false \ 36061 <![CDATA[My Dark Places]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175373767m/36061.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175373767m/36061.jpg 36061 12 1121999 1996 My Dark Places total:967|5:290|4:381|3:237|2:49|1:10| 967 3793 1259 93 36061 0517288990 9780517288993 781 75 My Dark Places 3.92 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175373767m/36061.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36061.My_Dark_Places 4 43 false Mon Oct 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 13 23:17:30 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 13 22:05:26 -0700 2009
-Eat a chicken wing.
-Talk to my dad about my sex life.
-Read true crime.

Goodreads, however, has caused me to do a great many things that I'd have thought unlikely prior to my booknerd social network addiction, such as:

-Date peo...more...]]> 36061 0517288990 9780517288993 781 75 My Dark Places 3.92 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175373767m/36061.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36061.My_Dark_Places 4 20 false Tue Sep 11 20:33:06 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 10:10:05 -0800 2009 more...]]> 541014 0679762051 9780679762058 137 16 My Dark Places 3.92 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175640621m/541014.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/541014.My_Dark_Places 4 22 false Tue Apr 29 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 25 11:28:13 -0700 2007 Wed Apr 30 17:50:15 -0700 2008
Ellroy really ...more...]]> 541014 0679762051 9780679762058 137 16 My Dark Places 3.92 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175640621m/541014.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/541014.My_Dark_Places 4 36 false Sun Jul 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 19 16:38:16 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 19 18:12:02 -0700 2009 more...]]> 36061 0517288990 9780517288993 781 75 My Dark Places 3.92 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175373767m/36061.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36061.My_Dark_Places 5 5 false Thu Apr 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 27 09:22:00 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 17 10:48:49 -0700 2009 more...]]> 36061 0517288990 9780517288993 781 75 My Dark Places 3.92 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175373767m/36061.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36061.My_Dark_Places 4 1 false Thu Sep 06 07:02:39 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 06 14:51:56 -0700 2007 ...more...]]> 36061 0517288990 9780517288993 781 75 My Dark Places 3.92 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175373767m/36061.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36061.My_Dark_Places 5 0 false Sun Oct 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 27 14:36:01 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 04 20:10:18 -0700 2009 more...]]> 36061 0517288990 9780517288993 781 75 My Dark Places 3.92 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175373767m/36061.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36061.My_Dark_Places 4 13 false Sat Dec 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 30 20:28:30 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 09 21:45:13 -0800 2009 the ritual.
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This book relates the tale of his life following the murder of his mother. It is the tale of an unsuccessful murder investigation.

The book is written in an unemotional manner that forces the reader to feel the emotions rather than read them on th...more...]]> 36061 0517288990 9780517288993 781 75 My Dark Places 3.92 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175373767m/36061.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36061.My_Dark_Places 5 1 false Thu Sep 06 12:44:42 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 09:13:58 -0800 2009 more...]]> 1295189 0099549611 9780099549611 26 1 My Dark Places 3.92 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182555429m/1295189.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1295189.My_Dark_Places 4 0 false Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 08 04:52:51 -0700 2009 Tue Nov 03 04:05:07 -0800 2009
Before I re-read all Ellroy's books, I thought I'd give this one a spin again, to set the scene, so to speak.

This certainly does that, and Ellroy pulls no punches in what he reveals here. At times it fel...more...]]> 36061 0517288990 9780517288993 781 75 My Dark Places 3.92 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175373767m/36061.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36061.My_Dark_Places 4 0 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Dec 05 14:19:06 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 04 13:06:04 -0800 2009 more...]]> 36061 0517288990 9780517288993 781 75 My Dark Places 3.92 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175373767m/36061.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36061.My_Dark_Places 4 0 false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Nov 03 21:19:51 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 03 21:30:26 -0800 2009 more...]]> 541014 0679762051 9780679762058 137 16 My Dark Places 3.92 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175640621m/541014.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/541014.My_Dark_Places 2 19 false Fri Sep 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 05:44:35 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 11 10:41:55 -0700 2009 more...]]> 36061 0517288990 9780517288993 781 75 My Dark Places 3.92 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175373767m/36061.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36061.My_Dark_Places 4 6 false Mon Apr 20 00:53:08 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 10 08:56:39 -0700 2009 more...]]> 541014 0679762051 9780679762058 137 16 My Dark Places 3.92 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175640621m/541014.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/541014.My_Dark_Places 2 0 false Mon May 05 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Mar 29 08:56:37 -0700 2008 Mon May 05 21:22:50 -0700 2008 The Black Dahlia and the noir bestseller L.A. Confidential. In this disturbing memoir, he turns his crime fixation on himself and explains why he is the way he is: completely screwed up. Ellroy’s mother Geneva (Jean) Hilliker was strangled to death, possibl...more...]]> 36061 0517288990 9780517288993 781 75 My Dark Places 3.92 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175373767m/36061.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36061.My_Dark_Places 4 0 false Fri Feb 15 03:38:02 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 20 17:08:26 -0800 2008 more...]]> 36061 0517288990 9780517288993 781 75 My Dark Places 3.92 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175373767m/36061.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36061.My_Dark_Places 3 0 false Sun Feb 10 09:12:08 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 10 09:32:20 -0800 2008 Is it possible for a book to be too dark, to sick, too disturbing, even for me? The answer, apparently, is yes.

This book is certainly compelling, in the manner of car crashes and cripples; once you start looking, you will have trouble looking away despite your best efforts. And i...more...]]> 36061 0517288990 9780517288993 781 75 My Dark Places 3.92 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175373767m/36061.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36061.My_Dark_Places 3 0 false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 17 18:42:44 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 25 17:25:39 -0700 2009 more...]]> 36061 0517288990 9780517288993 781 75 My Dark Places 3.92 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175373767m/36061.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36061.My_Dark_Places 3 0 false Sun Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Tue Aug 18 14:02:57 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 18 14:10:19 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=36061