Tuesday, April 16, 2019
Author visit: Wendy Webb
What a great night we had in March 2019, chatting with local author Wendy Webb about what inspires her and how she writes.
Friday, March 1, 2019
May 2019: Women and Money
For May 2019, I've picked Suze Orman's "Women and Money." There's a version from 2007 and an updated one from 2018. I say, read the one you can get :)
ABOUT THE BOOK
Achieve financial peace of mind with the million-copy #1 New York Times bestseller, now revised and updated, featuring an entirely new Financial Empowerment Plan and a bonus chapter on investing.
The time has never been more right for women to take control of their finances. The lessons, revelations, and shocks of the past few years have made it clear that standing in our truth is the only way to care for ourselves, our families, and our finances.
With her signature mix of insight, compassion, and practical advice, Suze equips women with the financial knowledge and emotional awareness to overcome the blocks that have kept them from acting in the best interest of their money—and themselves. Whether you are single or in a committed relationship, a successful professional, a worker struggling to make ends meet, a stay-at-home parent, or a creative soul, Suze offers the possibility of living a life of true wealth, a life in which you own the power to control your destiny.
At the center of this fully revised and updated edition, Suze presents an all-new Financial Empowerment Plan, designed to get you to a place of emotional and financial security as quickly as possible—because the most precious commodity women have is time. Divided into four essential components, the plan will teach you how to
• Protect yourself
• Spend smart
• Build your future
• Give to others
Also included is a bonus chapter on investing—for those who are living by Suze’s unbreakable financial ground rules and ready to learn how to invest with confidence.
Women & Money speaks to every mother, daughter, grandmother, sister, and wife. It gives readers the opportunity to tap into Suze’s unique spirit, people-first wisdom, and unparalleled appreciation that for women, money itself is not the end goal. It’s the means to living a full and meaningful life.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Suze Orman has been called “a force in the world of personal finance”
and a “one-woman financial advice powerhouse” by USA Today. A two-time
Emmy Award–winning television host, #1 New York Times bestselling
author, magazine and online columnist, writer/producer, and one of the
top motivational speakers in the world today, Orman is undeniably
America’s most recognized expert on personal finance.
Orman has written seven consecutive New York Times bestsellers and has written, co-produced, and hosted six PBS specials based on her books.
The single most successful fundraiser in the history of PBS, Orman has received an unprecedented eight Gracie Awards, which recognize the nation’s best radio, television, and cable programming by, for, and about women. Twice named to the Time 100 and ranked among the World’s 100 Most Powerful Women by Forbes, Orman was the host of The Suze Orman Show on CNBC for thirteen years and a contributing editor to O: The Oprah Magazine for sixteen. She is currently a contributing editor to The Costco Connection and the host of the Women & Money podcast.
In 2016, Orman was appointed as the official personal-finance educator for the United States Army and Army Reserve. She also serves as a special advocate for the National Domestic Violence Hotline, bringing her message of awareness and empowerment to women who have suffered financial abuse. In recognition of her revolutionary contribution to the way Americans think about personal finance, she has received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from the University of Illinois and an honorary Doctor of Commercial Science degree from Bentley University. She has also received the National Equality Award from the Human Rights Campaign.
ABOUT THE BOOK
The time has never been more right for women to take control of their finances. The lessons, revelations, and shocks of the past few years have made it clear that standing in our truth is the only way to care for ourselves, our families, and our finances.
With her signature mix of insight, compassion, and practical advice, Suze equips women with the financial knowledge and emotional awareness to overcome the blocks that have kept them from acting in the best interest of their money—and themselves. Whether you are single or in a committed relationship, a successful professional, a worker struggling to make ends meet, a stay-at-home parent, or a creative soul, Suze offers the possibility of living a life of true wealth, a life in which you own the power to control your destiny.
At the center of this fully revised and updated edition, Suze presents an all-new Financial Empowerment Plan, designed to get you to a place of emotional and financial security as quickly as possible—because the most precious commodity women have is time. Divided into four essential components, the plan will teach you how to
• Protect yourself
• Spend smart
• Build your future
• Give to others
Also included is a bonus chapter on investing—for those who are living by Suze’s unbreakable financial ground rules and ready to learn how to invest with confidence.
Women & Money speaks to every mother, daughter, grandmother, sister, and wife. It gives readers the opportunity to tap into Suze’s unique spirit, people-first wisdom, and unparalleled appreciation that for women, money itself is not the end goal. It’s the means to living a full and meaningful life.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Orman has written seven consecutive New York Times bestsellers and has written, co-produced, and hosted six PBS specials based on her books.
The single most successful fundraiser in the history of PBS, Orman has received an unprecedented eight Gracie Awards, which recognize the nation’s best radio, television, and cable programming by, for, and about women. Twice named to the Time 100 and ranked among the World’s 100 Most Powerful Women by Forbes, Orman was the host of The Suze Orman Show on CNBC for thirteen years and a contributing editor to O: The Oprah Magazine for sixteen. She is currently a contributing editor to The Costco Connection and the host of the Women & Money podcast.
In 2016, Orman was appointed as the official personal-finance educator for the United States Army and Army Reserve. She also serves as a special advocate for the National Domestic Violence Hotline, bringing her message of awareness and empowerment to women who have suffered financial abuse. In recognition of her revolutionary contribution to the way Americans think about personal finance, she has received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from the University of Illinois and an honorary Doctor of Commercial Science degree from Bentley University. She has also received the National Equality Award from the Human Rights Campaign.
Thursday, February 28, 2019
April 2019: Eligible by Curtis Sittenfeld
Susan (yes she's next!) has picked "Eligible" by Curtis Sittenfeld for us to read in April 2019.
ABOUT THE BOOK
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Wonderfully tender and hilariously funny, Eligible
tackles gender, class, courtship, and family as Curtis Sittenfeld
reaffirms herself as one of the most dazzling authors writing today.
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR AND THE TIMES (UK)
This version of the Bennet family—and Mr. Darcy—is one that you have and haven’t met before: Liz is a magazine writer in her late thirties who, like her yoga instructor older sister, Jane, lives in New York City. When their father has a health scare, they return to their childhood home in Cincinnati to help—and discover that the sprawling Tudor they grew up in is crumbling and the family is in disarray.
Youngest sisters Kitty and Lydia are too busy with their CrossFit workouts and Paleo diets to get jobs. Mary, the middle sister, is earning her third online master’s degree and barely leaves her room, except for those mysterious Tuesday-night outings she won’t discuss. And Mrs. Bennet has one thing on her mind: how to marry off her daughters, especially as Jane’s fortieth birthday fast approaches.
Enter Chip Bingley, a handsome new-in-town doctor who recently appeared on the juggernaut reality TV dating show Eligible. At a Fourth of July barbecue, Chip takes an immediate interest in Jane, but Chip’s friend neurosurgeon Fitzwilliam Darcy reveals himself to Liz to be much less charming. . . .
And yet, first impressions can be deceiving.
Praise for Eligible
“Even the most ardent Austenite will soon find herself seduced.”—O: The Oprah Magazine
“Blissful . . . Sittenfeld modernizes the classic in such a stylish, witty way you’d guess even Jane Austen would be pleased.”—People (book of the week)
“[A] sparkling, fresh contemporary retelling.”—Entertainment Weekly
“[Sittenfeld] is the ideal modern-day reinterpreter. Her special skill lies not just in her clear, clean writing, but in her general amusement about the world, her arch, pithy, dropped-mike observations about behavior, character and motivation. She can spot hypocrisy, cant, self-contradiction and absurdity ten miles away. She’s the one you want to leave the party with, so she can explain what really happened. . . . Not since Clueless, which transported Emma to Beverly Hills, has Austen been so delightedly interpreted. . . . Sittenfeld writes so well—her sentences are so good and her story so satisfying. . . . As a reader, let me just say: Three cheers for Curtis Sittenfeld and her astute, sharp and ebullient anthropological interest in the human condition.”—Sarah Lyall, The New York Times Book Review
“A clever, uproarious evolution of Austen’s story.”—The Denver Post
“If there exists a more perfect pairing than Curtis Sittenfeld and Jane Austen, we dare you to find it. . . . Sittenfeld makes an already irresistible story even more beguiling and charming.”—Elle
“A playful, wickedly smart retelling of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice.”—BuzzFeed
“Sittenfeld is an obvious choice to re-create Jane Austen’s comedy of manners. [She] is a master at dissecting social norms to reveal the truths of human nature underneath.”—The Millions
“A hugely entertaining and surprisingly unpredictable book, bursting with wit and charm.”—The Irish Times
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
ABOUT THE BOOK
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Wonderfully tender and hilariously funny, Eligible
tackles gender, class, courtship, and family as Curtis Sittenfeld
reaffirms herself as one of the most dazzling authors writing today.NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR AND THE TIMES (UK)
This version of the Bennet family—and Mr. Darcy—is one that you have and haven’t met before: Liz is a magazine writer in her late thirties who, like her yoga instructor older sister, Jane, lives in New York City. When their father has a health scare, they return to their childhood home in Cincinnati to help—and discover that the sprawling Tudor they grew up in is crumbling and the family is in disarray.
Youngest sisters Kitty and Lydia are too busy with their CrossFit workouts and Paleo diets to get jobs. Mary, the middle sister, is earning her third online master’s degree and barely leaves her room, except for those mysterious Tuesday-night outings she won’t discuss. And Mrs. Bennet has one thing on her mind: how to marry off her daughters, especially as Jane’s fortieth birthday fast approaches.
Enter Chip Bingley, a handsome new-in-town doctor who recently appeared on the juggernaut reality TV dating show Eligible. At a Fourth of July barbecue, Chip takes an immediate interest in Jane, but Chip’s friend neurosurgeon Fitzwilliam Darcy reveals himself to Liz to be much less charming. . . .
And yet, first impressions can be deceiving.
Praise for Eligible
“Even the most ardent Austenite will soon find herself seduced.”—O: The Oprah Magazine
“Blissful . . . Sittenfeld modernizes the classic in such a stylish, witty way you’d guess even Jane Austen would be pleased.”—People (book of the week)
“[A] sparkling, fresh contemporary retelling.”—Entertainment Weekly
“[Sittenfeld] is the ideal modern-day reinterpreter. Her special skill lies not just in her clear, clean writing, but in her general amusement about the world, her arch, pithy, dropped-mike observations about behavior, character and motivation. She can spot hypocrisy, cant, self-contradiction and absurdity ten miles away. She’s the one you want to leave the party with, so she can explain what really happened. . . . Not since Clueless, which transported Emma to Beverly Hills, has Austen been so delightedly interpreted. . . . Sittenfeld writes so well—her sentences are so good and her story so satisfying. . . . As a reader, let me just say: Three cheers for Curtis Sittenfeld and her astute, sharp and ebullient anthropological interest in the human condition.”—Sarah Lyall, The New York Times Book Review
“A clever, uproarious evolution of Austen’s story.”—The Denver Post
“If there exists a more perfect pairing than Curtis Sittenfeld and Jane Austen, we dare you to find it. . . . Sittenfeld makes an already irresistible story even more beguiling and charming.”—Elle
“A playful, wickedly smart retelling of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice.”—BuzzFeed
“Sittenfeld is an obvious choice to re-create Jane Austen’s comedy of manners. [She] is a master at dissecting social norms to reveal the truths of human nature underneath.”—The Millions
“A hugely entertaining and surprisingly unpredictable book, bursting with wit and charm.”—The Irish Times
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Curtis Sittenfeld is the bestselling author of five novels: Prep, The Man of My Dreams, American Wife, Sisterland, and Eligible. Her first story collection, You Think It, I’ll Say It, was published in 2018.
Her books have been selected by The New York Times, Time, Entertainment Weekly, and People for
their “Ten Best Books of the Year” lists, optioned for television and
film, and translated into thirty languages. Her short stories have
appeared in The New Yorker, The Washington Post, and Esquire, and her non-fiction has appeared in The New York Times, Time, Vanity Fair, The Atlantic, Slate,
and on “This American Life.”
A graduate of Stanford University and the
Iowa Writers’ Workshop, Curtis has interviewed Michelle Obama for Time; appeared as a guest on NPR’s “Fresh Air,” CBS’s “Early Show,” and PBS’s Newshour; and twice been a strangely easy “Jeopardy!” answer.
Saturday, January 5, 2019
March 2019: Daughters of the Lake*
We'll be reading Kevira's book pick, "Daughters of the Lake" by her friend
Wendy Webb in March 2019. I believe some folks purchased this book recently, as well, when it was on sale. (*Note update from initial announcement that it was
"The Tale Of Halcyon Crane" by same author.)
ABOUT THE BOOK
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Wendy K. Webb is an American fiction author. Her books have received several awards, including the Minnesota Book Award for fiction in 2011 and 2017.
She has also written:
The Tale of Halcyon Crane
The End of Temperance Dare
The Vanishing
The Fate of Mercy Alban
Wendy Webb in March 2019. I believe some folks purchased this book recently, as well, when it was on sale. (*Note update from initial announcement that it was
"The Tale Of Halcyon Crane" by same author.)
ABOUT THE BOOK
The ghosts of the past come calling in a spellbinding heart-stopper from the “Queen of the Northern Gothic.”
After the end of her marriage, Kate Granger has retreated to her parents’ home on Lake Superior to pull herself together—only to discover the body of a murdered woman washed into the shallows.
Tucked in the folds of the woman’s curiously vintage gown is an infant, as cold and at peace as its mother. No one can identify the woman. Except for Kate. She’s seen her before. In her dreams…
One hundred years ago, a love story ended in tragedy, its mysteries left unsolved. It’s time for the lake to give up its secrets. As each mystery unravels, it pulls Kate deeper into the eddy of a haunting folktale that has been handed down in whispers over generations. Now, it’s Kate’s turn to listen.
As the drowned woman reaches out from the grave, Kate reaches back. They must come together, if only in dreams, to right the sinister wrongs of the past.
After the end of her marriage, Kate Granger has retreated to her parents’ home on Lake Superior to pull herself together—only to discover the body of a murdered woman washed into the shallows.
Tucked in the folds of the woman’s curiously vintage gown is an infant, as cold and at peace as its mother. No one can identify the woman. Except for Kate. She’s seen her before. In her dreams…
One hundred years ago, a love story ended in tragedy, its mysteries left unsolved. It’s time for the lake to give up its secrets. As each mystery unravels, it pulls Kate deeper into the eddy of a haunting folktale that has been handed down in whispers over generations. Now, it’s Kate’s turn to listen.
As the drowned woman reaches out from the grave, Kate reaches back. They must come together, if only in dreams, to right the sinister wrongs of the past.
Wendy K. Webb is an American fiction author. Her books have received several awards, including the Minnesota Book Award for fiction in 2011 and 2017.
She has also written:
The Tale of Halcyon Crane
The End of Temperance Dare
The Vanishing
The Fate of Mercy Alban
February 2018: The Aviator's Wife
Julie has picked "The Aviator's Wife" by Melanie Benjamin as our February 2019 book pick -- and it'll be our first experiment with the library book kits! Here's keeping our fingers crossed!
n the spirit of Loving Frank and The Paris Wife, acclaimed novelist Melanie Benjamin pulls back the curtain on the marriage of one of America’s most extraordinary couples: Charles Lindbergh and Anne Morrow Lindbergh.
“The history [is] exhilarating. . . . The Aviator’s Wife soars.”—USA Today
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
When Anne Morrow, a shy college senior with hidden literary aspirations, travels to Mexico City to spend Christmas with her family, she meets Colonel Charles Lindbergh, fresh off his celebrated 1927 solo flight across the Atlantic. Enthralled by Charles’s assurance and fame, Anne is certain the aviator has scarcely noticed her. But she is wrong. Charles sees in Anne a kindred spirit, a fellow adventurer, and her world will be changed forever. The two marry in a headline-making wedding. In the years that follow, Anne becomes the first licensed female glider pilot in the United States. But despite this and other major achievements, she is viewed merely as the aviator’s wife. The fairy-tale life she once longed for will bring heartbreak and hardships, ultimately pushing her to reconcile her need for love and her desire for independence, and to embrace, at last, life’s infinite possibilities for change and happiness.
Look for special features inside. Join the Random House Reader’s Circle for author chats and more.
Praise for The Aviator’s Wife
“Remarkable . . . The Aviator’s Wife succeeds [in] putting the reader inside Anne Lindbergh’s life with her famous husband.”—The Denver Post
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Melanie Benjamin is the author of the New York Times and USA Today bestselling historical novels The Swans of Fifth Avenue, about Truman Capote and his society swans, and The Aviator's Wife, a novel about Anne Morrow Lindbergh. Her latest historical novel, The Girls in the Picture, is about the friendship and creative partnership between two of Hollywood's earliest female legends—screenwriter Frances Marion and superstar Mary Pickford.
Previous historical novels include the national bestseller Alice I Have Been, about Alice Liddell, the inspiration for Alice in Wonderland, and The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb, the story of 32-inch-tall Lavinia Warren Stratton, a star during the Gilded Age.
Her novels have been translated in over fifteen languages, featured in national magazines such as Good Housekeeping, People, and Entertainment Weekly, and optioned for film.
Melanie is a native of the Midwest, having grown up in Indianapolis, Indiana, where she pursued her first love, theater. After raising her two sons, Melanie, a life-long reader (including being the proud winner, two years in a row, of her hometown library's summer reading program!), decided to pursue a writing career. After writing her own parenting column for a local magazine, and winning a short story contest, Melanie published two contemporary novels under her real name, Melanie Hauser, before turning to historical fiction.
Melanie lives in Chicago with her husband, and near her two grown sons. In addition to writing, she puts her theatrical training to good use by being a member of the Authors Unbound speakers bureau. When she isn't writing or speaking, she's reading. And always looking for new stories to tell.
January 2019: 'I'll be gone in the dark'
Andrea has picked "I'll be gone in the dark" by Michelle McNamara for us to read in January.
ABOUT THE BOOK
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Michelle Eileen McNamara (April 14, 1970 – April 21, 2016) was an American freelance writer and crime blogger.[1][2] She was the author of I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer, a true crime book about the Golden State Killer.[3] The book was released posthumously in February 2018 and is being adapted as an HBO documentary series.
In 1992, McNamara graduated from the University of Notre Dame with a bachelor's degree in English.[9] She earned an MFA in creative writing from the University of Minnesota.
After graduate school, in 1997 McNamara moved to Los Angeles to write in the film and TV industry.[8]
In 2006, McNamara launched her website TrueCrimeDiary.[1][11] McNamara had a long-standing fascination with true crime originating from the unsolved murder of Kathleen Lombardo that happened two blocks from where she lived when she was young.[3][9][12]
McNamara became interested in the Golden State Killer case and penned articles for Los Angeles magazine about the serial killer in 2013 and 2014.[13][2] In 2014, McNamara and true crime investigative journalist Billy Jensen were on a SXSW Interactive panel called "Citizen Dicks: Solving Murders With Social Media."[14][15][16] McNamara and Jensen had a long-term friendship based on their shared passion for researching and writing about true crime.[17]
McNamara coined the term "Golden State Killer", after authorities linked DNA evidence that connected the Original Night Stalker and East Area Rapist.[18] She then signed a book deal with HarperCollins and began to work on a book about the case.
Her book, entitled I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer, was posthumously updated and finalized by true crime writer Paul Haynes and her widower Patton Oswalt. The book, released posthumously on February 27, 2018 (almost two years after her death), reached number 2 of The New York Times Best Seller list for nonfiction and number 1 of combined print and e-book, nonfiction.[19][20] As of April 29, 2018, the book had been on the list for eight weeks.[21]
In April 2018, HBO announced that they had purchased the rights for I'll Be Gone in the Dark and were developing it into a documentary series.[4] Filming for the series began on April 24, 2018.[22] The documentary is being directed by Liz Garbus (What Happened, Miss Simone?).[5]
On April 25, 2018, Californian authorities arrested Joseph James DeAngelo as the alleged Golden State Killer.[23][24] Oswalt stated that authorities' use of the killer's name that McNamara coined was "proof of the impact of her work."[
McNamara died in her bed on April 21, 2016[29][30] in her family's Los Angeles, California, home. According to the autopsy report released online by Radar,[31] her death was attributed to the effects of multiple drugs, including Adderall, Xanax, Fentanyl and amphetamines. Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease was a contributing factor. The coroner ruled it an accidental overdose.
From Wikipedia
ABOUT THE BOOK
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR:
Washington Post | Maureen Corrigan, NPR's Fresh Air | Paste | Entertainment Weekly | Esquire | Slate | Buzzfeed | Jezebel | Philadelphia Inquirer | Publishers Weekly | Kirkus Reviews | Library Journal | Bustle | Real Simple | Crime Reads | Amazon | Barnes and Noble | Hudson Booksellers | New York Public Library | Chicago Public Library
Winner of the Goodreads Choice Awards for Nonfiction | SCIBA Book Award Winner | Longlisted for the Carnegie Medal for Excellence
The haunting true story of the elusive serial rapist turned murderer who terrorized California during the 70s and 80s, and of the gifted journalist who died tragically while investigating the case—which was solved in April 2018.
Introduction by Gillian Flynn • Afterword by Patton Oswalt
“A brilliant genre-buster.... Propulsive, can’t-stop-now reading.” —Stephen King
For more than ten years, a mysterious and violent predator committed fifty sexual assaults in Northern California before moving south, where he perpetrated ten sadistic murders. Then he disappeared, eluding capture by multiple police forces and some of the best detectives in the area.
Three decades later, Michelle McNamara, a true crime journalist who created the popular website TrueCrimeDiary.com, was determined to find the violent psychopath she called "the Golden State Killer." Michelle pored over police reports, interviewed victims, and embedded herself in the online communities that were as obsessed with the case as she was.
I’ll Be Gone in the Dark—the masterpiece McNamara was writing at the time of her sudden death—offers an atmospheric snapshot of a moment in American history and a chilling account of a criminal mastermind and the wreckage he left behind. It is also a portrait of a woman’s obsession and her unflagging pursuit of the truth. Utterly original and compelling, it has been hailed as a modern true crime classic—one which fulfilled Michelle's dream: helping unmask the Golden State Killer.
A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR:
Washington Post | Maureen Corrigan, NPR's Fresh Air | Paste | Entertainment Weekly | Esquire | Slate | Buzzfeed | Jezebel | Philadelphia Inquirer | Publishers Weekly | Kirkus Reviews | Library Journal | Bustle | Real Simple | Crime Reads | Amazon | Barnes and Noble | Hudson Booksellers | New York Public Library | Chicago Public Library
Winner of the Goodreads Choice Awards for Nonfiction | SCIBA Book Award Winner | Longlisted for the Carnegie Medal for Excellence
The haunting true story of the elusive serial rapist turned murderer who terrorized California during the 70s and 80s, and of the gifted journalist who died tragically while investigating the case—which was solved in April 2018.
Introduction by Gillian Flynn • Afterword by Patton Oswalt
“A brilliant genre-buster.... Propulsive, can’t-stop-now reading.” —Stephen King
For more than ten years, a mysterious and violent predator committed fifty sexual assaults in Northern California before moving south, where he perpetrated ten sadistic murders. Then he disappeared, eluding capture by multiple police forces and some of the best detectives in the area.
Three decades later, Michelle McNamara, a true crime journalist who created the popular website TrueCrimeDiary.com, was determined to find the violent psychopath she called "the Golden State Killer." Michelle pored over police reports, interviewed victims, and embedded herself in the online communities that were as obsessed with the case as she was.
I’ll Be Gone in the Dark—the masterpiece McNamara was writing at the time of her sudden death—offers an atmospheric snapshot of a moment in American history and a chilling account of a criminal mastermind and the wreckage he left behind. It is also a portrait of a woman’s obsession and her unflagging pursuit of the truth. Utterly original and compelling, it has been hailed as a modern true crime classic—one which fulfilled Michelle's dream: helping unmask the Golden State Killer.
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Michelle Eileen McNamara (April 14, 1970 – April 21, 2016) was an American freelance writer and crime blogger.[1][2] She was the author of I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer, a true crime book about the Golden State Killer.[3] The book was released posthumously in February 2018 and is being adapted as an HBO documentary series.
In 1992, McNamara graduated from the University of Notre Dame with a bachelor's degree in English.[9] She earned an MFA in creative writing from the University of Minnesota.
After graduate school, in 1997 McNamara moved to Los Angeles to write in the film and TV industry.[8]
In 2006, McNamara launched her website TrueCrimeDiary.[1][11] McNamara had a long-standing fascination with true crime originating from the unsolved murder of Kathleen Lombardo that happened two blocks from where she lived when she was young.[3][9][12]
McNamara became interested in the Golden State Killer case and penned articles for Los Angeles magazine about the serial killer in 2013 and 2014.[13][2] In 2014, McNamara and true crime investigative journalist Billy Jensen were on a SXSW Interactive panel called "Citizen Dicks: Solving Murders With Social Media."[14][15][16] McNamara and Jensen had a long-term friendship based on their shared passion for researching and writing about true crime.[17]
McNamara coined the term "Golden State Killer", after authorities linked DNA evidence that connected the Original Night Stalker and East Area Rapist.[18] She then signed a book deal with HarperCollins and began to work on a book about the case.
Her book, entitled I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer, was posthumously updated and finalized by true crime writer Paul Haynes and her widower Patton Oswalt. The book, released posthumously on February 27, 2018 (almost two years after her death), reached number 2 of The New York Times Best Seller list for nonfiction and number 1 of combined print and e-book, nonfiction.[19][20] As of April 29, 2018, the book had been on the list for eight weeks.[21]
In April 2018, HBO announced that they had purchased the rights for I'll Be Gone in the Dark and were developing it into a documentary series.[4] Filming for the series began on April 24, 2018.[22] The documentary is being directed by Liz Garbus (What Happened, Miss Simone?).[5]
On April 25, 2018, Californian authorities arrested Joseph James DeAngelo as the alleged Golden State Killer.[23][24] Oswalt stated that authorities' use of the killer's name that McNamara coined was "proof of the impact of her work."[
McNamara died in her bed on April 21, 2016[29][30] in her family's Los Angeles, California, home. According to the autopsy report released online by Radar,[31] her death was attributed to the effects of multiple drugs, including Adderall, Xanax, Fentanyl and amphetamines. Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease was a contributing factor. The coroner ruled it an accidental overdose.
From Wikipedia
Tuesday, December 25, 2018
Book Club Kits at Hennepin County Library
Here are the book club kits we can access through the Hennepin County Library system:
https://hclib.bibliocommons.com/user_profile/619266231
- All the Light We Cannot See by Doerr, Anthony
- And the Mountains Echoed by Hosseini, Khaled
- Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons by Landvik, Lorna
- Ape House by Gruen, Sara
- The Art of Fielding
- The Art of Hearing Heartbeats by Sendker, Jan-Philippby Harbach, Chad
- The Aviator's Wife by Benjamin, Melanie,
- The Bathing Women by Tie, Ning
- Beautiful Ruins by Walter, Jess,
- Bel Canto by Patchett, Ann
- Belle Cora by Margulies, Phillip
- Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk by Fountain, Ben
- The Blazing World by Hustvedt, Siri
- A Brief History of Seven Killings by James, Marlon
- The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by DÃaz, Junot
- Bring up the Bodies by Mantel, Hilary,
- The Buddha in the Attic by Otsuka, Julie, 1962-
- Burial Rites by Kent, Hannah (WE READ)
- Caleb's Crossing by Brooks, Geraldine
- The Cat's Table by Ondaatje, Michael, 1943-
- The Chaperone by Moriarty, Laura, 1970-
- Charity Girl by Lowenthal, Michael
- City of Thieves by Benioff, David
- Claire of the Sea Light by Danticat, Edwidge, 1969-
- Cloud Atlas by Mitchell, David
- A Constellation of Vital Phenomena by Marra, Anthony
- The Curiosity by Kiernan, Stephen P.
- The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Haddon, Mark, 1962-
- Cutting for Stone by Verghese, A. 1955-
- The Dante Club by Pearl, Matthew
- Dear Life, Stories by Munro, Alice, 1931-
- Defending Jacob by Landay, William
- The Dinner by Koch, Herman, 1953-
- The Dog Stars by Heller, Peter, 1959-
- The Dovekeepers by Hoffman, Alice
- The Dressmaker by Alcott, Kate
- Everything I Never Told You by Ng, Celeste (WE READ)
- Fall of Giants by Follett, Ken
- Falling Together by De los Santos, Marisa, 1966-
- Fever by Keane, Mary Beth
- Florence Gordon by Morton, Brian, 1955-
- Forgotten Country by Chung, Catherine
- The Forgotten Waltz by Enright, Anne, 1962-
- The Fortune Hunter by Goodwin, Daisy
- The Gathering by Enright, Anne, 1962-
- Ghost Month by Lin, Ed
- Girl in Translation by Kwok, Jean
- Girlchild by Hassman, Tupelo, 1973-
- Girls in White Dresses by Close, Jennifer
- The Goldfinch by Tartt, Donna
- Gone Girl by Flynn, Gillian, 1971- (WE READ)
- A Good American by George, Alex
- The Good Daughters by Maynard, Joyce, 1953-
- The Handmaid's Tale by Atwood, Margaret, 1939-
- The Headmaster's Wife by Greene, Thomas Christopher, 1968-
- The Healing by Odell, Jonathan, 1951-
- The High Divide by Enger, Lin
- The History of Love by Krauss, Nicole
- A Hologram for the King by Eggers, Dave
- Homegoing by Gyasi, Yaa
- Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Ford, Jamie
- Hour of the Red God by Crompton, Richard, 1973-
- The House Girl by Conklin, Tara
- How It All Began by Lively, Penelope, 1933-
- The Husband's Secret by Moriarty, Liane
- The Hypnotist's Love Story by Moriarty, Liane
- Illuminations, A Novel of Hildegard Von Bingen by Sharratt, Mary, 1964-
- In the Shadow of the Banyan by Ratner, Vaddey
- The Invention of Wings by Kidd, Sue Monk
- The Invisible Bridge by Orringer, Julie
- Invisible City by Dahl, Julia, 1977-
- The Journey Home by Ólafur Jóhann Ólafsson
- The Kitchen House by Grissom, Kathleen
- Lake Wobegon Days by Keillor, Garrison
- A Land More Kind Than Home by Cash, Wiley
- The Language of Flowers by Diffenbaugh, Vanessa
- The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse by Erdrich, Louise
- The Last Runaway by Chevalier, Tracy
- The Leftovers by Perrotta, Tom, 1961-
- Life After Life by Atkinson, Kate (WE READ)
- The Light Between Oceans by Stedman, M. L.
- The Lighthouse Road by Geye, Peter
- Lilac Girls, A Novel by Kelly, Martha Hall
- Little Century by Keesey, Anna, 1962-
- Longbourn by Baker, Jo
- Love Anthony by Genova, Lisa
- The Lowland by Lahiri, Jhumpa
- The Magicians by Grossman, Lev
- Main Street by Lewis, Sinclair, 1885-1951
- A Man Called Ove, A Novel by Backman, Fredrik, 1981- (WE READ)
- The Martian by Weir, Andy
- May We Be Forgiven by Homes, A. M.
- Me Before You by Moyes, Jojo, 1969- (WE READ)
- Molokaª i by Brennert, Alan
- Motherless Brooklyn by Lethem, Jonathan
- Mr. Penumbra's 24-hour Bookstore by Sloan, Robin, 1979-
- The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Flanagan, Richard, 1961-
- Never Let Me Go by Ishiguro, Kazuo, 1954-
- Nightwoods by Frazier, Charles, 1950-
- No One Is Coming to Save Us by Watts, Stephanie Powell (WE READ)
- NW by Smith, Zadie
- The Odds, A Love Story by O'Nan, Stewart, 1961-
- On Such A Full Sea by Lee, Chang-rae
- On the Occasion of My Last Afternoon by Gibbons, Kaye, 1960-
- Once Upon A River by Campbell, Bonnie Jo, 1962-
- One Thousand White Women, the Journals of May Dodd by Fergus, Jim
- The Orchardist by Coplin, Amanda
- The Orphan Master's Son by Johnson, Adam, 1967-
- Orphan Train by Kline, Christina Baker, 1964- (WE READ)
- The Other Typist by Rindell, Suzanne
- The Painted Girls by Buchanan, Cathy Marie
- The Paris Wife by McLain, Paula
- The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Bender, Aimee
- Pearl of China by Min, Anchee, 1957-
- The Pilot's Wife by Shreve, Anita
- The Postmistress by Blake, Sarah, 1960-
- Ready Player One by Cline, Ernest (WE READ)
- The Real Minerva by Sharratt, Mary, 1964-
- Reconstructing Amelia by McCreight, Kimberly
- Red Sky in Morning by Lynch, Paul, 1977-
- Redeployment by Klay, Phil
- A Reliable Wife by Goolrick, Robert, 1948-
- The Road Back to Sweetgrass, A Novel by Grover, Linda LeGarde
- The Rosie Project by Simsion, Graeme C.
- The Round House by Erdrich, Louise
- Rules of Civility by Towles, Amor
- Running the Rift by Benaron, Naomi, 1951-
- Sacred Wilderness by Power, Susan, 1961-
- Salvage the Bones by Ward, Jesmyn
- The Sandcastle Girls by Bohjalian, Chris, 1962-
- Sarah's Key by Rosnay, Tatiana de, 1961-
- Secret Daughter by Gowda, Shilpi Somaya
- The Secret Keeper by Morton, Kate, 1976-
- The Sellout by Beatty, Paul
- The Sense of An Ending by Barnes, Julian
- The Shoemaker's Wife by Trigiani, Adriana
- The Signature of All Things by Gilbert, Elizabeth, 1969-
- The Silent Wife by Harrison, A. S. A.
- The Snow Child by Ivey, Eowyn
- So Brave, Young, and Handsome by Enger, Leif
- South of Superior by Airgood, Ellen
- The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by Wroblewski, David
- The Storyteller by Picoult, Jodi, 1966-
- The Submission by Waldman, Amy, 1969-
- A Sudden Country by Fisher, Karen, 1961-
- Swamplandia! by Russell, Karen, 1981-
- The Tale of Halcyon Crane by Webb, Wendy
- Tell the Wolves I'm Home by Brunt, Carol Rifka
- Those Who Save Us by Blum, Jenna
- Tigers in Red Weather by Klaussmann, Liza
- The Tortilla Curtain by Boyle, T. Coraghessan
- TransAtlantic by McCann, Colum, 1965-
- The Twelve Tribes of Hattie by Mathis, Ayana
- Under the Wide and Starry Sky by Horan, Nancy
- The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Joyce, Rachel
- The Valley of Amazement by Tan, Amy
- A Visit From the Goon Squad by Egan, Jennifer
- The Weird Sisters by Brown, Eleanor, 1973- (WE READ)
- What Alice Forgot by Moriarty, Liane (WE READ)
- Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Semple, Maria (WE READ)
- The Wives of Los Alamos by Nesbit, TaraShea
- Wolf Hall by Mantel, Hilary, 1952-
- Wuthering Heights by Brontë, Emily, 1818-1848
- The Year We Left Home by Thompson, Jean, 1950-
- Z, A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald by Fowler, Therese
There are also a bunch of Non-Fiction titles :)
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FICTION
- All the Light We Cannot See by Doerr, Anthony
- And the Mountains Echoed by Hosseini, Khaled
- Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons by Landvik, Lorna
- Ape House by Gruen, Sara
- The Art of Fielding
- The Art of Hearing Heartbeats by Sendker, Jan-Philippby Harbach, Chad
- The Aviator's Wife by Benjamin, Melanie,
- The Bathing Women by Tie, Ning
- Beautiful Ruins by Walter, Jess,
- Bel Canto by Patchett, Ann
- Belle Cora by Margulies, Phillip
- Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk by Fountain, Ben
- The Blazing World by Hustvedt, Siri
- A Brief History of Seven Killings by James, Marlon
- The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by DÃaz, Junot
- Bring up the Bodies by Mantel, Hilary,
- The Buddha in the Attic by Otsuka, Julie, 1962-
- Burial Rites by Kent, Hannah (WE READ)
- Caleb's Crossing by Brooks, Geraldine
- The Cat's Table by Ondaatje, Michael, 1943-
- The Chaperone by Moriarty, Laura, 1970-
- Charity Girl by Lowenthal, Michael
- City of Thieves by Benioff, David
- Claire of the Sea Light by Danticat, Edwidge, 1969-
- Cloud Atlas by Mitchell, David
- A Constellation of Vital Phenomena by Marra, Anthony
- The Curiosity by Kiernan, Stephen P.
- The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Haddon, Mark, 1962-
- Cutting for Stone by Verghese, A. 1955-
- The Dante Club by Pearl, Matthew
- Dear Life, Stories by Munro, Alice, 1931-
- Defending Jacob by Landay, William
- The Dinner by Koch, Herman, 1953-
- The Dog Stars by Heller, Peter, 1959-
- The Dovekeepers by Hoffman, Alice
- The Dressmaker by Alcott, Kate
- Everything I Never Told You by Ng, Celeste (WE READ)
- Fall of Giants by Follett, Ken
- Falling Together by De los Santos, Marisa, 1966-
- Fever by Keane, Mary Beth
- Florence Gordon by Morton, Brian, 1955-
- Forgotten Country by Chung, Catherine
- The Forgotten Waltz by Enright, Anne, 1962-
- The Fortune Hunter by Goodwin, Daisy
- The Gathering by Enright, Anne, 1962-
- Ghost Month by Lin, Ed
- Girl in Translation by Kwok, Jean
- Girlchild by Hassman, Tupelo, 1973-
- Girls in White Dresses by Close, Jennifer
- The Goldfinch by Tartt, Donna
- Gone Girl by Flynn, Gillian, 1971- (WE READ)
- A Good American by George, Alex
- The Good Daughters by Maynard, Joyce, 1953-
- The Handmaid's Tale by Atwood, Margaret, 1939-
- The Headmaster's Wife by Greene, Thomas Christopher, 1968-
- The Healing by Odell, Jonathan, 1951-
- The High Divide by Enger, Lin
- The History of Love by Krauss, Nicole
- A Hologram for the King by Eggers, Dave
- Homegoing by Gyasi, Yaa
- Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Ford, Jamie
- Hour of the Red God by Crompton, Richard, 1973-
- The House Girl by Conklin, Tara
- How It All Began by Lively, Penelope, 1933-
- The Husband's Secret by Moriarty, Liane
- The Hypnotist's Love Story by Moriarty, Liane
- Illuminations, A Novel of Hildegard Von Bingen by Sharratt, Mary, 1964-
- In the Shadow of the Banyan by Ratner, Vaddey
- The Invention of Wings by Kidd, Sue Monk
- The Invisible Bridge by Orringer, Julie
- Invisible City by Dahl, Julia, 1977-
- The Journey Home by Ólafur Jóhann Ólafsson
- The Kitchen House by Grissom, Kathleen
- Lake Wobegon Days by Keillor, Garrison
- A Land More Kind Than Home by Cash, Wiley
- The Language of Flowers by Diffenbaugh, Vanessa
- The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse by Erdrich, Louise
- The Last Runaway by Chevalier, Tracy
- The Leftovers by Perrotta, Tom, 1961-
- Life After Life by Atkinson, Kate (WE READ)
- The Light Between Oceans by Stedman, M. L.
- The Lighthouse Road by Geye, Peter
- Lilac Girls, A Novel by Kelly, Martha Hall
- Little Century by Keesey, Anna, 1962-
- Longbourn by Baker, Jo
- Love Anthony by Genova, Lisa
- The Lowland by Lahiri, Jhumpa
- The Magicians by Grossman, Lev
- Main Street by Lewis, Sinclair, 1885-1951
- A Man Called Ove, A Novel by Backman, Fredrik, 1981- (WE READ)
- The Martian by Weir, Andy
- May We Be Forgiven by Homes, A. M.
- Me Before You by Moyes, Jojo, 1969- (WE READ)
- Molokaª i by Brennert, Alan
- Motherless Brooklyn by Lethem, Jonathan
- Mr. Penumbra's 24-hour Bookstore by Sloan, Robin, 1979-
- The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Flanagan, Richard, 1961-
- Never Let Me Go by Ishiguro, Kazuo, 1954-
- Nightwoods by Frazier, Charles, 1950-
- No One Is Coming to Save Us by Watts, Stephanie Powell (WE READ)
- NW by Smith, Zadie
- The Odds, A Love Story by O'Nan, Stewart, 1961-
- On Such A Full Sea by Lee, Chang-rae
- On the Occasion of My Last Afternoon by Gibbons, Kaye, 1960-
- Once Upon A River by Campbell, Bonnie Jo, 1962-
- One Thousand White Women, the Journals of May Dodd by Fergus, Jim
- The Orchardist by Coplin, Amanda
- The Orphan Master's Son by Johnson, Adam, 1967-
- Orphan Train by Kline, Christina Baker, 1964- (WE READ)
- The Other Typist by Rindell, Suzanne
- The Painted Girls by Buchanan, Cathy Marie
- The Paris Wife by McLain, Paula
- The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Bender, Aimee
- Pearl of China by Min, Anchee, 1957-
- The Pilot's Wife by Shreve, Anita
- The Postmistress by Blake, Sarah, 1960-
- Ready Player One by Cline, Ernest (WE READ)
- The Real Minerva by Sharratt, Mary, 1964-
- Reconstructing Amelia by McCreight, Kimberly
- Red Sky in Morning by Lynch, Paul, 1977-
- Redeployment by Klay, Phil
- A Reliable Wife by Goolrick, Robert, 1948-
- The Road Back to Sweetgrass, A Novel by Grover, Linda LeGarde
- The Rosie Project by Simsion, Graeme C.
- The Round House by Erdrich, Louise
- Rules of Civility by Towles, Amor
- Running the Rift by Benaron, Naomi, 1951-
- Sacred Wilderness by Power, Susan, 1961-
- Salvage the Bones by Ward, Jesmyn
- The Sandcastle Girls by Bohjalian, Chris, 1962-
- Sarah's Key by Rosnay, Tatiana de, 1961-
- Secret Daughter by Gowda, Shilpi Somaya
- The Secret Keeper by Morton, Kate, 1976-
- The Sellout by Beatty, Paul
- The Sense of An Ending by Barnes, Julian
- The Shoemaker's Wife by Trigiani, Adriana
- The Signature of All Things by Gilbert, Elizabeth, 1969-
- The Silent Wife by Harrison, A. S. A.
- The Snow Child by Ivey, Eowyn
- So Brave, Young, and Handsome by Enger, Leif
- South of Superior by Airgood, Ellen
- The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by Wroblewski, David
- The Storyteller by Picoult, Jodi, 1966-
- The Submission by Waldman, Amy, 1969-
- A Sudden Country by Fisher, Karen, 1961-
- Swamplandia! by Russell, Karen, 1981-
- The Tale of Halcyon Crane by Webb, Wendy
- Tell the Wolves I'm Home by Brunt, Carol Rifka
- Those Who Save Us by Blum, Jenna
- Tigers in Red Weather by Klaussmann, Liza
- The Tortilla Curtain by Boyle, T. Coraghessan
- TransAtlantic by McCann, Colum, 1965-
- The Twelve Tribes of Hattie by Mathis, Ayana
- Under the Wide and Starry Sky by Horan, Nancy
- The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Joyce, Rachel
- The Valley of Amazement by Tan, Amy
- A Visit From the Goon Squad by Egan, Jennifer
- The Weird Sisters by Brown, Eleanor, 1973- (WE READ)
- What Alice Forgot by Moriarty, Liane (WE READ)
- Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Semple, Maria (WE READ)
- The Wives of Los Alamos by Nesbit, TaraShea
- Wolf Hall by Mantel, Hilary, 1952-
- Wuthering Heights by Brontë, Emily, 1818-1848
- The Year We Left Home by Thompson, Jean, 1950-
- Z, A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald by Fowler, Therese
There are also a bunch of Non-Fiction titles :)
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