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The Book Bit: March 2023 Ed.


Hey all! The last few days have been absolutely beautiful weather for us and I'm so ready to move on from the cool temps. I have been *craving* the sunlight and am so happy we're finally getting it! Some of my bulbs are already coming up and my trees are starting to bloom - this time of year just instantly lifts my spirits. I hope it's the same for you, wherever you are. So, I was insanely busy in March, like didn't have time to breathe busy and I heavily relied on audio books this past month. I only physically read *part* of one book, the rest I listened to while doing other things that also needed doing 😂 Like I said, I was busy, but let's talk about the books I got through in March, they were excellent!


"Kill You Twice" by Chelsea Cain


This is the fifth book in the Gretchen Lowell & Archie Sheridan series and I'm so glad I read this book this month! I've been absolutely in love with this serial killer thriller series since I started it a few years ago, but last year I read the fourth book and was left disappointed. It was the first book in the series that I didn't love. It left a bad taste in my mouth and I've been hesitating picking the series back up because I was afraid Cain tanked it. This book really delivered on all of my favorite things! I'm not going to get too much into a plot discussion since it's a series book, but this had a lot of great movement from Archie (our heartbroken and traumatized detective), Gretchen (America's most iconic serial killer) and my favorite side characters of all time, Susan (a reporter) and her hippy mother, and Henry (Archie's partner who spends most of his time trying to keep Archie from going off the deep end). The gore was there, the intricacy was there, everything that Cain excels at was laced into this book. It just sang. I'm glad I didn't give up on this series. 


"The Measure" by Nikki Erlick


One morning every single person on Earth woke up to a wooden box outside their door, wherever they were that morning is where their box showed up. Inside the box was a length of string, 'the measure of your life'. In an instant, the word is turned upside down by the arrival of these boxes. Society comes together and simultaneously shreds apart at the contents of these boxes and deciphering the strings. Follow eight different, intertwined stories of eight individuals as they build and continue to live their lives after the initial wave of boxes arrive. The big question here is: would you look at your string? 

Oh, wow, this book was so much more than I was expecting! Some reviews claimed this book was a little too political, but I think it was really well done. This author wasn't afraid to reach across lines and really bring this into an accurate light and I greatly appreciated that. This is exactly how I imagine something like this happening and I appreciate Erlick for not 'taming it down'. It was beautifully done and intricately tied together. The ending had me sobbing, but I loved it anyway! Since I listened to the audio book it was easier to keep all the characters straight, but sometimes I had trouble keeping all the story lines right. If you liked "The Midnight Library" I think you would like this as well. 


"Just Like Home" by Sarah Gailey


Vera's mother is dying. And even after years of estrangement, she wants her to come home. Vera doesn't feel like she can say no, but she also isn't overjoyed about returning to her childhood home: the home of a serial killer. And when she starts cleaning out the house and getting everything ready for her mother's passing, strange notes in her father's handwriting begin showing up, notes that should no longer be in existence. And when Vera begins to dig into the strange occurrences and dodge the eccentric artist her mother lets live in the shed, she discovers the Crowder house is hiding more than she originally thought.

I was not prepared for this book! At all! I read Sarah Gailey last year ("Magic for Liars") and knew I wanted to look into more of their writing, but this book completely blew me away. Do you like serial killer thrillers? Haunted house books? Body gore horror? Childhood trauma? This has all of that. It was creepy, scary, and disgusting in the absolute best ways. Gailey nailed it with this book! By the way, the narrator for this was excellent!



That's all I read in March! I had such a busy month, but I'm so glad options like audio books are available. I'm also glad I ended up with such a good lineup this month! I loved all of these books! Do you read anything awesome in March? Are you thinking about picking up any of the books I talked about today? Do you have any recommendations for me? I would love to hear from you! Drop me a comment, like, follow, do all the things, but remember to have fun reading! I'll see you next month book nerds!

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