It's Monday! What Are You Reading #553, January 10th

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 #552
Teaser Tuesday #560
WWW Wednesday #560
WOW #556
Will the Time Come #553
Third Sentence Thursday #543
Random Reads #529
First Lines Friday #556
Book Blogger Hop #222

21 Books to Read in 2021 Update 17
The Reward Challenge Update #538
Wheel of TBR #85
How Well I Stuck to It #390
Wrote that Review Update #388

Week 1 Reviews:
Nightrender

Miss Moriarty, I Presume? 

A Relative Murder

Criminal 

Squad

Lake Silence

Crowbones

The Lost Adventures

Tours:

Fifty Shades of Grave: Cover Reveal

Page-a-Thon: 

Update 3

Update 4

Update 5

Update 6

Update 7

Update 8

Update 9

Update 10

Update 11

Update 12

Update 13

Bout of Books: 

Update 1

Update 2

Update 3

Update 4

Update 5

Update 6

Update 7

Update 8

Update 9

Update 10 and Wrap Up

Random:

Elizabeth Lim Author Page

OK, so I got 44 posts in 7 days, which is pretty decent, given that I'm still working on my end of year posts. But I read some really great books, and I can't wait for next week! What about you guys? Happy reading!

So this week I want to read Death Over the Garden Wall!

Three modus operandi to die. Four employees, six house guests, and not a single witness.

Confusing clues and no helpful leads cloud the death of Countess Giada Barese, who washed up on shore two weeks after her mysterious disappearance. Henri and Jamie have no idea if her death is a homicide, suicide, or accidental death, for nothing adds up.

There is something strange going on, though, Jamie’s sure of that. The countess was found wearing mismatched slippers, her lover disappeared the next day, and everyone is acting shifty.

Jamie feels like she’s playing a game of Clue, one she’s determined to win. Where’s a candlestick when you need one?

Week 1 Review: Criminal

From Goodreads:

What would you do for love? Nikki helps her boyfriend commit murder in this "dark, devastating, and realistic portrait of a girl in over her head" (Publishers Weekly).Nikki's life is far from perfect, but at least she has Dee. Her friends tell her that Dee is no good, but Nikki can't imagine herself without him. He's hot, he's dangerous, he has her initials tattooed over his heart, and she loves him more than anything. There's nothing Nikki wouldn't do for Dee. Absolutely nothing.

So when Dee pulls Nikki into a crime – a crime that ends in murder – Nikki tells herself that it's all for true love. Nothing can break them apart. Not the police. Not the arrest that lands Nikki in jail. Not even the investigators who want her to testify against him.

But what if Dee had motives that Nikki knew nothing about?

Nikki's love for Dee is supposed to be unconditional…but even true love has a limit. And Nikki just might have reached hers.

My Review:
I enjoyed this book, but it wasn't a favourite of mine. I'm not one to read contemporary, their plots are mostly focused on relationships, and that's what this one is about-but that a murder is involved livened things up for me!

My main curiosity going into this book was what motives that Dee had for this murder. My assumption going in was that it was probably connected to an ex-girlfriend, either her or maybe her boyfriend or something. I really enjoyed how that turned out!

Nikki doesn't really have very many people in her corner at the start of this book, and as things progress, she ends up losing all of them-for the same reason she needs them, that she's in jail for her part in this murder. And that is pretty bleak! 

I really enjoyed watching her deal with all of this, decide on who she was going to be moving forward, and that was really great! There were some things that could've been elaborated upon a touch, but all in all, it was a decent ending.

This was an enjoyable read, and I'm glad that I got it read! 

Author: Terra Elan McVoy
Read: January 3rd, 2022
Source: Own
Reason Why: Sounded really good, and it's a SAC 2022 Book! 
Publisher: Simon Schuster Books for Young Readers

Published: April 8th 2013

5/5 Hearts

4/5 Books

3/5 Stars

21 Books to Read in 2021 Update 17

Yeah, I read my next book for the 21 Books to Read in 2021 Challenge! 

So I read Criminal by Terra Elan McVoy 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 3 lists, one for each way I have them, as physical books, as an NetGalley ARC, and as an Edelweiss ARC.

Bout of Books Update 1

So yeah, I've finished my first book for Bout of Books, and it was Criminal, and I'll be reading Jade Fire Gold next!

My Reading Journey:

Criminal by Terra Elan McVoy

Started On: January 3rd

Finished On: January 3rd, 10:09 PM

Pages Read: 304

Jade Fire Gold by June C.L. Tan

Started On: January 4th

Currently On: Page 0 of 464

Goals: 10

Read: 1

Pages Read: 304

Page-a-Thon Update 4

So I read my next book for Page-a-Thon, and it was Criminal, and I'll be reading Jade Fire Gold 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

Jade Fire Gold by June C.L. Tan

Started On: January 4th

Currently On: Page 0 of 464

Goal: 25
Read: 4

Pages Read: 1426

Page-a-Thon Update 3

So I read my next book for Page-a-Thon, and it was A Relative Murder, and I'll be reading Criminal 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

Currently On: Page 0 of 304

Goal: 25
Read: 3

Pages Read: 1122

Page-a-Thon Update 2

So I read my next book for Page-a-Thon, and it was Miss Moriarty I Presume?, and I'll be reading Criminal 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

Criminal by Terra Elan McVoy

Started On: January 3rd

Currently On: Page 0 of 304

Goal: 25
Read: 2

Pages Read: 722