I HIGHLY recommend you listen to the audiobook version of this book because it is narrated by the writers and you'll miss a lot of the emotion in the words if you don't hear them tell it. I also suggest that you only pick it up only if you are a fan of the My Favorite Murder podcast - otherwise you might not get what it is all about and you'll probably be very disappointed and will be left scratching your head at the title. It's not a guidebook instructing you how to "Stay Sexy & Don't Murdered" (that's the tagline of the true-crime comedy show), it's a book about the podcasters very personal, very intimate struggles with family, mental health and their careers. As a fan of the show, I found it both interesting, painful and funny - just like the weekly podcast.

Recommended to fans of the podcast only, especially if you're super nosy like myself

In case you missed the furor, some posts on booklikes about plagiarized works:   http://booklikes.com/tag/plagiarism 

Nasty, heinous scam to steal someone's artistic efforts.  One area that real authors and their readers can agree on.

Signal boost for a great post by OB -- everyone should read this.

And while you're at it, why not go the whole hog and also read Moonlight's The Shaming of Blythe Harris?

To Kathleen Hale and her ilk:

Ever.

And for the record:

Remember that author pal of Ms. Vidal's, who joined in to attempt to get the attention of a reviewer's employer and making accusations against him?

If you don't, you can read about it here: Another Author Joins in the Fun.

Well, I am pleased to report that particular author as of today is no longer a GoodReads Author.

Good Riddance. 

It had been noticed a few days ago that the offending comment of hers posted to Ms. Vidal's blog and FB page had been removed.  Presumably she'd gotten an inkling it had gotten her into some hot water.  Just as Vidal had deleted her blog post targeting reviewers right before she also lost her GR Author status.

A third author has joined in the fun, harassing Ms. M. on one of her reviews.  After careful research it's been determined this author has been rating/reviewing the same books from two different GoodReads accounts.  Most are his own books, but a couple are books written by his pals.  He also has posted ratings of some of his books under more than one format.

This all has been reported to GoodReads.  Hopefully they'll get that mess cleaned up soon as well.

On her Facebook Page:

Repeated on her blog:

Poor thing is stubbornly refusing to even consider the fact that her own actions and words are the cause of her troubles.

Also, in case you missed my updates on yesterday's post, all the comments posted by Stephen yesterday on GoodReads and Amazon are now deleted.