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List Price: $23.95 | | Publisher: Simon Spotlight Entertainment
Salesrank: 86637
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| Media: Hardcover |
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Editorial Review:
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.
Out of Sync: A Memoir Reviews:
Could've been way better! 
2008-08-29 - Lance was always my favorite back in the day when I loved NSync. I was really excited to find out he had written a book. I still remember the day in the Orlando airport I saw the magazine cover of him coming out. I ran right out to get this book. It is a very quick read at a mere 180 pages. I have to say, as much as I love Lance, I didn't really care for the book. I was disappointed in the length, lack of depth, and overall tone. I didn't expect lurid details, nor did I want them, but it just all seemed so superficial and fake. I wouldn't say Lance sold out, but the book does not really represent him very well. I loved the background stories of his family, growing up...but the rest of the book pretty much pertained to the troubles with their manager and the cosmonaut training. I just felt that it was overkill. The major events in Lance's life (besides Nsync and NASA) were brushed over in a paragraph or two...probably due to the short number of pages. I just didn't feel that I got to "know" Lance any better after reading this. I was just disappointed with it and glad I finished it in a day. I highly recommend that you save your money and borrow it from the library. I wish Lance the best of luck in all his future endeavors, but I would have to tell him not to hold his breath for an Nsync reunion. Trust in your self and your faith will take you far. After all, hard things are put in our way, not to stop us, but to call out our courage and strength.
Ditto to "Good Little Read" 
2008-03-24 - 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.
Appreciative Read 
2008-03-21 - 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.
Not without insight 
2008-02-23 - 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?
Nice Guy, NIce Book
2008-02-21 - If you like Lance Bass, you will like him even more after reading this book. A refreshing, straight forward memoir of a young man confronting his sexuality. Well written, almost like sitting next to Lance while he tells you about his life up until now.
