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C.G. Twiles is the pseudonym for a longtime writer and reporter who loves Gothic, animals, ancient history, cemeteries, traveling, and old houses.
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Average rating: 4.06 · 876 ratings · 321 reviews · 12 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Neighbors in Apartment 3D 3.93 avg rating — 326 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	The Last Star Standing 4.20 avg rating — 102 ratings — published 2021 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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My NEW Thriller! The Night She Missed the Train

Hi everyone!

It's been awhile since I've released a new book. Life got in the way a bit. But ARCs my new release, The Night She Missed the Train, is now available via BookSirens.

There are limited ARCs and half are already gone. so if you would like an ARC head over there fast or contact me!

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Under a Rock: A Memoir

by Chris Stein

bookshelves: currently-reading, biography, celebrity, creativity, memoir, music, rich-people, nostalgia, sixties

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C.G. Twiles said: " Blondie's album Parallel Lines was one of the first (if not THE first) albums I received as a kid and I wore it out on my little turntable so I was excited to be approved for this ARC. Unlike a lot of popular bands/musicians at the time, Blondie has Blondie's album Parallel Lines was one of the first (if not THE first) albums I received as a kid and I wore it out on my little turntable so I was excited to be approved for this ARC. Unlike a lot of popular bands/musicians at the time, Blondie has only grown in stature and legend since its chart topping run in the late 70s, early 80s. It is often credited with having the first number one song to feature rap.

Chris Stein was a founding member and his long-term girlfriend was none other than lead singer/icon Debbie Harry. (If you're a Debbie fan please check out her amazing memoir, Face.) It's absolutely astonishing to me that Chris, drug-addled as he was most of the time, has such a sharp memory for his entire life, starting with his childhood in Brooklyn (I had no idea I live about 5 minutes from where Chris Stein grew up on Coney Island Ave! Hi neighbor!) and ending with his post-Blondie/present life.

The most interesting part for me was Chris and the band's poverty-filled grind living in the enormous, rat-filled lofts of 70s downtown NYC - lofts that now sell in the millions. It's a real snapshot of old school NYC with its burgeoning punk scene, composed of CBGB bands like The Ramones, Television, Patti Smith and Blondie. Blondie was considered the "joke" band- it has a sexy blonde girl lead singer and its songs were more ballad-y and accessible. It would go on to be the most popular group. The times are so tough that Debbie is r*ped by an intruder to their loft while Chris is tied up in another room. They are repeatedly robbed. People overdose and die. Their cats kill huge rats. All stuff that would have sent most people running back to the burbs and who could blame them? (A moment of silence for poor kitty Sunday Man, who disappears from Debbie's sister's house. I was worried about the 3 cats the entire book).

Sadly, like most bands, bad business decisions and drugs conspired to rob these creatives of their money and Chris Stein ended up basically broke (though I'm assuming he's not now? Hard to tell.)

Occasionally the book veers into continual name dropping (X came over, then Y dropped by, then Z said hello, and I ran into A on the street... etc) and I did not recognize the majority of the names. So I found myself skipping over various portions.

If you love Blondie, music, or the 70s NYC punk/New Wave scene, this memoir is required reading. I just reviewed Under a Rock by Chris Stein. #NetGalley

Thank you Chris Stein, NetGalley and the publisher for an ARC in exchange for an honest review. ...more "

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Unthinkable: An Extraordinary Journey Through the World's Strangest Brains

by Helen Thomson (Goodreads Author)

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Airport

by Arthur Hailey

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“She knew this wouldn't lead anywhere good, but she couldn't resist all the good she'd pass through before she got to the bad.”
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“In three minutes, I'll be a murderer. A famous one.”
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“I feel like the minute I stopped lying, everyone else started.”
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“She knew this wouldn't lead anywhere good, but she couldn't resist all the good she'd pass through before she got to the bad.”
― C.G. Twiles, The Best Man on the Planet

tags: gothic, gothic-fiction, gothic-romance, gothic-thriller, romantic-thriller, suspense-romance

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“What a heartbreaking profession he had chosen, but she supposed there was no choice when it came to creative callings. They were more like curses.”
― C.G. Twiles, The Neighbors in Apartment 3D

tags: creative-people, creative-process, creative-work

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“In three minutes, I'll be a murderer. A famous one.”
― C.G. Twiles, The Last Star Standing