True Crime Book Club (2022)
Here's what we read in 2022
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
I'll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara
The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
The Killer Across the Table by John Douglas & Mark Olshaker
Manson by Jeff Guinn
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Book Tastings: April 2024
Check out the full menu below! Crime Who is the Real Villain?: Tag, You're Dead by Kathryn Foxfield: When teen social media influencer Anton Frazer stages a live-streamed, citywide game of Tag, his fans go wild. Outfitted with body cams, GPS trackers, and pressure sensors to keep tally of who's disqualified, contestants are split into Chasers and Runners then let lose into the night-covered urban jungle to hunt each other down.
By Kristen Barenthaler8 months ago in BookClub
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"Do It Again" the track that would ultimately open the Beach Boys final album on Capitol Records which was released on February 10th 1969 had originally been released as a single in August of 1968. The track was the first of many post-Pet Sounds era throwbacks to the early Beach Boys sound which would become continually more cliched and eventually lead the Beach Boys to the level of self-parody they would eventually succumb to in the 1980s while their closest contemporaries The Beatles nearing the end of their run in 1969 would go on to be viewed as the most influential band of all time. However, the song itself is not bad on its surface, and it opens with a futuristic sounding (for 1969) drumbeat captured by then-Beach Boys engineer Stephen Desper using tape delays on the drums performed by Dennis Wilson and John Guerin. The song has been re-recorded numerous times over the years on various Beach Boys-related projects most notably the 2011 re-recording at Capitol studios featuring the five surviving Beach Boys at the time backed instrumentally by various members of both the Brian Wilson Band and Mike Loves touring "Beach Boys" to promote the then upcoming Beach Boys 50th Anniversary reunion tour in 2012. The hammering and power drill sound at the end of the song was an excerpt from a track called "Workshop" that was to be a part of the uncompleted "SMiLE" album.
By Sean Callaghan7 days ago in Beat
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These books all seem to be about true crime. I've read a few true crime books myself. They're always so fascinating, but also a bit chilling. I like how they dig into the minds of the criminals and the events that led to the crimes. Which of these have you read, and which did you find most gripping?