1. Finished the tagged book and liked it way more than I thought I would. Thank you book club!
2. Students are gone, so campus is a lot quieter and bathrooms are a lot cleaner.
3. I made 2 crock pot meals that my husband really liked (I liked them too)!
4. I made a new friend!
5. I helped a new transfer student feel less stressed. Whenever I do this, it feels like an advising win. 💜💛
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pickFun story where watching movie first led me to this book. In the movie, Frank‘s cons seemed to work because of his charm & luck. The book details his research, lots of research to make his cons work. Frank loved the ladies so some readers may find his sexist word choices & attitudes objectionable.The audiobook version I have does not have an epilogue. It just ends abruptly😮💨 I really wanted details on his career after his cons. ⬇️
pickMidnight In The Garden Of Good And Evil isn‘t so much about the murder of Danny Hansford as it is where the crime fits into Savannah society and the people impacted by it. It‘s an interesting way of telling a story, even if it means that the story loses some of the tension and propulsion a reader could rightfully expect from classic true crime. Full review: https://keepingupwiththepenguins.com/midnight-in-the-garden-of-good-and-evil-joh...
pick“I will break the cycle…I will trust the children. The child within me and the children I will one day nurture. I will trust in their resilience, their wisdom, their limitless imagination, and their innate capacity for love. I will guide them, but I will also learn from them and will allow their innocence and wonder heal the wounded parts of my soul. Together we will create a new story.”
I have no words. I am so proud of Shari.
pick4½ ✨
Reading very much like a work of Fiction, this brutal account of the Clutter Murders is bone chilling.
Not only is Capote a masterful writer, but his dedication to obtaining all the information needed for this recounting amazes me - especially taking into account the when. No quick Google searches to check facts, or see photos of places. Just feet on the ground investigation.
“Sometimes family isn‘t just what you‘re born into. It‘s also what you build in the aftermath of loss.”
pickGhostbusting! 👻 Wish I would have discovered this in October. Lots of interesting historical background on the supernatural craze of late 19th to mid 20th centuries.
I recall my grandmother saying at one time her family members went to some type of fortune teller/seer, which would have been within that period. Can‘t remember why, but in my mind it‘s connected to something about money hidden within the walls of the house.
pickThis was a long audiobook, but I stuck with it. This is really 2 stories in 1, which seems to be a common comment after people read it. NF about the building & celebration of the World‘s Fair in Chicago 1893, but also about a serial murderer who was in Chicago at the same time. Both were interesting, especially the World‘s Fair part. Chapters go back & forth between the 2 stories. IMO, it would be a better book if it just focused on World‘s Fair.
I thought that, since I‘d watched the documentaries and read the articles, this book wouldn‘t be able to shock me. I am about halfway through it right now. I. Am. Horrified. That woman was a mess long before Jody came into her world. Always cold. Always calculating. Always manipulative.
Those poor children. (And eff that husband, too. Coward).
