leaving at the local LFL later today

leaving at the LFL later today

Caught! Thanks for this trade paperback. I'll keep it travelling.

I did notice a label that indicates this book was also once at the Crawford Drive Lil Library located in Rockville, Maryland, USA.

I read another copy of this book in 2014. This is what I wrote after I read it...

It's interesting how this book grew on me. I started out by not liking it, feeling that the protagonist had little going for her and not appreciating the clipped sentences of the narrative. The story is of Camille Preaker, a young woman who is a mediocre journalist for a second rate Chicago newspaper. She was sent to her home town to cover the stories of the murder of two young children. Camille is not all that eager to return there as she has to stay with her mother. As the story develops, we discover that Camille's home life had been kind of bizarre and slowly learn to understand her erratic behavior.

This book's psychological issues became the real "catch" for me. Most of the characters in it had "issues". The small town of Wind Gap, Missouri, is not a town I'd like to visit, but it was certainly a strange place to visit in a novel. I finally decided that this debut novel was a compelling read...after all.

I'm releasing this book for...

***The November 2021 E-less Challenge hosted by motherof11.

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Enjoy the book!

I selected this book from the Little Free Library of Twinbrook (#7720) to travel elsewhere...

I'm releasing this book for the BCinDC "First Line Game" at the 2021 annual holiday party which will take place on Zoom..

The first line of this book is...
My sweater was new, stinging red, and ugly.

The only thing missing now is knowing who the recipient of this book will be. :D

ETA: This book went to KateKintail.

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Enjoy the book!

I brought this book home from the May BCinDC meetup. I really liked the thrilling aspects of Gone Girl, so I look forward to another book by the same author. Thanks!

Well, it took me a year to get around to reading it, but I did! (That's actually pretty good timing for me, believe it or not.)

I definitely didn't like this as much as Gone Girl, especially because it was pretty clear who the baddie was early on. But I definitely got sucked in by the main character with her traumatic past and dramatic family. I was rooting for Camille from the very beginning and super interested to find out how it ended, horrifying though I suspected it might be.

Taking this to a BCinDC meetup in hopes of it finding a new reader! Enjoy!

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This looks fantastic. Had to pick this one up at the meeting yesterday. Thank you!