Weekend Pick for March 18, 2022
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If you are anything like me, Spring Break season has started or will start soon. So this weekend's picks are two trilogies for the series readers that enjoy beginning a tale that has more story to offer after the first book is finished!
The first trilogy pick for this weekend is for the true crime, podcast listening, mystery loving folx. One series I've loved over the last few years and just recently finished is Holly Jackson's A Good Girl's Guide to Murder series.
The first trilogy pick for this weekend is for the true crime, podcast listening, mystery loving folx. One series I've loved over the last few years and just recently finished is Holly Jackson's A Good Girl's Guide to Murder series.
The story arc starts with the series title, A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, which introduces readers to protagonist, Pippa Fitz-Amobi. In the first book of the series, Pippa decides to investigate a seemingly "closed" case of the murder of local resident Andi Bell by, her then boyfriend, Sal Singh. However, to Pip, this case isn't as open and shut as the police and residents of the small town want everyone to believe. Through her investigation, new secrets emerge that raise the question of if the real killer is still out there? And if they will keep Pip from discovering the truth? The series continues with Good Girl, Bad Blood. After the investigation into murder and the publication of her true crime podcast, Pippa Fitz-Amobi finds herself wrapped up in a new investigation into the missing person's case of Jaime Reynolds. Though she had sworn off her investigating days, Jaime's disappearance on the anniversary of Andi Bell's murder is too much of a coincidence for Pip to ignore especially since the police won't do anything about it. With the help of Ravi Singh, Pip begins digging again and this time everyone is listening as she chronicles the unfolding secrets through her podcast. Will she find Jaime before it's too late? The concluding and final book in Jackson's series, As Good As Dead, finds Pip in the aftermath of her successful true crime podcast and weeks before her journey to start her first year in college interrupted by mysterious messages asking: who will look for you when you're the one who disappears? Pippa soon realizes these messages are escalating into threats leaving her and her loved ones at risk from an unknown stalker. When she starts to find connections between the stalker and a local serial killer caught six years ago, Pip wonders yet again if the wrong man was convicted of a crime. And the question that follows is if the real killer plans to make her his next victim? These three books had me turning pages and reading during the day. Jackson certainly perfects the dark and twisty by blurring the lines of our notions of what and who is "good" as well as raising important questions about justice. And if you want to know what Pip was like before beginning her true crime investigations, a short prequel, Kill Joy, was released in celebration for World Book Day! This series is the perfect mystery to keep you reading all weekend!
If the dark and twisty is not your style, then I might suggest another trilogy I've loved (pun intended) that celebrates identity, family, friendship, and LOVE, Jenny Han's To All the Boys I've Loved series.
This story explores the question of what would happen if all your crushes found out about how you feel about them...all at once! In book one, To All the Boys I've Loved Before, Lara Jean Song keeps her love letters in a hatbox given to her by her mother. However, these aren't letters she's received; they are letters to each boy she's ever loved--five letters in total. Laura Jean has poured out her feelings because the letters are just for her eyes. Until, one day the hidden letters are mailed out and her love life suddenly becomes much more interesting than even she anticipated. In Han's second novel, P.S. I Still Love You, Lara Jean finds herself in an unexpected situation, actually in love with one of her crushes. But then, another crush from her past returns making Lara Jean question: is it possible to love two people at once? Finally, in the last book of the series, Always and Forever, Lara Jean, everything is going so well for Lara Jean--she is having the best senior year she could hope for and is madly in love with her boyfriend. BUT, change is on the horizon. When Lara Jean's plans become interrupted, she has to finally face the challenging decisions in front of her. Han's conclusion to Lara Jean's story raises the question we all face: when your heart and your head are saying two different things, which one should you listen to? This series is so heartfelt and Lara Jean remains one of my favorite characters I've ever met while reading. I hope you enjoy her journey of finding self, family, and love as much as I did!
Until next week, keep reading!
xo,
Cammie
Until next week, keep reading!
xo,
Cammie
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