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If I Did it: Confessions of the Killer | O. J. Simpson, Goldman Family

so-so

O.K., I need some ear bleach after listening to this audiobook. 😤 I‘ve gone back down the rabbit hole of the infamous murders of Nicole Brown & Ron Goldman after O.J. passed earlier this year. The fact that O.J. would even write a book like this just solidifies his guilt imo. I only deigned to read it because it was published by the Goldman family and he did not make money off of it. It is basically one long “poor me” story about how O.J. was ⬇️

JenlovesJT47 Just such a nice guy and how awful Nicole was and everything was her fault. Basically one long victim blaming pile of 💩. Even in the chapter about the murders, he also said a bunch of nasty stuff about Ron. It‘s only worth reading for the hour intro read by Kim Goldman about why they chose to take control over this book. There‘s also an intro by the ghost writer, who also thinks he‘s guilty. Worth reading if you‘re interested in this case or ⬇️ 4mo

JenlovesJT47 True crime, just prepare yourself to get angry! 3⭐️ #truecrime #audiobook 4mo

kspenmoll Love your term “air beach “ 4mo

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Soscha Lots of grace their children didn‘t seem to see or hear the murders as they occurred. 4mo

JenlovesJT47 @Soscha yes! Thank God for Kato the dog alerting the neighbors that something was wrong. He was a good boy. ❤️🐾 4mo

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I‘m remember being glued to the tv during this trial!! So sad!! 4mo

JenlovesJT47 @kspenmoll 🤓 ear bleach seems pretty appropriate after reading this book. 😤 They have a subreddit called Eye Bleach with lots of pics of dogs and cats. We need something like that for the ears! 😆 4mo

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Owls31092

Impeachment: An American History | Jon Meacham, Timothy Naftali, Peter Baker, Jeffrey A Engel

Should I ever teach history, I want to teach my students to put themselves in the shoes of historical figures or people of the time period. If I ever get to teach college level 1990s presidential history, I promise you there will be an assignment dedicated to what the lawyers might have said when breaking the news to Hillary of Clinton‘s confession #confession #hillaryclinton #billclinton #impeachment #peterbaker #ushistory #uspolitics

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dabbe

Grendel | John Gardner

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Having taught BEOWULF for a number of years to my sophomore honors, why didn't I have them read this, too? This book is not simply a retelling of BEOWULF from the monster's point of view; it is highly intellectual and philosophical as Grendel seeks to find some sort of meaning to his life. Drawn to and repulsed by humans, he reminds me of Frankenstein's creature, who also seeks the purpose to his existence. ⬇️

dabbe Several philosophies are explored here, most of which I can't wait to look into. The trope of reading a story from the supposed villain's point of view is not new, but it is absolutely heart-wrenching here. I dare anyone who reads this not to be touched by Grendel's utter isolation and loneliness. What a read.
#BookedInTime
@Cuilin 11mo

Cuilin I read Beowulf with a group of middle schoolers years ago. I enjoyed it but never thought I‘d read it or anything connected with it until now. I‘m intrigued. 11mo

dabbe @Cuilin I will be interested to see what you think. The writing was gorgeous and ghastly as only an intellectual monster's thoughts would be, I guess. But so profound. For me, a whoah book. 💜🩶💜 11mo

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Suet624 Great review. 11mo

dabbe @Suet624 💜🩶💜 11mo

dabbe I forgot to add my point tally for this book:
#EarlyMedieval: 1 pt.
#Artist: 1 pt.
#Confession: 1 pt.
#Revenge: 1 pt.
#AQuest: 1 pt.
#Mythical: 1 pt.
#Retelling: 1 pt.
TOTAL: 7 points
@Cuilin
#BookedInTime 11mo

Cuilin @dabbe amazing 🤩 11mo

dabbe @Cuilin 🖤🩶🖤 11mo

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Tera66

If I Did it: Confessions of the Killer | O. J. Simpson, Goldman Family

#Littensdressedinblood #Creep
@MidnightBookGirl 🌚
This guy, what a creep! It's basically a narcissistic murderer blaming his victims and braggingabout how he got away with it.. It made me so angry.🤬 The only reason I don't feel terrible for even reading it is because the proceeds went to the Goldman family.

LibrarianRyan Have u heard the theory that it was actually his son and that is why the gloves didn‘t fit? I heard it recently and it was interesting. 3y

Tera66 @LibrarianRyan No, I hadn't heard that😳😮. The whole thing is crazy, looking back the whole circus of it all.🎪 3y

bookaholic1 @LibrarianRyan I heard that as well, very interesting 3y

MidnightBookGirl I recently got the audiobook for the same reason- to support the Goldman family. Haven't actually read it yet though. 3y

Tera66 @MidnightBookGirl I did this on audio too, I'm glad it supported the Goldman family, but looking back I regret listening to it. It's pretty much a smear campaign against Nicole. A lot of "see why she deserved it?" 3y

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Crazeedi

Streams of Mercy: Prayers of Confession and Celebration | Barbara R. Duguid

December 13
#WinterGames2020 #ReadNosedReindeer @StayCurious #navybluecover #12ColoursOfDecember

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LibrarianRyan

Arlo and the Great Big Cover-Up | Betsy Childs Howard

pan

I liked this book until they started talking about sin and God. Arlo has drawn on his wall with a marker. He does get punished with no “screen time”. The story should have ended with Arlo‘s mom helping to clean things up. Instead it goes into a lecture on sin and trying to hide our sin from god. NO THANK YOU. On a side note, the characters in this book are Black, but the author is not. The race of the illustrator is unknown.
#BBRC

Catherine_Willoughby Kids Books shouldn't be pushing any religious agenda - they can incorporate faith to show kindness or acceptance among other faiths . Sounds like this kids book has an hard core religious agenda - maybe towards african audience? FROM my personal experience most Christian Africans or those of African heritage are very religious. Some have pushed their faith towards me . 4y

Catherine_Willoughby I am an atheist but have incorporated my children into my mothers faith as that was her wish (my nan was very religious. Her own mother lived among the Local ministers) 4y

Catherine_Willoughby I do not drill religion into them but they are exposed to my mothers church through attends with my dad (who goes still after my mothers death. Its not his orginal faith) and go to a faith seconday school. Our family has a deep link with our local church but I no longer attend church but do have an interest in the historical aspects of our faith in non fiction & fiction 4y

LibrarianRyan @Catherine_Willoughby I was raised with church and many of my family are die hard Lutheran. I‘m questioning. My problem with god in books is that you can not use them in a public library story time. Maybe some libraries can but most I have worked at can not. Most religious picture book are obvious. If I had paid attention to the publisher I would have caught it. This one was good until it got preachy. If it had cut off the end it would be 5 ⭐️ 4y

DAB This conversation had me curious as bout this book. 4y

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QueenG

Confess: A Novel | Colleen Hoover

“𝖨‘𝗆 𝗌𝖼𝖺𝗋𝖾𝖽 𝖨‘𝗅𝗅 𝗇𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋 𝗌𝗍𝗈𝗉 𝖼𝗈𝗆𝗉𝖺𝗋𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗆𝗒 𝗅𝗂𝖿𝖾 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗁𝗂𝗆 𝗍𝗈 𝗁𝗈𝗐 𝗆𝗒 𝗅𝗂𝖿𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗐𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝖨 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝗁𝗂𝗆”

#confession #confess #colleenhoover #novel #lovestory #quote

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MrBook

Tour Round My Library | Benjamin Bartis Comegys

Close-up 1/3 of my #SciFi Display! 😊

Have you read any of these?!

#LitsyLovesLibraries #MrBooksDisplays

annahenke #confession Can you believe I‘ve never read

The Martian

ElizaMarie @annahenke its really good you should pick it up. I am on a reread of it for the book club #NWC and I am remembering how much I loved it the first time I read it :) 5y

annahenke @ElizaMarie it‘s one of those I always mean to pick up but never actually do. Maybe I will sometime soon! 5y

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RamsFan1963 The Martian Chronicles and I, Robot. I have Out of The Dark on my TBR shelves 5y

rwmg I, Robot and The Martian 5y

maich I read Martian and loved it! It was really great story and Mark is amazing character. 5y

ravenlee I found The Martian Chronicles surprisingly good (not all of it, certainly, but it has some good moments). 5y

Andrew65 The Martian 😍 I, Robot 😍 Rediscovered Asimov‘s Foundation Series last year having read them 30 years ago and loving them. 5y

Andrew65 @annahenke Yes you definitely need to read The Martian! 5y

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rsteve388

The Witch of Willow Hall | Hester Fox

#NFNov #Confession I miss fiction! I am loving learning about different topics but I miss fiction so much!

sblbooks I know what you mean. I'm reading one historical fiction novel for a Buddy Read.

Lilli de Jong: A Novel

LauraJ Yep, I‘m sneaking in a bit of fiction too. 5y

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arlenefinnigan

If I Did it: Confessions of the Killer | O. J. Simpson, Goldman Family

#TheConfession #SoaringScores @Cinfhen @CrowCAH

Cinfhen Good choice 👍🏻 5y

Sleepswithbooks Did you read this yet? I‘ve been curious about it. 5y

arlenefinnigan @Stacypatrice not yet. I really like what they've done with the cover here. 5y

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Sleepswithbooks @arlenefinnigan - It‘s awesome! 5y

ljuliel If you‘re interested in this story and a bit more about how this book came out, there‘s a really good podcast by Kim Goldman , called Confronting OJ Simpson. Very good. You learn a lot of “ behind the scenes “ stuff that went on before, during and after the trial. 5y

arlenefinnigan @ljuliel ooh that does sound interesting, will check it out. 5y

CrowCAH Perfect choice! 🔪 5y

arlenefinnigan @ljuliel wow Malcolm LaVergne is an absolute piece of shit isn't he. 5y

ljuliel Yes, he‘s quite disgusting. Pretty pompous- acting. 5y

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