Welcome to Litsy!

“The notion that a crime could be clearly gendered was rooted in European models of criminology, but such models of criminality struggled to account for a female criminal. Within the prevailing models of the human mind, women were seen as somewhat less evolved than men and with a corresponding lack of rational control over their actions—barely protected from their underlying degeneracy by male control, especially over their sexuality.”

This was a past #sundaybuddyread, which I loved! #AboutABook #BasedonaTrueStory

https://crimereads.com/cara-robertson-talks-true-crime-and-lizzie-borden/

Just saw this the author‘s interview posted today on Crime Reads.

This book took me a long while to get through but it was good. I've always enjoyed Lizzie Borden books since I was a lot younger. This one was very well written and the author does a great job citing each and every source so now I have even more books to look for!

Been wanting to read this.

Time to get cozy for a bit with the June pick for the True Crime Book Club! #truecrime #lizzieborden #truecrimebookclub #readingcorner

I really want to enjoy this book but the narrator is just too difficult for me to listen to. I feel bad but she's just so automated that I find myself drifting and zoning out. This might have to be a read rather than a listen because the trial info is actually interesting!

The jury was chosen after interviewing 109 prospects. At least one black man was interviewed, as blacks were allowed to sit on a jury in Massachusetts as early as 1860. Women, however, were granted permission to sit on a jury in 1950, with the first female juror hearing a trial in 1951!!!

Absolutely hysterical that Lizzie Borden tried to use her period as an excuse for some of the blood in the house!! There was a theory that women were more prone to criminal acts when menstruating. I mean... I totally get it but... lol

Getting this started today... the narrator has such a strange tone and I had to speed it up so she doesn't sound like the automated narration on Instagram!!! 🤣

I know it‘s morbid but… it‘s a recycled picture

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Slow read but good. Lots of info. Another one down for #Bookspinbingo
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Starting this evening. Been wanting to read it for a while. With #bookspinbingo, I will be able to mark it off both😊

So much I didn‘t know! A little dry at parts, it is a legal non fiction after all, but I really liked it! Good info.

Hey #sundaybuddyread -ers and Lizzie Borden enthusiasts, the original Lizzie Borden house, now museum, is for sale. For just $2,000,000 this slice of history can be yours! Here is a link to the listing with 42 pictures for your viewing pleasure.

https://www.realliving.com/commercial-for-sale/230-2nd-St-Fall-River-MA-02721-30...

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#day2 #12Booksof2020

My true love gave to me, two turtle doves...and Lizzie Borden.
This book totally engaged me.The in depth research the author did was incredible- even to letting us know that Lizzie‘s lawyer‘s file was still under lock & key at her lawyer‘s firm. #sundaybuddyread

Shaking my jingle bells 🔔 of excitement @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks !! Thank you Misty for my Christmas happiness 💚❤️ I‘ve been looking forward to reading about this case!! Love you 🤗

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5⭐️

Aside from the childhood rhyme, I knew nothing of Lizzie Borden before reading this. Fascinating!

I listened to 40% of the audiobook, but it was very dry in my opinion. I also didn't really care for the narrator.

So I had fallen behind on this #SundayBuddyRead (@AlwaysBeenALoverOfBooks @TheBookHippie) because this was the type of book that (although I enjoyed it) I had a hard time finding time to actually want to read it. It was great. I enjoyed it when I finally got to it. but... I didn't want to read it everyday. But anyway I really enjoyed it!

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#NonFicNovember2020
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I can‘t believe I forgot to post my review of this. Whoops!

This is a very interesting and in depth look at Lizzie Borden‘s trial. It has a very brief section on Lizzie‘s life after the verdict. It covered the murders themselves clearly and concisely, but mostly from the angle of things that would be important later in the trial.
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I am not one for legal books, fiction or non-fiction, but I joined in on the #SundsyBuddyRead. This is very thorough, giving us some background about the Borden family and the aftermath of those vicious murders. We move to details of the court case, with day by day descriptions of the case and includes black & white photos of the crime scenes, and closes with the verdict and a brief aftermath. This is DENSE. Well researched, but lots of names ⬇️

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I am so happy I read this with #sundaybuddyread. I have always been intrigued by the Lizzie Borden case that I even wrote a paper about it in college lol. It focused heavily on the reporting done by newspapers at the time. This gave a great insight into the differences between the poor and rich in community where the Borden‘s lived. It was very well done. #bookspinbingo No. 24 #screamathon

I joined in reading this book as part of #sundaybuddyread not knowing anything about the murders and only vaguely knowing Lizzie's name. It is based on all of the trial reports and evidence, so it is a very dense read, especially for the trial section. However, I did enjoy the read overall and learned a lot about the murders. The surprise twist at the end left me with a very unsatisfying “UGH!“ feeling. I understand why, but really!?!

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The newspapers reporting on the trial, wrote often in a visual, flowery manner. 🥀🥀🌲🌲💨
Within the courtroom, the women spectators “made such a stir, “said Julian Ralph, “that the sound of their dresses was like a whiff of wind in an open forest.“

#sundaybuddyread #pants
“Robinson, however decided to take no chances. He had worn a new pair of trousers on Thursday and “‘his associates insisted upon his keeping them on until the close of the trial that the lock might not be changed.‘”

From the first day that the Defense presented it‘s case, Defense Attorney Robinson wore the same new pair of pants for luck throughout. Not far enough in the book yet to know how many days the Defense took. ☘️

So good. This book presents all of the evidence and facts from the trial and I still have no idea if Lizzie is actually guilty. That's it for spoilers.

#SundayBuddyRead final discussion this Sunday. 🤐 until then....
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This was a really interesting book in many aspects - we all know the Lizzie Borden rhyme and this was a very straightforward look at the trial and acquittal of Lizzie Borden.

It was slow in parts due to the readings of some of the trial transcripts, but thoughts from friends, witnesses and reporters were interspersed and added more to the storyline.

If one is interested in a blow by blow account of the Borden trial, this is a great history. I was not. I enjoyed learning about the socia and class contexts and how beliefs about women played into it. But at the end, all I could think was that there were so many other books I could have been listening to....but with murder and mystery it will be points towards #TeamSlaughter #Scarathlon

This book is very detailed and well-researched. But it is fully a narrative about the investigation and trial, so I understand why it could leave some people less than satisfied. I didn't expect to enjoy it as much as I did, but I thought it was a great courtroom drama. Also, I liked learning all the minute details of this well-known case.
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My fifth title for #screamathon2020 I never knew the details of the famous Borden hatchet murders and the subsequent trial of Lizzie Borden. At times this was fascinating, I learned a lot of details about the gruesome murder. The trial portion, which took up the bulk of the book, was technical, dry and dense bringing down my overall rating. Still, it‘s always a pleasure to read with the #sundaybuddyread group.

Not much time for reading this week except for audio on long drives. But with all the readathons going on My 18 hours, one book finished and posts did rack up 706 points for #teamslaugher #scarathlon ! #offthegridreadathon #cocoturns50 #outstandingoctober #littenlisten #october20in4 #bookspin. @Clwojick

I didn‘t realize how little I knew about these murders until I read this. It was a chock full of information about, you guessed it, the trial. If it weren‘t such an interesting subject matter, I might have bailed. It‘s pretty much all info, and no fluff so made it difficult to get through. Read for #Sundaybuddyread and square 20 for #bookspinbingo