Still Missing by Chevy Stevens
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| I had no idea that Oprah backed this book...WHAT UP, OPRAH! |
Think she'll read my blog now? Yeah, me neither!
If you're a total freak like me, you've always been afraid of being abducted. Who wouldn't be, right?
So, I started reading this book and it was like my worst nightmares coming true. The detail and the imagery of the experiences that this woman has to endure are burned into my mind. The psychological games that her abductor plays with her are so frightening, but given what you hear about in the news, altogether too possible.
Here are some of the parts that really struck me:
"But if somebody is telling you the sky is green, even though you know it's blue, and they act like the sky is green and they keep saying it's green day in, day out, like they really believe it, eventually you could start wondering if maybe you're nuts for thinking it's blue."
"Being hit was a physical act that made me feel defiant. But the mind shit? That really did a number on me, and as the months pass, the voices of my loved ones faded to whispers and their faces blurred. Little by little, the sky became green."
"I remember reading once that if you have a bird that's lived in a cage for a long time and you leave the cage door open, the bird won't leave right away. I never understood that before."
The book is set in her therapy sessions after returning from her abduction. Annie's world is all turned around and she has no idea who she can trust since her abductor basically told her lies about her friends and family.
There is a part about a baby and, let's just say, if you've lost a baby, you may want to be prepared for some uncomfortable reading. I just always think that I'd want to be prepared for that rather than happen upon it in a book.
So, what are you guys reading?
My current book is not exactly a page turner, but I am enjoying parts of it. It's Not Ready For Mom Jeans by Maureen Lipnski. I'm trying to alternate between serious books and humorous books. Has anyone tried Didn't I Feed You Yesterday? by Laura Bennett? Still one of the best "mom books" I've read to date.
8 comments:
Wow that one sounds intense. I'm reading the Girl who Kicked the Hornet's Nest for my book club. Read the rfirst 2, now we are on the last one.
I've been reading Red Hook Road for the last 2 months. I never seem to find time to finish it. I've renewed it now 4 times from the library and they're finally demanding it back because someone else wants to read it. Sheesh...
Still Missing sounds like a great book...I got chills reading those excerpts that you posted. I may have to add it to my library list!! I love funny parenting books...such my style!!!
That book would freak me out, but I think I'd like to read it.
Laura Bennett's book is one of my all-time favs.
I need to get to the library to get something new to read.
Ugh. I could not read that book--scary stuff.
Just read Unchartered Territori by the renowned author Tori Spelling. I've read all her books and this one was par for the course (she is an oddly down-to-earth mom).
The Girl in Hyacinth Blue was my book club book and it was not engrossing because practically every chapter was told by a different person. Oh well!
Jealous. I'm stuck reading Hemingway, Frost, James and other such reading for my lit class. I have tried to read something on the side. It's too difficult right now. So I'm stuck mid- 1800's to early 1930's.
I love that you read so much! I love reading too. I don't know what I'd do without it.
Can you tell me about your Kindle? I know that you love it. But I'm thinking of buying one for myself for Xmas. Ideas? Thoughts?
whoa...that sounds intense! I am really hoping to pick a book back up here around the holidays - need to dust them off and dive in again!
I just finished a pretty heavy book, Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri. I love her writing style, but the subject matter was very weighted. I enjoyed it, but I was really ready for a light-hearted read.
I have a couple of authors I pick up on the sale table whenever I see them, Anita Shreve (The Pilot's Wife) being one of them. I'm reading her book Body Surfing right now. I think it's well-written fiction, and thank goodness on a much lighter note. Just what I needed!
That book sounds fascinating, but probably not one I'll pick up. The last thing I need most days is to play more psychological games with myself! HA!
Too scary for me to read. I'm a chicken.
I'm reading "Savannah Breeze." I can't figure out the linky tool, otherwise I would look for it.
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