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Interesting mix, Martha -- thank you!
I read that a year or two, Jackie, and liked it very much.
Denise, I'm picking
for you.I live about 30 miles from where Bundy picked up his last victim, likewise about 50 miles from where he sat on Death Row, and the serial killer who came through here in 1990 idolized him. So I read this when it came out, and found it interesting. Happy new year!
Looks like some good reading ahead. I still need to pick. Denise, your pick is on my TBR as well. Martha, I love the early Reacher books -- wild rides!
:-( Bonnie!
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
David Grann
A twisting, haunting true-life murder mystery about one of the most monstrous crimes in American history
In the 1920s, the richest people per capita in the world were members of the Osage Indian Nation in Oklahoma. After oil was discovered beneath their land, the Osage rode in chauffeured automobiles, built mansions, and sent their children to study in Europe.
Then, one by one, they began to be killed off. One Osage woman, Mollie Burkhart, watched as her family was murdered. Her older sister was shot. Her mother was then slowly poisoned. And it was just the beginning, as more Osage began to die under mysterious circumstances.
In this last remnant of the Wild West—where oilmen like J. P. Getty made their fortunes and where desperadoes such as Al Spencer, “the Phantom Terror,” roamed – virtually anyone who dared to investigate the killings were themselves murdered. As the death toll surpassed more than twenty-four Osage, the newly created F.B.I. took up the case, in what became one of the organization’s first major homicide investigations. But the bureau was then notoriously corrupt and initially bungled the case. Eventually the young director, J. Edgar Hoover, turned to a former Texas Ranger named Tom White to try unravel the mystery. White put together an undercover team, including one of the only Native American agents in the bureau. They infiltrated the region, struggling to adopt the latest modern techniques of detection. Together with the Osage they began to expose one of the most sinister conspiracies in American history.
In Killers of the Flower Moon, David Grann revisits a shocking series of crimes in which dozens of people were murdered in cold blood. The book is a masterpiece of narrative nonfiction, as each step in the investigation reveals a series of sinister secrets and reversals. But more than that, it is a searing indictment of the callousness and prejudice toward Native Americans that allowed the murderers to operate with impunity for so long. Killers of the Flower Moon is utterly riveting, but also emotionally devastating.
The colors for January 2024 cover color challenge are white or sky blue. Looking forward to seeing your picks!
Hi, everyone!For anyone unfamiliar, this is a monthly challenge where you post a link to a shelf you created. It can be named "PIFM" or "Pick It For Me" etc, if you want one dedicated only to this challenge, or you can use an existing shelf you already have, as long as it has 100 or fewer books on it. The link must be to the specific shelf, or you will not be partnered.. Indicate how many books you would like to have picked for you from that shelf for the month in question. There is no lower limit as to how many books you can have on your shelf, but, of course, they should be books you are interested in reading during the next month and have ready access to.
On or about the 25th of each month, I will post who picks for whom. In order to accommodate an uneven number of participants, pairs will not be reciprocal -- in other words, it won't be Joanne picking for Jennifer and Jennifer picking for Joanne. It may be Joanne picks for Jennifer, Jennifer picks for Herman, and Herman picks for Suzanne, and someone else entirely picks for Joanne.
IF anyone has not been "picked for" by the 30th, I will pick for them if the designated picker can't be contacted by PM.
When you are assigned someone to pick for, note the number of books in parentheses after that person's name in the pick list, go to the link for their shelf, and pick that number of books for them. Post the books in a new message here. That person has the entire following month to read his/her picks. Someone will be picking for you the same way. We all like to see what people think about their picks, so we hope you will keep us posted in this thread!
Example: "In for five, please!
PIFM"
The HTML template for linking your shelf can be found HERE and if you have trouble, PM me and I will help you.
Your designated shelf must be set so that others can see it. To set up a PIFM shelf for those who would like to, go to the "MY BOOKS" link in the GOODREADS toolbar, scroll down below your shelves on the left until you see the "add shelf" button, and click that. Name it PIFM or Pick It For Me. Add books to it, and post the link to it in this challenge as described above. Again, if you need help, please don't hesitate to PM me!
If you are in for January, post your shelf and the number of picks you'd like to have below. See you on picking day!
January pairs:
Jennifer picks 1 for Denise
Martha picks 5 for Jennifer
Joy picks 1 for Martha
Denise picks 1 for Jackie
Jackie picks 3 for Joy
Hi, everyone!For anyone unfamiliar, this is a monthly challenge where you post a link to a shelf you created. It can be named "PIFM" or "Pick It For Me" etc, if you want one dedicated only to this challenge, or you can use an existing shelf you already have, as long as it has 100 or fewer books on it. The link must be to the specific shelf, or you will not be partnered.. Indicate how many books you would like to have picked for you from that shelf for the month in question. There is no lower limit as to how many books you can have on your shelf, but, of course, they should be books you are interested in reading during the next month and have ready access to.
On or about the 25th of each month, I will post who picks for whom. In order to accommodate an uneven number of participants, pairs will not be reciprocal -- in other words, it won't be Joanne picking for Jennifer and Jennifer picking for Joanne. It may be Joanne picks for Jennifer, Jennifer picks for Herman, and Herman picks for Suzanne, and someone else entirely picks for Joanne.
IF anyone has not been "picked for" by the 30th, I will pick for them if the designated picker can't be contacted by PM.
When you are assigned someone to pick for, note the number of books in parentheses after that person's name in the pick list, go to the link for their shelf, and pick that number of books for them. Post the books in a new message here. That person has the entire following month to read his/her picks. Someone will be picking for you the same way. We all like to see what people think about their picks, so we hope you will keep us posted in this thread!
Example: "In for five, please!
PIFM"
The HTML template for linking your shelf can be found HERE and if you have trouble, PM me and I will help you.
Your designated shelf must be set so that others can see it. To set up a PIFM shelf for those who would like to, go to the "MY BOOKS" link in the GOODREADS toolbar, scroll down below your shelves on the left until you see the "add shelf" button, and click that. Name it PIFM or Pick It For Me. Add books to it, and post the link to it in this challenge as described above. Again, if you need help, please don't hesitate to PM me!
If you are in for ## month, post your shelf and the number of picks you'd like to have below. See you on picking day!
Dec 16, 2023 07:22PM
Keep the faith, Jackie........ I'm *SURE* you will withstand the temptation....
That one sounds really interesting (grumble grumble look at my TBR plus how passive aggressive is it of Lance to continue to add books to it using an unsuspecting intermediary for his accomplice grumble grumble).
Dead authors..... good point!
Dec 09, 2023 10:41AM
Historical fiction based on true stories or featuring real-life figures:
Strangers in the Night
The President’s Wife
A Beautiful Rival: A Novel of Helena Rubinstein and Elizabeth Arden
Shot With Crimson *****Read 1Q24
Starring Adele Astaire
The Royal Windsor Secret
A Good Hard Look
Leading Men
Hepburn's Necklace
Such Good Friends: A Novel of Truman Capote & Lee Radziwill
The Windsor Knot -- ******Read 1Q24
The Mitford Vanishing ******Read 2Q24
Sister Stardust
Mr Wilder & Me ******Read 1Q24
The Empress
Sisters of the Resistance
The Blue Butterfly
The Queen of Sugar Hill: A Novel of Hattie McDaniel ******Read 1Q24
Mrs. Nixon: A Novelist Imagines a Life
The Dorothy Parker Murder Case
Empress of the Night: A Novel of Catherine the Great
Amherst
Dillinger
Old News
The Borgia Confessions
True Crime
Assassins
Fifth Avenue Glamour Girl
An American Beauty
We'll Always Have Murder: A Humphrey Bogart Mystery
Handsome Harry
Gangland
The Second Duchess
Mrs. Adams in Winter: A Journey in the Last Days of Napoleon
Waiting for Robert Capa
A Being So Gentle: The Frontier Love Story of Rachel and Andrew Jackson
Jen's 2024 Second List of Series Books I'll Stare at All Year But Not Read 'Til the Last Minute
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Dec 07, 2023 06:37PM
Could not have said that better myself.
Jen's 2024 Second List of Series Books I'll Stare at All Year But Not Read 'Til the Last Minute
(19 new)
Dec 07, 2023 05:55PM
Right there with you about cat books, Jackie!!
Huh.... how is it I'd never heard of this book, Joy? I've read Barry before. (off to check it out!)
