ifoughtthelaw

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Small Gods: Discworld Novel, A | Terry Pratchett

“Gravity is a habit that is hard to shake.”

#AnglophileApril | 24: #IFoughtTheLaw

📷: Made with Typorama

Cinfhen, Reviewsbylola, emilyhaldi, Mdargusch

Cinfhen Clever 🙌🏻🤓 5y

Mdargusch Way to think outside the box! 5y

Reviewsbylola Ha! Love this. 5y

emilyhaldi That‘s the truth! 5y

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gradcat

My Life with Bonnie and Clyde | Blanche Caldwell Barrow

#anglophileapril

(Day 24 - #IFoughtTheLaw)

*A day late, sorry 😐

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Mdargusch You , @Reviewsbylola , and I all had the same idea! 😁 5y

Leftcoastzen Nice! 5y

Reviewsbylola Great minds. 😁😁 5y

gradcat @Leftcoastzen Thanks very much! But I guess I wasn‘t the first with this idea 😂 see @Mdargusch & @Reviewsbylola ... oh yes—great minds! 5y

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Reviewsbylola

Go Down Together: The True, Untold Story of Bonnie and Clyde | Jeff Guinn

#ifoughtthelaw #anglophileapril

I haven‘t read this but I bought it awhile ago—possibly because of @britt_brooke ‘s review. It sounds compelling and I always see great reviews for Guinn.

Cinfhen, emilyhaldi, Mdargusch

britt_brooke Yes! I loved this. Guinn is amazing. 5y

Cinfhen Sounds promising!! I love NF 5y

emilyhaldi I already have this stacked 😄 5y

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Mdargusch Great minds... I posted about them too. 5y

gradcat I see we thought alike on this one! 😂 5y

Reviewsbylola 😂😂😂 @mdargusch @gradcat 5y

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emilyhaldi

Lonesome Dove: A Novel | Larry McMurtry

No one breaks the law with as much swag as Call & Gus 🏜

#ifoughtthelaw
#anglophileapril

Cinfhen, Reviewsbylola, Mdargusch

Tamra And you gotta 💚 them for it! 5y

Leftcoastzen ❤️❤️❤️❤️ 5y

Cinfhen Niiiiiice 🤠🤠🤠🤠🤠 5y

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RohitSawant Had McMurtry's Dead Man's Walk in mind for this prompt! 🙌🏼 5y

Mdargusch This book crossed my mind too! 5y

Reviewsbylola 😍😍😍 no one looks as good doing it either. 5y

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Blaire

Solitary | Albert Woodfox

Here‘s a pic of just of a few of the many law books on our shelves. What can I say, I‘m a lawyer married to a lawyer. The tagged book is on my #tbr. It is written by a man who spent decades in solitary in the infamous Angola prison for a crime he did not commit and managed to retain his humanity and hope. #ifoughtthelaw #anglophileapril

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Crazeedi That would be a hard one to read 5y

Mdargusch Good choice! What a tragic situation. 5y

emilyhaldi I went to the Angola Prison Rodeo one year while I was in college nearby. It was really cool to attend the arts/crafts fair... All of the products are made by the prisoners 🙃 5y

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emilyhaldi Ps. The book you're referring to sounds BRUTAL 5y

Cinfhen I agree @emilyhaldi book sounds devastating but I want to read it. I‘m truly amazed at the will to live and how one can overcome such incredible obstacles 5y

Reviewsbylola Ugh I hate to hear stories of wrongful convictions. 😢 5y

Blaire @Crazeedi yes. I think it will be difficult but also a real testament to what people can overcome. 5y

Blaire @Mdargusch so much injustice in the justice system. 5y

Blaire @emilyhaldi so did my husband. Still has the t-shirt. He went to Tulane for law school. 5y

Blaire @emilyhaldi @Cinfhen @reviewsbylola yes. I find it incredible how he maintained his humanity and powerful that he wrote his own story. I‘ve read a lot about injustice and wrongful convictions, but seems rare to read a first person account. 5y

emilyhaldi I went to Tulane for undergrad!!! So I‘m a bit biased in saying it‘s the best school (and New Orleans the best city!) ever!!!! Hopefully your husband agrees 😉 5y

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Kalalalatja

Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup | John Carreyrou

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How? HOW?!?!? How could Elizabeth Holmes carry on her lies for so long? She can definitely say “#IFoughtTheLaw for as long as she was able to. I can‘t wrap my head around the brutal, menacing ways of the Theranos company towards its employees, and I can‘t get over the fact how many high ranking, influential people Holmes got into her net, while not being able to show any results. Bonkers!

#AnglophileApril #MarchMadnessChallenge

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Mdargusch This all shocks me too. Sounds like she almost got away with it. 5y

charl08 Completely mad. I just read this too. Also the ethics of the lawyers involved... 5y

ShyBookOwl It's all so mind boggling and incredibly frustrating... and straight up SAD 5y

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MicheleinPhilly She is a pyschopath. 5y

Blaire This book was so good and her super scamming is incredible! 5y

Ncostell I just watched a documentary on this on HBO and it is really beyond belief. I‘ll have to pick up the book too. 5y

emilyhaldi I'm dying to read this one!!! Everyone I know who's read it is 🤯🤯🤯 5y

Cinfhen Such a CRAZZZY story!!!!! NEED to check out the HBO doc 5y

Megabooks You know, as a doctor who understands the workings of blood machines, I never believed she could do that many tests on 1-2 drops of blood. We have micro tubes to do specialized chem panels on birds with as little as 4 drops. Hell it takes 3 drops just to do a SNAP heartworm test on dogs. Fun fact: birds have nucleated red blood cells so traditional CBC machines don‘t work on them. You have to do a manual count, which is a pain! 5y

Reviewsbylola I think I‘m going to have to read this one! 5y

Kalalalatja @Mdargusch @charl08 @ShyBookOwl @MicheleinPhilly @Blaire @Ncostell @emilyhaldi @Cinfhen @Reviewsbylola I went in with low expectations, because this isn‘t normally my jam, but it was just beyond crazy and unbelievable! 🤯🤯🤯 @Megabooks that is really interesting! I couldn‘t get over the fact that none of the higher ups actually knew anything about blood testing. It makes no sense! 5y

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squirrelbrain

Mr Nice | Howard Marks

Howard Marks was a notorious drug dealer in the 1980s - he had 43 aliases and 89 phone lines!

He was sentenced to 25 years in Terre Haute, Indiana and released after 7 years.

Did he win or did the law?

#ifoughtthelaw

#anglophileapril

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Cinfhen This sounds good!!! #stacked I‘m sure my #TrueCrimeFans agree @Reviewsbylola @Mdargusch ❤️ 5y

Mdargusch Wow! How have I never heard about him! 5y

squirrelbrain @Cinfhen @Reviewsbylola @Mdargusch - it‘s a long time since I read it (maybe 15 years?) but I really enjoyed it.... 5y

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emilyhaldi How does one juggle 89 phone lines!?! 5y

Samplergal I lived there in the 80‘s. Wow. Interesting story. 5y

Reviewsbylola 89 phone lines?!? 5y

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TrishB

And Still I Rise | Doreen Lawrence

#ifoughtthelaw #anglophileapril
The law, the police, the establishment and the government - to try and get justice for her son.
A harrowing and sad read 💔

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Cinfhen I remember hearing about this case from you & @arlenefinnigan - I thought I had previously stacked the book 🤷‍♀️ 5y

Mdargusch Sounds like a powerful book! 5y

emilyhaldi 💙 5y

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Weaponxgirl I watched the bbc documentary about this last year and I was so angry and upset by the end. I didn‘t know there was a book too and will try to read this when I‘m in the right headspace for it. 5y

Reviewsbylola So heartbreaking. 😞😞😞 5y

TrishB @Weaponxgirl it makes you very angry and sad ☹️ 5y

TrishB @Reviewsbylola definitely 💔 5y

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