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TravelersWife4Life (31 KP) rated The Key to Love in Books

Feb 24, 2021  
The Key to Love
The Key to Love
Betsy St. Amant | 2020
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
First, can I just say that I LOVE this cover? I am honestly not even sure why as pink is not my color. But it pulled me in and made me want to read the book (great job to whoever designed it!). This is my first time reading a book by Betsy St. Amant and it will probably not be the last.

Based on the description I was expecting something a little romance, some yummy desserts, and to learn to see something in the unexpected. I did all of that, just not the way I expected to
  
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Alison Pink (7 KP) rated Finding Jake in Books

Jan 15, 2018  
FJ
Finding Jake
Bryan Reardon | 2015
10
8.0 (2 Ratings)
Book Rating
Oh my goodness. This book is just wow. It is so authentic and so heartbreaking. It speaks to the desire of our society to make snap judgements based on the media. It is about a school shooting, yes, but it is about so much more...family, heartbreak, love, loss, heroism. This was a great read despite the fact that I ugly cried for the last 5 chapters or so. This is one of those books that is going to stay with me for a loonngggg time.
  
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Erika (17788 KP) rated The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness in Books

Jan 21, 2019 (Updated Jan 21, 2019)  
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness
Erik Larson | 2004 | Crime, History & Politics, Reference
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7.0 (16 Ratings)
Book Rating
Erik Larson is one of the popular historian writers that I really like. He builds a very big picture of the times, and what was going on in general, outside of H.H. Holmes' murder house. I enjoy knowing the whole picture to put everything into context. Holmes himself is terrifying, and creepily sophisticated for his time.
If you're expecting a book purely based upon Holmes murders, I would not suggest this. Larson builds a huge picture with rich historical detail, which isn't some people's jams. This book is more so about the Worlds' Fair, and how the murder house took advantage of the slight upheaval.