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That’s what Holly Jackson’s A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder was, folks–and, I imagine, what it was supposed to be. Someone recommended it to my 15-year-old, but my 18-year-old is bound to be a much bigger fan, since she’s the mystery lover. I listened to it slowly at first, but I had to binge listen a bit to finish it before it got automatically returned to the library, and I’m pretty sure the binging was responsible for at least one bad dream. (it happens.)
Anyway. It’s an interesting (and twisty!) mystery that sucked me in pretty quickly, and I absolutely did NOT guess the ending. (Although to be fair, it’s not like I frequently do with mysteries.) Pip is on the obsessive side but thoroughly likeable, and I appreciated her summation of the crime from an emotional and community point of view. If she were my daughter I’d strangle her–she’s the poster child for ‘I’m going to go ahead and do this thing (and this thing, oh! and THIS thing) that could totally get me killed’–but I’d be proud of her in the meantime.
Anyway. Our family of 6 headed up to Idaho this past weekend to visit my parents, and while it was a very quiet weekend–so many other family members were out of town–I’m incredibly glad we went. My dad’s dementia just keeps moving forward, but he still loves for us to come, and that matters. My hubby did the lion’s share of the driving and choked down the salmon that the rest of us were thoroughly enjoying, poor man, and he and I and my mother watched “Charade” with my oldest. We got home Monday evening and spent yesterday finishing up a care package for my niece and her family, running around, and doing a great deal of laundry. Today the kiddos are back to school and I went to the temple, the library, and the pharmacy–definitely back to regular life!