Showing posts with label Jo Gibson. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jo Gibson. Show all posts

Monday, February 7, 2022

It's Monday! What Are You Reading #557, February 7th

It's Monday! What Are You Reading is a weekly meme hosted by Book Date where we share what we read this past week, what we hope to read this week...and anything in between! This is a great way to plan out your reading week and see what others are currently reading as well...you never know where that next "must read" book will come from!
What happened in the past week:

Weekly Memes:
It's Monday! What Are You Reading #556
Teaser Tuesday #564
WWW Wednesday #564
WOW #560
Will the Time Come #557
Third Sentence Thursday #547
Random Reads #533
First Lines Friday #560
Book Blogger Hop #226
Last Letter, First Letter Reading Challenge Update 81
22 Books to Read in 2022 Update 2
The Reward Challenge Update #542
Wheel of TBR #89
How Well I Stuck to It #394
Wrote that Review Update #392

Week 5 Reviews:
Obsessed

Page-a-Thon:

NetGalley November: 

Random:


OK, so I got 32 posts in 7 days, and it's been a pretty great week, I read some really great books, and I can't wait for next week! Though the week after that, I'm more excited for, since I have it off week, and it's when House of Sky and Breath comes out! Yeah! What about you guys? Happy reading!

So this week I want to read Echo North!

Echo Alkaev's safe and carefully structured world falls apart when her father leaves for the city and mysteriously disappears. Believing he is lost forever, Echo is shocked to find him half-frozen in the winter forest six months later, guarded by a strange talking wolf—the same creature who attacked her as a child. The wolf presents Echo with an ultimatum: if she lives with him for one year, he will ensure her father makes it home safely. But there is more to the wolf than Echo realizes.

In his enchanted house beneath a mountain, each room must be sewn together to keep the home from unraveling, and something new and dark and strange lies behind every door. When centuries-old secrets unfold, Echo discovers a magical library full of books- turned-mirrors, and a young man named Hal who is trapped inside of them. As the year ticks by, the rooms begin to disappear and Echo must solve the mystery of the wolf's enchantment before her time is up otherwise Echo, the wolf, and Hal will be lost forever. 
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Saturday, February 5, 2022

Week 5 Review: Obsessed

From Goodreads:
From master of suspense Jo Gibson comes two heart-stopping novels of romantic obsession--where the love never dies. It kills. . .

The Crush

Michael Barton is smart, sweet, gorgeous--the total package. Which is why some of the girls have decided to have a little contest. Whoever hooks up with Michael first will be the winner. There's just one problem. One of the girls has been harboring a secret crush on Michael for years. She'll do anything to be his girlfriend. She'll play the game. She'll win his heart. She'll beat the competition. . .to death.

The Crush II

Michael Barton has experienced the dark side of love. He has survived the advances of a psychotic stalker. He has endured her deadly game of obsession. And now he is free from her web of lust and lies. But Michael has a surprise waiting for him. His secret admirer is still out there. Watching. Waiting. Plotting her next move. And if Michael thinks he can escape her this time, he's wrong. . .dead wrong.

My Review:
I enjoyed reading this bind up of two stories. I was a bit confused at first, because from the Crush II, it kinda sounded like Michael was going to be the narrator of the 2nd, and I assumed, the first. And he wasn't really, and that was a bit strange! 

This mystery, of who was killing off Michael's girlfriends was interesting. There was one death scene that I found very entertaining to read. But it stretched plausibility that these girls would just keep lining up to date him, even after seeing what happened to the previous girl. 

The Crush II was interesting to read, after the events of the first book. But it was pretty similar, just that we know what's going on now. Though I really enjoyed seeing him and Carla, they were good together. And she made some smart calls at the end which was really great! 

Right at the end, with that reveal, I actually started laughing. I mean, it was serious, but that $1000 was going to get her all these things? Maybe then, but not now. I looked up when these were originally published, and it says 1994, which is the year I was born. So that was wild! 

I enjoyed reading this, but it does show its age. 

Author: Jo Gibson
Read: January 29th, 2022
Source: Bought/NetGalley 
Reason Why: Sounded really good, and it's a SAC 2022 Book! 
Publisher: Kensington 
Published: May 27th 2014
4.5/5 Hearts
1/5 Books
0/5 Stars
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Friday, February 4, 2022

22 Books to Read in 2022 Update 2

So I read my next books for the 22 Books to Read in 2022 Challenge! 

So I read Obsessed by Jo Gibson from the NetGalley list, Madness by Z Brewer from the Edelweiss list, and Deceptive by Emily Lloyd-Jones from the Physical List! 

Yep. Happy reading!

Here's the link to this year's post with my journey.

But to recap, I wanted to do a version of These Books Will Self Destruct in 12 months without the self destruct. I wanted to read books that I've had for a while, that I really needed to get read, but maybe I forgot about them or that I had them. So I made 2 lists, one for each way I have them, as physical books, and as ARC's, half from NetGalley, and half from Edelweiss.
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Saturday, January 29, 2022

Page-a-Thon Update 49

So I read my next book for Page-a-Thon, and it was Obsessed and I'll be reading Madness next! 

My Reading Journey:

Nightrender by Jodi Meadows
Started On: January 1st 
Finished On: January 1st, 11:04 PM
Pages Read: 368

Miss Moriarty, I Presume by Sherry Thomas
Started On: January 2nd
Finished On: January 2nd, 7:40 PM
Pages Read: 357

A Relative Murder by Jude Deveraux
Started On: January 3rd
Finished On: January 3rd, 4:50 PM
Pages Read: 400

Criminal by Terra Elan McVoy
Started On: January 3rd
Finished On: January 3rd, 10:09 PM
Pages Read: 304

Squad by Maggie Tokuda-Hall, Illustrated by Lisa Sterle
Started On: January 4th
Finished On: January 4th, 10:05 PM
Pages Read: 224

Lake Silence by Anne Bishop
Started On: January 5th
Finished On: January 5th, 8:38 PM
Pages Read: 433

Crowbones by Anne Bishop
Started On: January 6th
Finished On: January 6th, 6:58 PM
Pages Read: 384

The Lost Adventures Anthology
Started On: January 7th
Finished On: January 7th, 9:5 PM
Pages Read: 240

Straight On Till Morning by Liz Braswell 
Started On: January 8th
Finished On: January 8th, 2:38 PM
Pages Read: 496

Jade Fire Gold by June C.L. Tan
Started On: January 8th
Finished On: January 8th, 5:52 PM
Pages Read: 464

Stillhouse Lake by Rachel Caine
Started On: January 8th
Finished On: January 8th, 9:35 PM
Pages Read: 302

Killman Creek by Rachel Caine
Started On: January 9th
Finished On: January 9th, 6:02 PM
Pages Read: 343

Wolfhunter River by Rachel Caine
Started On: January 9th
Finished On: January 9th, 10:38 PM
Pages Read: 334

Spelunking Through Hell: A Visitor's Guide to the Underworld by Seanan McGuire
Started On: January 10th
Finished On: January 10th, 5:15 PM
Pages Read: 439

A Phoenix Must First Burn Anthology
Started On: January 10th
Finished On: January 10th, 8:22 PM
Pages Read: 364

Lies Like Poison by Chelsea Pitcher
Started On: January 11th
Finished On: January 11th, 10:32 PM
Pages Read: 304

Katara and the Pirate's Silver by Faith Erin Hicks and Peter Wartman, Illustrated by Adele Matera
Started On: January 12th
Finished On: January 12th, 6:12 PM
Pages Read: 80

Love at First Spite by Anna E. Collins 
Started On: January 13th
Finished On: January 13th, 4:00 AM
Pages Read: 320

Taking the Heat by Brenda Novak 
Started On: January 13th
Finished On: January 13th, 7:52 PM
Pages Read: 384

Death Over the Garden Wall by Honor Raconteur
Started On: January 14th
Finished On: January 14th, 6:45 PM
Pages Read: 281

Wanderlust by Ann Aguire
Started On: January 15th
Finished On: January 15th, 6:26 PM
Pages Read: 320

Mortal Danger by Ann Aguirre
Started On: January 15th
Finished On: January 15th, 10:44 PM
Pages Read: 372

Electric Idol by Katee Robert
Started On: January 16th
Finished On: January 16th, 9:57 PM
Pages Read: 387

Seven Mercies by Laura Lam and Elizabeth May
Started On: January 17th
Finished On: January 17th, 8:52 PM
Pages Read: 464

Electric Idol by Katee Robert
Started On: January 18th
Finished On: January 18th, 9:59 AM
Pages Read: 387

The Purveli by Dianne Duvall
Started On: January 18th
Finished On: January 18th, 7:41 PM
Pages Read: 347

All Rights Reserved by Gregory Scott Katsoulis 
Started On: January 18th
Finished On: January 18th, 11:44 PM
Pages Read: 400

A Desperate Search by Amanda Stevens
Started On: January 19th
Finished On: January 19th, 8:10 PM
Pages Read: 256

Someone is Watching by Amanda Stevens
Started On: January 19th
Finished On: January 19th, 10:31 PM
Pages Read: 256

Suki, Alone by Faith Erin Hicks, Illustrated by Peter Wartman
Started On: January 20th
Finished On: January 20th, 10:11 PM
Pages Read: 80

So This Is Love by Elizabeth Lim 
Started On: January 21st
Finished On: January 21st, 10:04 AM 
Pages Read: 416

Blood of Elves by Andrzej Sapkowski
Started On: January 21st
Finished On: January 21st, 2:53 PM 
Pages Read: 409

The Scottish Prisoner by Diana Gabaldon 
Started On: January 21st
Finished On: January 21st, 8:32 PM
Pages Read: 560

A Plague of Zombies by Diana Gabaldon
Started On: January 21st
Finished: On: January 21st, 9:41 PM
Pages Read: 94

Besieged by Diana Gabaldon
Started On: January 21st
Finished On: January 21st, 10:37 PM
Pages Read: 77

Thronebreakers by Rebecca Coffindaffer
Started On: January 22nd
Finished On: January 22nd, 10:15 PM
Pages Read: 384

Batten Down the Belfry by Diane Kelly
Started On: January 23rd
Finished On: January 23rd, 10:32 PM
Pages Read: 320

Carrie Pilby by Caren Lissner 
Started On: January 23rd
Finished On: January 23rd, 2:01 PM
Pages Read: 336

The Mister by E.L. James
Started On: January 23rd
Finished On: January 23rd, 5:40 PM
Pages Read: 503

The Original by Brandon Sanderson and Mary Robinette Kowal
Started On: January 24th
Finished On: January 24th, 12:06 PM
Pages Read: 196

Highland Wolf by Lynsay Sands
Started On: January 25th
Finished On: January 25th, 5:27 PM
Pages Read: 384

Brimstone and Roses by Mei Rothschild
Started On: January 25th
Finished On: January 25th, 10:01 PM
Pages Read: 300

Public Enemies by Ann Aguirre
Started On: January 26th
Finished On: January 26th, 7:46 PM 
Pages Read: 384

Infinite Risk by Ann Aguirre
Started On: January 27th
Finished On: January 27th, 5:26 PM
Pages Read: 376

A Perilous Perspective by Anna Lee Huber
Started On: January 27th
Finished On: January 27th, 9:21 PM
Pages Read: 384

Gardenia by Kelsey Sutton
Started On: January 28th
Finished On: January 28th, 2:07 PM
Pages Read: 260

The 100 by Kass Morgan
Started On: January 28th
Finished On: January 28th, 5:54 PM
Pages Read: 323

Day 21 by Kass Morgan
Started On: January 28th
Finished On; January 28th, 10:01 PM
Pages Read: 352

Obsessed by Jo Gibson
Started On: January 29th
Finished On: January 29th, 2:59 PM
Pages Read: 384

Madness by Z Brewer
Started On: January 29th
Currently On: Page 0 of 304

Goal: 25
Read: 49
Pages Read: 16193
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Friday, January 28, 2022

Page-a-Thon Update 48

So I read my next book for Page-a-Thon, and it was Day 21 and I'll be reading Obsessed next! 

My Reading Journey:

Nightrender by Jodi Meadows
Started On: January 1st 
Finished On: January 1st, 11:04 PM
Pages Read: 368

Miss Moriarty, I Presume by Sherry Thomas
Started On: January 2nd
Finished On: January 2nd, 7:40 PM
Pages Read: 357

A Relative Murder by Jude Deveraux
Started On: January 3rd
Finished On: January 3rd, 4:50 PM
Pages Read: 400

Criminal by Terra Elan McVoy
Started On: January 3rd
Finished On: January 3rd, 10:09 PM
Pages Read: 304

Squad by Maggie Tokuda-Hall, Illustrated by Lisa Sterle
Started On: January 4th
Finished On: January 4th, 10:05 PM
Pages Read: 224

Lake Silence by Anne Bishop
Started On: January 5th
Finished On: January 5th, 8:38 PM
Pages Read: 433

Crowbones by Anne Bishop
Started On: January 6th
Finished On: January 6th, 6:58 PM
Pages Read: 384

The Lost Adventures Anthology
Started On: January 7th
Finished On: January 7th, 9:5 PM
Pages Read: 240

Straight On Till Morning by Liz Braswell 
Started On: January 8th
Finished On: January 8th, 2:38 PM
Pages Read: 496

Jade Fire Gold by June C.L. Tan
Started On: January 8th
Finished On: January 8th, 5:52 PM
Pages Read: 464

Stillhouse Lake by Rachel Caine
Started On: January 8th
Finished On: January 8th, 9:35 PM
Pages Read: 302

Killman Creek by Rachel Caine
Started On: January 9th
Finished On: January 9th, 6:02 PM
Pages Read: 343

Wolfhunter River by Rachel Caine
Started On: January 9th
Finished On: January 9th, 10:38 PM
Pages Read: 334

Spelunking Through Hell: A Visitor's Guide to the Underworld by Seanan McGuire
Started On: January 10th
Finished On: January 10th, 5:15 PM
Pages Read: 439

A Phoenix Must First Burn Anthology
Started On: January 10th
Finished On: January 10th, 8:22 PM
Pages Read: 364

Lies Like Poison by Chelsea Pitcher
Started On: January 11th
Finished On: January 11th, 10:32 PM
Pages Read: 304

Katara and the Pirate's Silver by Faith Erin Hicks and Peter Wartman, Illustrated by Adele Matera
Started On: January 12th
Finished On: January 12th, 6:12 PM
Pages Read: 80

Love at First Spite by Anna E. Collins 
Started On: January 13th
Finished On: January 13th, 4:00 AM
Pages Read: 320

Taking the Heat by Brenda Novak 
Started On: January 13th
Finished On: January 13th, 7:52 PM
Pages Read: 384

Death Over the Garden Wall by Honor Raconteur
Started On: January 14th
Finished On: January 14th, 6:45 PM
Pages Read: 281

Wanderlust by Ann Aguire
Started On: January 15th
Finished On: January 15th, 6:26 PM
Pages Read: 320

Mortal Danger by Ann Aguirre
Started On: January 15th
Finished On: January 15th, 10:44 PM
Pages Read: 372

Electric Idol by Katee Robert
Started On: January 16th
Finished On: January 16th, 9:57 PM
Pages Read: 387

Seven Mercies by Laura Lam and Elizabeth May
Started On: January 17th
Finished On: January 17th, 8:52 PM
Pages Read: 464

Electric Idol by Katee Robert
Started On: January 18th
Finished On: January 18th, 9:59 AM
Pages Read: 387

The Purveli by Dianne Duvall
Started On: January 18th
Finished On: January 18th, 7:41 PM
Pages Read: 347

All Rights Reserved by Gregory Scott Katsoulis 
Started On: January 18th
Finished On: January 18th, 11:44 PM
Pages Read: 400

A Desperate Search by Amanda Stevens
Started On: January 19th
Finished On: January 19th, 8:10 PM
Pages Read: 256

Someone is Watching by Amanda Stevens
Started On: January 19th
Finished On: January 19th, 10:31 PM
Pages Read: 256

Suki, Alone by Faith Erin Hicks, Illustrated by Peter Wartman
Started On: January 20th
Finished On: January 20th, 10:11 PM
Pages Read: 80

So This Is Love by Elizabeth Lim 
Started On: January 21st
Finished On: January 21st, 10:04 AM 
Pages Read: 416

Blood of Elves by Andrzej Sapkowski
Started On: January 21st
Finished On: January 21st, 2:53 PM 
Pages Read: 409

The Scottish Prisoner by Diana Gabaldon 
Started On: January 21st
Finished On: January 21st, 8:32 PM
Pages Read: 560

A Plague of Zombies by Diana Gabaldon
Started On: January 21st
Finished: On: January 21st, 9:41 PM
Pages Read: 94

Besieged by Diana Gabaldon
Started On: January 21st
Finished On: January 21st, 10:37 PM
Pages Read: 77

Thronebreakers by Rebecca Coffindaffer
Started On: January 22nd
Finished On: January 22nd, 10:15 PM
Pages Read: 384

Batten Down the Belfry by Diane Kelly
Started On: January 23rd
Finished On: January 23rd, 10:32 PM
Pages Read: 320

Carrie Pilby by Caren Lissner 
Started On: January 23rd
Finished On: January 23rd, 2:01 PM
Pages Read: 336

The Mister by E.L. James
Started On: January 23rd
Finished On: January 23rd, 5:40 PM
Pages Read: 503

The Original by Brandon Sanderson and Mary Robinette Kowal
Started On: January 24th
Finished On: January 24th, 12:06 PM
Pages Read: 196

Highland Wolf by Lynsay Sands
Started On: January 25th
Finished On: January 25th, 5:27 PM
Pages Read: 384

Brimstone and Roses by Mei Rothschild
Started On: January 25th
Finished On: January 25th, 10:01 PM
Pages Read: 300

Public Enemies by Ann Aguirre
Started On: January 26th
Finished On: January 26th, 7:46 PM 
Pages Read: 384

Infinite Risk by Ann Aguirre
Started On: January 27th
Finished On: January 27th, 5:26 PM
Pages Read: 376

A Perilous Perspective by Anna Lee Huber
Started On: January 27th
Finished On: January 27th, 9:21 PM
Pages Read: 384

Gardenia by Kelsey Sutton
Started On: January 28th
Finished On: January 28th, 2:07 PM
Pages Read: 260

The 100 by Kass Morgan
Started On: January 28th
Finished On: January 28th, 5:54 PM
Pages Read: 323

Day 21 by Kass Morgan
Started On: January 28th
Finished On; January 28th, 10:01 PM
Pages Read: 352

Obsessed by Jo Gibson
Started On: January 29th
Currently On: Page 0 of 384

Goal: 25
Read: 48
Pages Read: 15809
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