GIMME FIVE: Tamsyn Murray's Five Awesome Things about Lucy's Afterlife

The heroine of My So-Called Afterlife by Tamsyn Murray (reviewed here) is not exactly happy about being dead. She's stuck haunting the men's toilets in Carnaby Street, for a start. But she's the kind of character who can always look on the bright side of afterlife.

With help from Tamsyn Murray, we asked Lucy Shaw to tell us five things she maybe didn't mind so much about her ghostly existence.

Five Awesome Things about My Afterlife by Lucy Shaw

(though really by Tamsyn Murray)

1)  School’s Out, Forever

No more Double Science. No more thousand word essays discussing some book no-one’s ever heard of. No more *shudder* rambling assemblies where I consider faking Tourette’s syndrome just to get out of there. The end of school bell has rung for the last time and I could not be happier about it.

2)  Au Revoir, Yucky Food

Death means never having to look another Brussel Sprout in the face again. Seriously, were those things invented as a medieval torture device or something? I don’t care if they are full of vitamins, they taste rank and I’m so pleased they are a thing of the past. For me, anyway - you’re probably not so lucky.

3)  Walking Through Walls

I cannot tell you how cool this is – never again will I stand outside a gig, wishing a ticket would miraculously appear in my hand. Being a ghost is the ultimate Access All Areas, although sometimes I see more than I intended; don’t ask what the two middle aged men got up to in cubicle one. No, really. Don’t.

4)  Kissing Goodbye to Clearasil

Luckily I died on my way home from a party so I’m one hot looking ghost, if I do say so myself but I am ultra glad I didn’t die in the middle of a zit-fest. Can you imagine being spotty for all eternity and never being able to squeeze them? Total nightmare. Not that I was a squeezer, of course, but it’d be a nightmare just the same.

5)  Meeting My Soulmate

There have been times when I longed to be still alive but a certain person changed my afterlife. OK, so I wish we’d met when we could actually touch each other and ghostly snogging is a lot harder than you might think but he’s still the best thing that’s ever happened to me. The fact that he looks like a film star helps, obviously. Did I mention he’s my soulmate?

Thank you very much, Lucy Shaw (and Tamsyn Murray).

Read My So-Called Afterlife to find out more! (First chapter here.)

Comments

[Jo]

Ohh, I may just have to pick this up after I've finished the book I'm reading now. This book sounds amazing!

[Sophie]

I love this feature! Lucy sounds like a fantastic character. I really need to read this!

[Jenny]

School's out forever... now that's a good reason! I remember the day I finally left high school - best day ever!

Great post :)

[Nina]

Sounds hilarious. :)
Cant wait to read this one.

[Bookalicious Ramblings]

Hahaha, I enjoyed reading this! Lucy sounds hilarous, I love her view on things!

[Lauren (I Was A Teenage Book Geek)]

Awesome post! So funny. I'm kind of relieved for Lucy that she died on her way home from a party. (Kind of makes me scared to have a bad hairday though.)

[Kate Pinn]

This was a great read. Confession from me: I've never tried brussel sprouts.