{"id":8303,"date":"2017-08-29T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-08-29T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=8303"},"modified":"2017-08-17T12:38:25","modified_gmt":"2017-08-17T17:38:25","slug":"ghost-tours-really-just-kill-me-by-adam-selzer-book-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=8303","title":{"rendered":"Ghost tours? Really!? Just Kill Me, by Adam Selzer (book review)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8762\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?attachment_id=8762\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/just-kill-me-9781481434942_hr.jpg?fit=1399%2C2114&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1399,2114\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"just-kill-me-9781481434942_hr\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/just-kill-me-9781481434942_hr.jpg?fit=678%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-8762\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/just-kill-me-9781481434942_hr.jpg?resize=199%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"book cover of Just Kill Me by Adam Selzer published by Simon Schuster BFYR | recommended on BooksYALove.com\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/just-kill-me-9781481434942_hr.jpg?resize=199%2C300&amp;ssl=1 199w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/just-kill-me-9781481434942_hr.jpg?resize=678%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 678w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/just-kill-me-9781481434942_hr.jpg?w=1399&amp;ssl=1 1399w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.legendsofamerica.com\/gh-ghostfacts.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ghosts<\/a> aren&#8217;t real,<br \/>\nMoney worries are,<br \/>\nBeing a ghost-tour guide will be easy&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Surely her new bosses aren&#8217;t serious about making their exclusive ghost tour stops even more haunted by helping senior citizens leave this world a bit early?<\/p>\n<p>You can find the hardcover now at your <a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldcat.org\/libraries\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">local library<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.indiebound.org\/indie-store-finder\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">independent bookstore<\/a>, with paperback release of <em>Just Kill Me<\/em> scheduled for late August 2017. (and, yes, the author does run ghost tours in Chicago!!)<\/p>\n<p>Ever visited the death site of someone famous?<br \/>\n**kmm<\/p>\n<p><strong>Book info<\/strong>:\u00a0Just Kill Me \/ Adam Selzer. Simon &amp; Schuster Books for Young Readers, hardcover 2016, paperback 2017. [<a href=\"http:\/\/adamselzer.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">author site<\/a>]\u00a0 [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.simonandschuster.com\/books\/Just-Kill-Me\/Adam-Selzer\/9781481434942\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">publisher site<\/a>]\u00a0 [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=f6-6Yq8_ytQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">book trailer<\/a>] Review copy and cover image courtesy of the publisher.<\/p>\n<p><strong>My book talk<\/strong>: Ghost tours in Chicago are truly a cut-throat business, Megan discovers as she begins working for Cyn and Rich, who may just be creating a few new ghosts of their own to compete with the big companies.<\/p>\n<p>Megan grew up in a funeral home (a &#8220;black diaper baby&#8221;), is comfortable with death (naturally), doesn&#8217;t believe in ghosts (ditto), but does need a summer job after high school graduation &#8211; perfect for the ghost tour biz (as long as Mom doesn&#8217;t find out).<\/p>\n<p>As she learns the stories behind famous crime scenes, infamous murder sites, and secret haunted spots, Megan wonders if Cyn and Rich really see the spirits they point out to tourists.<\/p>\n<p>When new ghosts appear on the tour just after her bosses take their nursing home patients on evening outings, she ponders the coincidences.<\/p>\n<p>Cyn continues commenting on Megan&#8217;s resemblance to a flapper who mysteriously disappeared in the 1920s, so it&#8217;s time to dig into history and get her secretive online-but-no-photos girlfriend to help unravel the mystery&#8230; before it&#8217;s too late!<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"714\" height=\"402\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/f6-6Yq8_ytQ?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ghosts aren&#8217;t real, Money worries are, Being a ghost-tour guide will be easy&#8230; Surely her new bosses aren&#8217;t serious about making their exclusive ghost tour stops even more haunted by helping senior citizens leave this world a bit early? You can find the hardcover now at your local library and independent bookstore, with paperback release [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8762,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[19,51,41],"tags":[22,11,5,37,16,44,43,231,187,39,49,184,15,21,73,35,33,3,8],"class_list":["post-8303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fiction","category-mystery","category-paranormal","tag-behavior","tag-communication","tag-coping","tag-death","tag-determination","tag-friendship","tag-growing-up","tag-illinois","tag-lgbtq","tag-love","tag-memories","tag-mothers","tag-relationships","tag-self-image","tag-summer","tag-surprises","tag-survival","tag-teens","tag-us-author"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/just-kill-me-9781481434942_hr.jpg?fit=1399%2C2114&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8303","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8303"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8303\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8944,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8303\/revisions\/8944"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}