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It's been a long time since a book creeped me out enough to keep me up at night... and it's nonfiction! Yikes! Thankfully distant history. I have been interested in some of the cases discussed in here for a long time, and I couldn't put this down. I am also extremely impressed with the amount of research that the authors put into this, and their emphasis on understanding the impact of time and place on the crimes and investigations.

Coming to my spooky read for the fall a bit late!

It has been taking me awhile to get through this book, it keeps jumping around and then veering off in a different direction.

The tone and writing style of this book are different from most true crime books that I have read, sometimes the author was a bit flippant and jokey and it jarred me a little, but overall I really enjoyed this book, especially portions pertaining to the Villusca ax murders, which happened in my home state. We will never know definitatively if there was a man on the train, or who he was for sure, but the case this book makes is compelling.

New audio book download from King County Library.... some true crime for an afternoon walk ....
#truecrime #audiobook #litsywalker #walk

Started two #audiobook titles this morning that I have been waiting on from the library for months. It was a "no" to both of them. Returned one right after the other. ? hate it when that happens! At least I figured out they were not for me right off the bat. Thanks to the reviewers on Litsy who helped me make my decisions! On to the next one!

Is it weird that my true crime and food writing ended up on the same shelf?

Really wanted to like this one, but boy— I really don‘t get this author‘s storytelling technique. He‘s just listing details from various murders one after the other without really tying them together. At nearly 17 hours (😱), this book should really move more quickly. And so many weird digressions?? 🐌🐌

I‘ve never felt like an author had such disdain for readers. 😧 There was one section with a childish diatribe against readers who might believe lives in bygone eras are boring. I was listening to the audio and was momentarily confused thinking the book got switched or something it so odd. Then there was the chapter for the skeptic midway, which came off hostile & defensive, like he was expecting a lot of push back. Weird audio experience.

I really wanted to like this book, but unfortunately, it didn‘t work for me on a lot of levels. Check out the review on my blog for the full story! ⭐️⭐️⭐️
https://talkbookswithme.home.blog/2019/01/07/the-man-from-the-train-3-5/

I wanted to love this book. I DID NOT love this book. I usually don't bail on books, but this was due back and for 2 days I would push this aside and read everything else.

My husband is a brave man and took our children to the store, I am listening to this audiobook, and staring out the window at my light projector shining through the trees.

I just started this while I was in the shower. I don't want to stop! John Bedford Lloyd's voice is perfection for this book.🎧📖

Wow. I wish I had one tenth of the confidence this author had. If you disagree you are wrong & he is also pretty condescending. I also think that this could have benefited from at the very least a timeline listed somewhere. The sheer number of murders got confusing. That said, it was interesting how the authors connected murderers, whether they were right or not.

Loving these puppy snuggles tonight with Miss Daisy. 💜

Evening reading complete with 🛀

@nelehelen oh my goodness, I LOVE everything!! How fun! Thank you so very very much for everything...it is all so perfect! The hat is adorable and so fun! I can't wait to dive into everything!!
#itstrulycriminalswap @JenlovesJT47 thank you so much for putting this swap together!!

Book 1 of #24in48 - I found this book fascinating. It‘s not only about a series of possibly connected murders (and some that aren‘t connected), but also about how the United States was changing during the period of time covered. I enjoyed that it often felt like the authors were having a conversation with you about the case they were building. #nonfictionchallenge2018

Here is my #24in48 stack, plus I have two audiobooks in progress. The top two books are also in progress. I‘m sure I won‘t get to them all but I like options. I also might detour from the stack if the mood strikes. I‘m so excited to start! Just a little under 15 minutes to go! #tbr #readathon 💃🏼🎉📚⏱

This book kept me up late learning all these poor murdered families' names. I have to say, it gets a bit boring as the author walks you thru the history of DNA and fingerprinting, but the fact that they solved the crime is amazing!

Man. I have had a slooowww reading month since about the end of May. I've hardly read at all this month. Still working thru book 4 of GoT and The Gunslinger. Just grabbed this one 👆 from the library, hoping it'll pull me out of my slump!

When your friend knows just the surprise present to send you to cheer you up 😄❤️ #murderino #truecrime #currentlyreading #nonfiction #mounttbrreadathon (I‘m planning to finish this book today so I promise I will stop taking pictures of it 😄)

A cozy comfy Saturday night-a great book, a peaceful-smelling candle, and warm milk with vanilla and honey in one of my favorite mugs 😊 #mounttbrreadathon

This book is just so good I can‘t stop taking pictures of it! I love James‘ wry & really intelligent take on #truecrime (seriously, if you haven‘t read Popular Crime you need to). Don‘t be put off by the fact that he is a statistician by trade, I am not a math person and I love his books. He doesn‘t throw math formulas at you or anything like that, his background allows him to bring a really unique analytical nature to the way he looks at crimes.

Loving reading this on my train ride-if you love true crime, you should definitely check out Bill James! #truecrime #currentlyreading

Reading The Man on the Train while on the train 😉😊🚊 So excited to finally read this, I loved James‘ Popular Crime! #truecrime #currentlyreading

Starting the year off with a little true crime.....

It took me 18 months to find full time work since moving back to Ohio from Chicago, but I wouldn't say I didnt take advantage of my time. 📚🔖
#readersgonnaread #hereistofulltimeemployement #finally

Fascinating!!!

In today's WSJ book reviews: -The Man From the Train- by Bill and Rachel James. True Crime book basically about this string of murders along the railroad system around turn of the 20th century. The author theorized that this one murder of a family was connected to a bigger picture, thus his investigation was born. Sounds creepy af 😳 and he uses lots of stats cos he's a baseball stat guru. Yay. Suitable reading for October 👻 #truecrime

Starting with the Villisca murders in 1912, the author is convinced this was a serial killer, not a one time event without substantial reason. Once he and his daughter start investigating , they were able to link dozens more cases with this one, possibly more. There were so many odd coincidences in each of them that it's had not to believe the same guy committed most, if not all of them. Good, but tedious in spots due to the extensive detail. 4⭐️

"He is looking for a house with no dog. Just isolated enough to provide a little bit of cover. A barn he can hide out from sundown to the middle of the night He is looking for a house with a woodpile in the front yard, and an axe sticking up out of the woodpile. True crime. SPOOKY. ??

Just got this from #netgalley today. Excited to tear into this!

My July TBR is mostly made up of a few ARCs, BotM, and library holds that I'm next in line for. I'm going to try to knock out a few from my B&N Classics shopping spree too 😁