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C.G. Twiles is the pseudonym for a longtime writer and reporter who loves Gothic, animals, ancient history, cemeteries, traveling, and old houses.
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Average rating: 4.07 · 818 ratings · 295 reviews · 11 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Neighbors in Apartment 3D 3.94 avg rating — 318 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Little Girl in the Window 4.22 avg rating — 184 ratings — published 2021 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Last Star Standing 4.23 avg rating — 100 ratings — published 2021 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Perfect Face 3.68 avg rating — 62 ratings — published 2022 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Little Girl with a Secret 4.21 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 2023 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	The Ghost Wife: A short tale of suspense 4.26 avg rating — 35 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Trauma Child: A thriller 4.32 avg rating — 19 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Neighbors and Other Dangers: A Psychological Thriller Box Set 4.07 avg rating — 14 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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My new thriller!

My new thriller, The Trauma Child, is now available exclusively on Amazon and in Kindle Unlimited. For a very limited time! It's priced at only $1.99 for early readers, however, this will revert to the full price SOON. So if you want to read The Trauma Child, now is the time if you don't want to pay full price.

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Under a Rock: A Memoir

by Chris Stein

bookshelves: currently-reading, biography, celebrity, creativity, memoir, music, rich-people, nostalgia, sixties

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C.G. Twiles said: " Blondie's album Parallel Lines was one of the first (if not THE first) albums I received as a kid and I wore it out on my little turntable so I was excited to be approved for this ARC. Unlike a lot of popular bands/musicians at the time, Blondie has Blondie's album Parallel Lines was one of the first (if not THE first) albums I received as a kid and I wore it out on my little turntable so I was excited to be approved for this ARC. Unlike a lot of popular bands/musicians at the time, Blondie has only grown in stature and legend since its chart topping run in the late 70s, early 80s. It is often credited with having the first number one song to feature rap.

Chris Stein was a founding member and his long-term girlfriend was none other than lead singer/icon Debbie Harry. (If you're a Debbie fan please check out her amazing memoir, Face.) It's absolutely astonishing to me that Chris, drug-addled as he was most of the time, has such a sharp memory for his entire life, starting with his childhood in Brooklyn (I had no idea I live about 5 minutes from where Chris Stein grew up on Coney Island Ave! Hi neighbor!) and ending with his post-Blondie/present life.

The most interesting part for me was Chris and the band's poverty-filled grind living in the enormous, rat-filled lofts of 70s downtown NYC - lofts that now sell in the millions. It's a real snapshot of old school NYC with its burgeoning punk scene, composed of CBGB bands like The Ramones, Television, Patti Smith and Blondie. Blondie was considered the "joke" band- it has a sexy blonde girl lead singer and its songs were more ballad-y and accessible. It would go on to be the most popular group. The times are so tough that Debbie is r*ped by an intruder to their loft while Chris is tied up in another room. They are repeatedly robbed. People overdose and die. Their cats kill huge rats. All stuff that would have sent most people running back to the burbs and who could blame them? (A moment of silence for poor kitty Sunday Man, who disappears from Debbie's sister's house. I was worried about the 3 cats the entire book).

Sadly, like most bands, bad business decisions and drugs conspired to rob these creatives of their money and Chris Stein ended up basically broke (though I'm assuming he's not now? Hard to tell.)

Occasionally the book veers into continual name dropping (X came over, then Y dropped by, then Z said hello, and I ran into A on the street... etc) and I did not recognize the majority of the names. So I found myself skipping over various portions.

If you love Blondie, music, or the 70s NYC punk/New Wave scene, this memoir is required reading. I just reviewed Under a Rock by Chris Stein. #NetGalley

Thank you Chris Stein, NetGalley and the publisher for an ARC in exchange for an honest review. ...more "

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Unthinkable: An Extraordinary Journey Through the World's Strangest Brains

by Helen Thomson (Goodreads Author)

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Airport

by Arthur Hailey

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C.G. Twiles rated a book really liked it Traveling: On the Path of Joni Mitchell by Ann Powers	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
This was a bit more of the author's feelings about Joni Mitchell than the standard biography, which I think some Mitchell fans will prefer, as they've probably read all the bios about her already. But I was hoping for something more standard. Still i ...more
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C.G. Twiles rated a book it was amazing Clutter: An Untidy History by Jennifer Howard (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Excellent combination of memoir, how-to, and history of consumerism.
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C.G. Twiles rated a book it was amazing Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Astonishing to see the bad reviews here. I would seriously suggest anyone giving this less than 4 stars to go back to YA, Colleen Hoover, TikTok or whatever it is you think is "good." I had to read this in school, I forget which grade, but it blew me ...more
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Well researched book on one of the greatest actors in history, Marlon Brando. The book was paced well and made a good case for Brando being one of the more active actor-activists. While everyone knows he sent Sacheen Littlefeather to collect his Osca ...more
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C.G. Twiles made a comment on Kelly (and the Book Boar)’s review of It Ends with Us (It Ends with Us, #1) " I'd never read this but having been left alone with a stepfather that my abused mother was fine leaving alone with because he would never hurt ME (tho ...more "
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C.G. Twiles rated a book it was ok From Clutter to Clarity: Clean Up Your Mindset to Clear Out Your Clutter by Kerri Richardson	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
This had very little to do with decluttering actual possessions. It was more about cutting people out of your life. I think Richardson is some kind of life coach or something—but this was all psychological "advice" about dealing with various personal ...more
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C.G. Twiles liked Sarah Bowe's review of The Trauma Child: A thriller: "This was a creepy, generations old resentment possession story! Neely, her boyfriend and her daughter Arial are out for Arial's birthday when he is brutally attacked and dies before their eyes. It's very traumatic so they move to Neely's childhood hom" Read more of this review »
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Eight minutes into the audio of this book and the author was still apologizing for her immense privilege. I'd thought the entire point of the book was that the author and her husband were so frugal that they saved enough to retire before they were 35 ...more
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A new and worthy entry into the pantheon of Hollywood memoirs. For me, it didn't live up to either Hollywood Animal or What Just Happened? (still my fav Hollywood memoirs) but it was entertaining, lively, and somewhat more self-aware than usually hap ...more
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C.G. Twiles made a comment on Jessica’s review of The Wishing Game " Writers don't make this kind of money. Private island? LOL. ...more "
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“What a heartbreaking profession he had chosen, but she supposed there was no choice when it came to creative callings. They were more like curses.”
― C.G. Twiles, The Neighbors in Apartment 3D

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“She knew this wouldn't lead anywhere good, but she couldn't resist all the good she'd pass through before she got to the bad.”
― C.G. Twiles, The Best Man on the Planet

tags: gothic, gothic-fiction, gothic-romance, gothic-thriller, romantic-thriller, suspense-romance

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“In three minutes, I'll be a murderer. A famous one.”
― C.G. Twiles, The Last Star Standing

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“Money easily tore people apart. Shared outrage? The bond would be as strong as steel.”
― C.G. Twiles, The Neighbors in Apartment 3D

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“I feel like the minute I stopped lying, everyone else started.”
― C.G. Twiles, The Neighbors in Apartment 3D

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“She knew this wouldn't lead anywhere good, but she couldn't resist all the good she'd pass through before she got to the bad.”
― C.G. Twiles, The Best Man on the Planet

tags: gothic, gothic-fiction, gothic-romance, gothic-thriller, romantic-thriller, suspense-romance

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“What a heartbreaking profession he had chosen, but she supposed there was no choice when it came to creative callings. They were more like curses.”
― C.G. Twiles, The Neighbors in Apartment 3D

tags: creative-people, creative-process, creative-work

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“In three minutes, I'll be a murderer. A famous one.”
― C.G. Twiles, The Last Star Standing

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