pickI thought I‘d reviewed this 😔 I finished multiple books at a time and was trying to review them all and forgot some along the way, I guess. This one is a hard one to review which might be a reason as well. But Columbine was a really interesting and gripping read, but a heartbreaking one. It still left me wondering and still wanting answers. I can only imagine what the parents and those who lost loved ones feel.
#LitsyReads #Read2025 #nonfiction
Starting this one on audio 🎧 I‘m not very familiar with this case.
pickI know a family like the Breitweisers, the mother/son dynamic specifically. I could imagine Stephane & his mother's relationship so vividly while reading, her desire to protect her son at all costs. Anyway, The Art Thief is well researched and a fast paced narrative non-fiction/biography of 200+ art heists by a collector who just wanted to live surrounded by the art he enjoyed.
Next up. “...it all started with a podcast.“
pickI knew nothing about this family going in, but I'm drawn to cultish stories, so here we are.
My main takeaway - why the hell didn't the dad man up and protect his kids?!?
This story is frustrating and sad.
pickA 10 out of 10! At times hard to read (likely given the nature of my profession), but a worthwhile read. #BookEighteenOf2025
pickThe author is a podcaster, and she narrates the audio pretty well. This was a bookclub pick. It blends true crime with forensic science, mostly following one Jane Doe case in Indiana but with stories from other cases the author has looked into. It‘s good that private citizens have access to look into the cold cases that authorities don‘t have time or money to continue with. Quite a few Does have been identified in this way.
«Було так легко зникнути, так легко заперечити все, так легко — у димі й тумані великого міста — приховати що завгодно.»
“It was so easy to disappear, so easy to deny knowledge, so easy in the smoke and fog of a great city to mask everything.”
— Erik Larson, The Devil in the White City
Im sure some of you have been there but I was just in the Livraria Lello in Porto, Portugal which is dubbed one of the most beautiful book stores in the world - cost 10 euro to get in but it was beautiful. The rumor (which isn‘t true) is that JK Rowling based her Hogwarts library on it bc she had lived in Porto. Even though it‘s not true - still fun to pretend and appreciate how pretty this little store is. 💕📚
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If you like true crime, this is one to read, I couldn't put it down, and when I did to go to a family dinner it was all I thought about...so good.
