"I Heard You Paint Houses": Frank "The Irishman" Sheeran & Closing the Case on Jimmy Hoffa | 
1. August and September seem to be our hottest months. And my big tree shading my house recently had to be cut down. So I'm looking forward to October weather. But I resent that my entire summer was spent in covid conditions.
2. I'm reading a couple of books and slogging through all of them.
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pickBrandt is the author, but to me, he is more of a way for Shereen to get his story out there. From unions, to movies, to hits, to Hoffa, JFK and RFK, I learned a lot about the Mob. Frank Shereen was a good storyteller.
pickGreat book ! Great story! I found it extremely interesting and gripping.
pickI enjoy mafia history and this book was very interesting as gave history of Jimmy Hoffa too. I wanted to read the book before seeing the movie and really glad I did.
pickI figured I'd read this before The Irishman comes out. I've always had a fascination with mob movies, but I've never read a mob confessional. I can't fathom, even after reading this, what kind of person could kill a dear friend in cold blood. With Sheeran's confession, Brandt has done an excellent job of illuminating the inner workings of The IBT and the mafia from the 30s to 90s. I couldn't put this one down.
pickAs true crime goes, this is about as good as it gets. Former Bufalino crime family hitman Frank “The Irishman” Sheehan is the man who killed Jimmy Hoffa. But there is a lot more to his extraordinary and infamous life than that. This was a long read but a fun one.
#TimbitTunes #Detroit67 Had to listen to the lyrics for a little inspiration and I found a Jimmy Hoffa reference which made me think about this book which is being made into a Netflix movie starring Pacino & De Niro & directed by Martin Scorsese❣️❣️❣️❣️ (wow, run on sentence) Can‘t wait to see film and read the book. Apparently the budget is already over 150 million dollars ( I‘m sorry, but that‘s insane...you know how many books I could buy😜)
I‘m speechless!! I never thought I‘d see the day my husband (who was too cool to read books) use a headlamp to see his book better. His transformation to book nerd is now complete.
#thebookcon day 2 #bookhaul. Had so much fun day 2 grabbing free books and meeting independently published authors and listening to them talk about their books. Can't wait to try some of these!
My dad has a weird fascination with the mafia.
