Anne Hart

One of the greatest things about books is learning from other people’s/characters’ mistakes.  In These Precious Days by Ann Patchett, she gives us a very intimate glimpse into some key points in her life. Thank you to Harper for sending me this ARC so I could feel like I was enjoying a little girl talk with Ann.   “Books were not just my education and my entertainment, they were my partners. They told me what I was capable of. They let me stare a long way down the path of various possibilities so that I could make decisions.” I Award 1st place to essay, These Precious Days about taking care of her friend Sooki.  The cover art of the book is by Sooki.  2nd place goes to To the Doghouse about how she became inspired to be a writer thanks to Snoopy.  And my 3rd place Award goes to Three Fathers about her Dad and two Stepdads.  These are all short and sweet stories that would be good for Bookclubs looking for a cozy read that will inspire members to sha...

Should the names of killers be excluded so we don’t empower serial killers? In A Killer By Design by Ann Burgess, she makes a point that solving crimes is about the victim, not the killer.  I had read about Ann Burgess in John Douglas’ Mind Hunter.     I did like   John E. Douglas ’ “ Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit ”.   I loved that A Killer by Design was from Ann’s perspective.   The FBI unit relied on Ann’s research yet as a non-agent she had an interesting relationship with the agents.   Ann found “sexual violence was more about power and control than the act of sex itself.” She didn’t come to this all by herself and also gave credit to Candace Delong.   This book was hard to read at parts because it felt like the serial killers wanted to talk about the crimes, specifically their thoughts, actions, sexual preferences, likes, etc. It freaked me out how they were almost bragging.   While I enjoyed getting Ann’...