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"Dawn makes a sound. If you listen closely, right as the sun starts to come up, you’ll hear it. It’s like the echo of birth: silence, followed by a gentle push, followed by moans, then the sloppy deluge of new life. On good days I like it because it reminds me that I’m alive. On bad days it makes me feel like dust."

Can you believe that writing? I read this book as part of my New Year’s resolution to go through my Kindle and read some of the many, many books already there. And I picked a winner. Sadly, it doesn’t seem like this is available in ebook format right now but I hope that changes soon.

Yes, I know, I am very late to the party on this one. But GSH has now made it onto my list of favorite books ever. I had heard so much about this book and it lived up to every word of hype. I fell in love with Jacob Grace and want to be best friends with Beatrice!

“Something about being with him made me warm, like I was sitting in front of a fireplace whose embers were barely flickering, yet still giving off heat. It made me feel safe.”

Beatrice is a lonely artist living in the vast wasteland called Los Angeles and meets a kindred soul in Jacob, a writer. They are both funny, sad, loyal and both seeking the perfect soul mate. This book is at times hilarious, poignant, tragic and uplifting. The description of life in L.A. is priceless.

“She tossed her hair around when she laughed like the glamorous android slut monster I knew she was. Jacob would never give the time of day to a girl like her, I told myself. Be that as it may, I focused on the ceiling panel above her head. I tried to will it loose. I wanted it to crash down and squash her like a villain in a cartoon. And I’m a pacifist.”

This book is a journey and although I could tell where the story was ultimately going, it was absolutely breathtaking. The author has a true gift of words. Her characters were vivid, real, funny and very flawed. I can’t wait to read ‘How to Kill a Rock Star’ and experience more of her talent for storytelling.

“That’s why I love you. Because you say ridiculous... things like that. Normal people don’t say things like that, Jacob. All my life I waited for someone who would say things like that to me. And for someone I didn’t feel alone in the presence of. Someone who understood. Someone who would make me feel like it wasn’t just me against the world. Even when we’re not together.”

The author has lots to say about love, sex, friendship, forgiveness and the bonds of family. This book resonated with me on many different levels. Read this book!! It might change your life!! And the cover is absolutely perfect for the story. I highlighted a ton of passages in this book and it is very difficult to pick a favorite but I loved this one:

“We’re all searching for something to fill up what I like to call that big, God-shaped hole in our souls. Some people use alcohol, or sex, or their children, or food, or money, or music, or heroin. A lot of people even use the concept of God itself. I could go on and on. I used to know a girl who used shoes. She had over two-hundred pairs. But it’s all the same thing, really. People, for some stupid reason, think they can escape their sorrows.”

Tiffanie DeBartolo is my kind of writer and I can’t wait to read more of her stories.


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GodShaped Hole Tiffanie DeBartolo 9781570719585 Books Reviews

I'm not sure I'll ever read anything smiliar tonthis master piece. I'm also sure, I'm going to need a whopper of a book to pull me out of the book hangover I'm about to have. What a powerful ride. I knew it was coming and I purposely put it down yesterday to head to a all day Pain in the Grass concert. My husband said bring it with, I know how much you're loving it, you haven't put the damn thing down. I shook my head, I can't. Him being the man he is, he let it go. Tiffanie, you wrote the most beautiful story, one of which will remain with me forever. It moved me in ways I couldn't try to explain is I tried.

I love relating with people especially woman, it hasn't happened often because I relate more to men than I ever do to woman. I related so much with Trixie in this story. I even got goosebumps which I found so oddly weird. Harley's & the BlueAngels jets are the only things in which move me for that to happen. Oh and laying hands on my husband. Let's not forget about him, he glued my broken soul back together. Words to describe how I'm feeling, heartbroken, aged, powerful, but all with a smile on my face. If Tarryn won't have posted this in our group, I might not have taken a chance on your book. I often skip blurs and this one would've intrigued me right off the bat. Going to buy How to Kill a Rockstar now. Hopefully, this will help me get past the book hangover. Thank you for writing such a powerful beautiful story. I've already recommended it and have gotten another fellow bookworm to start it. Hope it touches them the way it has me. High recommend this one peeps. Just one-click, you can thank me later.❤️❤️❤️
Jacob's thoughts make writing a review difficult

“He believed that any work an artist puts forth which contains the truth as he or she sees it is worthy of consideration, and any commentary of the work beyond that is nothing more than pure individual opinion and should not be considered relevant to the work itself.”

With that said, let me give my irrelevant opinion. Going in, I didn’t know what to expect since I rarely read blurbs or reviews prior to reading a book. The prelude gives us an idea of what may be to come, but even with this knowledge the story still has the ability to rip readers’ hearts and guts out and stomp all over them. I will not be recovering from this book for ages, and I mean that in the best way possible. God-Shaped Hole is funny, smart, and heartbreakingly real. I’ve never read a love story that felt as realistic as this one. Beatrice and Jacob’s relationship wasn’t the perfection that is often depicted in most contemporary books. Their arguments were how they play out for real couples full of pride and pettiness. Their character traits made them seem like people I know. I loved how at times, Beatrice wanted to give in to end a stand-off, but her pride wouldn’t let her. How many times do we as humans want to say, “I love you, you idiot. Let’s be happy again,” but our egos get in the way? Beatrice was a girl after my own heart, with her genuine personality and hate of materialistic people and the culture of Los Angeles.

The writing within these pages is so deliciously superb, I feel idiotic and inadequate trying to make my words convey how out of this world Tiffanie DeBartolo’s talent is. I won’t do her writing justice with anything I say.

Beatrice is an eccentric jewelry-maker, living in and hating the city of Los Angeles. When she finds a “Wanted” ad in the Weekly saying, “If your intentions are pure, I’m seeking a friend for the end of the world,” intrigued, she gives the number a call. When she receives a call-back, her world as she knew it ends and begins again with Jacob Grace.

There were things within this book that I loved and there were things I hated. My chest was literally hurting when I finished reading. I had to leave the room my kids were in to keep them from thinking something was wrong with me, I was sobbing so hard. Any book that can sink its teeth in me enough to make me feel, whether I love everything about it or not, is destined to become a lifetime favorite of mine. Very few authors have the ability to convey deep emotions, to make their readers feel connected to fiction is a true strength of an artist.

I read some reader reviews expressing the ending of this book felt too rushed. For me, the ending made this book. While it left me wrecked (my stomach still hurts hours later), I didn’t think the conclusion could have been more perfect, especially when Beatrice finally names her journal. Those three unsaid words were genius, and tied the whole story together in a way that I’m still reeling over. An ending that leaves a reader wanting is pure gold, and Tiffanie nailed it. I want to say much more, but I’m afraid I will inadvertently spoil things for potential readers. My one request to readers, is please do not shy away from this title because of the heavy emotions you are bound to experience. It is worth the read and has instantly become a favorite of mine.

Now for How to Kill a Rockstar!

Review originally published on 5171 Miles Book Blog.
"Dawn makes a sound. If you listen closely, right as the sun starts to come up, you’ll hear it. It’s like the echo of birth silence, followed by a gentle push, followed by moans, then the sloppy deluge of new life. On good days I like it because it reminds me that I’m alive. On bad days it makes me feel like dust."

Can you believe that writing? I read this book as part of my New Year’s resolution to go through my and read some of the many, many books already there. And I picked a winner. Sadly, it doesn’t seem like this is available in ebook format right now but I hope that changes soon.

Yes, I know, I am very late to the party on this one. But GSH has now made it onto my list of favorite books ever. I had heard so much about this book and it lived up to every word of hype. I fell in love with Jacob Grace and want to be best friends with Beatrice!

“Something about being with him made me warm, like I was sitting in front of a fireplace whose embers were barely flickering, yet still giving off heat. It made me feel safe.”

Beatrice is a lonely artist living in the vast wasteland called Los Angeles and meets a kindred soul in Jacob, a writer. They are both funny, sad, loyal and both seeking the perfect soul mate. This book is at times hilarious, poignant, tragic and uplifting. The description of life in L.A. is priceless.

“She tossed her hair around when she laughed like the glamorous android slut monster I knew she was. Jacob would never give the time of day to a girl like her, I told myself. Be that as it may, I focused on the ceiling panel above her head. I tried to will it loose. I wanted it to crash down and squash her like a villain in a cartoon. And I’m a pacifist.”

This book is a journey and although I could tell where the story was ultimately going, it was absolutely breathtaking. The author has a true gift of words. Her characters were vivid, real, funny and very flawed. I can’t wait to read ‘How to Kill a Rock Star’ and experience more of her talent for storytelling.

“That’s why I love you. Because you say ridiculous... things like that. Normal people don’t say things like that, Jacob. All my life I waited for someone who would say things like that to me. And for someone I didn’t feel alone in the presence of. Someone who understood. Someone who would make me feel like it wasn’t just me against the world. Even when we’re not together.”

The author has lots to say about love, sex, friendship, forgiveness and the bonds of family. This book resonated with me on many different levels. Read this book!! It might change your life!! And the cover is absolutely perfect for the story. I highlighted a ton of passages in this book and it is very difficult to pick a favorite but I loved this one

“We’re all searching for something to fill up what I like to call that big, God-shaped hole in our souls. Some people use alcohol, or sex, or their children, or food, or money, or music, or heroin. A lot of people even use the concept of God itself. I could go on and on. I used to know a girl who used shoes. She had over two-hundred pairs. But it’s all the same thing, really. People, for some stupid reason, think they can escape their sorrows.”

Tiffanie DeBartolo is my kind of writer and I can’t wait to read more of her stories.