It's Monday! What Are You Reading? (Nov. 14, 2016)

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.

Other Than Reading...

Grades are done and the second quarter has begun. We are still basking in unusually warm weather for November in Minnesota. There are some long range predictions that this could all change for Thanksgiving Break, of course. It's still a week and an half away and I'm hoping the predictions are wrong.

It wouldn't be Thanksgiving without some difficult driving conditions though. I am planning to go home to Duluth for the long weekend which actually begins for me at noon on Tuesday of Thanksgiving week. It will be nice to see how my brother has settled into our new home and what we still have to do to sell our old house.

This will be the first Thanksgiving in a few years that I have actually traveled. I'll have a stack of books going home with me for some reading time since I don't plan to do any shopping. Black Friday crowds will get along without me again this year. This should be the last year I'll have to worry about traveling for Thanksgiving since I should be all retired and settled by this time next year.

Read Last Week

The Elizabeth Papers by Jenetta James was an engaging story that defies categorization. It is a romance, mystery, historical fiction story. I was totally engaged despite never having read PRIDE AND PREJUDICE which was the source of the historical characters. My review will be posted on Nov. 25.

Lone Wolf by Sara Driscoll was a romantic suspense title I got from NetGalley for review. It had both engaging characters and a really suspenseful plot. My review will be posted on Nov. 23.

Penric's Mission by Lois McMaster Bujold was the latest novella in the World of the Five Gods. I grabbed this one because I wanted something short to read on my Kindle while I was waiting to vote and running errands. As usual, Bujold's prose is masterful. I was less enamored of the cliffhanger ending. I reviewed this one at LibraryThing.

Currently

I am reading Dragonheart by Todd McCaffrey. It is my goal to finally finish all the Pern novels. I think I read the first one somewhere around 1970. I just have a couple more to go.

Next Week

Then it is back to review books. These two will be released in December.

• Time of Death by Lucy Kerr (Dec. 13)
• At What Cost by James L'Etoile (Dec. 13)

Reviews Posted

• Shadow of Victory by David Weber
• Cat Got Your Diamonds by Julie Chase
• Belle Chasse by Suzanne Johnson

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

I got a little carried away again this week. I bought:

• Immortal Writers by Jill Bowers
• Followed by Frost by Charlie N. Holmberg

I added these to my review stack:

• Legacy by Hannah Fielding (July 28, 2016)
• A Perilous Undertaking by Deanna Raybourn (Jan. 10) - I was turned down for this one at NetGalley by was able to get it through Penguin's First to Read Program.

These all were added when publicists asked if I'd like to read them.

• Southern Gothic by Dale Wiley (Jan. 24)
• Killing Jane by Stacy Green (Jan. 31)

I may have done a little happy dance when I got these two.

• A Darkness Absolute by Kelley Armstrong (Feb. 7)
• Etched in Bone by Anne Bishop (March 7)

To see what Young Adult books I have been reading and plan to read, check out Ms. Martin Teaches Media - my other blog.