It's Monday! What Are You Reading? (July 6, 2026)

 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...

This was a quiet week. The "heat wave" did give us a couple of days in the mid-80s. We were alternating between running the air conditioner and throwing open the windows. Right now, Sunday morning, it is 69 degrees and the windows are open. We also had a few thunderstorms run through the area which delayed but didn't postpone the 4th of July festivities. I heard the fireworks going off but couldn't see them from my house. 

I spent some of this week doing setups for my August calendar and looking back at June's reading. Posts for books this week will complete my July calendar and begin August's. With lots of review books on the calendar, I'll likely be relistening to some audiobooks so that I don't get too far out of sync on my calendar. I have eight review books to read before my next scheduled audiobook. 

This coming week should be quiet too. I have no appointments or cooking plans. My brother works through the supper hour every day that he works so no suppers together. He does have Monday and Thursday off, but we have no meals planned for either of those days. This looks to be another "what do you want to eat?" week. 

June Reading

I read 33 books in June. Twenty-one were mine including seven from by TBR Pile and fourteen rereads. I also read twelve review copies. All of the twenty-one books that were mine were audiobooks for a total of 262 hours of listening. Most of the audiobooks duplicated books that I already had in unread Kindle versions. Each of them lowered TBR mountain by two books. Others of my rereads were some of my favorite books from the Liaden Universe.

I added 36 new books to my LibraryThing account. Eighteen were review copies and ten were audiobooks. I used one Audible Credit and many of my other new audiobooks were on sale. All but one of my new Kindle books were Kindle Daily Deals or BookBub deals. Of the books I bought, eight are still on the TBR Pile. 

Here's my State of the Stack post.

Read Last Week

• Neogenesis by Sharon Lee & Steve Miller (Audiobook Reread)
• Accepting the Lance by Sharon Lee & Steve Miller (Audiobook Reread)
• Sea of Charms by Sarah Beth Durst (Review, July 28) -- A romantasy which is third in the Spellshop series. My review will be posted on July 21)

• Dachshund Through the Snow by David Rosenfelt (Audiobook, Mine since June 5) -- 20th Andy Carpenter mystery. My review will be posted on July 24.
• Pride Comes Before a Fall by Virginia Heath (Review, July 28) -- Historical romance. My review will be posted on July 22.
• Fossil Feud by Maggie North (Review, July 28) -- Contemporary romance. Two rival paleontologists fall in love. My review will be posted on July 23.

• Falling Awake by Jayne Ann Krentz (Audiobook, Mine since December 3, 2025) -- Early Krentz with elements of the paranormal along with the romance. My review will be posted on July 23.
• The Night Island by Jayne Ann Krentz (Audiobook, Mine since April 26) -- Second in a recent Krentz paranormal romance trilogy. My review will be posted on July 30.
• Probable Caws by Donna Andrews (Review, August 4) -- 39th Meg Langslow mystery centers around a horse rescue organization. My review will be posted on July 28.

DNF

• Buyer Beware by Catherine Ryan Howard (Review, July 28) -- I read 20%. I didn't like the writing style or the characters.

Currently

• A Trade of Blood by Robert Jackson Bennett (Review, August 4)
• Vendetta in Death by J. D. Robb (Audiobook reread)

Next Week

• Death on the Books by Victoria Gilbert (Review, August 4)
• Time Travel for Beginners by Jaclyn Moriarty (Review, August 4)
• (Mostly) Human Resources by Grace Viall (Review, August 4)

• Murder in Blackfriars by Jennifer Ashley (Review, August 11)
• Death at a Scottish Halloween by Lucy Connelly (Review, August 11)
• The Matchmaker's Cottage by Kat Sloane (Review, August 11)

Reviews Posted

• Death by Irish Whiskey by Catie Murphy (Audiobook)
• Dead Men Don't Play Fetch by David Rosenfelt (Review copy)
• Murder on the Clock by Lucy Connelly (Audiobook)

• The Inn at the Foot of Mount Vengeance by Chiara Bullen (Review copy)
• Pretty Dead Things by Kelsey Cox (Review copy)
• See How They Hide by Allison Brennan (Audiobook)

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

Review:

• The Velvet Knife by Maureen Johnson (September 29)

Bought:

• The Fey Duology by Sharon Lee & Steve Miller (Kindle)
• Bad Scene by Max Tomlinson (Audiobook, $4.50)

What was your week like?