Toss Me That Book

Format:  Hardback (First Edition - woot!) Date Started:  June 20, 2019 Date Finished:  June 21, 2019 I am a Murderino.  I blame my parents who let me read whatever I wanted.  I was probably in 6th grade when I stumbled onto the author Lois Duncan and quickly plowed through all of her scary/thriller books for pre-teens.  Browsing the bookstore with my dad one afternoon, I found her book, "Who Killed My Daughter," which is the true story of her own daughter's unsolved murder.  I must have read that book over a dozen times, and I'm dying to read it again...after I re-buy a copy because mine was donated to the library in the early 2000s.  Thanks, Mom. I feel like Georgia & Karen have similar origin stories as to how their interest in true crime developed.  And while I was originally extremely nervous to read this book -- it was billed as a memoir, so I thought I'd have to hear in detail about their formative years -- I LOVED IT....

Books I’ve Added to Goodreads in 2019 - January The Daughters of Temperance Hobbs by Katherine Howe I’ve loved Katherine Howe since The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane .  She does modern witches very well. Dumplin’ by Julie Murphy I saw the preview of the movie on Netflix and knew I had to get my hands on the book before I watched it.  This seems unlikely as I am #194 of 236 in the library queue. A Touch of Gold by Annie Sullivan When I was 10, my Grandad gave me the Bullfinch’s Mythology Coloring Book, and I’ve had a soft spot for myths and their reimaginings ever since. The Ruby in the Smoke by Philip Pullman I read this series when I was in grad school at the recommendation of a professor who was borderline obsessed with Philip Pullman.  He had the microphone ono our bus trip to Oxford, and it was basically running commentary about His Dark Materials .  Since I cou...

Future Readers of America Sometimes I find myself feeling like I should do things because that’s the way I’ve always done them or that’s a tradition that I’m used to or comfortable with.   Such is the case for New Year’s resolutions.   I make them every year because that’s just what you do, right?   You promise yourself to drink more water or lose ten pounds or take up a trendy hobby (ie: last year’s failed attempt at cross stitch – though I still think that I could manage this if I had more free time). But, I started wondering what the whole point of resolutions is anyway and how could I successfully achieve goals with a full time job, a husband, a dog, and two very young children (one 2 ½ years and one 2 months).   My first thought was that I can’t.   There’s no possible way to drink more water when I’m already drinking 90+ ounces a day to support breastfeeding – I’ll float away or explode or both simultaneously.   To me, that example shows ...