ideas confirmed...more
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Yes. I did, indeed, read this "book". And yes, it is, in fact, as bad as you thought it would be...and then some.
Here I thought I'd be getting a juicy, in depth, secret look into the life of Lance, and his fellow NSYNCers, complete with all of the gossip and behind-the-scenes looks at their strange "brotherhood", and all I got was a high school essay on Lance's life story. I felt like the details revealed were on the surface of the surface level. There wasn't one piece...more
Here I thought I'd be getting a juicy, in depth, secret look into the life of Lance, and his fellow NSYNCers, complete with all of the gossip and behind-the-scenes looks at their strange "brotherhood", and all I got was a high school essay on Lance's life story. I felt like the details revealed were on the surface of the surface level. There wasn't one piece...more
So its hard to rate this book because I'm a huge *NSYNC fan.
So the actual book.... I thought time wise it was ALL over the place. I guess being such a big fan I was surprised to discover how much I actually already knew. In fact, not much of the book was new information. There were a number of parts that could have gotten so juicy but just stopped as if to not reveal any "good" information.
This book left me sad. I feel like they abandoned their fans and the entire ...more
So the actual book.... I thought time wise it was ALL over the place. I guess being such a big fan I was surprised to discover how much I actually already knew. In fact, not much of the book was new information. There were a number of parts that could have gotten so juicy but just stopped as if to not reveal any "good" information.
This book left me sad. I feel like they abandoned their fans and the entire ...more
I learned from this book that there's no limit to the number of times an author can use the word "amazing" in a single volume.
I really wanted to hear Lance's story but the writing, even the introduction, was so poor that sometimes I wasn't sure I could finish it. I know that this was Lance's voice and his words but it really needed some polishing. If the timeline had been more clear and some of the awkward phrasing had been cleaned up (and the exclamation marks removed) the book would have been much better.
Despite all of the issues with the writing and the disjointed way the story was told I did feel that ...more
Despite all of the issues with the writing and the disjointed way the story was told I did feel that ...more
I really liked this book. It felt very real and honest and kind of makes me want to start living life. And its short so he gets right to the point. Talks about his childhood and how he started singing and how he joined NSYNC and all about the crazy fans and atempting his childhood dream of going into space and what if felt like to be gay while in a super popular boy band. He seems like a really nice guy. And he seems devoted to his fans and was heartbroken when NSYNC split up (it was Justin's fa...more
I'm torn about this book. On the one hand, there were parts that were interesting such as the formation of this band and its battle with their handler, Lou Perlman. On the other hand, too much felt glossed over or written in a very superficial manner. Over the years I have heard Lance Bass described as a nice Southern gentleman. That may be a nice compliment, but it does not translate well into an autobiography. Bass provides no real depth into his struggles with his sexuality, his first sexual ...more
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I found this book really interesting, I think mainly because I am an N SYNC fan. I enjoyed reading about what actually happened in their lawsuit with Lou Pearlman and how they bounced back from that. Also, about how Lance actually got the Astronaut gig and what really went down in why he was unable to go to space. I thought it was a good read and an easy read finished in less than a day.
Lance always was my favorite member of *N Sync so I was very excited to read this book. While Lance tended to repeat himself a lot, the book was a very easy read and you felt as if you were just sitting down with a friend talking as you read the book. I definitely think you should read it if you are or ever were an *N Sync fan! I love you Lance! Keep on rockin' on!
Read it. LOVED it. BIG OL' Lance Bass fan. I wrote the longest review on EARTH on my journal when I read it so I won't spew here but suffice it to say I enjoyed it. Not Pulitzer prize winning but it tells his story quite nicely. Proud of him.
This is an average memoir. I was hoping for a few more details...it seemed that Lance didn't go too deep with anything he shared. I felt like this was an interesting "overview" of his life.
This was quick read, and the writing was amateur; but it was interesting to find out the secrets and details of his life thus far. I always wondered what went on behind closed doors!
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While it was entertaining to read what went on behind the scenes during N*Sync's rapid rise to fame - even though I wasn't particularly a fan - I felt that many details were left out, and the pace of the book moved so fast that sometimes it felt like I was reading a summary rather than a novel.
Especially disappointing was the lack of real details that Lance was willing to reveal about his personal life, giving only broad hints and changing people's names, etc. All in all, it felt too much...more
Especially disappointing was the lack of real details that Lance was willing to reveal about his personal life, giving only broad hints and changing people's names, etc. All in all, it felt too much...more
I was a fan of Nsync and was a big fan of Lance. This book was interesting to read because it tells some of the things he went through and why there was never another album.
Lance seems like a genuinely nice guy with a decent story to tell, but it gets told in simplistic fashion. With too many exclamation points.
I didn't totally hate it, but it was pretty horrible. It's a 1.5-star book for fans, a negative-star book for non-fans.
A very quick, very easy read. The writing seemed a bit amateur, more like a blog than a book.
Great read about Lance's journey to discover his sexual identity.
I am an Nsync fan...what more can I say?
i love nsync but this was obviously a tell all.
I love Lance, what can I say?
i read it in one sitting...
Well, Lance certainly isn't a writer. I think I went into this hoping that it'd be an important GLBT piece of writing but, of course, it isn't. It reads a lot like the silly teen biographies of *NSYNC and the Backstreet Boys that I have, and doesn't go much further beneath the surface than those did. Still, fans of *NSYNC and Lance in particular will probably enjoy hearing some of the facts from the horse's mouth, and it doesn't stray too far into kiss & tell territory.
I put this book on my wish list for my birthday partly as a joke and partly because it was Lance's book and I thought I might like reading it.
I finished it in a day (its only 192 pages in medium print) but I had to stop before Chap. 5 because I knew that would be the space chapter. The following would be the end of the group. If you're an oldschool 'NSYNC fan, the book will be a trip down memory lane for you. Read it. It won't take long and its good for nostalgia.
I finished it in a day (its only 192 pages in medium print) but I had to stop before Chap. 5 because I knew that would be the space chapter. The following would be the end of the group. If you're an oldschool 'NSYNC fan, the book will be a trip down memory lane for you. Read it. It won't take long and its good for nostalgia.
I think it's hilarious that I picked up this book. Ya know, it wasn't bad, either. I had a good time reading it. Learned some things about Nsync and the Backstreet Boys. I learned a lot about the industry and how it all works. I never would have really thought about it. It really gives you an inside look at Nysnc and most of all Lance. I never knew about his space experiences or the story of how Nysnc finally came to fall apart. Really interesting.
If you like *nsync as much as i do you'll love this book. Lance acutally tells us quite a bit that happened in his personal life. What surprised me was how he was able to keep his homosexuality a secret from the other guys so long. Oh and by the way you guys Lance is a singer and a dancer not an author or an English major so if you expected it to be brilliantly written, im not surprised you were dissappointed.
Erin
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Yes, his prose is pretty bad, but his stories are actually very interesting. It's fun to get an inside look at how a famous boyband got screwed out of all of their money, and how Bass had to hide his sexuality and play it straight through all of his success. The writing is clunky with overwrought metaphors. But the book is a fun, light, and very quick read (only 195 pages!).
As a hardcore *NSYNC fan, this book was great!! It was so interesting to be able to hear first hand from Lance about his time with *NSYNC, his space training and even his coming out. I would recommend this to anyone who was or even those who weren't *NSYNC fans :)
I love you Lance! Justin on the other hand, grrrrrrrrr.
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James Lance Bass, best known as Lance Bass, is an American pop singer, actor, film and television producer, and author. He grew up in Mississippi and rose to fame as the bass singer for the American pop boy band 'N Sync. 'N Sync's success led Bass to work in film and television. He starred in the 2001 film On the Line, which his company, Bacon & Eggs, also produced. Bass later formed a second prod...more
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