Portable Magic
Reading, for me, is entertainment and an escape from the real world. But it can also inform and stretch the boundaries of the life I live.
Currently reading
Empty Promises ★★★☆☆
Ann Rule’s 7th crime files book is a little heavy on the hyperbole, but there’s an important theme running through these true crime stories that women should pay attention to. There is a pattern of behavior we should be wary of in our intimate relationships. It may be subtle at first, then escalate until we find ourselves trapped in a cycle of damage and self-destruction. It may begin as a masquerade of devotion and protectiveness. But the demands escalate. The control tightens. The isolation is deliberate. And when we finally try to leave, it may be the last thing we do in life.
Audiobook version, competently read by Laural Merlington, borrowed from my public library.
I read this for the Scary Women Authors square in the 2016 Halloween Bingo.
