jason_h's Reviews (260)

I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer

Michelle McNamara

5.0

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Great to read this book and have them CATCH THE GOLDEN STATE KILLER in the middle of it. It’s heartbreaking that Michelle isn’t alive to see it happen but also so great knowing that her tireless work and dedication assuredly had a hand in it.

Into the Mist: Tales of Death Disaster, Mishaps and Misdeeds, Misfortune and Mayhem in Great Smoky Mountains National Park

David Brill

4.0

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Mountain mishaps!

The Price of Salt, or Carol

Patricia Highsmith

5.0

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I was gay before and I’m gayer for reading this book.

The Power

Naomi Alderman

5.0

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Electrifying! (I think I’m so funny.)

We Sold Our Souls

Grady Hendrix

5.0

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Grady Hendrix continues to be a genius.

Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything

Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner

5.0

Diary

Chuck Palahniuk

4.0

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It’s so hard to forget pain, but it's even harder to remember sweetness. We have no scar to show for happiness. We learn so little from peace.

Snuff

Chuck Palahniuk

4.0

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Quick and dirty read. Literally.

Disobedience

Naomi Alderman

4.0

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Decent enough. The movie took many, many liberties.

Lullaby

Chuck Palahniuk

5.0

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I liked it a lot more the second time I read it.