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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Making a point to read more Ann Rule. This, her 23rd book, covers the Green River Killer, one of America‘s most prolific murderers. For 20 years, authorities diligently pieced together evidence until technological advances in DNA profiling came into existence. Rule does something I really appreciate here. She tells us about many of the victims; their lives, not just their horrific deaths. This, of course, led me down a GRK rabbit hole.

I‘m sure that many members of #teamslaughter have read the OG Queen of True Crime, Ann Rule. She wrote about cases from the Pacific NW, so she holds a special place in my reading history. What made Rule special was her place in a male-dominated genre and her focus on the victims of the crimes she covered. She was also a fierce advocate for victim‘s rights. “Fun fact:” Gary Ridgway was caught while I was a student at the University of Washington.

This was fine, not my favorite by Ann Rule, but creepy enough that my coworker startled the hell out of me while I was listening to it! I gave this 3⭐.

Overall I really enjoyed this book. Ann Rule did a wonderful job covering the hunt for the Green River Killer and all of the facets that entailed.

She also did a great job honoring the victims and telling their stories. So often it feels like true crime focuses on the criminal but Rule spends most of her time focusing on the victims, on their lives, their hopes and dreams, and the people they were taken from.

Full review up on my blog!

Unfortunately, I (once again) ended up with an abridged audio. I was only a kid in the early 80s, and not in the area, so it was more recently that I heard of the Green River killer. The book was interesting, but I would have liked to have listened to the entire book. It did seem to jump abruptly from talking about the victims to following the killer‘s life. Not sure if the book actually felt that way or if it felt such because it was abridged.

I had an hour and a half to kill before my husband got out of physical therapy, so of course I spent it at Tim Hortons with a book. #tea

The Green River Killer was at large for over 20 years. When he was finally captured, it became clear he was no #starboy. Anne Rule pointed out that the only thing he excelled at was murder, so in a way being apprehended and seeing his name all over the papers, as well as being an aide in the investigation, gave him the notoriety he yearned for.

This was a vast undertaking and honestly, I found it repetitive and boring. #timbittunes

Holy cow! Such a good book but such a disturbing story.

Ann Rule was truly a brilliant true crime writer. This is another great read for any of you true crimers. Find my full review here: https://greatmorrisonmigration.wordpress.com/2019/01/24/book-review-green-river-...

Pinch me! I‘m in Ann Rule heaven! Thank you so much @DiruVamp ! You have curated a marvelous collection and I cannot wait to dive in... well... maybe I‘ll wait until the sun comes up because I‘m a wimp! This #itstrulycriminalswap has been fantastically fun to do with you! And @JenlovesJT47 thank you for hosting!

This book was so good!!! Even in telling about their deaths Ann Rule honors these victims so their memory will live on.

🤯😭🤬 Wow! This book broke my 💖 on so many levels. It was very well written & laid out. I was hooked and very affected by this read. It‘s very sad and emotionally involving. I am still completely baffled and...at a loss now that I‘m finished. 10/5!

Book buys of the day! Lethal Marriage was a duplicate but, I still scored! To my fave book store tomorrow @CoverToCoverGirl 😝😝😝

Getting to the end! What an epic book. Love the writing style and layout of the book. The story is horrifying and true 😭 What a journey

Just bought two more Ann Rule books. I'm going to start with Green River, Running Red. I have always been fascinated by this case. I'm excited.

Music & books! Nice chill day at home with hubby reading! 48% done this one!

Happy to get back to this!

so excited for this challenge! thanks @shanebeth for putting this together! starting to figure out which books I plan to read for each prompt 🖤 #murderino #ssdgmchallenge

#jubilantjuly #shoes

I didn't think I'd be able to find ANY books with shoes on my shelves. Luckily, my Kobo and Audible came through again. All of these are TBR, except the tagged book.

So. This was my first Ann Rule book, and overall, it was really well done. Gary Ridgway's crimes would be a huge and daunting subject to write about. I was surprised how quickly it read, given that it's about 750 pages. But there were times I wished for a good editor--things were repeated more than once, sometimes even whole sentences word for word. Rule fans, what else would you recommend of hers??

All those poor women. And Gary Ridgway couldn't even remember much about them. Anne Rule wrote about these women with respect and dignity. This was my first book by her and I loved it. I couldn't put it down.

I'm really look forward to reading more of her books, and to branching out to other true crime novels. This was so intriguing.

Went for blood work and of course I need to bring books. I finished The Elfstones of Shannara and started on Green River, Running Red. I felt like the odd one out in the waiting room though. Here I am with a physical book and everyone else is on their cell phones. Lol (I meant to post this yesterday, but I felt so sick after my three hour insulin resistance testing that I slept all day.)

Recent #ebook acquisitions! #Kobo and #Kindle daily deals make me happy. #bookhaul 📚

Yup, still on my true crime kick.