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Book Nook: Devil In The White City, by Erik Larson

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Blurb #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Splendid and the Vile comes the true tale of the 1893 World’s Fair in Chicago and the cunning serial killer who used the magic and majesty of the fair to lure his victims to their death.  “As absorbing a piece of popular history as one will ever hope to find.” —San Francisco ChronicleCombining meticulous research with nail-biting storytelling, Erik Larson has crafted a narrative with all the wonder of newly discovered history and the thrills of the best fiction.Two men, each handsome and unusually … Continue reading Book Nook: Devil In The White City, by Erik Larson

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Book Nook: City of Thieves, by David Benioff

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David Benioff lives a charmed life, even if it is begrudgingly an earned one. The 25th Hour launched a couple of careers for him, both in novels and in Hollywood. He married Amanda Peet, constant screen sweetheart. Plus, there was that whole Game of Thrones tv show thing. With all of that, when I saw one of my Twitter follows was starting an online book club called A Book, A Beer, A Brotherhood and the first selection was a Benioff book (released in 2008), I decided to join my first book club, even if it is a virtual one. But … Continue reading Book Nook: City of Thieves, by David Benioff