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Went to B&N and decided to get some books before I go on a book buying ban for the rest of the year! 😋

This is a tough read, but worth it. I am enraged, disgusted, and heartbroken.

I knew this would be a tough read, but I underestimated how tough. I am ENRAGED. Unless it is particularly gruesome I can handle the murders and killers in those true crime books. I can even handle it when the result isn‘t what i wanted. But at only 30% in I am already livid over how things have happened (and how society treats rape victims in general).

Difficult book on an important topic that needs even more light. Krakauer presents the stories of a few different rape victims with particular focus on one trial and one sentencing hearing for a plea bargain. Listening to the attorneys and various testimony was infuriating at times, but the audiobook format really worked for me. With his ability to empathize with subjects, Krakauer tells another highly engaging story.

Listening to the trial of Jordan Johnson, where Pabst served as his defense attorney. What a piece of work. Decided to pause the audiobook and look up where Kirsten Pabst is now. She‘s still the Missoula County Attorney🤮 I guess selling out rape victims because poor football players were having their reputations damaged really paid off for her career.

Started this audiobook and it‘s brutal. Also highly engaging. Normally I only listen to audiobooks when I‘m driving, but I‘ve been finding projects all day to keep listening. Taking a break now…

I received a wonderful surprise in the mail this week! I love book mail! Thank you so much @Sleepswithbooks !!❤️📚❤️

This was a hard read. Krakauer's writing is excellent and never feels dry despite the legal material and the large cast of characters, but the subject matter is just hard. What got to me is how universal the story is, despite the fact that it's about a series of events in one town over a few years. I was reminded of events from a rape accusation in my then-local college football team in the 90s, all the way up to the Kavanaugh hearings.

This book was powerful. Krakauer did lots of research and wrote an incredibly moving book about this college town, survivors of non-stranger sexual assault and how they were treated. Krakauer is an incredible writer. TW: this book had some graphic parts, but his compassion for the survivors was evident.

#ManicMonday #LetterM @JoScho

📖 Tagged!
👨 Josh Malerman
🎥 Memento
🎸 Motionless in White
🎤 Metalingus by Alter Bridge

This book made me so angry as I was reading it because of the injustice. The author presents all the details of the terrible events without shielding the reader from the graphic details, and although that made it hard to read, my heart broke for these girls. They were so strong to come forward with their stories. 💚

Rape happens far too often in our society and we need books like this so we can open people's eyes to the problem.

Finished my #bookspin & #doublespin picks for April today. Tough picks. I thought Missoula was infuriating but very good, well researched & well written. Catch & Kill was ok, the story was good, but I don‘t recommend it on audio. Ronan Farrow‘s narration made it seem farcical at times and it was very distracting. Now on to May‘s picks!

My Friday night is poppin‘ 🍿📚

When it comes to non-fiction, what kind of books do you prefer? I love memoirs, specifically those dealing with hardships and mental illness, and anything pertaining to bizarre human behavior, psychology, and sociology. Sometimes forensics or law centered books interest me but not as often as the other topics.

This book makes me rage. I've read it before but decided I needed a reminder of how terrible our system can be for survivors of sexual assault.

I'm baking to cope with all the feelings as I listen to it on audio. Now I can yell at an empty room while I eat bread. #angryeating

What can I say about this book? It's excellent and the writing is fantastic. But it filled me with white hot rage. 😡 No happy stories, the bad guys don't all get punished and karma doesn't kick anybody's ass. And it made me lose my faith in humanity somewhat.🤬🤬🤬 But its a really good book. ☻

This one has been on my #TBR for four years and there is a reason it took me so long to read it. This book is difficult, heartbreaking, powerful, and necessary. I listened on fits and starts, but often was so riveted to the story that I sat in my car in my driveway, unable to turn it off. Well researched yet personal, the examples of courage and strength displayed by the young women in this book took my breath away and made me stronger. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Oof! My #currentcommute #audiobook . Good, but tough.

3.5⭐ The ending felt bogged down, but overall a good, yet anger triggering read. #wintergames #tmskellington #impulseread #becauseofLitsy @Crimson613

I am so angry!! How can you be a woman and say these things to a man accused of raping someone! Why!!
#iamfurious #wintergames #tmskellington #becauseofLitsy #Ifeelbadeventaggingthese @Crimson613

"Mom, They're football players and nobody's gonna listen to me. They'll make my life hell."

Crying. Angry. Shame. Hurt. All emotions I am feeling while reading this.

#becauseofLitsy #wintergames #tmskellington @Crimson613

#wintergames #tmskellington @Crimson613 #holidayhumor

Missoula is the study of one college-town's reporting and prosecution (or lack thereof) of rape cases at both the university- and state- level. Illuminating and frustrating, this book is also incredibly dry; it focuses on two specific cases and often reads like a courtroom transcript. An important, unenjoyable read.

This is a really hard book to read, packed with facts about rape among students in Missoula, #Montana. The way women need to prove that they had sex against their will and the way men get away with it, is disgusting.

Krakauer did a lot of research to build his case, which on me had the effect that even a serious subject like this can get boring with its ongoing details about rape and (in)justice.

#ReadingUSA2019

A tough read, but really interesting.

#WeeklyForecast 47/19

I‘m almost finished with The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne, our #NYRBBookclub choice, and loving it.

Next will be Bitter Orange For #ATY2019, where this week‘s prompt is ‘a book related to food‘.

If there‘s time left, I‘ll start Missoula for #ReadingUSA2019. Krakauer is such a good non-fiction writer.

In between, there‘s still Doctor Moreau. It‘s less than 200 pages but it takes forever to finish them.

This was really well written and researched. It‘s a tough book to read about the prevalence of rape culture in higher education settings. I think it‘s very important to see what has happened and how we can move forward and fight against this. Very good book, but definitely hard to read.

I don‘t know why I listen to books that piss me off but for some reason whenever I‘m working i find myself listening to things that are gonna make me angry.

Important telescope to college rape

There are not enough characters for me to say what I want to say about this book.
💔Warning this book is explicit and can be a trigger.
I think this book is essential reading for the discussion of victims rights and how sexual assault is addressed in our colleges. We need to keep discussing this in our homes, communities, and schools. We need to change our expectations of behavior... We need change.

#montana

1. Only 78. But humid.
2. Jon Krakauer; Barrack Obama, John Boyne, Maggie O‘Farrell, Jodi Picoult, Alice Walker, just for starters.
3. Sudoku. But also love the others.

#toreadtuesdays

Something personal added to this #nonfictionbingo2019. I was date raped in 1978 and in 2009 first spoke of it. Important book, imho.

Added Montana to my journey with the tagged book. #readingUSA2019.

Merely stating this is a good book is such a disservice. The subject, rape on a college campus, is so difficult to read, but necessary for those of us who want policies and bias to change. It will give you some of these emotions: outrage, pity, disbelief and hope. This is such a well researched and well written book, something we‘ve come to expect from this author. As a date rape survivor, I expected to read this in pieces.

My next audiobook. I really like this author and just found this in my library. #montana #readingUSA2019. #nonfiction2019

I finally finished this audio book. This book is an important and infuriating case study of the epidemic of rape in Missoula, Montana and how the justice system tends to protect the attackers over the victims. Unfortunately, this victim-shaming mentality isn‘t exclusive to Missoula. So many triggers in this book, but an important topic for everyone.

A meticulously researched and reported narrative of a series of sexual assaults at the University of Montana and how these assaults were handled (and mishandled) by both the university or local authorities. Highly recommended, although it's a tough read.

Day 23: #adventrecommends

A disturbing but necessary read. After running the Missoula Marathon last Sunday I decided to give this a listen. It‘s changed the way I think about sexuality, consent, and the justice system. Makes me wonder if it‘s possible for anyone to find their way through without suffering the hazards of trauma, short of becoming a complete recluse. Actually, it seems that excessive alcohol consumption plays a significant part in rape culture. Sobering.

This book is centered around Missoula Montana however represents the mindset of many towns across the country. As a mom it was difficult to read this book however it is better to be aware and educate our children. Jon did a tremendous amount of research which I find he does with all of his writings. #jonkrakauer

Alternating between these two audiobooks tonight, Red Sparrow is a fast paced spy thriller, very much like John LeCarre or Robert Ludlum, while Missoula is a non fiction novel about the rape crisis in colleges all over America & how victim blaming has become the norm in towns & institutions that scramble to cover their own arse instead of protecting their female students/population. Highly recommend both audiobooks, the narrators are fabulous.👍

@jillannjohn Thank you so much for my goodies! I‘ve been wanting to read both of these books for a long time, I love m&ms and the bookmark and I‘ve been needing a new journal too. And the cup! I absolutely love it! I think no matter what the season, this will keep my drinks the temp I need them to be! Litsy swaps are the best! #bookandbottleswap @JoScho

This book made me so mad and I wanted to scream #no f***ing way so many times while listening to this. People‘s reactions to rape victims and their stories continually keep baffling me, and especially in the context of the justice system.

A great read, but it will infuriate you!

#GetMovin

😡😡 This book is infuriating and important. Through the lens of one town and a series of rapes, Krakauer sheds light on the ridiculous and archaic ideas that still prevail in our country, both in its citizens and its court system, about sexual assault. Unlike victims of virtually any other crime, victims of sexual assault are immediately regarded with skepticism and judgement, which speaks volumes about the rape culture in our society.