I've just read Scarred by Sophie Andrews. I'm usually a slow reader but I started this book thursday night and finished it this afternoon.
From play.com....
"Growing up, Sophie carried a terrible secret. She was her fathers slave, in the most horrific ways imaginable. At just a few months old she was adopted by a couple that seemed comfortably off and perfectly respectable to the outside world. But behind closed doors, Sophies childhood was a living hell. Her father spent the next decade grooming her for abuse and when Sophies mother left for good, that very night, he told Sophie that from now on she would sleep in his bed. Unable to cope, Sophie spiralled into suicidal misery. She began to self-harm to try and escape the agony. But one day she went too far and at 16, ended up in a psychiatric unit. It was here that she finally confronted the horrors of home and began the painful journey of rebuilding her life. A phenomenally courageous woman, Sophie now works for the Samaritans and helps other young people in need. Harrowing yet compelling, this is a searing and truly inspirational account of overcoming the worst abuse and self-harm."
Right now I'm going through graphic novels and comic books, mostly Gloomcookie comics. =]
OMG! I LOVE Gloomcookie!
You should look into Nightmares and Fairy Tales as well. It's wonderful.
Right now, though, I haven't been reading a whole lot. The occasional handful of pages in Megatokyo here and there. Also, I started Down And Out On Murder Mile by Tony O'Neill, which is absolutely wonderful. Or, as wonderful a book can be about heroin addiction.
But, before that, I was reading Mister B. Gone by Clive Barker.
For the most part, it was very entertaining.
"I hope it stays dark forever; I hope the worst isn't over
And I hope you blink before I do; Yeah I hope I never get sober And I hope when you think of me years down the line; You can't find one good thing to say
And I'd hope that if I found the strength to walk out; You'd stay the hell out of my way" ~No Children (The Mountain Goats)
today i bought three books as it was buy 2 get third free.
- 20 fragments of ravenous youth- xiaolu guo
-the brief wondrous life of oscar wao- Junot Diaz
- veronika decides to die- Paulo Coelho (ive already read it but its amazing and i want my own copy)
I've just finished New Moon by Stephenie Meyer. I love the series so far, and the movie! I've ordered Eclipse and Breaking Dawn, I can't wait to read them!
At the moment, I'm reading The Sunflower Forest by Torey Hayden. I love her books, I've read loads :)
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yay it was really good and really easy to read. i read it in like three days.
i am just starting jeanette winterson's written on the body.
also my amazon package arrived this morning with the picture of dorian gray (so excited to read this) & tess of the d'urbervilles (high expectations of hardy).
The Lost Diaries of Adrian Mole by Sue Townsend. Needless to say, it's very good. I'm gutted I'm reading through it so quickly because I want it to last and last.
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How could you become as awesome as you are and still feel like a loser?
Along with Peter Pan I am now reading for uni A short History of Financial Euphoria plus other course books I need to dip into such as Cognitive Neuroscience and Economics By Stephen Ison....oh and more....the joys! But Peter Pan is true escapism!
You made up your mind to torture mine!
If you read a scar like a book, you will relise the story in which you over look
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