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Welcome or welcome back to bookishcore! The only thing I talk about on this blog is books since they are my passion, but to change it up slightly, we are also going to discuss shows today, specifically the television show Psych. One of my favorite shows of all time, if not my favorite, is Psych. If you have watched it or heard of it, then you are all set for this post. If not, it’s about a fake psychic that, with the help of his best friend, solves crimes while consulting with the police department. The show has great mysteries and lots of humorous moments. Because it is one of my favorite shows and books are my passion, I wanted to compare some of the episodes to books. I have seen some people do things similar to this, such as comparing movies to books, so I wanted to do it with specific episodes.

Comparing Psych Episodes to Books 🍍

• Episode: “In Plain Fright”
  Book: Two Can Keep a Secret by Karen M. McManus

“In Plain Fright” is one of my favorite episodes of Psych. It takes place at a horror themed amusement park that shut down years ago due to a death. In its first year reopening, Shawn, our main character, sees a murder in the haunted house ride, and everyone thinks it’s the ghost of the boy who died. For this episode, I want to recommend Two Can Keep a Secret by Karen M. McManus. This book is about a girl obsessed with true crime who tries to solve the murder that happened at Fright Farm, the halloween inspired amusement park. If you like the episode and love the atmosphere of a murder investigation happening at a horror-themed amusement park, Two Can Keep a Secret is the perfect book to read.

• Episode: “Heeeeere’s Lassie”
  Book: Lock Every Door by Riley Sager

In this episode, we see Lassiter get a new apartment, but unfortunately the apartment comes with some problems. Lassiter starts seeing things and it seems like the apartment is haunted. The book that I would use to compare it to is Lock Every Door by Riley Sager. This one follows a woman who starts apartment sitting after finding a job opening at a high-profile building. While our main character is there, she starts to dig into the disappearance of another apartment sitter and the weird things going on in the building. If you want another creepy apartment type of story like this episode, you try Lock Every Door.

• Episode: “Shawn vs. the Red Phantom:
  Book: I Didn’t Do It by Jaime Lynn Hendricks

“Shawn vs. the Red Phantom” is an episode where Shawn and Gus are looking for a missing teen and track him to a convention. Due to the convention setting, I want to recommend I Didn’t Do It by Jaime Lynn Hendricks. This book is set at a thriller writer convention where an author gets murdered. Four of the authors attending start to receive threatening texts while there and some of their secrets come to light. Both of these have a mystery at a convention with notes/texts left behind, so I think you should give this book a try if you like the episode.

• Episode: “Tuesday the 17th”
  Book: The Lake by Natasha Preston

This is another of my absolute favorite episodes, and in this one, Shawn and Gus go to their old summer camp to help an old friend, but weird things start to happen. This episode reminds my of The Lake by Natasha Preston. I love Natasha Preston and this is my favorite of her books. It follows two girls who are returning to their old summer camp but have a secret about something that happened there when they were younger. Weird, scary things start to happen around camp, and a note saying, “the lake never forgets” is all they need to know that their past is catching up to them. Both of these have a summer camp setting with lots of strange happenings and fear. I highly recommend checking out both.

• Episode: “Last Night Gus”
  Book: Six Months Later by Natalie D. Richards

In this episode, we see some of our recurring characters celebrating at a retirement party, but when they wake up the next day, they can’t remember anything that happened and have to piece everything together. Six Months Later is a book I read back in 2016/2017 and loved. A girl falls asleep in class close to the end of the school year in summer, and ends up waking up to snow outside the window. She can’t remember anything from the last six months of her life, and has to piece everything together, like why her friend is no longer speaking to her. This was such a great read and I recommend checking it out.

• Episode: “This Episode Sucks”
  Book: Hunting Prince Dracula by Kerri Maniscalco

I am going to end my recommendations here with “This Episode Sucks,” which is about a murder case that looks like a vampire attack. For this episode I wanted to compare it to Hunting Prince Dracula by Kerri Maniscalco, book two in the Stalking Jack the Ripper series. This is the book that made me fall in love with the series. It follows Audrey-Rose and Thomas as they go to a forensics school in Romania. While they are attending, they try to solve a string of murders that looks like vampires were involved. I wanted to compare these two since both involve cases that appear to be vampire attack.

I have a few more comparisons, but to keep this at a reasonable length, I’m going to end it here. Let me know if you have seen Psych and what your favorite episodes are. Also let me know your own comparisons. I;m curious to see what other people are thinking.

xoxo,

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