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It’s Monday (April 9, 2018)! What Are You Reading! #IMWAYR

 

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? hosted by Kathryn at Bookdate is a weekly post to share what you’ve recently finished reading, what you’re currently reading, and what you plan on reading this upcoming week.

 

So here is what I just read, am reading, and what I plan to read next:

 

What I Read Last Week (Ebook ARCs):

 

 Title: The Husband Hour

Author: Jamie Brenner

Immediate Thoughts: Absorbing, poignant, and incredibly moving!

Rating: 10/10

Publication Date: April 24, 2018

 

 

 

What I Read Last Week (Physical ARCs):

 

Title: Dead Girl Running

Author: Christina Dodd

Immediate Thoughts: Menacing, twisty, and complex!

Rating: 7.5/10

Publication Date: April 24, 2018

 

 

 Title: The Greek Escape

Author: Karen Swan

Immediate Thoughts: Absorbing, romantic, and mysterious!

Rating: 9/10

Publication Date: May 8, 2018

 

 

 

What I Read Last Week (Off My TBR ):

 

Title: Unraveling Oliver

Author: Liz Nugent

Immediate Thoughts: A dark and intriguing character-driven thriller!

Rating: 9/10

Publication Date: August 22, 2017

 

 

Title: Something Borrowed

Author: Louisa George

Immediate Thoughts: Humorous, charming, and lighthearted!

Rating: 8/10

Publication Date: July 3, 2016

 

 

 

 

What I’m currently reading:

 

                                       

 

 

 

What I’m reading next:

 

                                

 

Current Stats:

# of NetGalley ARCs Read This Week: 1

# of Physical ARCs Read This Week: 2

# of Books Read off my Goodreads TBR This Week: 2

# of NetGalley ARCs Outstanding: 18

# of Books Still on my Goodreads TBR List: 893 (up another 7 ☹️)

 

Have you read any of my upcoming reads? What do you have coming up?

Happy Reading!

It’s Monday (April 2, 2018)! What Are You Reading! #IMWAYR

 

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? hosted by Kathryn at Bookdate is a weekly post to share what you’ve recently finished reading, what you’re currently reading, and what you plan on reading this upcoming week.

 

So here is what I just read, am reading, and what I plan to read next:

 

What I Read Last Week (Ebook ARCs):

 


 Title: The First Family

Author: Michael Palmer & Daniel Palmer

Immediate Thoughts: An entertaining, action-packed medical thriller!

Rating: 7.5/10

Publication Date: April 17, 2018

 

 

 

What I Read Last Week (Physical ARCs):

 

Title: Bellewether

Author: Susanna Kearsley

Immediate Thoughts: Powerful, moving, and incredibly fascinating!

Rating: 10/10

Publication Date: April 24, 2018

 

 

 Title: The Cursed Wife

Author: Pamela Hartshorne

Immediate Thoughts: An intriguingly dark, historical thriller about two women whose lives are consumed by secrets, deception, and jealousy!

Rating: 7.5/10

Publication Date: April 19, 2018

 

 

 

What I Read Last Week (Off My TBR ):

 

Title: The Hating Game

Author: Sally Thorne

Immediate Thoughts: Romantic, dreamy, and laugh-out loud funny!

Rating: 10/10

Publication Date: August 9, 2016

 

 

 

 

What I’m currently reading:

 

                                        

 

 

 

What I’m reading next:

 

                                

 

Current Stats:

# of NetGalley ARCs Read This Week: 1

# of Physical ARCs Read This Week: 2

# of Books Read off my Goodreads TBR This Week: 1

# of NetGalley ARCs Outstanding: 15

# of Books Still on my Goodreads TBR List: 886 (yikes up another 5)

 

Have you read any of my upcoming reads? What do you have coming up?

Happy Reading!

It’s Monday (March 26, 2018)! What Are You Reading! #IMWAYR

 

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? hosted by Kathryn at Bookdate is a weekly post to share what you’ve recently finished reading, what you’re currently reading, and what you plan on reading this upcoming week.

 

So here is what I just read, am reading, and what I plan to read next:

 

What I Read Last Week (Ebook ARCs):

 

 Title: Hooked On You

Author: Kate Meader

Immediate Thoughts: A sweet, romantic end to a wonderful series!

Rating: 8/10

Publication Date: May 29, 2018

 

 

 

What I Read Last Week (Physical ARCs):

 

Title: The Good Liar

Author: Catherine McKenzie

Immediate Thoughts: Suspenseful and extremely twisty!

Rating: 9/10

Publication Date: April 3, 2018

 

 

 Title: Before and Again

Author: Barbara Delinsky

Immediate Thoughts: An emotional, heartfelt tale about forgiving one’s self and finding happiness after suffering an incredible loss.

Rating: 7/10

Publication Date: June 26, 2018

 

 

 

What I Read Last Week (Off My TBR ):

 

Title: Wake

Author: Anna Hope

Immediate Thoughts: A powerful and incredible moving tale that highlights the devastating loss and crippling effects of The Great War on the people of Britain.

Rating: 10/10

Publication Date: February 11, 2014

 

 

 

What I’m currently reading:

 

                                       

 

 

 

What I’m reading next:

 

                                

 

Current Stats:

# of NetGalley ARCs Read This Week: 1

# of Physical ARCs Read This Week: 2

# of Books Read off my Goodreads TBR This Week: 1

# of NetGalley ARCs Outstanding: 15

# of Books Still on my Goodreads TBR List: 881 (up 4)

 

Have you read any of my upcoming reads? What do you have coming up?

Happy Reading!

It’s Monday (March 19, 2018)! What Are You Reading! #IMWAYR

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? hosted by Kathryn at Bookdate is a weekly post to share what you’ve recently finished reading, what you’re currently reading, and what you plan on reading this upcoming week.

Last week was a pretty good week of reading and even though I didn’t read any e-book ARCs last week, I did get a chance to read some of the book mail I’ve received. So here goes…

 

What I Read Last Week (Physical ARCs):

 

Title: Tangerine

Author: Christine Mangan

Immediate Thoughts: Chilling, sinister, and Incredibly atmospheric.

Rating: 8/10

Publication Date: March 20, 2018

 

 

 Title: Find Me

Author: J. S. Monroe

Immediate Thoughts: Gritty, dark, and disturbing! A twisty novel that’s exceptionally creepy.

Rating: 8.5/10

Publication Date: January 16, 2018

 

 

Title: The Italian Party

Author: Christina Lynch

Immediate Thoughts: A fascinating, atmospheric, and darkly comical novel that takes you back to 1950s Italy when communism was still rampant and spies were everywhere.

Rating: 8/10

Publication Date: March 20, 2018

 

 

What I Read Last Week (Off My TBR ):

 

Title: One of Us is Lying

Author: Karen M. McManus

Immediate Thoughts: Well written, young adult whodunnit that focuses on all the social issues facing teens today.

Rating: 8.5/10

Publication Date: May 30, 2017

 

Title: Without Merit

Author: Colleen Hoover

Immediate Thoughts: A powerful, moving, emotional novel that tackles issues such as mental disease, depression, and mixed families.

Rating: 9/10

Publication Date: October 3, 2017

 

 

What I’m currently reading:

 

                                        

 

 

What I’m reading next:

 

                                

 

Current Stats:

# of NetGalley ARCs Read This Week: 0

# of Physical ARCs Read This Week: 3

# of Books Read off my Goodreads TBR This Week: 2

# of NetGalley ARCs Outstanding: 16

# of Books Still on my Goodreads TBR List: 877

 

Have you read any of my upcoming reads? What do you have coming up?

Happy Reading!

It’s Monday (March 12, 2018)! What Are You Reading! #IMWAYR

 

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? hosted by Kathryn at Bookdate is a weekly post to share what you’ve recently finished reading, what you’re currently reading, and what you plan on reading this upcoming week.

I got way too many books read this week, in fact I almost felt burnt out at the end. So hopefully this week I can read at a more leisurely pace.

 

What I Read Last Week (Ebook ARCs):

 

Title: The Vintner’s Vixen

Author: Rebecca Norinne, Jamaila Brinkley

Immediate Thoughts: Sweet and romantic with endearing characters. Great way to start a new series!

Rating: 8/10

Publication Date: March 14, 2018

 

 

Title: Unmasked

Author: Stefanie London

Immediate Thoughts: Enticing, salacious, and hands down one of the sexiest fairytale I’ve ever read!

Rating: 9/10

Publication Date: April 1, 2018

 

 

Title: Manhattan Millionaire’s Cinderella

Author: Sun Chara

Immediate Thoughts: Great premise, although a little too short which made the plot a little jumpy.

Rating: 6/10

Publication Date: October 7, 2013

 

 

What I Read Last Week (Physical ARCs):

 

Title: Such Dark Things

Author: Courtney Evan Tate

Immediate Thoughts: Dark, twisty, and suspenseful!

Rating: 8/10

Publication Date: March 20, 2018                   

 

 

 Title: On A Beautiful Day

Author: Lucy Diamond

Immediate Thoughts: Heartwarming tale about friendship and living life to the fullest!

Rating: 8.5/10

Publication Date: March 9, 2018         

 

 

 

What I Read Last Week (Off My TBR ):

 

 Title: The Woman in the Window

Author: A. J. Finn

Immediate Thoughts: Taut and intense with some clever surprises!

Rating: 8/10

Publication Date: January 2, 2018   

 

 

 

What I’m currently reading:

 

                                       
 

 

 

What I’m reading next:

 

                                

 

 

Current Stats:

# of NetGalley ARCs Read This Week: 1

# of Physical ARCs Read This Week: 2

# of Books Read off my Goodreads TBR This Week: 1

# of NetGalley ARCs Outstanding: 16

# of Publisher/Author Books Outstanding: 26

# of Books Still on my Goodreads TBR List: 877

 

Have you read any of my upcoming reads? What do you have coming up?

Happy Reading!

It’s Monday (March 4, 2018)! What Are You Reading! #IMWAYR

 

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? hosted by Kathryn at Bookdate is a weekly post to share what you’ve recently finished reading, what you’re currently reading, and what you plan on reading this upcoming week.

 

What I Read Last Week (Ebook ARCs):

 

Title: Finding Dreams

Author: Lauren Westwood

Immediate Thoughts: an entertaining, heartwarming read about letting go, forgiving, and moving on!

Rating: 8/10

Publication Date: March 1, 2018

 

 

Title: The Hush

Author: John Hart

Immediate Thoughts: Dark, haunting, and unpredictable!

Rating: 6.5/10

Publication Date: February 27, 2018

 

 

 

What I Read Last Week (Physical ARCs):

 

Title: The Atomic City Girls

Author: Janet Beard

Immediate Thoughts: Atmospheric, authentic, and immersive!

Rating: 8/10

Publication Date: February 6, 2018                   

 

 

 Title: An Unsuitable Match

Author: Joanna Trollope

Immediate Thoughts: Heartfelt story about relationships, old, young, and new!

Rating: 7.5/10

Publication Date: March 27, 2018         

 

 

 

What I’m currently reading:

 

                                        
 

 

 

What I’m reading next:

 

                                

 

 

Current Stats:

# of NetGalley ARCs Read This Week: 2

# of Physical ARCs Read This Week: 2

# of Books Read off my Goodreads TBR This Week: 0

# of NetGalley ARCs Outstanding: 18

# of Publisher/Author Books Outstanding: 26

# of Books Still on my Goodreads TBR List: 901 (up 2 from last week)

 

Have you read any of my upcoming reads? What do you have coming up?

Happy Reading!

It’s Monday (February 26, 2018)! What Are You Reading! #IMWAYR

 

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? hosted by Kathryn at Bookdate is a weekly post to share what you’ve recently finished reading, what you’re currently reading, and what you plan on reading this upcoming week.

 

So between holidays, the flu, and too many reviews to squeeze in I haven’t done an #IMWAYR post in over a month. However, here’s hoping I’m back to posting weekly!

 

What I Read Last Week (Ebook ARCs):

 

Title: Find You In The Dark

Author: Nathan Ripley

Immediate Thoughts: Extremely twisty.

Rating: 7.5/10

Publication Date: March 6, 2018

 

 

Title: The Start of Something Wonderful

Author: Jane Lambert

Immediate Thoughts: Heartwarming novel about following your dreams.

Rating: 7.5/10

Publication Date: January 5, 2018

 

 

 

What I Read Last Week (Physical ARCs):

 

Title: The Bachelor Girl

Author: Kim Van Alkemade

Immediate Thoughts: Fascinating story about Colonel Jacob Ruppert and life in New York City in the early 1900s.

Rating: 8.5/10

Publication Date: March 6, 2018                   

 

 

 

What I’m currently reading:

 

                                       
 

 

 

What I’m reading next:

 

                                

 

 

Current Stats:

# of NetGalley ARCs Read This Week: 2

# of Publisher/Author Books Read This Week: 1

# of Books Read off my Goodreads TBR This Week: 0

# of NetGalley ARCs Outstanding: 20

# of Publisher/Author Books Outstanding: 26

# of Books Still on my Goodreads TBR List: 899 (up 6)

 

Have you read any of my upcoming reads? What do you have coming up?

Happy Reading!

It’s Monday (January 15, 2018)! What Are You Reading! #IMWAYR

 

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? hosted by Kathryn at Bookdate is a weekly post to share what you’ve recently finished reading, what you’re currently reading, and what you plan on reading this upcoming week.

 

What I Read Last Week (ARCs ):

 

Title: The Pearl Sister (The Seven Sisters #4)

Author: Lucinda Riley

Immediate Thoughts: Poignant, heartwarming and incredible fascinating.

Rating: 10/10

Publication Date: January 23, 2017

 

 

 

What I Read Last Week (Author/Publisher Books):

 

Title: The Lullaby Girl (Angie Pallorino #2)

Author: Loreth Anne White

Immediate Thoughts: Impressive thriller with a little romance. Loved it.

Rating: 10/10

Publication Date: November 14, 2017

 

 

 

                   

 

 

What I Read Last Week (Off My TBR ):

 

Title: Trouble Next Door

Author: Stefanie London

Immediate Thoughts: Lighthearted, humorous, and flirty!

Rating: 9/10

Publication Date: November 13, 2017

Added to my TBR: January 1, 2018

  

Title: The Rule Book (The Rule Beakers #1)

Author: Jennifer Blackwood

Immediate Thoughts: Romantic, charming, and exceptionally funny!

Rating: 8/10

Publication Date: May 9, 2016

Added to my TBR: May 9, 2016

 

 

What I’m currently reading:

 


 

What I’m reading next:

 

                                

 

 

Current Stats:

# of NetGalley ARCs Read This Week: 1

# of Publisher/Author Books Read This Week: 3

# of Books Read off my Goodreads TBR This Week: 2

# of NetGalley ARCs Outstanding: 22

# of Publisher/Author Books Outstanding: 26

# of Books Still on my Goodreads TBR List: 893

 

Have you read any of my upcoming reads? What do you have coming up?

Happy Reading!

It’s Monday (January 8, 2018)! What Are You Reading! #IMWAYR

 

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? hosted by Kathryn at Bookdate is a weekly post to share what you’ve recently finished reading, what you’re currently reading, and what you plan on reading this upcoming week.

Happy New Year!

 

What I Read Last Week (ARCs ):

 

Title: Keep Her Safe

Author:  K. A. Tucker

Immediate Thoughts: A well written romantic suspense novel that reads like a police procedural with good mystery and heartfelt romance.

Rating: 8.5/10

Publication Date: January 23, 2017

 

 

Title: Just Between Us

Author: Rebecca Drake

Immediate Thoughts: A Suspenseful, character-driven novel that highlights the lengths to which people are willing to go to help their friends and reminds us that you only ever really know what people want you to know.

Rating: 8.5/10

Publication Date: January 9, 2018

 

 

What I Read Last Week (Off My TBR ):

 

Title: Wish You Were Mine

Author: Tara Sivec

Immediate Thoughts: Emotional friends-to-more romance that has plenty of touching moments, lots of introspection, and a little suspenseful.

Rating: 8/10

Added to my TBR: January 1, 2018

 

Title: Keeping Score (The Perfect Play #2)

Author: Sara Rider

Immediate Thoughts: An easy, enjoyable romance about learning to trust and overcoming obstacles.

Rating: 7.5/10

Added to my TBR: May 8, 2016

 

 

 

What I’m currently reading:

 

 

 

What I’m reading next:

 

                                

 

 

Current Stats:

# of NetGalley ARCs Read This Week: 1

# of Publisher/Author Books Read This Week: 1

# of Books Read off my Goodreads TBR This Week: 2

# of NetGalley ARCs Outstanding: 23

# of Publisher/Author Books Outstanding: 25

# of Books Still on my Goodreads TBR List: 900

 

Have you read any of my upcoming reads? What do you have coming up?

Happy Reading!

It’s Monday (December 18, 2017)! What Are You Reading! #IMWAYR

 

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? hosted by Kathryn at Bookdate is a weekly post to share what you’ve recently finished reading, what you’re currently reading, and what you plan on reading this upcoming week.

It’s hard to believe that another year is almost over.

Thank you to all the authors and publishers who sent me books to read. I am truly honoured!

And thank you to all the wonderful bloggers who shared, commented and supported me this year. You are an amazing group and I’m proud to be one of you.

Wishing you all a lovely holiday and a Happy New Year! 

 

What I Read Last Week:

 

Title: Insidious Intent (Tony Hill & Carol Jordan #10)

Author:  Val McDermid

Immediate Thoughts: Great police procedural with intriguing character development and lots of twists, turns and intensity!

Rating: 8.5/10

Publication Date: December 5, 2017

 

 

Title: And The Next Thing You Know (Why You? #2)

Author:  Chase Taylor Hackett

Immediate Thoughts: Enjoyable, entertaining and full of humour, chemistry and witty banter!

Rating: 8/10

Publication Date: February 6, 2018

 

 

          

 

What I’m currently reading:

 

       
 

 

What I’m reading next:

 

                                

 

Have you read any of my upcoming reads? What do you have coming up?

Happy Reading!