It's Monday! What Are You Reading? (January 15, 2024)

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.

Want to See What I Added to My Stack? links to Stacking the Shelves hosted by Marlene at Reading Reality.

Other Than Reading...

Well, winter has arrived in my part of Minnesota. It snowed almost every day this past week. We only got about 3.5 inches, but it made the roads interesting while it was falling. Now the cold has arrived. It was -10F when I got up this morning. We are supposed to have highs only reaching zero for at least the beginning part of the upcoming week. We are also under a wind chill advisory through Tuesday noon. Current wind chill is -31F. Luckily, I have no reason to go out any time this week. I have plenty to eat and plenty to read. 

I spent some time this week starting the rearranging of my library that I've been talking about for months. 

While putting my TBR mountain back into alphabetical order, I removed a couple of grocery bags of books that I no longer have any desire to read. I was able to talk my brother into taking me through the falling snow to two of the local used bookstores to get rid of them. I ended up with $60 of credit which I doubt I'll ever use since I so seldom read print books these days. I had only planned on visiting one of the stores and cherrypicked the books I thought they would accept. They took about half leading me to visit the second store which took all the rest of the first bag. Since I still have another full bag, I need to make another visit to the second store to get rid of them as soon as I can convince my brother to take me there. That could take a while since he has to be off work and appointment-free on a day the store is open. 

Here's what my living room shelves look like now.

The far-left section contains books I moved upstairs from my library and includes authors from A to Bri. The other two sections are my remaining print TBR mountain. I also moved some books in my guest room which contains the end of the alphabet. That collection now starts with Nora Roberts and ends with Mark Richard Zubro. 

Here's the guestroom now:

All that is left to do is space out the books in the library to take advantage of the empty shelves which I should be able to do in one day and can do while listening to my current audiobook. That's on the agenda for this week. 

I'm not sure if it is an advantage or not, but I'm finding lots of books I would like to reread while I'm doing the shifting of books. That shouldn't be a surprise because liking a book enough to reread it is one of the reasons it got on my keeper shelves in the first place.

This week I plan to continue dipping into the J. D. Robb audiobooks and reading a few more February review copies. I have finished my reread/listen to the whole Amelia Peabody series and can check that one off my list.

I still have a number of series in progress including the Meg Langslow mysteries by Donna Andrews and the Andy Carpenter mysteries by David Rosenfelt and a Chirp sale or two added a couple more series to my series lists. I've read the first two of Andrea Penrose's Wrexford & Sloane historical mysteries, but the audiobooks which were on sale at Chirp this week continue the series through book six.

Last week I got the first six of Julia Spencer-Fleming's currently nine book series of contemporary mysteries from Chirp which would be rereads in preparation for her newest book which she has almost finished writing. I do have all of the series in print copies in my keeper collection.

Read Last Week

• The Antique Hunter's Guide to Murder by C. L. Miller (Review; February 6) -- Debut mystery concerning a woman reclaiming her exciting past after years with a man who damaged her self-esteem. Multiple shifts in point of view in this story. My review will be posted on January 30.
• Hollywood Hustle by Jon Lindstrom (Review; February 6) -- Debut thriller about an actor who needs to rescue his drug addict daughter from kidnappers. Interesting characters. My review will be posted on January 31.
• A Killer Romance by Maggie Blackburn (Review; February 6) -- Third in a cozy mystery series takes place at Beach Reads during Valentine's Day week. The guest author is found dead of poisoning in her room at the local B&B after the event and one of the employees of Beach Reads is the prime suspect. My review will be posted on January 31.

• Portrait in Death by J. D. Robb (Audiobook reread)
• Reunion in Death by J. D. Robb (Audiobook reread)
• Tomb of the Golden Bird by Elizabeth Peters (Audiobook reread) - My review will be posted on February 1.

• Purity in Death by J. D. Robb (Audiobook reread)
• Imitation in Death by J. D. Robb (Audiobook reread)

Currently

• Highway to Hell by Rosemary Clement-Moore (Mine since 11/15/23)
• Divided in Death by J. D. Robb (Audiobook Reread; mine since 12/1/23)

Next Week

• Fish Out of Water by Katie Ruggle (Review; February 13)
• Six Geese A-Slaying by Donna Andrews (Audiobook)
• The Lantern's Dance by Laurie R. King (Review; February 13)

• At the River by Kendra Elliot (Review; February 13)
• Consort of Fire by Kit Rocha (Mine; Audiobook)
• The Last Graduate by Naomi Novik (Mine since 10/27/23)

Reviews Posted

• True Fiction by Lee Goldberg (Audiobook)
• The Golden One by Elizabeth Peters (Audiobook)
• Dream Town by Lee Goldberg (Review copy)

• The Lily of Ludgate Hill by Mimi Matthews (Review copy)
• Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands by Heather Fawcett (Review copy)
• Deadly to the Core by Joyce Tremel (Review Copy)

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

Review:

• Trouble at Queenstown by Delia Pitts (Review; July 16)
• The Last Line by Scott Lyerly (Review; July 23)
• In the Event of Murder by Cynthia Kuhn (Review; August 20)

Bought:

• The Night Island by Jayne Ann Krentz (Kindle Keeper copy)
• Son of the Morning by Linda Howard (BookBub $1.99)
• Demon Daughter by Lois McMaster Bujold (Favorite Author)

• The Charlotte and Thomas Pitt Novels Volume 2 by Anne Perry (Kindle Daily Deal $3.99)
• Phantom Evil by Heather Graham (Kindle Daily Deal $1.99)
• The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman (not on sale but I did get 2x Kindle Rewards points)

• Murder at Kensington Palace by Andrea Penrose (Chirp $3.99)
• Murder at the Queen's Landing by Andrea Penrose (Chirp $3.99)

• Murder at the Royal Botanical Gardens by Andrea Penrose (Chirp $3.99)
• Murder at the Serpentine Bridge by Andrea Penrose (Chirp $3.99)

What was your week like?