Comments | alivemagdolene: Book-It 'o9! Book #51

alivemagdolene

Book-It 'o9! Book #51

Dec 28, 2009 04:42

More of the Fifty Books Challenge! This was a Goodwill find from my father.

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a is for book, book-it 'o9!, through a dark lens

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queer_theory January 2 2010, 04:43:12 UTC

This is just the sort of thing I could get into. You know how much I enjoy true crime. (That sentence sounds wrong... Gee, I love crime.)

I am surprised that the book isn't America-centric. That makes me even more interested in checking it out.

alivemagdolene January 2 2010, 08:08:11 UTC

Hee, I had to change the review like four times since I kept putting things like "As a true crime enthusiast..." and "I've always enjoyed true crime...". XD

Dude, seriously-- it's extra fascinating on that count. You can tell the authors expect the reader to have full knowledge of these "famous" cases that took place overseas and... well, I know I didn't.

Bonus: there's a court pic of Evelyn Nesbit. *swoon*

queer_theory January 2 2010, 08:13:23 UTC

"I've always considered myself a serial murder aficionado..." :P Yeah... There's really no right way to say that.

I have an "Encyclopedia of Serial Killers"-type book somewhere around here that was clearly written by an Englishman, and it has a very English focus. I love that about it. Also the spelling of jail as "gaol."