It's Monday! What Are You Reading? (November 11, 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.

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

Other Than Reading...

Monday is Veteran's Day which means a three-day weekend for many. (I currently have seven-day weekends so I'm not much affected.) I hope everyone will pause and think about what our veterans have done for us and thank any veteran they see for their service.

This was another excellent reading week. I don't think I left the house even once. Weather has been fall-like with rain and fog today. We are still producing good amounts of solar power and banking it for the upcoming winter days when the panels will be covered in snow. 

This is the second week in a row where most of my purchases include the audiobook. The only reason they all didn't is because the audiobook won't be released until December 10 for one of the books. I frequently add-on the audiobook rather than using an Audible credit if the cost is less than I pay per credit. I especially like when I can add the audiobook for $1.99 or so. I did use two of my banked Audible Credits to buy the audiobooks for two of my favorite books in the Vorkosigan series by Lois McMaster Bujold. I found when I checked my Audible account that the copies I had had gone off the Audible Plus program. 

I downloaded the second mystery in the Cat Latimer series from Audible Plus this week only to find out that it was going off the program the next day. That moved the book to the top of the TBR pile. It also gave me the opportunity to listen to the story at 1.2 times the normal rate. I tried 1.3 but the narration started to sound like it was by Alvin and the Chipmunks. This is the first time I changed the speed for listening to an audiobook, but it won't be the last. 

I found after I read The Grandest Game that I had missed a couple of books in the Inheritance Games series by Jennifer Lynn Barnes. I added them to my Books I'm Waiting for Collection at Amazon. I'll probably buy them the next time I get a Kindle Rewards email. It seems like I get a few of them each month for double or triple Kindle Reward points and I'm not in a hurry to add more books to my TBR pile. 

We had a boring cooking week this past week. We stuck to old favorites including a Cajun Chicken Fettuccini which is one of my brother's favorite ways to use leftover rotisserie chicken and which makes a huge recipe. I made a batch of my favorite macaroni and cheese which also fed me for a number of days. Maybe we'll try something new this week on his days off. 

I hope to have another good reading week since I have no appointments this week and no plans to leave the house. 

Read Last Week

• Fatality in Firelight by Lynn Cahoon (Audible Plus) -- This is the second book in the Cat Latimer mystery series. My review will be posted on January 2, 2025.
• The Next Grave by Kendra Elliot (Review; December 10) -- This is the sixth book in the Columbia River suspense series. My review will be posted on December 5.
• The Grandest Game by Jennifer Lynn Barnes (Mine since July 31, 2024) -- Related to the Inheritance Games series. A new game is beginning filled with interesting characters and complex puzzles. My review will be posted on December 7.

• Cherish and the Duke by Meara Platt (Mine since October 21, 2024) -- Entertaining historical romance. My review will be posted on December 10.
• Only Hard Problems by Jennifer Estep (Audiobook; Mine since October 27, 2024) -- Third in the Galactic Bonds space opera series. This is Zane's story. My review will be posted on December 10.
• Demon Daughter by Lois McMaster Bujold (Mine since January 9, 2024) -- This is an excellent novella in the Penric and Desdemona historical fantasy series. My review will be posted on December 12.

• Penric and the Bandit by Lois McMaster Bujold (Mine since July 1, 2024) -- This is a fantasy novella in the Penric and Desdemona series. My review will be posted on December 12.
• The Lady in Glass and Other Stories by Anne Bishop (Mine since February 27, 2024) -- Twenty-two short stories which span the author's career and are set on various of the author's fantasy worlds. My review will be posted on December 11.
• Murder at Queen's Landing by Andrea Penrose (Audiobook; Mine since January 10, 2024) -- This is the fourth in the Wrexford and Sloane historical mystery series. My review will be posted on December 12.

• Flight (Texas Murder Files) by Laura Griffin (Mine since August 24, 2024) -- Romantic suspense. Second in the Texas Murder Files series. My review will be posted on December 14.
• Murder at the Majestic Hotel by Clara McKenna (Audiobook; Mine since July 25, 2023) -- Fourth Stella and Lyndy historical mystery. Their honeymoon is marred by murder. My review will be posted on December 17.
• Phantom Evil by Heather Graham (Mine since January 12, 2024) -- First book in the long-running Krewe of Hunters series. This is paranormal romantic suspense and very good. My review will be posted on December 17.

Currently

• Summer of the Dragon by Elizabeth Peters (Mine since July 24, 2024)
• Barrayar by Lois McMaster Bujold (Audiobook; Audible Credit) -- This is a reread.

Next Week

• Salem's Cipher by Jess Lourey (Mine since May 6, 2024)
• Podkayne of Mars by Robert A. Heinlein (Chirp Audiobook; Mine since August 21, 2024)
• Ready Player Two by Ernest Cline (Mine since August 22, 2024)

• The Book Club Hotel by Sarah Morgan (Mine since December 29, 2023)
• The Nightingale Before Christmas by Donna Andrews (Chirp Audiobook; Mine since December 17, 2022)
• The Clockwork Dagger by Beth Cato (Mine since May 2, 2024)

Reviews Posted

• The Spy Coast by Tess Gerritsen (Audiobook)
• Out in the Cold by Steve Urszenyi (Review Copy)
• Burn This Night by Alex Kenna (Review Copy)

• Burning Water by Mercedes Lackey (Audible Plus)
• All's Fair in Love and Treachery by Celeste Connally (Review Copy)
• Rebel by David Weber & Richard Fox (Audiobook)

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

Review:

Bought:

• Barrayar by Lois McMaster Bujold (Audiobook; Audible Credit)
• Shards of Honor by Lois McMaster Bujold (Audiobook; Audible Credit)
• Of Murder and Men by Lynn Cahoon (Kindle and Audiobook) -- Third in the Cat Latimer series

• Slay in Character by Lynn Cahoon (Kindle and $2.86 Audiobook) -- Fourth in the Cat Latimer series
• At the River by Kendra Elliot (Kindle and $1.99 audiobook) -- Fifth in the Columbia River series
• Only Cold Depths by Jennifer Estep (Kindle) -- Fourth in the Galactic Bonds series

What was your week like?