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What I read: May 2025

Posted on May 31, 2025June 29, 2025 by amypeveto

The Street Where You LiveRoisin Meaney “He might surprise her though. He might ring tomorrow, when they were in the middle of trying not to ruin the goose.” Small towns can hide big secrets. The members of the local choir are prepping for their summer concert, but each of them is dealing with their own…

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What I read: February 2025

Posted on February 28, 2025June 29, 2025 by amypeveto

7 Rules of Power: Surprising—But True—Advice on How to Get Things Done and Advance Your CareerJeffrey PfefferDNF “Most fundamentally, power is a tool. Like many or maybe most tools, power, once mastered, can be used to accomplish great things, horrendously terrible things, and everything in between. The point: Don’t confuse or conflate your reactions to…

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What I read: July 2024

Posted on July 31, 2024June 29, 2025 by amypeveto

Deliberate Cruelty: Truman Capote, the Millionaire’s Wife, and the Murder of the CenturyRoseanne Montillo “And the violence that caused the death of Billy Woodward would, as recounted by Truman Capote in 1975, incite fresh violence that would ultimately destroy them both.” When wealthy socialite Ann Woodward shoots her husband Billy in 1955, New York society…

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What I read: April 2023

Posted on May 1, 2023June 29, 2025 by amypeveto

Common SenseThomas PaineNon-fiction, audiobook “Society in every state is a blessing, but government even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one; for when we suffer, or are exposed to the same miseries by a government, which we might expect in a country without government, our calamity…

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What I read: March 2023

Posted on April 1, 2023June 29, 2025 by amypeveto

The Wilderness of Ruin: A Tale of Madness, Fire, and the Hunt for America’s Youngest Serial KillerRoseanne MontilloNon-fiction, paperback “Cleckley described psychopaths as ‘hot headed, manipulative, irresponsible, self-centered, shallow, lacking in empathy or anxiety…also more violent, more likely to recidivate, and less likely to respond to treatment.’ His description became the most influential and most…

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