"I Heard You Paint Houses"

I Heard You Paint Houses | Charles Demarco Brandt

1. August and September seem to be our hottest months. And my big tree shading my house recently had to be cut down. So I'm looking forward to October weather. But I resent that my entire summer was spent in covid conditions.
2. I'm reading a couple of books and slogging through all of them.
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NataliePatalie It's not Thursday anymore! 😂 But I think I will do this too lol 4y

MoonWitch94 Thanks for playing 🌻☺️ 4y

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Monica5

"I Heard You Paint Houses": Frank "The Irishman" Sheeran & Closing the Case on Jimmy Hoffa | Charles Brandt

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Brandt is the author, but to me, he is more of a way for Shereen to get his story out there. From unions, to movies, to hits, to Hoffa, JFK and RFK, I learned a lot about the Mob. Frank Shereen was a good storyteller.

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"I Heard You Paint Houses": Frank "The Irishman" Sheeran & Closing the Case on Jimmy Hoffa | Charles Brandt

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Great book ! Great story! I found it extremely interesting and gripping.

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"I Heard You Paint Houses": Frank "The Irishman" Sheeran & Closing the Case on Jimmy Hoffa | Charles Brandt

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I enjoy mafia history and this book was very interesting as gave history of Jimmy Hoffa too. I wanted to read the book before seeing the movie and really glad I did.

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Rebesta

"I Heard You Paint Houses": Frank "The Irishman" Sheeran & Closing the Case on Jimmy Hoffa | Charles Brandt

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I figured I'd read this before The Irishman comes out. I've always had a fascination with mob movies, but I've never read a mob confessional. I can't fathom, even after reading this, what kind of person could kill a dear friend in cold blood. With Sheeran's confession, Brandt has done an excellent job of illuminating the inner workings of The IBT and the mafia from the 30s to 90s. I couldn't put this one down.

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BlueMonday42

"I Heard You Paint Houses": Frank "The Irishman" Sheeran & Closing the Case on Jimmy Hoffa | Charles Brandt

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As true crime goes, this is about as good as it gets. Former Bufalino crime family hitman Frank “The Irishman” Sheehan is the man who killed Jimmy Hoffa. But there is a lot more to his extraordinary and infamous life than that. This was a long read but a fun one.

Megabooks Great review! #stacked 5y

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Cinfhen

"I Heard You Paint Houses": Frank "The Irishman" Sheeran & Closing the Case on Jimmy Hoffa | Charles Brandt

#TimbitTunes #Detroit67 Had to listen to the lyrics for a little inspiration and I found a Jimmy Hoffa reference which made me think about this book which is being made into a Netflix movie starring Pacino & De Niro & directed by Martin Scorsese❣️❣️❣️❣️ (wow, run on sentence) Can‘t wait to see film and read the book. Apparently the budget is already over 150 million dollars ( I‘m sorry, but that‘s insane...you know how many books I could buy😜)

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Sweettartlaura What?!?!? That IS crazy! 5y

TrishB Bonkers! 5y

Cathythoughts Pacino & De Niro .... I don‘t really watch Telly ... but I will definitely be watching this ♥️👍🏻 (edited) 5y

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Cinfhen It really is disturbing how as citizens of a global world we choose to spend our money @TrishB @Sweettartlaura apparently the producers need to digitally reduce the aging of Pacino & De Niro as the film spans some 40 + years. In the name of “authenticity” they are spending millions of dollars for that technology 🤬🤬🤬but I agree @Cathythoughts it should be brilliant to watch🤩 5y

TrishB The curse of capitalism.....the gamble that it will make much more than that. 5y

Cinfhen You‘re definitely right @TrishB but how does Netflix recoup that kind of money? Do they think more people will subscribe to the service just to see the film?? 5y

TrishB I assumed it was advertising? 🤷‍♀️I think subscriptions must have a ceiling? Especially as a couple of people can use, I‘m pretty sure my kids will be logging onto mine when I‘m no longer here!! 5y

Crazeedi Wow, 3 big names in this production, so I'm thinking that's part of the huge price tag 5y

Cinfhen Hahahaha!!! @TrishB I know about family sharing 😂😂😂 5y

Cinfhen I agree @Crazeedi it‘s such a BIG NAME cast!!! 5y

Bklover @Cinfhen You‘d think they could make them look younger with makeup but those two are definitely getting pretty ancient looking. I didn‘t realize they did the age reduction digitally. Still can‘t believe it costs that much! 5y

Cinfhen Hahahaha @Bklover they are DEFINITELY showing their age 👳🏼‍♀️👳🏼‍♂️ 5y

Kalalalatja Oh, the “wonders” money can buy! I‘ll definitely NOT be buying digital age reduction if I wake up to that kind of money tomorrow 🙄😂 5y

Cinfhen Ha!! @Kalalalatja 😂😂😂 5y

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"I Heard You Paint Houses": Frank "The Irishman" Sheeran & Closing the Case on Jimmy Hoffa | Charles Brandt

I‘m speechless!! I never thought I‘d see the day my husband (who was too cool to read books) use a headlamp to see his book better. His transformation to book nerd is now complete.

Jilly6183 My dad never used to read and now he's always reading some mafia-type book. He really liked this one. He also really liked

The Ice Man: Confessions of a Mafia Contract Killer

Bookwm85forever @Jilly6183 I read the Ice Man!! Good book. 5y

CareBear I met this author at the Bookcon! He had lots of interesting stories to tell. 5y

Bookwm85forever @CareBear Wow!! That must have been really interesting. 5y

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CareBear

"I Heard You Paint Houses": Frank "The Irishman" Sheeran & Closing the Case on Jimmy Hoffa | Charles Brandt

#thebookcon day 2 #bookhaul. Had so much fun day 2 grabbing free books and meeting independently published authors and listening to them talk about their books. Can't wait to try some of these!

AlaMich Is that Krysten Ritter book a memoir or a novel? I think she's a great actress. 7y

CareBear @AlaMich it's a novel - a psychological thriller 7y

ScientistSam Wow, I'm getting tips from you for next year! 7y

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Reviewsbylola Great haul! 7y

IamIamIam No excuses next year!!! I'm totally there!!! 7y

tjwill Wow! #nicestack 7y

Suet624 Oh boy!!! 7y

CareBear @IamIamIam you definitely should, I had so much fun!! @ScientistSam lol for the free ones it just seemed I was in the right place at the right time. Pure luck. 7y

MyNamesParadise Omg that looks absolutely amazing!!! (edited) 7y

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