It's Monday, What Are You Reading? is now hosted by Kathryn at The Book Date.
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Other Than Reading...
This was a pretty good week. Our new stove arrived on Tuesday, so I baked bread, hamburger buns and English muffins this week. I should make banana bread today since the bananas are in a "use them or throw them" stage. Bill is making a chicken enchilada casserole for our dinner today using leftover rotisserie chicken.
Other Than Reading...
This was a pretty good week. Our new stove arrived on Tuesday, so I baked bread, hamburger buns and English muffins this week. I should make banana bread today since the bananas are in a "use them or throw them" stage. Bill is making a chicken enchilada casserole for our dinner today using leftover rotisserie chicken.
Last week I started Onyx Storm, got a few pages in, and asked myself "who are these people?" which means I need to reread the whole series for this one to make sense to me. Since I have the Kindle copies but not the audiobooks, I checked Amazon and added on all the audiobooks. I have many, many hours of listening ahead of me. Fourth Wing is 21 hours and 22 minutes; Iron Flame is 28 hours and 16 minutes; and Onyx Storm is 23 hours and 52 minutes. I decided that since I was spending so much time with these, I would review them again on my blog which meant shifting my calendar around to make room for them. I've finished Fourth Wing but not yet started Iron Flame.
Otherwise, I have lots of review books in my reading plans. I have at least six that are being released on March 18 that are on next week's reading calendar. Luckily, I don't have plans for next week. Baseball hasn't quite started yet. I am watching this season's The Voice. So far, that is only one evening a week and I can play computer games while I watch.
I'm staying in a lot. It snowed twice this week and brought us about 6 new fluffy inches. Currently it is cold (2F as I'm writing this) and will be unseasonably cold for the next 5 or 6 days. Bill and I will be doing a grocery run later today. He likes to take me with him when he shops at Cub since I have the Cub Rewards card that activates a lot of the deals. For some reason, he refuses to get a card of his own.
Read Last Week
- The Four Queens of Crime by Rosanne Limoncelli (Review; March 11) -- A death at a house party/fund raiser attended by Agatha Christie, Dorothy Sayers, Ngaio Marsh, and Margery Allingham put their observation skills to the test as they help Scotland Yard solve the crime. My review will be posted on March 4.
- Shadow Beasts by Nellie H. Steele (Audiobook; mine since January 19, 2025) -- First in an urban fantasy trilogy that was okay. The whole tone seemed YA and tongue-in-cheek to me. My review will be posted on March 4.
- Kills Well with Others by Deanna Raybourn (Review; March 11) -- Four retired female assassins are back on the job when they learn they are targeted by a person who wants revenge for things they did years earlier. Great characters. My review will be posted on March 5.
- Conspiracy in Death by J. D. Robb (Mine; Audiobook) -- A reread of this In Death book that they are talking about on Facebook.
- Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros (Mine; Audiobook) -- Reread of the first book in the Empyrean trilogy. My review will be posted on March 18.
- Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros (Audiobook)
- White King by Juan Gomez-Jurado (Review; March 11)
- Seeing Further edited by Bill Bryson (Mine) -- I'm at 69%
- Code Word Romance by Carlie Walker (Review; March 18)
- The Summer Guests by Tess Gerritsen (Review; March 18)
- The Library Game by Gigi Pandian (Review; March 18)
- Murder by Memory by Olivia Waite (Review; March 18)
- A Map to Paradise by Susan Meissner (Review; March 18)
- Twice as Dead by Harry Turtledove (Review; March 18)
- Legacy of Lies by Robert Daily (Mine; Audiobook)
- Rest in Pink by Jennifer Crusie & Bob Mayer (Mine; Audiobook)
- Cold as Hell by Kelley Armstrong (Review copy)
- Unhallowed Halls by Lili Wilkinson (Review copy)
- The Dead Letter Delivery by C. J. Archer (Mine)
- My Phony Valentine by Courtney Walsh (Mine)
Review:
- Them Bones by David Housewright (Review; June 24)
- Party of Liars by Kelsey Cox (Review; July 1)
- The Witch's Orchard by Archer Sullivan (Review; August 12)
Bought:
- Bone of Contention by Kristi Rose (Chirp Audiobook, $.99)
- Bone to Pick by Kristi Rose (Chirp Audiobook, $4.99)
- Paw Enforcement by Diane Kelly (Chirp Audiobook, $1.99)
- Paw and Order by Diane Kelly (Chirp Audiobook, $1.99)
- Laying Down the Paw by Diane Kelly (Chirp Audiobook, $1.99)
- Against the Paw by Diane Kelly (Chirp Audiobook, $1.99)
- Above the Paw by Diane Kelly (Chirp Audiobook, $1.99)
- Slow Dance by Rainbow Rowell (Kindle, BookPerks, $1.99)
- Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros (Audible Add-On, $7.49)
- Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros (Audible Add-On, $5.99)
- Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros (Audible Add-on, $7.49)
Oh fresh baked bread sounds good! I hope you enjoy your books and have a great week!
ReplyDeleteAwesome news about the new stove, Kathy. Sounds like you are enjoying it. I was cataloging some of my book collections this week, which made me realize how many unread great books I have. Might have some shifting of my reading as well. The Library Game seems good. Hope you enjoy all your reading. Thanks for sharing and for visiting my blog.
ReplyDeleteBanana bread is a very delicious idea! :) & haha that's a lot of March 18 releases to read and I hope keeping up with that goes smoothly. Murder by Memory is definitely one I'd love to read! Lol, you made me laugh with the 'who are these people?' comment, I have not read that series but it does sound like you need to remember all the details from before so enjoy your rereads!
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That Rainbow Rowell sounds great (although it's $15 AUD, rather than 1.99 USD. Book pricing is weird). I'll wait for your review to find out if it's worth it.
ReplyDeleteYay for the new stove! Glad it's working out great for you! I STILL need to read Iron Flame myself. I held off on that one because I knew it'd have a cliffhanger and now I'm hesitant to start it and Onyx Storm because of cliffhangers and the super long wait til the next book which is looking like maybe 2027, and I feel like that's really a maybe maybe! Lol.
ReplyDeleteHope you enjoy all of your reads lined up for the week!
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Banana bread and all your other goodies sound amazing.
ReplyDeleteI admire you for re-reading the series. And what a huge commitment! I haven't started that one but when I read the next book in any series and can't remember much, I just roll with it and hope I remember the pertinent bits as I go along.
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Yummy on all your baking. 😀 I have a favorite, prize-winning banana bread. I’m sure yours is delicious too.
ReplyDeleteHappy reading. Looks like you have read and have some great books here.
I read one of the Diane Kelly books and enjoyed it. That's another series I have to get back to reading. Hope you have a great week!
ReplyDeleteI am glad the new stove is working out for you. chicken enchilada casserole is one of my favorite meals. I hope you are enjoying re-reading Rebecca Yarros' series. I haven't read any of the books, but maybe someday. I'm looking forward to reading Kills Well with Others. I really enjoyed the first book in that series. I hope you are enjoying your current reads and have a great week, Kathy!
ReplyDeleteThere is a lot of listening and reading ahead for you. Enjoy them all.
ReplyDeleteIt always makes me happy to hear that a book has sold more than two million copies in one week. Enjoy that series. It sounds delightful! And perfect to listen to during all this cold weather!
ReplyDeleteI love baking bread, I bake every Thursday for Friday night Shabbat, it is such a relaxing thing to do, and can I say you are a much better person than me very long books or audios lose my attention quickly, I wish I could read them, because they seem to be popular but I have tried and can't do it
ReplyDeleteI am curious about the Rainbow Rowell book.
ReplyDeleteI just added Cold As Hell to my March list. I hope I can get it read. I wish I could read as you do. I have yet to try audio books as that would help me some.
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