Misty: My Journey Through Volleyball and Life

I find that one of the best ways to judge books is by the "bother your spouse" factor. Typically my wife is reading some book on a topic that I don't care for, and she'll interrupt me "Can I read you a passage?" or quote me some one-liner from her book that she found interesting. Over the course of a novel, she'll typically "bother" me, let's say, five times. My response is typically to chuckle, more often than not, just to humor her. I rarely "bother" her when I'm reading.I found Misty's new book "Digging Deep..." so entertaining that for the first time I found myself "bothering my spouse" frequently. It seemed like I "bothered" her over 10 times, to share a line or a story from the book. Some of it was sharing insights into the depths of the volleyball world, and some of it was just hilarious stories that Misty has experienced.Misty's book reminds me of the promo line from an old movie entitled "Stuart Saves His Family". The line goes: "You'll laugh because it's not your family, and you'll cry because it is." I did find myself laughing out loud, as well as having tears well up in my eyes while reading Misty's book.I highly recommend Misty's book for its unprecedented "bother your spouse" factor. It's "bother your spouse" factor is so high that my wife can't wait to read it.

Misty May-Treanor is one of the most successful professional volleyball players in the history of the sport. She's won over 100 tournaments, two Olympic gold medals, numerous accolades, etc. etc.I have been a fan of May-Treanor since the 1990s. I immediately pre-ordered my copy of her autobiography via Amazon.com. I wanted to compare her biography to other notable volleyball legends, Sinjin Smith and Karch Kiraly.Overall, I would say her autobiography supplanted Smith and Kiraly's efforts as my top favorites to the top spot. Without giving away too many details, her book offers insight into her upbringing, personal life with her husband (pro baseball player, Matt Treanor), moments of greatness and sadness (you might want to have tissues near you) as well as offering life lessons.This is a wonderful and inspirational book for any sports fan (especially young women).

I love Misty May Treanor and I am still working my way through the book. I thought I would fly through it based on enjoying her story. Instead, I find I am flying through it because there is a lot of repetition. So far, a lot of statistics of Misty's personal volleyball highlights (number of digs, kills, spikes, sets, etc). It is somewhat interesting but it reads like a lot of the "jock" books do. Not a lot of depth. It seems like every page she repeats what a gracious, caring and giving person she is. I already knew that and don't need to read it on every page. Hoping for a surprise in the book and will update my review if anything changes.

Book is great but it came a bit damaged.

My daughter is reading the book. She does not like to read, but she does like volleyball. She is always telling us about it. She will have to do a book report on this as well. So it was a good choice for her.

With all the great reviews I thought my 14 yr old daughter would love this but but did not. She found it boring. We will put it away for a couple years and see if she wants to try to read it then.

If your an athlete read this book. It will change your prospective on training and make you realize what winnings all about.

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