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Goodreads Monday

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Hello loves and Happy Monday! Hope you’re all having a great day so far and for those of you who have the day off today… Enjoy! It was really difficult for me to get out of bed this morning. Just wanted to stay all warm and cozy and sleep in. I feel like this week is going to be long, tiring and very busy… but I do have something to look forward to — Disneyland Date on Saturday!!! Disney days are my faves and it’s been almost two months since I last been there so I’m really excited to go. Anyway, lets get to my first ever Goodreads Monday post!

Goodreads Monday is a weekly meme by Lauren’s Page Turners’ blog! To participate, just choose a random book from your Goodreads TBR and show it off. For this meme, I’ll be focusing on a random book that I don’t own (hardcopy or ebooks) on my Goodreads “want-to-read” page.

He Will Be My Ruin by K.A. Tucker

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Published by Atria Books February 2, 2016

Genre(s): Adult, Mystery, Suspense, Romance

Pages: 353

Synopsis 

On the surface, Celine Gonzalez had everything a twenty-eight-year-old woman could want: a one-bedroom apartment on Manhattan’s Lower East Side, a job that (mostly) paid the bills, and an acceptance letter to the prestigious Hollingsworth Institute of Art, where she would finally live out her dream of becoming an antiques appraiser for a major auction house. All she had worked so hard to achieve was finally within her reach. So why would she kill herself?

A man who was supposed to be her salvation . . .

Maggie Sparkes arrives in New York City to pack up what’s left of her best friend’s belongings after a suicide that has left everyone stunned. The police have deemed the evidence conclusive: Celine got into bed, downed a lethal cocktail of pills and vodka, and never woke up. But when Maggie discovers a scandalous photograph in a lock box hidden in Celine’s apartment, she begins asking questions. Questions about the man Celine fell in love with. The man she never told anyone about, not even Maggie. The man Celine believed would change her life.

Until he became her ruin.

On the hunt for evidence that will force the police to reopen the case, Maggie uncovers more than she bargained for about Celine’s private life—and inadvertently puts herself on the radar of a killer. A killer who will stop at nothing to keep his crimes undiscovered.

I remember seeing this on Instagram and reading so many great things about it. I’ve never read anything by K.A. Tucker and I wasn’t that much into thrillers before, but after reading the synopsis on Goodreads, it sounded really exciting. I planned on either picking up the hard copy or ebook, but never did. Guess other books came out around the same time that I really wanted. Well, I’ve been reading quite a few thrillers with romance and enjoying them, so hopefully I’ll get to it this year. If I’m being honest, there are SO MANY books I’m hoping to read this year. Booknerd problems right?!?

Have any of you read this book? What did you think? Do you like thrillers and romance? Let me know in the comments below.

Have a wonderful week and happy reading!

sincerelykarenjo2

Tackling my Netgalley TBR

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I started this blog May 2017 and with that came my obsession with requesting books on Netgalley. At first, I wasn’t sure I would get approved for a lot of books since I was a newbie. Almost every day, I was on Netgalley browsing and requesting for books I thought I would enjoy reading. I knew I wouldn’t be approved right away for a lot of the books I wanted, but to my surprise, I actually did. I mean there were still plenty of declines, but I got approved for more books than I had expected. I tried to keep up with my Netgalley TBR, but by the end of 2017, I had 32 on my list with 28 of them being there for more than 3 months. Shame on me!

This year, one of my main bookish resolution is to tackle as many books as I can on my Netgalley TBR. I’ll update you on my progress every month and hopefully by mid-2018, I can get through all the books I requested in 2017. I’m also planning on putting a strict limitation for myself. This is going to be really difficult, but for every 3 books I finish, I’m only allowed to request 1 book.

Anyway, here’s a list of all the Netgalley Books I have yet to read.

  1. The Booke of Whispers by Kimberley Starr (Started this one, but I couldn’t get into it. Probably read 2 chapters only)
  2. Odd and True by Cat Winters (I actually started this one too and it seemed really interesting, but after several chapters I lost interest).
  3. Rosemarked by Livia Blackburne
  4. Nyxia by Scott Reintgen
  5. Love Songs and Other Lies by Jessica Pennington
  6. Booke of Hidden by Jeri Westerson
  7. All the Wrong Chords by Christine Hurley Deriso
  8. Gray Wolf Island Tracey Neithercott
  9. The Canary Club by Sherry D. Ficklin
  10. Berseker by Emmy Laybourne
  11. Nemesis by Anna Banks
  12. The Breathless by Tara Goedjen
  13. A Poison Dark and Drowning by Jessica Cluess
  14. 36 Questions that Changed My Mind About You by Vicki Grant
  15. Wild Beauty by Anna-Marie McLemore
  16. Just Friends by Dyan Sheldon
  17. The Midnight Dance by Nikki Katz
  18. Playing by Heart by Carmela Martino
  19. All the Wind in the World by Samantha Mabry
  20. A Taxonomy of Love by Rachael Allen
  21. The Girl in the Tower by Katherine Arden
  22. My New Crush Gave to Me by Shani Petroff
  23. Plague Land by Alex Scarrow
  24. Stronger by Janey Nissenson
  25. Pumpkin Spice Secrets by Hillary Homzie (I’m almost done with this one, but for some reason, the story just doesn’t intrigue me. It’s a middle grade romance and it’s cute, but the story isn’t that interesting for me).
  26. Kiss Me in New York by Catherine Rider
  27. Fraternize by Rachel Van Dylen
  28. Run Away With Me by Mila Gray
  29. Always Red by Isabelle Ronin
  30. Flight Season by Marie Marquardt
  31. The Chaos of Standing Still by Jessica Brody
  32. Breaking the Ice by Julie Cross

Have you read any of these books? What did you think? Let me know in the comments.

Sincerely Karen Jo