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slaveluci -> RE: What are you reading? (4/25/2009 1:48:01 PM)
Holly, You might also like this one then: "Under and Alone: The True Story of the Undercover Agent Who Infiltrated America's Most Violent Outlaw Motorcycle Gang" - William Queen I really enjoyed it. It was interesting to me how Queen got so deep that he felt a brotherhood with some of the guys he was trying to bust. At one point when he'd lost his mother and so involved with the gang, some of the bikers offered more sincere sympathy for his loss and more friendship than other agents he worked with. He really faced a moral crisis about what he was doing to the bikers at that point. I mean, he knew they were criminals but there was some good in them too. That should be pretty common-sense to most of us but for law enforcement, especially those undercover trying to catch them, it's often far more cut & dried and b&w. Very interesting book..........luci

sirsholly -> RE: What are you reading? (4/25/2009 1:51:49 PM)
thanks Luci...i am headed to Amazon now [:)]

slaveluci -> RE: What are you reading? (4/25/2009 1:56:14 PM)
[:)] Great....hope you liked it as much as I did.......luci

sirsholly -> RE: What are you reading? (4/25/2009 1:57:18 PM)
i just bought it on E-bay for three dollars [:D] thanks for the tip!!!!

slaveluci -> RE: What are you reading? (4/25/2009 2:00:09 PM)
Sure, I've got tons of them especially where true crime and various other nonfiction is concerned. You'll have to let me know if you like it..........luci

sirsholly -> RE: What are you reading? (4/25/2009 2:13:58 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: slaveluci Sure, I've got tons of them especially where true crime and various other nonfiction is concerned. You'll have to let me know if you like it..........luci it sounds like you and i have the same taste. Bet you have read all of Ann Rules books? [:)]

slaveluci -> RE: What are you reading? (4/25/2009 2:33:43 PM)
Many of them. It really just depends on who she's writing about. There's so many really interesting true crime stories to be told but so many of the writers don't tell them well. Of course she's an exception and I love Lowell Cauffiel. He is the best. He can take a story that's not necessarily that fascinating to me and make it so. He really delves into the backgrounds of the people involved and he just writes well. He makes any tale very interesting. I recommend anything he writes. I also love "Venom in the Blood" about Charlene and Gerald Gallego (husband and wife serial killer team). It's by Eric Van Hoffman. Very interesting. "The Executioner's Song" by Norman Mailer about Gary Gilmore is a classic and, even better, the book Gary's brother, Mikal, wrote called "Shot in the Heart." One of the best books ever, hands down. So haunting. "Perfect Victim" by Christine McGuire is another very interesting book. It's about the famous "girl in the box" case where Cameron Hooker kidnapped hitchhiker Colleen Stan and kept her prisoner as a slave for 7 years. Controversial case and very memorable. "Suffer the Little Children" is a mass-market paperback by Barbara Davis that is very interesting. The writing isn't anything worth writing home about but the story was fascinating to me. It's about Jesse James Cummings from Oklahoma whom I believe is still on death row there. (Nope. I just checked and he was executed by lethal injection back in Sept. 2008, still professing his innocence). He was evil, very abusive and killed his own sister and niece (allegedly). It's more interesting that I can explain here but definitely worth a read. Anyway....I could go on and on but those are some that just pop into my mind without looking at my bookshelves. I'd recommend any of them................luci

GreedyTop -> RE: What are you reading? (4/25/2009 2:37:04 PM)
ok, just finished the James Patterson. Sweet story. GEtting ready to start Nature Girl by Carl Hiaasen

KneelforAnne -> RE: What are you reading? (4/25/2009 2:43:13 PM)
Have you read his new one? It's called Scat, and I've been looking at it. (* I am almost 100% positive that it does not have anything to do with poo) grins

GreedyTop -> RE: What are you reading? (4/25/2009 2:48:11 PM)
No.. sadly, my library doesnt seem to understand the concept of shelving more than one or two titles by authors that don't live on the NYT booklist for months at a time..... I have a Borders gift card.. gonna have to break it out soon, I think....

sirsholly -> RE: What are you reading? (4/25/2009 3:11:31 PM)
quote: The Executioner's Song" by Norman Mailer about Gary Gilmore is a classic and, even better, the book Gary's brother, Mikal, wrote called "Shot in the Heart." One of the best books ever, hands down. So haunting. i just finished Shot in the Heart. It was incredible... as you said...haunting. The eldest brother, Frank, was the one that got to me. I kept hoping he would find a little happiness.....

slaveluci -> RE: What are you reading? (4/25/2009 3:18:31 PM)
Wow, we do have the same taste[:)]. I've read that book several times over the years since it came out and it gives me chills everytime. I wonder if even Mikal will ever find happiness really. Tragic family............luci

Lorr47 -> RE: What are you reading? (4/25/2009 10:05:29 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: sirsholly quote: The Executioner's Song" by Norman Mailer about Gary Gilmore is a classic and, even better, the book Gary's brother, Mikal, wrote called "Shot in the Heart." One of the best books ever, hands down. So haunting. i just finished Shot in the Heart. It was incredible... as you said...haunting. The eldest brother, Frank, was the one that got to me. I kept hoping he would find a little happiness..... I read somewhere that they counted six bullet holes in Gilmore. Supposedly one round is supposed to be a blank. In Gilmore's case someone was arguing that no blanks were used. This wouldn't upset me but I am curious whether the brother's book comments on this. I would like to know about the three executed in Sumatra. They appealed to the supreme court that the firing squad was cruel and unusual punishment and wanted to be beheaded. Twelve riflemen were scheduled; four per prisoner. I thought this was adequate. Then they said a blank was used by one of the four. I still thought three rounds would probably ensure a quick death. However, by their rules only one rifleman had a live round; that is barbaric. Suppose the one with the live round shoots the prisoner in the groin. There is no officer administering a shot to the head so it takes however long it takes to expire. They spoke about some prisoners screaming for 45 minutes before expiring. During the 45 minutes the people sang hymns to cover the screams. Geez.

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