Welcome to Litsy!

The sun will be setting, its dazzling colors threading through the sky, making my cheeks warm.
Then I will wake up.

Good-bye, Ty,
Gemma
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Lucy Christopher is a British/Australian author best known for her novel Stolen, which won the Branford Boase award 2010 in the UK, and the 2010 Gold Inky in Australia. Her second book, Flyaway, was shortlisted for the 2010 Costa Book Awards and the 2010 Waterstone's Children's Book Prize. She currently lives between Australia and the United Kingdom and has just finished her first book for an adult audience, RELEASE.
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You saw me before I saw you. In the airport, that day in August, you had that look in your eyes, as though you wanted something from me, as though you‘d wanted it for a long time.
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I went through a kidnapping book phase and so when I saw this in the Readings catalogue, my heart said IMMEDIATELY YES!

Then I will wake up.
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1. Yes absolutely. It gives you an idea of what you‘re about to read.
2. Stolen by Lucy Christopher
@TheSpineView

It took me awhile to get into this book. I do not like that it does not have chapters, but eventually understood that the entire book is supposed to be a written letter. I loved the way the ending was done though!

actually very good. interesting to see the relationship dynamic change

Kept my attention and a good one time read

You saw me before I saw you.
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My next read 📖 This #unreadbook has been on my shelves for far too long so it's about time I finally read it 🙊

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Young Adult Fiction
2020 01 08

I think there are going to be plot twists that I am looking forward to read.

Write a brief summary of the novel;
who was the protagonist; Gemma she was a teen.
what was his/her problem and how was the problem resolved? Gemma was drugged with her stalker, the stalker then makes her wear wig and changed her clothes to get on a plane to Austria. Her stalker Ty, revealed his past to Gemma, that he has been abandoned since birth. Ty, met Gemma when she was 10 years old and he has been keeping his eyes out for her.

Genre: Young Adult Fiction
Date Started: November 22
Date Completed: December 12, 2019
pages: 304
How did you choose this book: I have stumbled upon this book on the library, the big words of the book hooked my attention.

Genre: Romance, Fiction
Date Started: 10/25/19
Date completed: 11/14/19
Summary: 16 year old Gemma Tombs was kidnapped at the airport by Ty, and they stayed at a dessert in the middle of nowhere. After many attempts to escape, Ty said that if she still hates the place in 4 months he'll take her back. Sadly she got bitten by a snake, and Ty rushed her to the hospital where he turned himself in.

Then I will wake up.
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Beach reading ❤️🦈

Great book. Kinda drug on for awhile but still good. This author made me start to like the villain and portages characteristics well 8/10

You saw me before I saw you.
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This book is absolutely wonderful. There are only two characters that the book centres on, and they are both fully fleshed out and intriguing. There are many questions that the reader will have during the course of the story, and that is what propels the reader further. It becomes a bit stagnant towards the middle, but quickly picks back up. The ending was right in every way, but still hurt a bit. The characters are the novel‘s strongest asset.

Then I will wake up.

Good-bye, Ty,
Gemma
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I liked the book but wanted a bit more. It was more of a less cynical version of kidnapping. Still a good read.

1. Motherless Daughters by Hope Edelman
2. Stolen: A Letter To My Captor by Lucy Christopher
3. I had this really goofy book called The Thingamajig Book Of Manners. It had gross-ish, funny, troll-like characters that showed what you shouldn‘t do....like fart at the dinner table. I was obsessed with that book (I still have it) and I‘m guessing my first lessons came from it.
4. @Babiesandbooks @ReadingOver50

Thanks @GarthRanzz
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Gemma tells the story, her story, in a letter to her kidnapper, Ty. It left me equal parts uncomfortable and captivated. It was an interesting way to get into the psyche of someone who has been abducted, and Christopher did a wonderful job putting the reader in Gemma‘s shoes.

I haven‘t done a #recommendsday in awhile, but a friend recently took my advice and read this book. We had an awesome discussion thereafter! It‘s a total mind trip at the end, which is why I loved it so much. Yes, at one point you may have to suspend belief, but things like this do happen.

If you‘ve read it, what did you think? Total hate, meh or love? I have to add that this isn‘t my usual reading wheelhouse, but i was still moved.

It has taken me forever to read this book, due to reading other things in between. It was moving really slow for me, so I got bored. However, in the last 100 or so pages my interest really peaked. It's decent.

This is a perfectly imperfect love story you will hate to love. The abduction of a 16 year old girl from an airport quickly winds into a cadence of "daily life" stories that at first, You'll want to stop reading but yet can't put down. As I reflect now, moments after hearing the final words, I realise I've heard the story of a young girl who tragically turns into a young woman and the lifelong pain of a man who's illogical thinking makes sense.

Holy smokes. What a good book! The author had me feeling ever single thing and just as confused as Gemma. Fantastic characters and writing! Highly recommend!

Decided to read a real book today, and boy did I miss the way the pages felt between my fingers. Don't get me wrong, I love my kindle. But there is something about a physical book that just can't be replaced.

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I love the description of the Australian desert. I fell in love with the land in the book. This book is incredibly beautiful, and a definite must read. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ #Stolen #LucyChristopher #book #books #bookcollection #bookcover #bookcovers #bookvibe #bookvibes #bookbinding #bookbag #bookblog #bookblogger #booknerd #booknerdsunite #bookmark #bookmarks #bookquote #bookquotes #bookqueen #bookworm #bookworms #epicreads #booked #read #bookreport #nerdy

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Starting a new one today, got totally sucked in

Absolutely adored this book, and spent time crying once I finished. I will definitely find myself reading it again and probably repeating the cycle.

This is one of those books that I wished had a sequel because it's sequel could have so much potential.

I finished this book in a day because I could not put the book down. Grant it I did stay up till 2:00 in the morning just to finish it, but honestly it was worth it!

Lucy Christopher did a stunning job portraying a young girl being kidnapped by a man who only wants to be loved. She is taken to the middle of nowhere in Australia, and is isolated. Only to have the company of the kidnapper, Ty, as her way of staying sane enough to survive.

This is my absolute favorite book! I've read it 3 times and my love for it has never lessoned 😍

Gripping from start to finish. It's hard to hate a kid napped when he's so damn sympathetic. I questioned my sanity while reading this book. Why did I like Ty????? Major feels while reading this. 5/5 stars

#missing #MayBookFlowers This has been on my TBR list for months. I'm hoping to track down a copy soon. Unfortunately my OverDrive doesn't have it as an ebook or audiobook. If it did, I would've read it by now.

This book was amazing. The details were incredible. The story absolutely breathtaking. Overall a 10/10 must read.

You saw me before I saw you. In the airport, that day in August, you had that look in your eyes, as though you'd wanted it for a long time. No one had ever looked at me like that before, with that kind of intensity. It unsettled me, surprised me I guess. Those blue, blue eyes, icy blue, looking back at me as if I could warm them up. They're pretty powerful, you know, those eyes, pretty beautiful too.

As I'm planning my TBR lists for the various 2017 challenges, I want to try my hardest to use books that I already owned and haven't read. Going through my library I found this little gem that I started reading a year or two ago and didn't finish it. It will be my last read for 2016.

I'm not impressed. I can see how others might be, and its clever to make the reader as confused as Gemma, but I was not bewitched by Ty or this book really.

And let's face it, you did steal me. But you saved my life, too.And somewhere in the middle, you showed me a place so different and beautiful, I can never get it out of my mind.
And I can't get you out of there, either.
(Gemma)

Some days it feels better knowing you are here, in the same city, knowing you are close.
Some days that same thought fills me with fear. But either way, I think of you in your cell every night.
(Gemma)

-this is the most heartbreaking part! Almost killed me! 💔

It's all right to be confused, she whispered.
The people we ... care for... aren't always the ones we should...
She wondered if she'd got it right.
(Gemma)