Thursday, June 17, 2010

if i am missing or dead

so i have a surprising amount of free time currently, especially during the second week of shows.  things will probably change here in a week when children's theatre starts, but only time will tell.  but for now, i am enjoying my tremendous amount of free time.  i have since decided to pick up a book.  and i finished it in a surprising amount of time, to both me and those around me.  i just finished reading if i am missing or dead by janine latus.  it is a true story about a woman's troubled life, her choice of men (all of which abuse her), her (shall we say) over loving father, her family issues, and her sister's troubles with weight and men.  it was a book i couldn't put down.  a book where i yelled at the narrator.  and a book that i recommend.  i'm on a kick of true life stories about different forms of abuse, not sure why.  maybe they make me feel better about my life, like i'm not alone, like i can in some sort of way relate.  first was beautiful boy by david sheff, then if i am missing or dead, now i'm reading smashed by koren zailckas, next in line is tweaked by nic sheff.  beautiful boy was about a father's tale of his son's meth addiction, smashed is about a girl's alcohol abuse, tweaked is the story of the meth addict in beautiful boy. 

any recommendations from you guys?  i'll be looking for a new book in a couple of weeks at the rate i'm going.

as a side note: i'm a total badass.  i fixed a mic today.  had to solder some wires back together.  and now it's working.  gives me more confidence that i can (and am) doing what i always dreamt.  go me!  :)

1 comment:

  1. Bethy, I KNOW you're a total badass... you don't have to tell me! ;p Right now I am knee-deep in a biography of good ol'Sam Houston for my Texas History class. It's pretty good. I am also reading some sci-fi crap for my %#$@^&*#?%$#@! American Lit class. So I don't have much to recommend that is "fun" reading. Sorry. I will say that you can't go wrong with Stephen Ambrose for histories or Zane Grey for western fiction.

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