2-3-4 Challenge discussion

Tell us what books in a series (or a standalone) that you’re currently reading or recently finished! Include any comments/links to reviews for those you recently finished.

Finished my first books of the new year. I read Murder at Crossways by Alyssa Maxwell.

My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

This afternoon I finished listening to Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty by Anderson Cooper. Many people mentioned in this book were also characters in the Alyssa Maxwell mystery that I just finished.

My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Rising Assets by Rebecca Zanetti 4-Stars
Fate can be cruel at times
My Review

A SEAL's Resolve by Cora Seton 5-Stars
SEAL Curtis finally gets a bride
My Review

Highlander Unchained 3 1/2-Stars
Can a feisty maid and a fearsome Highlander find true love?
My Review

I finished:

The Academy and Third Watch, both by Robert Dugoni, Tracy Crosswhite #.1 & #.25

The Academy Review
Third Watch Review


I’m listening to The Unsung Hero by Suzanne Brockmann, Troubleshooters #1.

I finished reading The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon by David Grann, 4 ★. Here's my review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I finished listening to The Unsung Hero by Suzanne Brockmann, Troubleshooters #1, a reread but this time on audio. Loved it more the second time around.
my review


I’m listening to Before She Disappeared by Lisa Gardner, Frankie Elkin #1.

Disavowed in Wyoming by Juno Rushdan 4-Stars
An on the run CIA Agent and the love he left behind.
My Review

Crash Site by Rachel Grant 4-Stars
Romance-Action-Adventure
My Review

Manhunt by Janet Evanovich 4-Stars
Alaskan Wilderness Woman has her sights set on a husband
My Review

This week I read The Academy by Robert Dugoni.

My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Then I read Third Watch by Robert Dugoni.

My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Finally, I finished A Night Like This by Julia Quinn.

My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I finished reading Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz, 4 ★. Here's my review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I finished my re-read of The Unsung Hero by Suzanne Brockmann. Just as good the second time around.

My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

And I listened to For Your Own Good by Samantha Downing.

My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Poppy Harmon and the Pillow Talk Killer by Lee Hollis 4-Stars
The Golden Girls meet Remington Steel in Palm Springs
My Review

Heart of Courage by Kat Martin 4-Stars
Lindsey needs to prove her brother's innocence and needs Thor's help
My Review

The Unsung Hero by Suzanne Brockmann 5-Stars
A terrorist threat and a second chance romance
My Review

I just finished the 4th book in the Immortal Guardian series by Dianne Duvall Darkness Rises. I love this series. I've also been working on catching up with the Argeneau series with #18 Immortals Ever After and I just finished up #16 Under A Vampire Moon (I've been reading them out of order lately). They haven't wowed me since the beginning 6 or 7 but are average 3 Stars. I also just finished Wrapped Up in You #8 in the Heartbreaker Bay series by Jill Shalvis. I wasn't super wowed by it either, but it was a nice fluffy romance.

Christina, that’s great feedback about the Immortal Guardian series! I have the first book on my schedule.

Jonetta wrote: "Christina, that’s great feedback about the Immortal Guardian series! I have the first book on my schedule."

Are you listening? Kirsten Potter is great.

I am! Love her as a narrator.

I finished:

Before She Disappeared by Lisa Gardner, Frankie Elkin #1, and I’m already hooked to the series.
my review


Breaking Point by Allison Brennan, Lucy Kincaid #13, and this kept me on the edge.
my review


I’m listening to Love at First Spite by Anna E. Collins.

I finished listening to Love at First Spite by Anna E. Collins and it was fun but a deeper story than I’d expected.
my review


I’m listening to The Ex-Husband by Karen Hamilton.

I finished listening to The Ex-Husband by Karen Hamilton, a long smolder of a psychological thriller.
my review


I’m listening to Morning Glory by LaVyrle Spencer.

I finished listening to Born in Fire by Nora Roberts.

My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

And I read Love You More by Lisa Gardner.

My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I finished reading Breaking Point by Allison Brennan.

My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I listened to Dangerous Destiny by Suzanne Brockmann and Melanie Brockmann.

My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I finished reading Breaking Point by Allison Brennan, 4 ★. Here's my review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I finished The Fields by Erin Young, Riley Fisher #1, and it’s a good start to the series.
my review


I’m reading The Bad Boy Experiment by Reese Ryan.

Recently finished Night Unbound the 5th book in Dianne Duvall's Immortal Guardian series. So good. I really want to jump into book 6 but neither my reading challenge games was courteous enough to call a weekly prompt that worked for it 😕 I've also finished an ok book from Eve Langlais called When an Alpha Purrs her books are decent 3 star reads. Nothing super OMG fantastic but good fluff.... good smexy fluff. Not sure if anyone else has heard of Morning Glory Milking Farm or not but apparently it's trending on Tiktok. I had no idea about that when I picked it up. I found it on Amazon when I was looking at the second book in the Spider's Mate series by Tiffany Roberts after finishing Ensnared this last week. Ensnared's world building was interesting but it definitely isn't for everyone. Erotica with an alien... an alien that resembled a spider...an upright walking man-spider aka Spider-Man. I tell you, my reading got weird this last week. So back to Morning Glory Milking Farm.... underneath all of the minotaur sex and...other smexy things, there was a really sweet romance. The book had some issues.... the time-line jumped around a bit with no warning and the cover is terrible but I'm 100% looking forward to the next book...whenever it gets published.

I finished listening to Morning Glory by LaVyrle Spencer and it is a lovely story.
my review


I’m listening to The Overnight Guest by Heather Gudenkauf.

I spent a wonderful week on the Big Island of Hawaii. It was a great trip and a total surprise. I had less than a week to plan the trip.

How to Love Your Neighbor by Sophie Sullivan 5-Stars
Enemies to Lovers Romance
My Review

Night Secrets by Cherry Adair 4-Stars
Can a wizard and an author find true love?
My Review

You Can Run by Rebecca Zanetti 5-Stars
Great start for a new series
My Review

I stayed up late last night to finish reading Grave Sight by Charlaine Harris. Good start to the series.

My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I finished listening to The Overnight Guest by Heather Gudenkauf and it was hard to put down.
my review


I’m listening to Down a Dark Road by Linda Castillo, Kate Burkholder #9.

I have completed 3 books over the past few days:
The Other Daughter by Lisa Gardner
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


Day Shift (Midnight, Texas #2) by Charlaine Harris
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses #1) by Sarah J. Maas
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I finished:

Down a Dark Road by Linda Castillo, Kate Burkholder #9, and had a tough time putting it down.
my review


The Bad Boy Experiment by Reese Ryan, The Bourbon Brothers #6, and found it to be a lovely story.
my review


I’m listening to The Night She Disappeared by Lisa Jewell and reading Little Girl Gone by Amanda Stevens, Procedural Crime #1.

Yesterday I finished listening to Night Sky by Suzanne Brockmann & Melanie Brockmann.

My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

And I finished reading One Breath Away by Heather Gudenkauf.

My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I just finished my first romance suspense of the year,

Sunny wrote: "I just finished my first romance suspense of the year, "

What did you think of it? I'm in the middle of a series by this author and I'm enjoying her writing.

Robin wrote: "Sunny wrote: "I just finished my first romance suspense of the year, "

What did you think of it? I'm in the middle of a series by this author and I'm enjoying her w..."

I've read several series by Rebecca Zanetti. It's interesting to me that the books are inconsistent. Some are absolutely smashing - high energy, creative, dramatic and then others are so, meh. I'm happy to say that this books ranks up there with one her best. (Although my favorite is still .

I've never heard of Mercury Striking. I'll have to check it out.

I finished listening to The Night She Disappeared by Lisa Jewell and enjoyed this twisty mystery.
my review


I’m listening to My Sister's Grave by Robert Dugoni, Tracy Crosswhite #1.

I finished reading Vendetta (Sisterhood #3) by Fern Michaels, 5 ★. Here's my review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I finished , and . I haven't written a serious review of a book in 3 years, but I can say these were all five star reads. Excellent.

I finished Little Girl Gone by Amanda Stevens, Procedural Crime #1, and loved it, despite the awful cover (don’t judge!).
my review


I’m reading The Professor's Lady by Holly Bush, The Thompsons of Locust Street #3.

Correction! Just got Abandoned in Death and am starting that now.

I finished listening to My Sister's Grave by Robert Dugoni, Tracy Crosswhite #1, and it lived up to my expectations!
my review


I’m listening to Woman Last Seen by Adele Parks.

Finlay Donovan Knocks 'Em Dead by Elle Cosimano 5-Stars
Funny and Twisty and Wonderful!
My Review

Take Me Higher by Pamela Clare 3 1/2-Stars
Together for 48 years, Megs and Mitch face tragedy.
My Review

Strong, Silent Cowboy by Lora Leigh 3-Stars
Sex, sex and more sex with a little plot thrown in
My Review

I finished reading Night Shift (Midnight, Texas #3) by Charlaine Harris, 4 ★. Here's my review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I finished listening to:

Woman Last Seen by Adele Parks and enjoyed this twisty mystery.
my review


In Dark Company by Linda Castillo, Kate Burkholder #9.5, and this short story accomplished everything I needed in a mystery.
my review


I’m listening to The Defiant Hero by Suzanne Brockmann, Troubleshooters #2.

I finished listening to Born in Ice by Nora Roberts before I left for vacation.

My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I finished reading Abandoned by Allison Brennan, 4 ★. I'm sad to see the series end. I like how she works on only cold cases. Here's my review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

The Grayson Sherbrooke Otherworldly Adventures by Catherine Coulter
4-Stars
Paranormal Historical Mystery Novellas
My Review

Dead Girls Don't Wear Diamonds by Nancy Martin 4-Stars
Nora needs to clear an old boyfriend for murder.
My Review

Murder at the CDC by Margaret Truman Jon Land 3-Stars
Wonderful Mystery Plot, but a lot of unnecessary verbiage.
My Review

The Defiant Hero by Suzanne Brockmann 5-Stars
Terrorists and SEALS and innocent hostages make an awesome book
My Review

I finished listening to The Defiant Hero by Suzanne Brockmann, Troubleshooters #2 and loved it more on audio.
my review


I’m listening to Abandoned by Allison Brennan, Max Revere #5.

I've been having a hard time concentrating on my reading. In the last week I finished listening to My Sister's Grave by Robert Dugoni.

My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

And I did a re-read of The Defiant Hero by Suzanne Brockmann.

My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Over the weekend I finished reading The Recovery Agent (Gabriella Rose #1) by Janet Evanovich, 4 ♩. Here's my review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


I also started and completed Caraval (Caraval #1) by Stephanie Garber, 5 ★. Here's my review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Meet Me in the Margins by Melissa Ferguson 4-Stars
Sweet, clean love story
My Review

Murder At The Bake Sale by Lee Hollis 3 1/2-Stars
A charismatic Spanish teacher is poisoned and a tech bazillionaire is caught cheating.
My Review

Abandoned by Allison Brennan 5-Stars
Max finally learns the why of her mother's disappearance.
My Review