#laura picklesimer

[salomeslashes]

I am once again thinking about Kill for Love by Laura Picklesimer. It's a lot like American Psycho but if Patrick Bateman was a sorority girl (and the book was actually one I enjoyed). I highly recommend it to anyone interested in that vibe.

if you truly wanted to remake american psycho for the modern day you would cast a young 20 something hot woman and make it about social media “amazon must buy” influencers and how it’s a shallow, empty, and extremely copy-paste job where you turn yourself into a salesperson for the smallest amount of commission and lose all originality of yourself. bc those girls that go to bed with literal tape over their mouths and after doing a 10 step skincare routine are closer to being patrick bateman than literally any man alive

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It's spooky season! 🎃 Stay up late with Laura Picklesimer's KILL FOR LOVE, featured on SHONDALAND's "9 Books to Keep You Up This Halloween"

[alexphantm]

Reading

Warning, this may contain some spoilers.

I have gotten myself back into reading! When I first started my full time job I was just so overwhelmed with keeping my schedule right, passing probation, and keeping up with classes I couldn't get myself into a book much. I started easy, I listened to an audio book of something I had enjoyed already, played it while I worked at my desk.

The first new book I really got into was "How Can I Help You" by Laura Sims. I kinda went back and forth on it, just trying to get myself to read a bit at least once a week. It was really good! I especially loved how the ending turned out.

After that one, I picked up "The Quiet Tenant" by Clemence Michallon. I really got into this one. I had a rhythm of reading a bit at home occasionally, but I always read for the last half hour of my break on late nights. I have always loved books where women have to escape murderers. It's the survival part of them that really pulls me. Did you ever used to daydream about what you would do during a zombie apocalypse? The story was really captivating to me, the woman doesn't try to run right away, she knows she has to wait for the right moment. I wasn't a big fan of how quickly it ended and got wrapped up. I'd have read another 100 pages if it went through what happens after more than it did.

I've really been wanting some horror, so I am now reading "What Moves the Dead" by T. Kingfisher. I haven't gotten far, but I do like that it is a smaller book- makes it less daunting for me to get back into reading. I am also reading "Kill for Love" by Laura Picklesimer which from reviews said it was quite gory so I am excited for it.

[lspmag]

How to Cure Insomnia

Friday reading, "How to Cure Insomnia," by Laura Picklesimer.

by Laura Picklesimer

How to Cure Insomnia

First, grow up in a gated estate that overlooks the coastline from Newport to San Clemente. Lock your younger sister in the downstairs coat closet for hours at a time. Ignore her even after she pees her Burberry overalls.

Listen to the muffled screaming from the upstairs hallway when your father is occasionally home for the night. Find the best spots…

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Read Laura Picklesimer's latest essay in CrimeReads: "Dorothy B. Hughes, In a Lonely Place, and the Birth of the Modern Serial Killer Novel"

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Join us TONIGHT (9/7) at Vroman's Bookstore to celebrate the release of Laura Picklesimer's KILL FOR LOVE! Blood and Gore promised...

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Kirkus Reviews KILL FOR LOVE by Laura Picklesimer: "Neatly flips the formula of the male serial killer on its bashed-in head."

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Check out Debutiful's "Most Anticipated Debut Books of 2023," featuring Laura Picklesimer's KILL FOR LOVE and Chin-Sun Lee's UPCOUNTRY!