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This book is really two separate novels about the same time period in the same city. This is the only connection between the architects of The 1893 World‘s Fair and the serial killer H.H. Holmes. The book is well researched. The chapters on Holmes were intriguing. The chapters on The World‘s Fair were tedious but informative. I started out reading linearly, but eventually read it as two books. Anyone interested in Chicago history will love it.

I thought this book was fascinating. It tells the true story of the creation of the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago as well as the story of the serial killer H H Holmes and how he used the Fair to attract more victims.
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“I was born with the devil in me. I could not help the fact that I was a murderer, no more than the poet can help the inspiration to sing.”

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I'm posting the #BookScavengerHunt prompts in order & today is 'Monochrome'.

Another one on the list but not yet read.

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#devil - I read this for a book a month challenge
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I found this easier to follow on 🎧audio than physical. Information dense but very interesting. Pictures would have made a wonderful edition📸

I look forward to following this up with a few others from this time period🤓📚

Interesting contrast between the story of a successful world fair and the life of the first serial killer of America.

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I recommend both this wildly different books. 😀 🪑🎡

My book selection - The Devil in the White City 🌬️

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This year‘s pumpkin is weirdly fibrous inside, so I can‘t safely use my usual candle with it. The battery-powered light I grabbed instead shows off the back wall‘s stringy texture, but I‘ve decided I don‘t hate the effect. It‘s kinda creepy.

As is this book, which I‘m revisiting (and very much enjoying) on audio. It‘s a fascinating story and it‘s got me remembering how many good conversations it sparked the first time, when I read it in public.