June, 2023
June 5th, 2023, 6:01 p.m. - !!!!!!
22. Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone (Benjamin Stevenson)
Up next: What Lies in the Woods (Kate Alice Marshall)
June 14th, 2023, 6:47 p.m. - Hecate, Artemis, Athena, and Persephone
23. What Lies in the Woods (Kate Alice Marshall)
Up next: Alexandra Petri's U.S. History (Alexandra Petri)
June 18th, 2023, 5:09 p.m. - More literature than I expected. I feel like a bad English major for not getting most of it
24. Alexandra Petri's U.S. History (Alexandra Petri)
Up next: The Thursday Murder Club (Richard Osman)
June 24th, 2023, 2:24 p.m. - Looks like I have a new favorite series
25. The Thursday Murder Club (Richard Osman)
Up next: The Eden Test (Adam Sternbergh)
June 30th, 2023, 8:07 p.m. - Drink every time you recognize a Biblical reference
26. The Eden Test (Adam Sternbergh)
Up next: The Man Who Died Twice (Richard Osman)
The comparisons to Knives Out are probably mainly because this is a murder mystery involving a family, but they also fit because both are intricately plotted and drop clues that fit together precisely. This is a book where you have no idea what's going on, but when it all comes together, it makes perfect sense.
This moved well and there were some good twists (though I predicted a lot of them), but I guess it wasn't really different from all the thrillers out there that are in this same style. Maybe I should stop expecting anything different.
Historical stuff (even fake historical stuff) isn't really my thing, but Petri always makes me laugh. "Shirley Temple Jackson" was amazing.
This was so fun. Definitely the best book I've read by someone I've seen compete on Taskmaster, and I'm not just saying that because it's the only book I've read by someone I've seen compete on Taskmaster.
This wasn't completely what I was expecting, but not in a bad way. It's one where I figured out what was going on, but instead of finding it predictable, I was pleased that things turned out how I thought they would (well, partly).