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Post by anela on Feb 15, 2017 19:16:34 GMT
I'm still reading "Helter Skelter" and "The Fireman" and trying to get through memoirs that I ordered in a month ago. My fees are piling up - I can't believe I was stupid enough to order so many library books. After this, it's a few books at a time, or I'm sticking to Netflix for a while.
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Post by Ava on Feb 15, 2017 21:13:09 GMT
I'm re-reading A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle, and this one that my Cap friend sent me as a birthday gift. It got lost in customs so i just received it. Linda Thompson is a great writer and her life has been crazy. She wrote a lot of famous songs including "I Have Nothing."
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2017 15:16:08 GMT
Finished reading the Final Truth (autobiography of Pee Wee Gaskins) a couple months ago.. Chilling, and almost hits the mark as a good true crime book. I had to put two "normal" books between this and the next true crime one, because it really is ghastly at times. It's written in his tone and inflection. Can't get his voice out of my mind. Up next: The one that inspired the creation of our beloved Sherlock: The Suspicions of Mr Whicher.Based on a real life murder.
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Post by Ava on Feb 18, 2017 2:14:20 GMT
@icequeen Creepy stuff! I had never heard of Pee Wee Gaskins... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Henry_GaskinsWhy are so many Pisces people serial killers? ( Why, God, why?) Well he lived an awful life.... I really cannot delve into that too much. I don't want to sound crazy but I think it makes me psychically vulnerable to dark spirits. I used to have morbid curiosity and I kinda miss it but I just can't do it anymore. Or, at this point in time.
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Post by anela on Feb 18, 2017 6:37:38 GMT
If I read anything like that, I have to couch it between milder books, too. I used to watch the TV movies about John Gacy, and Ted Bundy, when I was a teenager, but I couldn't stand it after a certain age. I used to watch the show Hannibal, and then follow up with Gilmore Girls. Ann Rule's book on Ted Bundy, gave me nightmares, when I was 25/26. *shiver*
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2017 6:24:13 GMT
Ava , I know what you mean. It's sorta complicated for me, not sure I can explain it well. But - well, all I can really say - is that it's damn near a compulsion. anela , You used to watch those? Wow, I can imagine they'd be hard to watch without internalizing. You know I actually thought Ann Rule's book didn't quite hit the mark, to be honest. At least as far as True Crime goes. (I know how the stories in there must been awful, I'm just speaking of it purely as a book). She seems kinda self-involved and very much aware of the subject matter being "big news". I just don't like her style, I guess. She doesn't at all care for true insight into Ted Bundy's psyche. It's all sensationalism. Have you read Capote's "In Cold Blood"? Either that or, the one about Gaskins, or.. most any other good true crime book. If you compare that to Ann Rule's, you'll know what I mean. The best true crime writers manage to remove themselves from the equation. i.e. their personality/opinions/judgment does not get in the way of, nor overshadow the character that we're really trying to study. Some do it by actually removing themselves and using first-person narrative (VERY hard to do, but marvelous if done well). Some do it using a style that's a crossover between journalism and biography. So, they have a bit of detachment as well as a bit of empathy. Some dive headfirst into the psyche they're studying, themselves becoming a character entwined with the subject's story. This one takes the most emotional toll of all. I have an example for this, but don't want to freak you out. There was an author who tried something I had wanted to do, as a kid. Needless to say, it didn't end well. I got chills when I read that book and how close I'd come to doing exactly what the author had done. What is that saying -- "If you stare too long into the abyss, the abyss stares into you."
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Post by Ava on Feb 20, 2017 14:32:09 GMT
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Ooo now I am so curious what the author did, that you wanted to do.
I have a lot of ghost stories, death stories, and paranormal stories. So we can trade stories. Maybe not here, but maybe someday!
Maybe if @theunknown gives us a Spirituality forum (please) I will tell this one ghost story that comes to mind. The craziest thing that happened, last time I investigated serial killers and got too absorbed in it.
PS "In Cold Blood" is an amazing book!
"Nothing is worse than being murdered...nothing."
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Post by Violets on Feb 20, 2017 15:36:30 GMT
I have a bunch of books laying around my bed--stuff like Ten Minute Zen, The Tao Te Ching, and my favorite "comfort" book, which is A Wrinkle In Time by Madeleine L'Engle (I could almost recite the entire book, as it's been my favorite since I was 8 years old, but it's still a comfort to pick up if I'm feeling low). Some daily affirmation books, etc. BUT... What I tend to actually pick up and read are Planets in Transit and a book on dreams I have called Watch Your Dreams by Ann Ree Colton. If I could find The Alchemist out in one of the numerous boxes in the garage, I would probably read that one again, or at least have it handy as a "comfort book".
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Post by Deleted on Feb 21, 2017 2:04:33 GMT
Ava , Oh mine's just an old pipe dream, you could say. Not a real story. I love, love hearing ghost stories! Would you post that over in the Spirituality thread or the Cafe or wherever? *pretty please*
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Post by anela on Feb 21, 2017 6:41:30 GMT
For some reason, I'm having trouble replying to longer quotes. @icequeen - hope that works. I did want to read In Cold Blood, but didn't get around to ordering it in. I need to finish Helter Skelter, because I've had it for almost three months, and have worked up a lot of fines. I was really in the mood to tuck into it when I first got it (and a year ago, when I ordered it once before), but then something puts me off. I'm not feeling so good, or I'm too tired. I read more when I was in the van with dad, a few weeks ago, all day, but I was then put off by the girls happily talking about murdering people. I wasn't impressed by Ann Rule, either - I also wondered if she was telling the truth when she said that she wasn't attracted to him. I'm usually not attracted to that sort of guy, but I didn't think she was telling the truth. I think I had nightmares, partly because I could have been one of his targets: a total sap when it comes to someone needing help, long dark hair, etc.
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Post by anela on Feb 21, 2017 6:42:54 GMT
@icequeen Ooo now I am so curious what the author did, that you wanted to do. I have a lot of ghost stories, death stories, and paranormal stories. So we can trade stories. Maybe not here, but maybe someday! Maybe if @theunknown gives us a Spirituality forum (please) I will tell this one ghost story that comes to mind. The craziest thing that happened, last time I investigated serial killers and got too absorbed in it. PS "In Cold Blood" is an amazing book! "Nothing is worse than being murdered...nothing." I would love this! I'm still working my way through a long thread on a nursing site, of ghost stories, or odd experiences.
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Post by anela on Feb 21, 2017 6:45:53 GMT
I have a bunch of books laying around my bed--stuff like Ten Minute Zen, The Tao Te Ching, and my favorite "comfort" book, which is A Wrinkle In Time by Madeleine L'Engle (I could almost recite the entire book, as it's been my favorite since I was 8 years old, but it's still a comfort to pick up if I'm feeling low). Some daily affirmation books, etc. BUT... What I tend to actually pick up and read are Planets in Transit and a book on dreams I have called Watch Your Dreams by Ann Ree Colton. If I could find The Alchemist out in one of the numerous boxes in the garage, I would probably read that one again, or at least have it handy as a "comfort book". I want to re-read the Harry Potter books. It's been almost ten years since I read the last one! Out on the swing seat, during the Summer. I have the Inkspell trilogy, but I've never read it. We watched the movie, eight years ago, and it left me curious about the rest.
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Post by Ava on Feb 21, 2017 13:00:16 GMT
VioletsYou make me want to read A Wrinkle in Time. I've never read it! No idea what it's even about. anelaCan you post a link to the nurse thread? Or is that a private forum? If it's convenient for you, I'd love to read that thread. @icequeen Okay I will tell you some ghost stories. I'm waiting to see if we get a paranormal subforum; they would fit better there.
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Post by Violets on Feb 21, 2017 14:50:39 GMT
Oh Ava , I hope you do read it! In my life, it's up there with The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. Madeleine L'Engle and C.S. Lewis even share a birth-day. It actually impacted me far more than C.S. Lewis did.
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Post by Ava on Feb 21, 2017 16:02:27 GMT
I've never read The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, either. Or Harry Potter. But I'm literate, honest.
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Post by Violets on Feb 21, 2017 16:51:01 GMT
I believe you, lol. I will still read Harry Potter as well. I would compare a lot of these books to The Secret Garden, if you read that as a kid? They're not similar at all with their plots, but are very rich and deep, and still good reading for adults who need a break from non-fiction or the seriousness of the classics. Besides Wuthering Heights. I can read that again any day.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2017 0:01:41 GMT
The Secret Garden...! So many memories, man I love that one. Actually, that was the first novel I ever read. I agree, that & Harry Potter - are ones that adults can read over n over; and also read to their children. Speaking of.. practically all of Enid Blyton's books were a big favourite with me, as a kid. Especially "The Secret Island". Haven't read A Wrinkle in Time, though.. Might take it up one of these days.
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Post by Violets on Feb 22, 2017 0:05:11 GMT
GOOD GOD, MAN! You guys need to run to your local library and read A Wrinkle in Time! I recently found out that my brothers had never read it either, and when I bought it for my dad as a gift, he also didn't read it! I was like *GASP* He likes Ted Talks and whatnot, lol.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2017 0:06:33 GMT
Hahaha!! Yes, thank you - I got a good one on the list now.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2017 0:12:45 GMT
For some reason, I'm having trouble replying to longer quotes. @icequeen - hope that works. I did want to read In Cold Blood, but didn't get around to ordering it in. I need to finish Helter Skelter, because I've had it for almost three months, and have worked up a lot of fines. I was really in the mood to tuck into it when I first got it (and a year ago, when I ordered it once before), but then something puts me off. I'm not feeling so good, or I'm too tired. I read more when I was in the van with dad, a few weeks ago, all day, but I was then put off by the girls happily talking about murdering people.
I wasn't impressed by Ann Rule, either - I also wondered if she was telling the truth when she said that she wasn't attracted to him. I'm usually not attracted to that sort of guy, but I didn't think she was telling the truth. I think I had nightmares, partly because I could have been one of his targets: a total sap when it comes to someone needing help, long dark hair, etc. Oh I've been meaning to read Helter Skelter too.. Let me know what you think of it. Ann Rule.. Ha!! That's what I thought. She seemed almost disappointed when she didn't get as much attention from him (at least after he stopped working with her). Wow..you fit his profile!! And unfortunately, good samaritans (usually) make easy targets. Btw -- "but I was then put off by the girls happily talking about murdering people."Do you mean in "Helter Skelter"?
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