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DAMN YOU. You have me adding more books to my way too big TBR pile. Adding Pretty Girls because I’m a toe-dipper. DAMN YOU *shakes fist

Probably the most twisted thing I’ve read is Devil in the White City. So damn good. Also, Waco: A Survivor’s Story by David Thibodeau. Such a messed up scene.

As an atheist, I also find kind of a sick pleasure in stories of people who left cult religions. Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s Infidel and Megan Phelps-Roper’s Unfollow were two of the better ones.

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I BEG FOR FORGIVENESS BUT ITS MY JOB lol I tried Devil in the White City on audio but it was too much, I need to go back and try the physical book I think! And I love the stories of how people got out of cults, thanks for the recs!!

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You’re good at your job, that’s really the problem here 😉

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I went to school with the Phelps children. Libby was in my class and she was one of theee nicest people I've ever encountered. So incredibly sweet. I remember thinking how someone so damn kind could be around something so hateful. Obviously she was a kid and didn't have control over the situation. When I saw that some of them left and got away, I WAS ECSTATIC for them.

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Oh man, I was OBSESSED with Karin Slaughter a good few years ago and read all her books one after the other. I’m so excited you met her irl!

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It was just the best - she seems like an amazing human!

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Karin Slaughter sounds like a straight G, but u got me wantin to check out that Good Bad Girl!!!

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