Gone Girl

My family and I were stuck in Nebraska all day yesterday. We left the house at 9:00 am and didn't get home until 1:00 am the next morning. I was stuck in a strange town without my laptop and without cell service! Thankfully I remembered to bring "Gone Girl" with me and was able to spend the entire day reading, with the wonderful and frequent interruptions from my husband and daughter. I read the whole thing, every time I put it down and needed a break, I would have to pick it back up. This book was amazing, every time you knew what was going on the story changed, my kind of book. I believe we left off where Nick's wife, Amy went missing. The book is made up of Amy's journal entries and then Nick's narrations. I would really hate to give key events away for those of you who might start reading it but here are some good parts. Amy's journal started off with her loving Nick, Nick is brilliant, Nick is such a good man, then starts going into, Nick got really mad and pushed me, I was so afraid that I went to go purchase a gun. The whole town believes Nick murdered his wife, the cops discovered the crime scene in their living room had been staged and blood had been moped up in the kitchen. All the evidence points to him but then something crazy happens. I won't say but, I would recommend this books to anyone who loves a good psychological thriller/mystery.

Gone Girl

This week I have started a new Gillian Flynn book, "Gone Girl". I chose another book from this author because her novels keep me engaged and I really love the way she is able to describe things to her readers. This book starts off with a husband and wife that fell out of love, they were writers in New York but lost their jogs and moved back to Missouri. Nick (the husband) and his sister opened a bar and when nick gets a call from his neighbor telling him his door is wide open, he rushes home to find his wife, Amy, gone with signs of struggle in the house. So far there are no leads but I am very anxious to get back to my reading tonight before bed. My love of Gillian's novels make me seem all dark and twisty, but I am not. I just really admire her work and her unique imagination. I'm not aware of any other books written by her so I'm already wondering what I will read next and if I will be interested the same as I am in these books. I've read every book I have at home at least twice so I think a trip to the bookstore is in order. I would love some recommendations from anyone who enjoys similar taste in reading, so if you have any feel free to reply!

Reading log
Friday 3/22 - 6:00-8:00
Saturday 3/23- 8:00-9:15

Finished

Well, I finished "Sharp Objects" this book was very good and a little unexpected. I won't say the end but it gets pretty crazy and if you like the dark mystery kinds of books I encourage you to read this one if you haven't already. In an odd way I can relate to the main character, Camille. Her sister passed away and has a very strained relationship with her mother, I've also dealt with those issues. For whatever other reasons I felt close with her and felt very sad for the life she had to live in her mother's house. I believe there is a new Gillian Flynn book out and want to buy it for my pleasure read next week. I've also read her book, "Bad things Happen" I loved that one as well! The way she describes things is amazing and paints a clear picture for her readers. I used to want to be a writer but I'm not sure if I could come up with some of the stuff I read in her books. She's a pretty amazing writer!

Reading Log
Monday, March 11- 7:00pm-8:00pm
Tuesday, March 12- 5:30pm-7:00pm
Wednesday, March 13- 8:00pm-10:15pm

Getting good

Well "Sharp Objects" is officially getting good! A couple who owns a diner found Natalie's(the missing girl) body in between 2 buildings, her teeth were also gone. It seems to me like these 2 little girls were killed for their teeth but, I'm not sure at this point. I also discovered a few about Camille and why she had such a hard time going back home to Wind Gap. On her 13th birthday her sister died. I haven't found out how yet, just that she was sick. Also, Camille cuts herself, she doesn't just slice her skin open though, she carves word into her skin. Her body is filled with scars and scrachings of words from head to toe. She stopped after she carved one last word into her neck and went to an institution for twelve weeks. Her younger step sister seem peculiar. She has a doll house or Adora(her mother) changes her color scheme, she gets very upset and frustrated. When she's around Adora she acts like a small child and gets rocked but when she out of the house she changes her clothes and bullies others with her group of friends, there is something off about her. I believe Camille may be starting a fling with the Kansas City detective who is helping with the investigation of the murders, we shall see.

Reading log-
Monday- 8:30 pm-9:00 pm
Thursday- 9:00 pm-10:00 pm
Sunday-6:00 pm-6:45 pm

I started reading Sharp Objects, by Gillian Flynn. Great author, I love her novels!
Camille Preaker is from a small town in Missouri, Wind Gap. she works in Chicago as a writer and is sent back to her old town to snoop around and get a good story about a young girl who was murdered and one who went missing there. She's dreading going back to where she's from. She doesn't have a good relationship with her mother and barely knows her kid sister. When she arrives in town she doesn't go straight to her Mother's house, which she will be staying at during her investigation. She heads to the police department, they give her no details.
She quickly joined the search party for the missing girl, she recovered from a fellow searcher a few details about the murder that also took place there, her teeth were all missing when she was found in the woods.
I'm eager to pick it up again, to learn about why Camille is so nervous and hesitant to return to her home and what happened with the girls. I've been traveling this week so it's been hard to read as much as I would like to.