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The #AsheCoNCReading Challenge has 50 categories. I am SO CLOSE!! I especially want to support Ashe County with all that has happened there with Hurricane Helene.
This satisfies the True Crime category. Confession: I do not enjoy (if that is the right word?!) reading True Crime. I feel that this is such an important issue and concern for women.

(Photo is of my shower!! At late dusk time.)

#IdiomInsight

The meaning of the idiom #CryWolf is to lie. This phrase refers to a person who lies or complains about something even though no real problems are present.

Police charged an 18-year-old woman with filing a false report about being raped. 2-years later 2 female investigators in another state working on a serial rapist case proved she wasn‘t crying wolf. I thought both the book & the Netflix mini-series Unbelievable were well done.

I'm having trouble finishing this book its too close to home and its making me very angry, I also watched the Netflix series and that did the same too, its a DNF from me unfortunately.

#currentlyreading #audiobook #readingthelibrary #librarybook #rapecultureisnotok #librarybook #truecrime #rape

So so so heartbreaking. I cannot fathom how some of the investigators involved were so willing to write off a victim. I‘m also very thankful for stubborn and headstrong investigators that refuse to give up and fight tooth and nail for victims. I feel like this should be a required reading for police and detectives. Very good but made me angry.

1 chapter in and I‘m angry! I have BS in Criminal Justice and it makes me angry that it‘s considered normal to ‘blame the victim‘. Or that they lied.... 🤬

This book is making me very angry about the sheer lack of believing and understanding of someone who has been raped. Small town dumb arse police. Why, America do you fail over and over again....

#NovelNovember #readathon #librarybook #femaleauthor #readingthelibrary #bookworm #truecrime #truestory #rapeculture

#currentlyreading this interesting book for #NovelNovember readathon on #audiobook while studying.
@Andrew65 👻
#audiobooks #readingthelibrary #librarybook #truecrime #truestory #rapeculture #femaleauthor #females #reading

... discovered a cache of 11,341 untested rape kits in a warehouse..

Wth?

It's the last line that gets me.
There's a tie difficulty ranking score? 🤣🤔🤷‍♀️

Marie left the interview room and walked down the stairs of the police station...

@ShyBookOwl #FirstLineFridays

Sick day reading #notCovid19 #selfisolating

I read the tagged book over a year ago and it stayed at the forefront of my mind. I spent yesterday bingeing on the Netflix limited series based on the book. I cannot tell you the last time I did that, but once I got started I had to watch to the end even though I knew what happened. I thought it was a great adaptation and well worth a watch by anyone interested. #booktoscreen

Heartbreaking, infuriating, disturbing & shocking miscarriage of justice on a rape case. Unbelievable is the right word. And yes, this is the story on Netflix's miniseries, Unbelievable.

Rating: 5⭐

For my full review please visit https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3031738845

#unbelievable #netflixminiseries

I'm so glad this story is being told. I cried through most of it - and am humbled by the resilience of Marie Adler. I listened to the This American Life story and Netflix did such a good job with this story. #powerfulwomen

This was a fabulously, well reported story. It was also a really upsetting read, but I think there is a lot of good that comes out of it (changes in procedures/investigation techniques, etc.)

It isn't my most eloquent review, but I think I'm just spent. It can be found here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2982892279

Ugh hard to watch just like it was hard to read. The show jumps around a bit and changes things up tho

Well-researched and informative. I appreciated the authors‘ brutal attempt to give a voice to this horrific injustice; to tell Marie‘s story along with that of the other victims of the serial rapist, Marc O‘Leary.

See my full review here: https://www.facebook.com/262384764521804/posts/267829347310679?sfns=mo

Since this book is a library discard, I‘m counting it for #loveyourlibrarian #springintoreading @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @vkois88

“In Madison, Wisconsin, a legally blind woman, known as Patty, reported being raped at knifepoint in 1996. But the police didn‘t think she acted like a rape victim should...”

“He (the lead detective) confronted Patty about her history of depression and use of Prozac, and questioned just how blind she was.”

“In 2004, a convicted sex offender was tried and found guilty of Patty‘s rape.”

This story is insane.

Trigger Warning: Child molestation

I‘ll put my thoughts in the comments with a spoiler tag. Read only if you are okay doing so.

Enjoying the outdoor space at my local airport while waiting for the flight and reading.

I feel empathy for the teen who was pressured into stating that her story was a lie. She was then charged for filing a false report! Until the truth was discovered, she faced further humiliation.

Can you imagine being called a liar after such a traumatic violation? Can you imagine having to live with that & not being able to seek help?

Sadly, I know as I ask these questions that there is a possibility that you can, indeed, imagine it. #believe

I am a sensitive reader and this is well written as to describe the actions of the rapist while being sensitive to the horrific trauma of the rapes. This is literally my worst nightmare. This is why victims and survives do not come forward. This is recent. The authors (both male) did their research and worked with a lot of women to get the story right. Being narrated by a woman benefited the story.
#readharderchallenge - journalist #librarybook

My God, this is an awful tale - but a great book! I can‘t believe how easy it is to think a woman reporting a rape must be lying, and how hard it is to get over not being believed.

While this book deals with a heavy subject, it also shows how great police and detectives can be when they actually believe their victims, and are willing to cooperate. More of that please!

On my (mostly) daily walk, listening about rape, had me checking over my shoulder even more than normal. #audiowalk #LitsyWalkers

At the moment, #ImHere on my couch with a good, but infuriating and tough read, and with my favourite view in the world. I‘m feeling pretty good 👌

#MusicalNewYear

My #24in48 books (missing my audiobook). I kept it pretty short with most of them which worked really well for me. Apart from my one DNF, I really liked all the books, and I enjoyed the readathon a lot! 🙌

I have been on reading break for the last couple of hours to watch the final of the Handball World Cup, and Denmark won! 🇩🇰🇩🇰🇩🇰

Now I‘m ready to start what will be my last book of #24in48 readathon. I‘m only around 2 hours short of the 24 hour mark, so I‘m pretty sure I‘ll make it. 👍 and because my last read wasn‘t bleak enough, I‘m going to start this book, which I know will make me mad.

This was really difficult to listen to at times - pretty detailed about some of the rapes. I also think it is an important book to read... #audio

Wow. Certainly not an easy subject matter, but absolutely riveting. Well researched and well narrated. I highly recommend! #audiobook #nonfiction

A heavy, hard, important read. This topic is so timely. Systems must make changes as they continue to break and be broken. #bookclubreads

This was a really well written and interesting account of a serial rapist, his victims ( one of whom is charged with false reporting), and the police investigators working to catch him. It also provides a look at the history of disbelieving rape victims. Of course this is not an easy read or even close to one but I would definitely recommend it.

This is a great example of well researched and well written nonfiction about a tough topic. True crime rarely centers around rape unless it is a part of a murder, etc. This really focuses on a serial rapist and his crimes. The book follows some of his victims and their stories. The authors do a great job of showing an imperfect system combined with the hard topic of false reporting of rape. Well researched and excellent writing! #goodreadsgiveaway

Just made detective so I‘m reading this book to help with being a better and more empathetic officer and to learn from their mistakes. Heavy subject matter so a beer must accompany. Thanks to my mom for the gift 🎁

I can only read this book in the morning. It's pretty fascinating but scares me a bit.

Very well researched and presented. It‘s not an easy subject obviously, but a really insightful look into the evolution of the criminal justice process. I liked the audiobook narration too.

Hooray for your milestone, @Morr_Books - and thanks for offering this awesome giveaway! The tagged book has been on my Litsy TBR the longest (a happy book!)

#MorrGiveaway

Started this book at 8 PM, finished around 3 AM. That‘s probably all I need to say.

What a phenomenal book! As scary as it is, it is crucial to understanding how rape & its victims are viewed in this country & what we can do to combat rape culture. Parts of the book being from the rapists point of view, provide a unique perspective into the mind of those who seem to have the natural inclination to rape & how there isn‘t a safe place for offenders to go to seek preventative help if they know they‘re having unhealthy fantasies.

This is great, well researched and very well written. Essential reading for anyone who wants to know more about rape culture and how the justice system has historically failed rape victims, and continues to.

#ReadingResolutions #CurrentBookQuote

Not a cheerful quote-but it's the book I'm reading tonight to finish it. It's not a spoiler because the profile blurb says that an 18-year-old from Washington reports a rape & with the police disbelieving, she recants & is charged false reporting. In Colorado a rape is investigated & a serial rapist identified that proves Marie's account. This book is excellent but the subject so frustrating & disturbing.😡😣

Tonight's dinner and book. This is one of those 'needs to be used' up dinners. I seasoned some local fish (monchong) I needed to cook with curry & other spices & cooked it in some of the lemon-garlic oil I made this weekend, then threw the leftover peas in the same pan to warm them up. Then I served it with brown jasmine rice, topped with tamed pickled jalapeños just because I'm addicted. ?It was really good. This book is really good too.

Tonight's book and snack. The topic of this one is tough--rape and the way sexual assaults are investigated, but it is really interesting and well-written. It seems like there are so many great non-fiction books lately.

I couldn't seem to settle on a book tonight--I tried three before this one. It's good so far but I don't know how much longer I can stay awake. Also, I may be eating my feelings with this caramel-pretzel Klondike bar... 😋

#ReadingResolutions #MayTBR

I shouldn't call this pic of all of these books my May #TBR as we all know I'll never get them all read & it doesn't include my Kindle & 4 #ARCs on there, audiobooks & 2 books for May book tour reviews that haven't arrived yet.😬Some of these I've started & I'm hoping to get them finished & I will finish the review books on the left. Well, at least my inner moody reader has choices!

The 🐔🐔🐔🐔are laughing at me...🤣

Obvious triggers for sexual assault galore, but if you can stomach it— wow. Quite an in-depth true crime detailing the lives of serial rapist Mark O‘Leary and his victims. Along the way the authors touch on how high the numbers are for falsely reported rapes and how history plays into the bias of investigators. I had a hard time putting this down. The telling is so well done as the narrative weaves between cases and character histories.

#ReadHarder challenge 13: a book of true crime

first heard about Marie 's story from the
Heartbreaking ProPublica story, and I often wondered about her and how she was doing, so I was glad to see that this had been made. A False Report is not an easy read, especially when the narration focuses on Marc. I wish this was not a relevant read, but it obviously is. The authors did a good job balancing a non-biased almost scientific tone while still humanizing all parties involved.

Rechecked it out and finally reading it.

"The man who had authored the Declaration of Independence was writing to the man who would author the Bill of Rights--to warn of the woman scorned, crying rape."