Jonetta’s Comments (group member since Nov 25, 2014)

Jonetta’s comments from the 2-3-4 Challenge group.

Thank you, Lieke!

March
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2-3-4 Challenge
✔Touched by Fate (#.5) by Preslaysa Williams (Brides of Lowcountry) ★★★★
📖The Trouble with Earls (#2) by Anna Campbell (Scoundrels of Mayfair) (AR - 10/12)
Return to Hummingbird Way (#2) by Reese Ryan (Holly Grove Island) (NG - 4/25)
Lies Still Told (#3) by Beverly Long (A.L. McKittridge)

NetGalley/Other
📖The Sister by Louise Jensen (NG - 6/26)
A Place to Belong (#1) by Abbie Williams (Shore Leave Redux) (AR - 9/22)

Audiobooks to Consider
✔Dead Against Her (#5) by Melinda Leigh (Bree Taggert) (GR - JDR) ★★★★
✔Hot Pursuit (#15) by Suzanne Brockmann (Troubleshooters) (GR - JDR) ★★★★1/2
✔Crazy Stupid Bromance (#3) by Lyssa Kay Adams (Bromance Book Club) (GR - 2-3-4) ★★★★★
🎧Out of the Dark (#4) by Gregg Andrew Hurwitz (Orphan X) (GR - 2-3-4)
✔The Holiday Home by Daniel Hurst (NG - 3/1) ★★★1/2
✔A Low Country Bride (#1) by Preslaysa Williams (Brides of Lowcountry) (HarperAudio - 6/1) ★★★★
I Will Find You by Harlan Coben (Brilliance Audio - 3/14)
The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict & Victoria Christopher (TJK - 2/23)
An Unwanted Inheritance by Imogen Clark (Brilliance Audio - 12/8)
The Night Stalker (#2) by Robert Bryndza (Detective Erika Foster) (BR - 2-3-4)
Dark Water (#3) by Robert Bryndza (Detective Erika Foster) (BR - 2-3-4)
The Writing Retreat by Julia Bartz (S&S Audio - 2/21)
Gone Again by Minka Kent (Brilliance Audio - 3/7)
Her Deadly Game by Robert Dugoni (Brilliance Audio - 3/28)
The Maid's Diary by Loreth Anne White (Brilliance Audio - 3/1)
Wild Horses (#1) by B. J. Daniels (The Montana Hamiltons) (GR -LLJ)
The Heart’s Invisible Furies by John Boyce’s (GR - LOR)
Heart Bones by Colleen Hoover
Locust Lane by Stephen Amidon
✔Just the Nicest Couple by Mary Kubica ★★★1/2

Joyce wrote: "1. Did you complete and/or get up to date in any series this month? None

2. Did you start any new series? If so, what were they? Will you continue? Yes
A Mystic Murder 2/25/23 I li..."

Nicely done, Joyce!

Thanks, Lauren.

1. Did you complete and/or get up to date in any series this month?
I got up to date in two series:
In Death by J. D. Robb
The Thompsons of Locust Street by Holly Bush

2. Did you start any new series? If so, what were they? Will you continue? None

3. Did you move forward in any series (that you didn’t complete or finish)? How many?
I moved forward in four series:
Orphan X by Gregg Hurwitz
Bromance Book Club by Lyssa Kay Adams
Bree Taggert by Melinda Leigh
Cyrus Haven by Michael Robotham

4. Any standout or 5 star books read? Why did you love it/them?
Dark of Night was my only 5 star read but special mention goes to Hellbent, The Last Thing He Told Me and When She Was Good.

5. Overall summary of your reading month?
Still struggling with real life issues. Hubby is getting better but I had to have oral surgery, which leveled me, too. Here’s hoping for a better March.

Lauren wrote: "1. Did you complete and/or get up to date in any series this month? Yes, 4.
Finished -
Caught up: [bookcover:]T..."

You’re no slouch either, Lauren! Congrats on a great month.

Robin wrote: "1. Did you complete and/or get up to date in any series this month?
I am now up-to-date in the Finlay Donovan series by Elle Cosimano.

2. Did you start any new series? If so, what were they? Will ..."

Fantastic month, Robin, on every level! Well done.

I finished listening to Adelaide by Genevieve Wheeler and it is a complex story that’s definitely not a romance. Highly recommend but don’t go into it thinking it’s a love story.
my review


I’m listening to Dead Against Her by Melinda Leigh, Bree Taggert #5.

I finished listening to Adelaide
my review

1. Did you complete and/or get up to date in any series this month?
2. Did you start any new series? If so, what were they? Will you continue?
3. Did you move forward in any series (that you didn’t complete or finish)? How many?
4. Any standout or 5 star books read? Why did you love it/them?
5. Overall summary of your reading month?

Same here!

I finished listening to Dark of Night by Suzanne Brockmann, Troubleshooters #14, and it masterfully weaves multiple romances with high octane suspense and action.
my review


I’m listening to Adelaide by Genevieve Wheeler

Taken from a group home at age twelve, Evan Smoak was raised and trained as part of the Orphan Program, an off-the-books operation designed to create deniable intelligence assets―i.e. assassins. Evan was Orphan X. He broke with the Program, using everything he learned to disappear and reinvent himself as the Nowhere Man, a man who helps the truly desperate when no one else can. But now Evan's past in the Orphan Program is reaching out to him.

Someone at the very highest level of government has been trying to eliminate every trace of the Orphan Program by killing all the remaining Orphans and their trainers. After Evan's mentor and the only father he ever knew was killed, he decided to strike back. His target is the man who started the program and who is now the most heavily guarded person in the world: the President of the United States.

But President Bennett knows that Orphan X is after him and, using weapons of his own, he's decided to counter-attack. Bennett activates the one man who has the skills and experience to track down and take out Orphan X―the first recruit of the program, Orphan A.

With Evan devoting all his skills, resources, and intelligence to find a way through the layers of security that surround the President, suddenly he also has to protect himself against the deadliest of opponents. It's Orphan vs. Orphan with the future of the country―even the world―on the line.

Book Discussion

Alexis Carlisle and her cat café, ToeBeans, have shot to fame after she came forward as a victim of a celebrity chef’s sexual harassment. When a new customer approaches to confide in her, the last thing Alexis expects is for the woman to claim they’re sisters. Unsure what to do, Alexis turns to the only man she trusts—her best friend, Noah Logan.

Computer genius Noah left his rebellious teenage hacker past behind to become a computer security expert. Now he only uses his old skills for the right cause. But Noah’s got a secret: He’s madly in love with Alexis. When she asks for his help, he wonders if the timing will ever be right to confess his crush.

Noah’s pals in The Bromance Book Club are more than willing to share their beloved “manuals” to help him go from bud to boyfriend. But he must decide if telling the truth is worth risking the best friendship he’s ever had.

A hacktivist and a cat café owner decode the friend zone in this romantic comedy from the author of Undercover Bromance.

Book Discussion

I finished listening to Dark of Night by Suzanne Brockmann
my review

Discussion questions are now posted.

Thank you, Ellen.

Discussion questions are now posted.

Finally have the discussion questions posted.

I finished:

When She Was Good by Michael Robotham, Cyrus Haven #2, and it’s a highly suspenseful thriller!
my review


Encore in Death by J.D. Robb, In Death #56, and I failed to see the killer coming!
my review


I’m listening to Dark of Night by Suzanne Brockmann, Troubleshooters #14, and reading The Trouble with Earls by Anna Campbell, Scoundrels of Mayfair #2.