Obsessed with True Crime discussion

Has anyone else seen these? Popped up on my home page "Mad Enough to Murder: Laurie Dann--Rampage Killer" about Laurie Dann. It's #21 and was published in 2015. I'm now on a mission. 😉

Edited to add link and correct name.

I have before but arent they usually like around 20 pages for 2.99?

I have added a lot of them to the TC shelf but I have never read one. It looks as if in some cases they are the only discrete books, or booklets, or booklings, on a given case -- I think there is one on Brenda Spencer for instance.

Laurie Dunn or Laurie Dann? Dann already has 2 full-length books about her...I think this series is called Bus Stop Reads because they are short enough to whiz through before your bus arrives to pick you up.

Right now I would like some little bits of true crime. They are short and 2.99 but free with Kindle unlimited. The one I posted about is free to buy right now.

The Laurie Dann one is free right now:

https://smile.amazon.com/LAURIE-DANN-...

Let me know what you think, O Kindle Readers.

It's a fast read, informative, obviously not very detailed, but gives you a good 'snap shot' of what happened.

What I like about a book like this, is it helps me know if I want to read a full size book about a crime.

"What I like about a book like this, is it helps me know if I want to read a full size book about a crime."

I got a cheaper and more convenient source. It's called google.

I get books because they have far more details. More factual, more put together. Formulated, etc. Not condensed into a short narrative.

To buy a 25 page book seems utterly pointless specially when that information is readily available in a Wikipedia article. Sounds like a waste of money to me.


Edit: June 29th.

Just remembered as I was waking up for the day.

There use to be a short true crime bio site that heavily influenced my true crime obsession back in the beginning.

Although I was into true crime since I was 9 years old my main source was the TV news. It only really became an obsession when I was about 17 years old.

This was around the time I was just beginning to really explore the internet. My true crime source online was TruTV. Originally known as CourtTV.

They had on their website a long list of short bios on cases.
I learned about a ton of cases I never knew even knew about. Such as Gaskins. In fact that is where I first learned about my favorite serial killer case; Edmund Kemper.

Unfortunately the TV channel became "TruTV:" and totally changed their website. So that is pretty much all gone. Although I have seen on websites that people basically copy and pasted the info and made sure to cite the source. That is pretty much all that exists from that.

I did come across an amatuer blog back in "the day" where they listed Kemper as "Edward" Kemper. Surely "Ed" must be short for "Edward" not Edmund.

Jay wrote: ""What I like about a book like this, is it helps me know if I want to read a full size book about a crime."

I got a cheaper and more convenient source. It's called google.

I get books because the..."

What is cheaper than free?

"The Laurie Dann one is free right now:

https://smile.amazon.com/LAURIE-DANN-...

Lady♥Belleza★✰ wrote: "Jay wrote: ""What I like about a book like this, is it helps me know if I want to read a full size book about a crime."

I got a cheaper and more convenient source. It's called google.

I get books..."

My only problem with Kindle Unlimited is not with the service itself, it is with my taste in reading material and my reading speed. I keep so many literary books in my Kindle Unlimited slots that I don't have room for the quickie true crime books I also want. Ah, the vicissitudes of life...

Last year I got 13 books and I read 11 of them in that year.
I read some in 3 days and they were 200 or 300 or more pages.

I chose to not read one of the books so I could choose to read this year.

I also read 3 books in addition to the 11 books last year. One of them I read twice.

So I read a lot last year. At least for me it was a lot.

So I'd say my reading speed is good.

So I still don't see the point. Plus I am always on google coming across true crime stuff. So there really is no reason for me to get it.

I also like to read my true crime books while walking [I walked a ton last year. Obsessively actually. Literally for HOURS. For more then 3 months.] but the majority of the time I read before I go to bed. A perfect time to read a true crime book. In the dead of night.

I think it would be funny if you were flipping a page and the page was of a gory naked dead body crime scene photo and the person sitting next to you on the bus saw it . I think that would be funny.

Is there any way we can share the kindle books. I spend so much money on these and will be retiring with limited income. I was looking for a cheaper source to enjoy reading. Thanks

Patricia wrote: "Is there any way we can share the kindle books. I spend so much money on these and will be retiring with limited income. I was looking for a cheaper source to enjoy reading. Thanks"

Most libraries have a lending program for Kindle and other ebooks. That is how I get most of my books.

Patricia wrote: "Is there any way we can share the kindle books. I spend so much money on these and will be retiring with limited income. I was looking for a cheaper source to enjoy reading. Thanks"

Also, yes, if you have a Kindle you can share books with another Kindle owner. I do not have a Kindle just the app on my phone.

Patricia wrote: "Is there any way we can share the kindle books. I spend so much money on these and will be retiring with limited income. I was looking for a cheaper source to enjoy reading. Thanks"

Try googling a service called "hoopla". Where I live it is a way to borrow audible books and ebooks from my local library system. There is also "OverDrive" but I, personally have not had success with it.

Hari wrote: "Lady♥Belleza★✰ wrote: "Jay wrote: ""What I like about a book like this, is it helps me know if I want to read a full size book about a crime."

I got a cheaper and more convenient source. It's call..."


"So many books, so little time" is probably a universal Goodreads malady. I (like many people, I gather) have a hard time remembering things I've read on an electronic screen, so I will always prefer books made out of paper. And Kindle is very unlikely to carry the rare, obscure titles I seek out.

Hmmm...

Hmmmmm?

I guess I hadn't heard that people have difficulty remembering what they read on electronic screens. I had always heard that people just don't like the way books look on line. New info for me.

Mention it sometime when you're sitting in a group of people. Everyone will stroke their chins and consider it, and say, "You know, that's true!"