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A lot of men are going to burn in hell for the secrets they kept, the lies they told, and the people they protected. This ruthless piece of nonfiction about the reporting surrounding the Harvey Weinstein case made it hard for me to breathe. Those women. The things they went through. The things men did to cover it up. There are no words. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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I started this one this morning, and now I want to keep reading it instead of going to work. It‘s fascinating, gut-wrenching, fury-driving, and almost so incredibly unbelievable that it‘s nonfiction. Yet, it also shows power and everything wrong in society. I breezed through 100 pages this morning. It‘s so worth the hype so far.

My stomach is churning... I call bullsh*t on everyone involved, it‘s so difficult to believe that so many people aided and abetted Weinstein for so many years! All this and I‘m not even at the halfway mark.

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Do I get offered more Skip the Line holds because I am super active with my Libby account or does everyone get to skip the line this much? Anyways, feeling lucky to not have to wait 6 months!

Next up. This just arrived from my library.. I‘m thinking it will be an informative but disturbing listen.
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I read this on the heels of “She Said,“ which is mostly same topic and subject. They were both great. I'm a bit fascinated by Ronan Farrow and didn't realize he was a life partner with a man who runs one of my fave podcasts, Pod Save America. I recommend! #WinterGames #TeamNutcracker #TBRReads

Wow. NBC did quite the job trying to cover up this story. The story behind the story was very interesting. +16 for a #TBRRead. #MerryReaders #WinterGames

Wow. A lot of names and such to keep track of in this one, but the information is just unimaginable. #tbrread #wintergames #slaybells (16)!

Reading by the light of my Christmas tree. #SelfieScavengerHunt +16 (selfie and post). #MerryReaders #WinterGames

Elf in the background while I read the tagged book! #wintergames #slaybells (6)!

After not being able to finish many books I‘ve started I finally found one I couldn‘t put down. Highly recommend this!

Here is my month in books. A not entirely satisfying collection but two books did stand out : Catch and Kill is as good as everyone is saying and Kevin Wilson is a new author to me that I want to read more from. On the “ticking off” on achievements front I have finally completed the Booker longlist novels and have one book remaining for #Readharder2019 ! Woohoo, it might nearly be time to read what I want ;)

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Some folks are not going to like Farrow‘s audio narration. He attempts several accents, but I consider them helpful rather than mocking, which I think was the intent. The information in this book is fucked up on many levels. It‘s pathetic the lengths to which people have gone in order to protect these wretched monsters. So grateful for those who kept - and keep - fighting for retribution.

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I needed to tackle this book in little chunks as I found myself getting so infuriated with all the ways in which women are silenced. Even though I thought I had followed the Harvey Weinstein reporting fairly closely, there is much to be gleaned from Ronan Farrows memoir-like 'story-behind the story'.
Spoiler : The senior decision-makers at NBC do not come out of this well.
Essential reading for our current times.

I really enjoyed this book and Ronan Farrow‘s coverage of the Harvey Weinstein accusations and history. I learned a lot from this book, including how Harvey Weinstein, NBC and Matt Lauer were connected and that Russia was even involved (#TIL Today I Learned). Ronan‘s reporting is wonderful and I‘m glad that despite pushback from NBC that he was able to finally break the story and get the full details out there. #NFNov

Starting my last #nfnov
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DAY 28 #Celebration | Today, many of us celebrate - and hopefully every day - the wonderful things in life. I‘m grateful for my family, our many blessings, and the ability to run a very slow, but steady 3.1 miles this morning so I may carb load this afternoon. 😝 Thank you, Ronan Farrow, for your investigative journalism. This book is 🔥. I‘m thankful for my Litsy family; for your recommendations, opinions, and friendship. 💚

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My brother-in-law getting it right again! Books for my birthday! It's a no-brainer for us isn't it kids? Really looking forward to Catch and Kill although I'll probably want to burn everything down after reading!

▶️🎧 Day made. Perfect timing!

What a great read. Very informative. I now know what the title means. I wonder how many stories never make it to the public arena. I‘m sure there are more stories to come. Excellent journalism. No more powerful rich men doing as they please without regards for others. Getting caught and “ buying” their way out. A book very much for now. @MrsMalaprop

In a way, this book reads like fiction. And then, I remember this is real. It happened. In the last few years no less. It's so hard to wrap my head around, and yet I feel like it's so important. Accountability is important. Hearing victims' voices is important. Impartial reporting is important. There's so much here, I don't have sufficient words for my feelings so far.
Just over halfway through.
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Another fascinating view of the Weinstein scandal and how it personally and professionally affected Ronan Farrow

I used some “great on kindle” money to help pay for this ebook. I didn‘t want to wait at the library. I‘m interested to see how Farrow shines a #rayoflight on the darkness of Weinstein‘s behavior. I wanted to dig deeper after the frontline documentary I watched earlier this month.

#movember @Cinfhen

Reading these two accounts of trying to report the Harvey Weinstein scandal is a fascinating look at how entrenched and systematic the crimes and the coverup actually were.

This wasn‘t an easy read. I was overcome w a lot of emotions–pained and saddened by what the survivors had to go through, perturbed & angry that there are monsters & serial abusers like Weinstein & Lauer, still among us, preying, attacking & silencing their victims with money & power; whose manipulation & intimidation made the victims doubt their own story & made themselves drown in guilt and depression. Full review on https://bit.ly/2ObDFjp

More than 400 pages. Catch and Kill. #nfNovember

Amazing nonfiction. I already knew about the final story that farrow broke, but the story behind the story was full of intrigue and drama.

#nfNovember. A solid 4 stars, and I‘m likely degrading because I listened to the audiobook for about 200 pages. It should be on everyone‘s TBR pile, but I personally thought She Said was superior.

Pardon the language but the amount of shit that goes down in this book! Wow. It is a fascinating page-turner but also, I think, an important read. I‘m really glad I got to see Ronan Farrow discuss the book before I read it!

Matching the nails with my reads!

I feel like I need to take a shower in bleach. 🖕🏼Harvey, 🖕🏼Matt Lauer, 🖕🏼Noah Oppenheim, Andy Lack and all of the suits at NBC, 🖕🏼David Pecker. All of you,🖕🏼very much. 5⭐️.

A well written and necessary read.The duplicity, smears ,and cover ups are endless to protect predators who often ruin women‘s careers and lives.When a reporter goes down this road, he is exposed to some of the same tactics.
I‘m watching Ambassador Yovanovitch testify and it is not lost on me that Trumps tweets to smear her are from the same playbook.

Even though I listened this not long after listening to She Said I still found this book unbelievably compelling. It is nauseating what the women who were victimized by powerful men went through and it was infuriating the lengths that people went to I order to protect those men. I have deep respect for Farrow and his reporting although I would kindly ask him to refrain from attempting to do voices and accents when he narrates his own audiobooks.

Wow. I‘m just part way through this. Could sit all day and read it. Sadly I have other things to do. I heard him speak about this book and I was fascinated because I‘d been a fan of his mum and a fan of his dads films.
He says he hates that his mum is often defined ,not for her work ,but by the men in her life.
Money , men and power. More than a bit scary. @MrsMalaprop
Great journalism.

If you think you know everything about the Harvey Weinstein story, think again. I really admire Ronan Farrow for how hard he worked to make this story pubic. I can't say that I “enjoyed“ this book because at times it was very upsetting, but I'm so glad I read it. I would caution anyone sensitive to discussion of sexual assault against it, though.
See my full review at: https://busybeereviews.blogspot.com/

This book offers another examination of instances of sexual abuse by people in power that were then covered-up or killed by various media outlets. It was repulsing to read about how media is often complicit in covering up the crimes of some people in order to get a “better” story. Farrow writes with an honest eye and tempered voice, which makes this type of book even more compelling. Good, but I preferred “She Said.” #TIL Corruption is everywhere

My final 3x3 grid completed for #BFCr4. 4.5 and above falls in my A range and it‘s a big success when I have a 5* in my grid. The tagged book is so important. I‘m so grateful for the persistence of Ronan Farrow.

5* = Loved It, want non-reader IRL friends to read. I do/will own a physical copy. A+
4*= Liked it a lot, would love to discuss. Solid B
3*=Meh, no need to discuss. Average C
2*=Nope D
1*=DNF F

“In the end, the employees said, Jonathan‘s routine had been so boring the subcontractor surveilling him had given up. “I‘m interesting!” Jonathan said when I told him. “I‘m a very interesting person! I went to an escape room!””

This is a difficult book to get through. Don‘t get me wrong, it‘s readable and well written. It‘s just the casualness of harassment and assault, and the ease to which people who faced it were written off. In a perfect world Rose McGowan would be able to make whatever art she wanted and anyone who said “you know, I heard she‘s difficult to work with” would suddenly face intense GI symptoms.

Really, really good. Terrifying but incredibly readable - like a thriller but real iykwim. And I like Farrow‘s wry style about himself and his life. Not sure I could cope with him reading the audiobook for long periods but I‘m very tempted to try it.

This was a very very good book. There are very very bad people in Hollywood and at NBC. Excellent reporting. The only thing that got me a bit mixed up is how he sort of jumped around in time and back and forth between what he was doing and the Weinstein company/spies were doing, almost trying to make a spy novel feel. Also, I have seen this in other reviews but his voices and accents for people (used to indicate direct quotes) got old fast. #NFNov

Seriously, read this book! The overarching story about sexual assault and harassment by men in power is a sort of recap of the reporting we have seen. However, the story of cover-ups and attempts to thwart accurate news reporting is also appalling. It is important to support journalist who strive to keep the integrity if the business alive! #mustread

Here we go! I hear audio is the best way to get into this story.

Some more snacks #MrBook1inamillion #24b4monday Some dills and Kalamata Olives . Even though I was aware of most of the things in the book it‘s mind boggling the amount of duplicity & disgusting behavior within these pages & I‘m only about half way through. #litsypartyofone #readathon @MrBook

I took back 7 and left with three - progress!! #libraryhaul

This book. THIS BOOK. I can't say enough good things about it. A story that needed to be told, and I'm so thankful Farrow was finally able to tell it. It's a wrenching story, but Farrow includes just enough dry humor to keep you turning the pages. 10/10, would recommend.

Not sure I‘m ready to get as angry as this book will probably make me.