#murderfunding

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HOLY FUCK BRO

(#murderfunding spoilers under the cut)

The way most of this cast is somehow related to a killer is beyond me but jeesus

Beccas related to Molly Mauler, Stefs Dad killed her mom and then gets killed by Molly

Coops dad is the postman and his sister is Kimmi

And they're all freaked out upon what their family did, they r the friend group ever and Stef and Becca r the gays ever but again

Holy shit

Honestly though ever since Kimmis brother was mentioned in the first book I was like rlly invested on who the fuck he was,

Thank god he's a good person bc I genuinely like Coop

[soaking-wet-cat-punk]

standing by my Buff Griselda headcanons until I die

[bluntnessismynature]

#murdertrending trilogy thoughts

i originally read the first half of book 2 before realizing it, whoops!

murdertrending:

Beginning is maze runneresque with abrupt opening Kinda wanna draw dee as cinderella Ya know, i like this, the news has a sinister tone hidden in it Mash if hunger games too I wonder if this was unspired by the Walt Disney once wanted to have a section of the theme park where actors pseudolived and pretended that life was a fairy tale type of stuff

The ending reminded me of harry potter solving the puzzles in book 1

I liked the red herring turning out to be a true clue, good plot twist

At this point i realized that i dont particularly enjoy books that are set in high school

This book would have intrugued me at 15, if i were the type of person who had not yet read good mystery books

Ah well on to book 2

#murderfunding

murdertrending thoughts(to help keep track of the plot)(back when figuring out book 2 instead of starting book 1)

This is a world where everyones obsessed with watching people be killed(and very few that do have a conscience get mocked for it)

(this would have worked so well if they wrote adverts trying to advertise/promote unsolicited murder and torture) and then the audience is slowly led to the horrifying conclusion that"oh dear, why did we fall for it??!!!"

(Editors notes= lol the ads were there, past me just hadnt read book 1 yet)(it still would have begun to look suspicious if suddenly they are convicting teenagers there)(and they werent shown mercy)(seriously what the heck of a world is that?!)

So theres this group= postmanics, and antipostmanics

Postmanics care abt the postman and are avid fans (seriously were people this brainwashed??even after the accusations came out against the Postman they still wanted to kill Dee cuz what? SHE WAS WRONGLY CONVICTED YOU FOOLS WHY THE GECKO DO YOU WANT TO HUNT HER DOWN???)(yeah ik there was an incompetent prez but still)

Anti postman just there to sue and file evidence against leader

There was an Alcatraz 2.0 investigation, alcatraz being the crime and The Postman being the culprit

Death row breakfast club survivors(this sounds like an anime name)= dee guerrera, nyles harding, griselda sinclair.

Postmantics trying to hunt down survivors cuz they think survivors know who Postman is

A 3rd group, ie part 2 anti-Postmantics=fedexers= investigating real identiyies of those lost in the Humger Games dystopia

Uh huh poorly disguised aro bait, WE KNOW YOU GAY BECCA

Alcatraz santioned executioner called Molly Mauler= beccas mom ruth who died(oh, evil side was where mom working, got it got it)(but why did she die?)

Right now its Dees pov, where apparantly the people are mad cuz these survivors are the reason they LOST A STUPID APP? OF THE POSTMAN? DO THEY HEAR THEMSELVES??!!! And the postmanic fandom wants the survivors dead

WHO THE HELL IS MONICA??!!! THE STEPMOM OR THE STEPMOMS DAUGHTER?? Aah i see monica is dees stepsis that she indirectly got killed that her stepmom blames her for, got it got it (nah wrongly convicted kiddo)

Oh nyles and dee are dating,(see hunger games post 74th game era)(nyles 1 yr older than dee and in clg) Plus dee had no time to process monicas death and now she has so much time

So the Painiacs(original) were the people who killed contestants in Alcatraz 2.0(at this point i think this is a game show) Ah so the Postman and his successor were dead, at Dees hand.

Ok, why did the Breakfast club kill the postman in the first place? Nvm that, why do this stupid tv reality show at all? Who sanctioned this, how did they manage to sell it to so many people? Good taste they say. I say cow poop.

Ok but why do the postman(fangroup) want to hunt and place a bounty on these survivors? Who the hell is #cinderellasurvivor ? Hey, is cinderellasurvivor Dee? Cuz ya know, stepmom and stepsis??!!! (Yes, she was)

Painiac= a govt approved santioned contestant killer , beccas mom ruth was one of them

What the hell why did that idiot burglar threaten to kill rafa ? When all he did was break into beccas house?

Facebook. They are using facebook.

Becca go call 911!!! Or something, there was a burglary(oh wait, certain deTh) Ruth's ashes??? The survivors themselves think that because becca joining painiacs, its connected[postman responsible for it)

Kimmi= kidnapped Dee(formerly dolores), then she n her dad moved+ changed names, (Who da hell is kimmi now?)kimmi is Postmans daughter

Dees dad knows who the Postman is(yes the postmans dead) (Implied via flashbacks)

So bits i liked= uhhhh

Becca and stef prob need more fleshing out, i feel like they were still in the friend zone(just got forced into it cuz circumstance and plot)

Rita made it i think, but we lost stef

Yeah no, i spent a better part of a year reading malory towers and being able to sniff the conclusion before it appeared on my face

I did not like the blatant anti-Russian propaganda. Like seriously, all the bad things? Russia is behind it. The mafia? They're from Russia. The corrupt President? Also controlled by Russia. It would have been better if they had fleshed out why Russia was behind this and what they could gain, but oh well we got anti russian propaganda

kudos for making it ig?

#noescape

This. Now this is the book i liked.

We have a character to root for(finally), who meets another person(we r never told hes her brother until the end, which weird and funny)

And the friendship between neela and persey i liked

And the clues scattered across the room

I was right!! I guessed right that kevin was the killer! Ha! (The statues that represented each of the players gave it away...)

Was it necessary to kill off everyone in book 2?

And it turns out kimmi=persey which kinda doesnt make much sense unless we are supposed to conclude that Dee was harassed by a 37 yr old??? Not to forget the entire psychological degeneration perce would have to undergo, from someone who doesnt want people dead and desperately wanted to leave her family cuz of them being useless , i highly doubt she ended up as a spoilt manipulative dependent prone to angry mood swings kind of adult

Kimmi from book 1 seems immature, plus she was 19 there, later 24

Kimmi book 3 must at best be an aunt, whose niece is a crazed hedgehog

Which means kimmi the elder got away! Good for her, i hope shes living a happy life

Summary:

If you've been reading this all along and wondering if you should read this series, I suggest reading only book 3 (all of them are standalones, book 1 and 2 are connected , is all)

Otherwise, if you're like me and prefer to read complex and challenging books that make you scratch and wonder at the richness of stories, maybe read something else.

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Lights. Camera. Execution!

#MurderFunding

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Becca Intro! 🎭

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Becca 🎭

She/her

18

Cis Female

Lesbian

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Memory/Trauma Holder

Introject : #murderfunding by Gretchen McNeil

EP

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book log - 2022

his last wife by gia pere

a very merry bromance by lyssa kay adams

behind the messages by ella-may williams

the wife upstairs by rachel hawkins

pride, prejudice, & turkish delight by k.c. mccormick ciftci

the long way to a small, angry planet by becky chambers

honeymoon for one by rachel bowdier

let it snow by beth moran

resting scrooge face by meghan quinn

window shopping by tessa bailey

the family upstairs by lisa jewell

poster girl by veronica roth

x by sue grafton

queen bee by nina manning

the vibrant years by sonali dev

untamed by glennon doyle

book lovers by emily henry

the zookeeper's wife by diane ackerman

daisy darker by alice feeney

mating in captivity by esther perel

miss meteor by tehlor kay mejia

carrie soto is back by taylor jenkins reid

a good girl's guide to murder by holly jackson

the lesbiana's guide to catholic school by sonora reyes

fat chance, charlie vega by crystal maldonado

lakelore by anne-marie mclemore

you love me by caroline kepnes

happiness for beginners by katherine center

not my daughter by barbara delinsky

last tang standing by lauren ho

no filter and other lies by crystal maldonado

the southern book club's guide to slaying vampires by grady hendrix

does my body offend you? by mayra cuevas

i'm the girl by courtney summers

the expatriates by janice y.k. lee

emily, gone by bette lee crosby

after hours on milagro street by angelina m. lopez

i'm glad my mom died by jennette mccurdy

my best friend's exorcism by grady hendrix

#murderfunding by gretchen mcneil

looking for jane by heather marshall

midwife murders by james patterson

final cut by s.j. watson

darling rose gold by stephanie wrobel

all the pretty people by barbara freethy

when i was you by minka kent

been there, married that by gigi levangie

malibu rising by taylor jenkins reid

covery story by susan rigetti

the paris apartment by lucy foley

stiletto sisterhood by fallon demornay

her perfect secret by t.j. brearton

take a chance on me by beth moran

the watcher girl by minka kent

no conscience by phil m. williams

reminders of him by colleen hoover

her last move by john marrs

we were dreamers by simu liu

the book of cold cases by simone st. james

all i stole from you by ava bellows

violeta by isabel allende

once of us is next - karen m. mcmanus

just the way you are by beth moran

the latecomer by jean hanff jorelitz

klara and the sun by kazuo ishiguro

the sorority murder by allison brennan

one italian summer by rebecca serle

what lies between us by john marrs

the maid by nita prose

sex and vanity by kevin kwan

funny you should ask by elissa sussman

the seven day switch by kelly harms

three perfect liars by heidi perks

everything must go by camille pagan

no ex before marriage by portia macintosh

the other mother by carol goodman

california girls by susan mallery

one little secret by cate holahan

apples never fall by liane moriarty

the promise by teresa driscoll

ghost boy by martin pistorius

close to you by ana jolene

oona out of order by margarita montimore

the stepson by jane renshaw

all adults here by emma straub

his & hers by alice feeney

mexican gothic by silvia moreno-garcia

anatomy by dana schwartz

the resting place by camilla sten

will by will smith

good me, bad me by ali land

while we were dating by jasmine guillory

the lion's den by katherine st. john

when we left cuba by chanel cleeton

left neglected by lisa genova

the suspect by fiona barton

park avenue summer by renee rosen

group therapy by b.b. easton

the half sister by sandie jones

shipped by angie hockman

when we were sisters by emilie richards

the chain by adrian mckintu

not a happy family by shari lapena

clap when you land by elizabeth acevedo

if the shoe fits by julie murphy

the girlfriend by michelle frances

let me hear a rhyme by tiffany d. jackson

death by dumpling by vivien chien

yoga pant nation by laurie gelman

the cousins by karen m. mcmanus

in a holidaze by christina lauren

people we meet on vacation by emily henry

the candy house by jennifer egan

you've been volunteered by laurie gelman

broken by jenny lawson

you can't be serious by kal penn

the final girl support group by grady hendrix

home before dark by riley sager

one of us is lying by kate m. mcmanus

the vanishing half by brit bennett

the cross and the switchblade by david wilkerson

the henna wars by adiba jaigridar

the fashion orphans by randy susan meyers

the good girl by mary kubica

the comeback by ella berman

the magician's nephew by c.s. lewis

the bright lands by john fram

[latteandbookz]

[New Post] ARC Review: #Murderfunding by Gretchen McNeil

Title: #Murderfunding Author: Gretchen McNeil Page count: 336 Published: August 6th, 2019 Publisher: Freeform Genre: YA Thriller Received: From the publisher in exchange for an honest review Rating: 3/5 WELCOME TO WHO WANTS TO BE A PANIAC?, the latest reality TV show on the hunt for the next big-hit serial killer. But don’t worry—no one is actually going to murder anyone, as real as the…

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I’ve been dying to get back into reading lately but I have no idea how to do it. I had a period of time where I was SUPER motivated to read, I started reading IT by Stephan King which is really really long, and I was reading the book #murdertrending as well. But now my motivation is just.. gone. I’m slowly working my way through the #murderfunding (the second book in the series) but I haven’t read IT in over a month, maybe even two. I’ve loved reading since I can remember and I’m not sure why I’m in such a reading slump right now. I found that whenever I feel unmotivated, just forcing myself to start reading will pull me back into it, so I’ll probably do that soon. Starting is always the hardest part- but I want to get back into it so hopefully it works :)

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one thing i really really hate about both #murdertrending and #murderfunding is that a lot of the deaths are poc or lgbtq+ characters. like blair, rodrigo, ethan, gucci hangman, molly mauler (who is revealed to be married to another woman in the latter book), stef, lars, and a plethora of side characters

[lightishlilac]

Okay so I'm rereading #murderfunding and I noticed that Becca mentions that she got her mother Ruth's appearance while her brother, Rafa, got her mother Rita's appearance. Which means they're biological siblings and that their mothers are their biological mothers

So anyway one of Becca's mothers is trans

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Went to the lib yesterday

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Neela Chatterjee save me

Neela Chatterjee

Save me Neela Chatterjee

Neela Chatterjee please

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Just finished one of my Cozy Weekend Read-a-Thon books. I cant believe that the day this read-a-thon started, it started snowing where I live. PERFECT!!! I managed to sneak outside and grab a quick photo before the snow started coming down again!! Interesting concept to the sequel of #Murdertrending. I started this book thinking that I was going to learn more about how the Paniacs were originally chosen and how they were financially compensated for their kills in the first book. Instead, I read through a lot of political treason. I was kind of confused.

I thought that the character development in this novel was amazing. I loved the tie in with characters from the first novel but found after their parts they were not needed? I was confused about why Dee, Nyles, and Griselda needed to be in the plot at all? I think the storyline almost would have been better off with just going off the daughter of one of the original Paniacs.

I really enjoyed the layout of how the book is told. I like the back and forth between different vantage points, as well as, the online portion screengrab chapters.

The book seemed to kind of set itself up for a third book, which makes me very curious as to what this book would focus on. I recommend #murdertrending and #murderfunding to people who are into mysteries, reality shows, suspense reading. ⭐⭐⭐⭐

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WELCOME TO WHO WANTS TO BE A PANIAC?, the latest reality TV show on the hunt for the next big-hit serial killer. But don’t worry—no one is actually going to murder anyone, as real as the fake gore and pretend murder may appear . . . uh, right? Seventeen-year-old Becca Martinello is about to find out. When her perfectly normal soccer mom dies in a car crash, a strange girl named Stef appears to let Becca know that her deceased mom was none other than one of Alcatraz 2.0’s most popular serial killers—Molly Mauler. Soon, Becca ends up on Who Wants to Be a Painiac? to learn the truth about her mom’s connection to Molly Mauler, but things turn sinister when people are murdered IRL. Will Becca uncover dark secrets and make it out of the deadly reality show alive? Or will she get cut?

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Books of Wonder is pleased to welcome GRETCHEN McNEIL for #Murderfunding on her Lights. Camera. Excution! #murderfunding ON TOUR with fellow authors DHONIELLE CLAYTON for The Everlasting Rose and ZORAIDA CORDOVA for A Crash of Fate.

Join us on August 15th from 6-8pm at our 18th Street Store to meet GRETCHEN McNEIL for #Murderfunding in conversation with DHONIELLE CLAYTON for The Everlasting Rose and ZORAIDA CORDOVA for A Crash of Fate. Help BOOKS OF WONDER celebrate the release of this amazing book, as the authors gives a talk and sign copies of all their books. Ages 14 & up.