It's Monday! What Are You Reading? (April 12, 2021)

 It's Monday, What Are You Reading? is now hosted by Kathryn at The Book Date.

It’s Monday!  What Are You Reading is where we gather to share what we have read this past week and what we plan to read this week.  It is a great way to network with other bloggers, see some wonderful blogs, and put new titles on your reading list.

I will be combining my YA and adult reading and purchases on this one weekly roundup.

Other Than Reading...

Happy Monday! This past week has been filled with rain and thunderstorms which has made for a lot of good reading time. I did manage to lower my stack of review books early in the week but then replenished the stack again later in the week. 

The week was quite quiet with some baseball games to keep me occupied. Of course, watching baseball has lowered the number of audiobooks that I listened to. I did get a new one - The Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R. King - because I follow her on Twitter and she has been posting messages about that book. She does have another about Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes coming out June 8 and I'm sure these posts are building interest. I've read the book a couple of times but this is the first time I'm listening to it. I also have an eARC of the newest on my Review stack. 

Saturday was my brother's birthday. He worked so we didn't have dinner together. I did stop at Perkins Restaurant & Bakery and buy him a slice of French Silk pie. It is his favorite variety of pie. I used to bring him pies from Bakers Square each time I came to Duluth when I lived near Rochester. Those locations have closed and I haven't been back there since I retired anyway. The nearest now are in the Twin Cities which is a good seven hour round trip. He'll have to make do with the Perkins version. 

This week is completely free of appointments and, since Covid-19 numbers are increasing here in my county, I plan to stay close to home. I am two weeks past my second Covid-19 vaccination but I'm not eager to take chances. 

Read Last Week

If you can't wait until the review shows up on my blog, reviews are posted to LibraryThing and Goodreads as soon as I write them (usually right after I finish reading a book.)

• Susan Mallery's Fool's Gold Cookbook (Mine) was filled with interesting recipes with a little too much goat cheese and cilantro to tempt me. There was also a story woven between the recipes. 
• Thief of Souls by Brian Klingborg (Review; May 4) -- A mystery set in modern day China with all sorts of insight into Chinese culture. My review will be posted on April 28.
• Wicked All Night by Jeaniene Frost (Mine) -- Third in an urban fantasy series that I've been reading. My review will be posted on May 1.

• A Trail of Lies by Kylie Logan (Review; May 11) -- This was a very entertaining cozy mystery that is third in a series. My review will be posted on May 5.
• City of Dark Corners by Jon Talton (Review; May 11) -- A hard-boiled mystery set in Phoenix in the 1930s filled with police corruption, mob bosses, and murders. My review will be posted on May 4.
• The Last Scoop by R. G. Belsky (Review; May 5) -- Clare Carlson finds a mystery while looking into the last story her mentor was working on before he was killed. My review will be posted on May 6.

• Shadowed Steel by Chloe Neill (Review; May 4) -- Third in the Heirs of Chicagoland series was an exciting, fast-paced story. My review will be posted on April 27.
• Some Girls Bite by Chloe Neill (Mine; Reread) -- The first in the Chicagoland Vampire books was a fun reread.

Currently

• A Peculiar Combination by Ashley Weaver (Review; May 25)
• The Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R. King (Mine; Audiobook)

Next Week

• The Brass Queen by Elizabeth Chatsworth (Mine)
• Undercover Wolf by Paige Tyler (Review; May 25)
• Legacy by Nora Roberts (Review; May 25)

• Death at Daylesford by Kerry Greenwood (Review; June 1)
• Reserved for Murder by Victoria Gilbert (Review; June 8)
• A Dark and Secret Place by Jen Williams (Review; June 8)

Reviews Posted

• The Sign of Death by Callie Hutton
• Pride and Premeditation by Tirzah Price

• Drown Her Sorrows by Melinda Leigh
• The Unkindness of Ravens by M. E. Hilliard

Want to See What I Added to My Stack Last Week?

Review:

• The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels by India Holton (June 15)
• Murder Most Fair by Anna Lee Huber (August 31)

• Striking Range by Margaret Mizushima (September 7)
• A Fire in the Night by Christopher Swann (September 7)
• Digging Up Trouble by Kitt Crowe (October 12)

• In Hot Water by Kate Kingsbury (October 12)
• Shadowed Steel by Chloe Neill (May 4)

Bought:

• Sister of the Bride by Susan Mallery (Kindle novella)
• Sparrow Hill Road by Seanan McGuire (Kindle Deal)
• Figure Eight by Jeff Nania (Kindle Deal)

• Stone Song by Tricia O'Malley (Kindle Free)
• June's Blood by Juliet Vane (Kindle Free)
• The Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R. King (Audiobook)

What was your week like?