I Don't want the World to See Me

Goodreads has just added a way to give you book recommendations based on what you have read and liked.
It looks to be pretty effective. It sorts based on what shelf, what genre, and what things you read for each year. Some of the lesser shelves, like my J shelf where I have only liked 1 thing that I have read on it, there are some pretty random weird things lol.

If anyone wants to check out my book reviews, you can...follow/friend/watch/whatever they call it over there, this should lead to my profile:
http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/758046-amy

I've been meaning to write this for a bit, but you know me...LAZY!

I already reviewed another book by this author--The Brothers Bishop. This book, Leave Myself Behind, is his first one, and I fell in love with it from the start.

( Summary from back of book: )

I didn't really think Noah swore all that much. From reading that summary, I thought I would be reading about this little punk that I would be wanting to murder, but I fell in love with him instantly. The mystery with the mason jars showing up in the walls of his home as it slowly crashed around him - literally and figuratively - was fascinating. Right in the height of the mystery, I was sitting in my chair, feet proped on my bed, unmoving for an hour and just so obsorbed that it took 5 minutes to 'come out of the book'

The characters were all so much fun, from Noah's insane mother who wasn't beyond taking a sledgehammer to the house walls, to Donna, JD's mother who brought 'teh drama,' to JD himself, loveable guy that Noah starts to fall for.

Warnings for this book--past distress of rape and incest (very, very minor), and past death of a baby, that was actually very unsettling and probably the only thing that deserves a warning.

Lastly, I will leave you with some excerpts taken from the first 3 chapters of the book, if they will all fit :D
( Excerpts this-a-way )

I flailed a bit already about this on goodreads.com, but it just seems silly not to flail (some more) over here :D

This book was hard to put down, and I always felt like I was in a daze when I finally did because it was so easy to get sucked into the story.

I love how, as the story moves forwards, we get glimpses into the past and of the events that shaped these two brother's lives and what is responsible for who they are.

*Warning* This deals with incest, underage sex, and homophobia. But tastefully done, if that makes any sense. Plus, the ending is so sad I was depressed for the rest of the day.

Summary from flap:
Tommy and Nathan Bishop are as different as two brothers can be. Carefree and careless, Tommy is the golden boy who takes men into his bed with a seductive smile and turns them out just as quickly. No one can resist him — and no one can control him, either. That salient point certainly isn't lost on his brother. Nathan is all about control. At thirty-one, he is as dark and complicated as Tommy is light and easy, and he is bitter beyond his years. While Tommy left for the excitement of New York City, Nathan has stayed behind, teaching high school English in their provincial hometown, surrounded by the reminders of their ruined family history and the legacy of anger that runs through him like a scar.
( More summary--this got long )

And, here is an excerpt for part of the first chapter:

( click me, click me )