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4.08 AVERAGE
4.08 AVERAGE
I can't recommend this enough. You will laugh, cry, and maybe learn a thing or two about staying sexy and not getting murdered. You don't need to listen to listen to the podcast to enjoy this book, but it's wonderful and you SHOULD.
funny
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
slow-paced
Good stories about the author's lives and how they came to be who they are.
I'm very glad I listened to this as an audio version. If I had read it, I might have found it a bit too cringey, but hearing Karen and Georgia's voices made it so much better. I could feel their emotions - the laughter and the heartbreak - so much more.
I haven't listened to the podcast, but my best friend is an avid fan, and she told me to read this book. I'm so glad I did. Karen and Georgia's stories are so good. It felt like I was listening to friends. The book is set up where each chapter is an essay on a different subject. Don't expect too much true crime stuff; it's mostly stories about their lives and their advice that goes along with it.
It's witty and bittersweet and funny and relatable. I enjoyed it as my first introduction to them, so I have no doubt fans who have listened to their podcast will love it just as much.
I haven't listened to the podcast, but my best friend is an avid fan, and she told me to read this book. I'm so glad I did. Karen and Georgia's stories are so good. It felt like I was listening to friends. The book is set up where each chapter is an essay on a different subject. Don't expect too much true crime stuff; it's mostly stories about their lives and their advice that goes along with it.
It's witty and bittersweet and funny and relatable. I enjoyed it as my first introduction to them, so I have no doubt fans who have listened to their podcast will love it just as much.
Karen and Georgia are the kind of people who inspire me in a way that isn't overwhelming. Their stories and anecdotes throughout this book showed me that it is possible to take chances and take care of yourself without the world falling apart because of the change. These ladies are truly an inspiration and I strive to be like them. SSDGM.
5 stars for the MFM listener in me, 4 for the book by itself.
The book was very entertaining and, having gotten busy and lessened my listening hours of the podcast, it was wonderful to hear their voices in my head again as well as learn new things about them that I’d either forgotten from the early episodes or hadn’t heard yet. The vulnerability (thanks, Brene Brown’s “Daring Greatly”!) and wit were pouring off the pages, which is so refreshing in this cynical, critical social media world. The text was conversational, which felt right at home.
The book itself, however, including format and content, gets 4 stars (I’m sorry, Murderinos! It hurts me to write that!). I appreciated the themes with each chapter title, though it seemed a little repetitive and sometimes stretched the connection. For the book to be labeled a “dual memoir”, I also expected a little more memoir and a little less advice (though I do acknowledge the “how-to” in the title).
Overall, I greatly appreciated the openness, the honesty, and the self criticism of the creators and the podcast itself. MFM fans are more likely to adore this book, but even if you aren’t a fan, this is a good starting point. Then, when you’ve read the book, you can run straight into the rabbit hole and binge all of the episodes, and find that maybe you’re a Murderino, too.
The book was very entertaining and, having gotten busy and lessened my listening hours of the podcast, it was wonderful to hear their voices in my head again as well as learn new things about them that I’d either forgotten from the early episodes or hadn’t heard yet. The vulnerability (thanks, Brene Brown’s “Daring Greatly”!) and wit were pouring off the pages, which is so refreshing in this cynical, critical social media world. The text was conversational, which felt right at home.
The book itself, however, including format and content, gets 4 stars (I’m sorry, Murderinos! It hurts me to write that!). I appreciated the themes with each chapter title, though it seemed a little repetitive and sometimes stretched the connection. For the book to be labeled a “dual memoir”, I also expected a little more memoir and a little less advice (though I do acknowledge the “how-to” in the title).
Overall, I greatly appreciated the openness, the honesty, and the self criticism of the creators and the podcast itself. MFM fans are more likely to adore this book, but even if you aren’t a fan, this is a good starting point. Then, when you’ve read the book, you can run straight into the rabbit hole and binge all of the episodes, and find that maybe you’re a Murderino, too.
So good!! So funny and vulnerable and empowering. Love love loved it.
Everyone who is a fan of the podcast - whether you’re an old listener or just discovering Georgia and Karen - should read this book.
I really enjoyed the book because I am a HUGE MFM fan and love hearing and learning more about their history and backgrounds. These women are inspirational and relatable in so many ways! I would say that for most it might be an enjoyable, quick and relatable read, but it’s three stars for me because a lot of it wouldn’t make sense to someone who hasn’t listened to the podcast. It’s not badly written but I wouldn’t say it’s well written. I love it for what it is but for a general recommendation, not really.
I actively wanted to not like these women but I can't seem to keep from wanting to be their new BFF.
Within the first six months of "My Favorite Murder" being on the air, I had at least six people recommend it to me; they were sure it would be my new delight, right up my alley, just the kind of podcast I would love which is saying a lot because I am not big on podcasts. If I wanted old-timey shows on the radio to listen to while sitting with my entire family in our living room, I would have been born in the 1920's. And I wasn't. Keep your damn Ovaltine and get off my lawn.
Cecily was the most persistent, though subtly so. She'd bring up the show in normal conversation and we'd talk about things related to what she'd heard and she kept doing this for two years and the push finally wound itself so deeply into my brain that one day, in between audiobooks, I started the podcast.
And I HATED it.
It was the antithesis of my entire life, all haphazard and full of misinformation. Worse, it starts with Jon-Benet Ramsey (and can I just tell you that my Jon-Benet story is way better than theirs?) which, after Heather Dawn Church, was the most impactful local murder in my life and I cringe every time someone brings it up or a tabloid reopens it as a story or it pops up on a Murder Files-type show, like "My Favorite Murder."
I planned to listen to the first five episodes because I do understand that podcasts can start out choppy and it can take awhile for them to find their groove so it's advisable to give a show a little time before judging.
Every episode pissed me off.
I hated Karen's and Georgia's vocal fry, I hated the wrong things they kept saying, I hated everything...except the fun I had looking up the right information because theirs was so woefully inadequate AND I quickly grew to love the Hometown Murders segment.
In no time, I couldn't stop listening. It was almost like rage-reading (when you hate a book so much you want to read it to be angry and to leave a mean review) but in a more edifying sort of way.
I've only made it 30-some episodes in because all my audiobooks are coming at me all the time, but any time I have a spare moment, I pop an episode on, get angry at these women for their misinformation and their sometimes-unaware commentary and the way they use their gravelly voices, but wind up so intrigued and satisfied with knowing about previously unknown horrors.
Since I'm always listening to audiobooks and since this came out in audio format, I listened to it, which I recommend since it's read by the authors. I knew what it was, I knew what to expect - biographical information, not staying sexy and safe from murders - but I didn't think I would be so...charmed by? wrapped-up-in? smitten with it.
Karen, with whom I identify because we've had similar touchpoints throughout our lives - she's two years older than I, was a latchkey kid with a sibling relationship I completely understood (I cannot wait to make my sister listen to that chapter); her mom died 7 months before mine, etc - and Georgia, whom I sometimes want to shake and sometimes want to smother with love, talk about their lives. They both struggled a lot in youth through adulthood, they're both trying hard to be stable adults in the often-unstable adult world, they are both open about their experiences and beliefs, and they both display loads of the one thing that charms me so much and which I need to work on myself: Personal accountability.
There's just something so real about people who know they've screwed up, understand that their screw up hurt others, and want to not only rectify the screw up but also avoid doing things like that again. Karen and Georgia talk about how terrible they are at research, at sharing correct information, and about how often their mistakes are pointed out to them. They're not going to go as far as learning to research or having correct information, but they definitely own up to what they've mis-stated and they accept correction as their rabid listeners give them thesis papers full of up-to-date information. But more importantly, when their fans let them know that they've trampled a social boundary, that they're potentially hurting a group of people via careless words, these women evaluate the message and change their behavior as necessary and I cannot help but admire that.
Another plus: They talk about reading books, mental health, and self-care (not the luxurious kind but the care-about-yourself kind)
I was terribly sad when this book ended. I enjoyed listening to it, it was like being at an intimate dinner party and listening to these two people who are kinda irritating friends of your friends but whom you hope you can make into your friends, as well.
Within the first six months of "My Favorite Murder" being on the air, I had at least six people recommend it to me; they were sure it would be my new delight, right up my alley, just the kind of podcast I would love which is saying a lot because I am not big on podcasts. If I wanted old-timey shows on the radio to listen to while sitting with my entire family in our living room, I would have been born in the 1920's. And I wasn't. Keep your damn Ovaltine and get off my lawn.
Cecily was the most persistent, though subtly so. She'd bring up the show in normal conversation and we'd talk about things related to what she'd heard and she kept doing this for two years and the push finally wound itself so deeply into my brain that one day, in between audiobooks, I started the podcast.
And I HATED it.
It was the antithesis of my entire life, all haphazard and full of misinformation. Worse, it starts with Jon-Benet Ramsey (and can I just tell you that my Jon-Benet story is way better than theirs?) which, after Heather Dawn Church, was the most impactful local murder in my life and I cringe every time someone brings it up or a tabloid reopens it as a story or it pops up on a Murder Files-type show, like "My Favorite Murder."
I planned to listen to the first five episodes because I do understand that podcasts can start out choppy and it can take awhile for them to find their groove so it's advisable to give a show a little time before judging.
Every episode pissed me off.
I hated Karen's and Georgia's vocal fry, I hated the wrong things they kept saying, I hated everything...except the fun I had looking up the right information because theirs was so woefully inadequate AND I quickly grew to love the Hometown Murders segment.
In no time, I couldn't stop listening. It was almost like rage-reading (when you hate a book so much you want to read it to be angry and to leave a mean review) but in a more edifying sort of way.
I've only made it 30-some episodes in because all my audiobooks are coming at me all the time, but any time I have a spare moment, I pop an episode on, get angry at these women for their misinformation and their sometimes-unaware commentary and the way they use their gravelly voices, but wind up so intrigued and satisfied with knowing about previously unknown horrors.
Since I'm always listening to audiobooks and since this came out in audio format, I listened to it, which I recommend since it's read by the authors. I knew what it was, I knew what to expect - biographical information, not staying sexy and safe from murders - but I didn't think I would be so...charmed by? wrapped-up-in? smitten with it.
Karen, with whom I identify because we've had similar touchpoints throughout our lives - she's two years older than I, was a latchkey kid with a sibling relationship I completely understood (I cannot wait to make my sister listen to that chapter); her mom died 7 months before mine, etc - and Georgia, whom I sometimes want to shake and sometimes want to smother with love, talk about their lives. They both struggled a lot in youth through adulthood, they're both trying hard to be stable adults in the often-unstable adult world, they are both open about their experiences and beliefs, and they both display loads of the one thing that charms me so much and which I need to work on myself: Personal accountability.
There's just something so real about people who know they've screwed up, understand that their screw up hurt others, and want to not only rectify the screw up but also avoid doing things like that again. Karen and Georgia talk about how terrible they are at research, at sharing correct information, and about how often their mistakes are pointed out to them. They're not going to go as far as learning to research or having correct information, but they definitely own up to what they've mis-stated and they accept correction as their rabid listeners give them thesis papers full of up-to-date information. But more importantly, when their fans let them know that they've trampled a social boundary, that they're potentially hurting a group of people via careless words, these women evaluate the message and change their behavior as necessary and I cannot help but admire that.
Another plus: They talk about reading books, mental health, and self-care (not the luxurious kind but the care-about-yourself kind)
I was terribly sad when this book ended. I enjoyed listening to it, it was like being at an intimate dinner party and listening to these two people who are kinda irritating friends of your friends but whom you hope you can make into your friends, as well.