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Meet Me in St Louis is a favorite Christmas movie.

The Secret History, The Devil in the White City, All The Light We Cannot See should be movies.

I picked up this read earlier today based on the fact I live about 25 mins away from the Chain of Rocks Bridge on the Illinois side of the river. The victims would be my age had they lived. This was a very good book regarding the crime and the aftermath. Heartbreaking to be sure.

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3.5⭐/5⭐ I found this one a little hard to get through, and I'm not sure why. I usually like the true crime/memoir genre... this one took me days to read.

I actually liked Joe Buck before reading this, but I like him even more now. He‘s very open, honest, and self deprecating. It is also kind of funny to say that I was one of the people on Waveland Ave for the “Steve Bartman game” in 2003, so I will be telling my family and friends that I am indirectly mentioned in the book. 😅

I‘m a Joe Buck fan. Have been for most of my days. This book has been sitting on my shelf for years and I finally picked it up. I read it in two days. Buck‘s writing is much like his banter: witty, straight-forward, and enjoyable. And now I follow him on Twitter because I‘d like to hear more of what he has to offer with the written word.

I finished this in a day. I couldn‘t stop reading even though the subject matter is horrific. Toward the end I felt there was a lack of empathy which was very understandable but jarred with the overall tone. However any criticism feels like sniping because the book is a very intimate insight into the wider family when a truly evil crime is committed.

I was still reading this book at 2 a.m. on a school night. What more of a recommendation can I offer than that? Written by the author of American Dirt, this one is memoir/true crime which tells the story of something that happened to the author‘s older brother and two of their cousins. Total page-turner. Read my full review here: https://theludicreader.com/2021/05/07/a-rip-in-heaven-jeanine-cummins/