While making the trip from North Carolina to Colorado, I listened to a few audiobooks. One of them was Killing Kennedy: The End of Camelot by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard, who also wrote Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination That Changed America Forever (see my short review here). I started it in Asheville, NC and listened straight through Tennessee, Kentucky … [Read more...]
“The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America” by Erik Larson
When I had about 100 pages left in this book (which is about the Chicago World’s Fair and a notorious serial killer), I had a conversation with a friend of mine and told her that I was having a really difficult time getting through it. I told her I just wanted to finish it and that I wanted the book to be over. She was horrified. She started telling me all of the things that … [Read more...]
“Killing Lincoln: Mini Review
What a great read! Before I read this, I did some researching about it and went into it knowing about the factual errors. Aside from those (and some glaringly obvious grammatical errors that the editing team missed), it was definitely worth my time. I really enjoyed how the book was set up and flowed so easily. While I knew the general story about Lincoln's assassination, I … [Read more...]