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What are you reading in 2016? Anything goes.
Beth wrote: "Reading 'The Witches: Salem 1692' by Stacy Schiff"Now that one sounds VERY interesting.
Code Talker: The First and Only Memoir By One of the Original Navajo Code Talkers of WWII5 stars
Not a easy book to read because of the intense feelings it summons up or to review because of all the reviews already written.
Chester Nez shares some his life stories while living on the Navajo reservation and some of the horror he witness while in boarding school. The stories about how the Code Talkers started and their work were fascinating. Chester Nez also shares a little about his life after the war. The book reads more like a memoir than it does a history book which I find more engaging, is was like peeking into someones diary. Highly recommend.
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5 stars
Not a easy book to read because of the intense feelings it summons up or to review..."
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I've been wanting to read that. Adding to wish list.
Lady♥Belleza★✰ wrote: "SouthWestZippy wrote: "Code Talker: The First and Only Memoir By One of the Original Navajo Code Talkers of WWII5 stars
Not a easy book to read because of the intense feelings it ..."
I read Code Talker. It was given to me by a resident at work. I didnt think I would like it but I did.
Hi all -- really enjoying this thread. currently read A Light in Dark Places which I read about here; and also Similar Transactions: A True Story Getting great leads here for books to read - thanks!!
K.A. wrote: "Have you tried Sklice?"
Fishface wrote: "Now excitedly reading Crabs on the Rampage. 
"I haven't read a Guy N Smith book since I was at school in the 80s,b movie horror in print!
Shelley wrote: "Now reading the The Yoga Store Murder: The Shocking True Account of the Lululemon Athletica Killing by Dan Morse"Adding to my TBR list.
Lee wrote: "Fishface wrote: "Now excitedly reading Crabs on the Rampage. "I haven't read a Guy N Smith book since I was at school in the 80s,b movie ..."
Exactly! Exactly!
Siobhan wrote: "Shelley wrote: "Now reading the The Yoga Store Murder: The Shocking True Account of the Lululemon Athletica Killing by Dan Morse"Adding to my TBR list."
The Yoga Store Murder is next up on my TBR stack.
Fishface wrote: "Greatly enjoying my re-read of Candy Freak: A Journey Through the Chocolate Underbelly of America."That looks really interesting.
Although I was looking for my next True Crime book, I happened upon this book which I found in my basement and had not read. I decided to read it and the name of this book is Seeing Eye by Jack Ellis. I had never heard about him but his genre is more like 'horror' which a little caption on the front says....Some things are not meant to be seen. It is surprisingly good. It's rather spooky but very interesting.
Koren wrote: "Fishface wrote: "Greatly enjoying my re-read of Candy Freak: A Journey Through the Chocolate Underbelly of America."That looks really interesting."
ULTIMATE diet-buster.
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Well, that's very interesting. I'm highly allergic to roaches, and I don't eat chocolate. It gives me a sore throat, among other things. I wonder if my distaste for chocolate is linked to my allergy, now?
Lady♥Belleza★✰ wrote: "A guy told me once he couldn't eat chocolate because he was allergic to cockroaches. Think on that a minute. Turned me off chocolate for about 45 minutes. Does that make me an addict?link"
Yes.
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As a long-time allergy sufferer, I would say yes.
Lady♥Belleza★✰ wrote: "K.A. wrote: "Well, that's very interesting. I'm highly allergic to roaches, and I don't eat chocolate. It gives me a sore throat, among other things. I wonder if my distaste for chocolate is linked..."I have no idea whether I'm allergic to roaches, but I tested allergic to chocolate and I still eat it -- with a Benadryl chaser of course.
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So I'm addicted to chocolate, there could be worse things I guess. like coffee ..... wait, never mind.
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Fishface wrote: "Beth wrote: "Reading 'The Witches: Salem 1692' by Stacy Schiff"Now that one sounds VERY interesting."
I Own that book. Need to get to it.
Fishface wrote: "Greatly enjoying my re-read of Candy Freak: A Journey Through the Chocolate Underbelly of America."I am starting the Candy Freak thanks to your recommendation. Good so far. Funny stuff!
3 stars
Set in the 70's a interracial family tries to deal with themselves and living in a small Ohio town.
Marilyn and James Lee have three children, Lydia, Nath and Hannah. Lydia not only the oldest but clearly the favorite so when Lydia drowns, devastation and despair become the norm.
The story took me on a wild ride roller coaster of emotions. I hated the parents yet I have a understanding of the parents. I felt so sorry for the two kids, they were left alone to deal with their own emotions on the death of their Sister. I would have given it five stars because it drew me in, had me feeling, thinking and have me on the edge of my seat on what was going to happen next but the end of the book was such a let down that three stars will all it gets. I wanted a little more, a better explication on what happen. After that big of a ride, I think I deserved it.
Koren wrote: I am starting the Candy Freak thanks to your recommendation. Go..."I just got a box of Cherry Mashes and Valomilks in the mail. This is approximately what happened after reading it the first time, only I think then I ordered Valomilks and Five Star Bars.
I started and finished a horror type genre called Seeing Eye by Jack Ellis. It was a refreshing change as I searched for true crime read and rediscovered this book I found in my basement. It was an easy read but it kept you guessing and I found it pretty interesting.4+Stars
1000 Things To Love About America: Celebrating the Reasons We're Proud To Call the U.S.A. Home by Barbara Bowers, Agnes Hoper Gottlieb, Henry Gottlieb, Brent Bowers4 stars
Some you may agree with and some you may not. Some may leave you scratching your head. There are people, places and things listed and sometimes just ideas and character traits. There is a lot of trivial information here. All entries are only a paragraph or two so it is a quick read.
Currently 1/4 way through The Stranger She Loved: A Mormon Doctor, His Beautiful Wife, and an Almost Perfect Murder by Shanna Hogan. So far the story is riveting and the writing is very good. Yet another spouse doing away with the inconvenient partner. In this case, the killer could be a combination of mentally ill and psychopathic. My verdict is reserved until the end. :-) I will post a review on the 2016 TC read page when I am done.
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The Girl in Alfred Hitchcock's Shower
The Profession of Violence: The Rise and Fall of the Kray Twins
Invisible Chains: Shawn Hornbeck and the Kidnapping Case that Shook the Nation
I would recommend the Cult of Violence by the same author as Profession of Violence,he wrote it after the Krays had died and it contains things he had to leave out of the first book.
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Thanks.
Just finished The Casanova Killer: The Life of Serial Killer Paul John Knowles
Review --> https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished Wrongful Convictions: True Murder Cases Unbelievable Miscarriages of Justice
Review --> https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Just started The Slaughter: An American Atrocity by Carroll Case. It's...weird. Starts out as a straightforward true-crime type of deal, then 1/3 of the way in it becomes a sort of cheesy novel.
I am halfway through Murder in Grosse Pointe Park: Privilege, Adultery, and the Killing of Jane Bashara by Steve Miller.It's okay. I am not enjoying it as much as others I have read recently. I could be experiencing TC burnout too. Hard to say. lol
Shelley, I hope it's burnout and not a comment on the book! I am really looking forward to that one. I used to have a boyfriend from Grosse Pointe Park...
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Finished Wrongful Convictions: True Murder Cases Unbelievable Miscarriages of Justice
"Thanks for posting the links to your review.
Fishface wrote: "Just started The Warriors by Sol Yurick. Basis of the cult movie."I've got that,it is much different than the film,Walter Hill just took the bare bones of the story and made it a whole different thing with his movie.The gang in the book are a bunch of thoroughly unsympathetic,unlikeable scumbags.
I enjoyed it more on the second reading when I wasn't expecting running battles with the Baseball Furies and The Riffs.
Lee wrote: "Fishface wrote: "Just started The Warriors by Sol Yurick. Basis of the cult movie."I've got that,it is much different than the film,Walter Hill just took the bare bones of the story..."
I still regret that the movie didn't include a throwdown of some sort with the High Hats. We've all been waiting a long, long time for a movie featuring violent, dangerous mimes.
Katherine wrote: "I'm reading Columbine by Dave Cullen. Can't put it down!"I read this book in 2 days. I loved it!
Naty wrote: "Katherine wrote: "I'm reading Columbine by Dave Cullen. Can't put it down!"I read this book in 2 days. I loved it!"
Wow. I'm impressed. That was a thick book.
I couldn't put it down. I'm now reading The Trials of Oscar Pistorius by John Carlin.
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It sounds like a good read Beth. Enjoy....