It's Monday! What Are You Reading? (Dec. 18, 2017)

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. YA and middle grade reviews will still be posted on  Ms. Martin Teaches Media - my other blog.

Other Than Reading...

The last of the things I ordered as Christmas gifts are trickling in. I have one more book for my brother that has to arrive before I wrap up the quartet of books he asked for. I also did some baking. Not Christmas cookies but two kinds of cookies that we like. We tried another new recipe this week for a quick carbonara made with ground beef and mushrooms which got added to our keeper file.

The Christmas tree is assembled and partially decorated. I was artistically putting on an ornament or two while waiting for each pan of cookies to come out of the oven. I left some so that my brother could do some of the decorating too. If he doesn't get it done today, I might finish up for him. We also have to get the tree in its correct location. We are going to be putting it in a corner but left it out so that we could decorate all the way around it.

I have a bit of interest in my townhouse finally. I am hoping for an offer on Monday. The people did two tours of the property spending about an hour and a half looking it over. Getting an offer would make a wonderful Christmas present. Of course, an offer isn't a sure thing. I've already had two where the buyer backed out. But it would be a hopeful sign.

Read Last Week

I have listed the dates the reviews will be posted on my blog. I have already reviewed them at GoodReads and LibraryThing.

What Doesn't Kill You by Aime Hix - review to be posted on Jan. 10
Wake Up Missing by Kate Messner - review to be posted on Jan. 10
A Treacherous Curse by Deanna Raybourn - review to be posted on Jan. 11

Vampire Academy: The Graphic Novel by Richelle Mead - review on Jan. 12
Frostbite: The Graphic Novel by Richelle Mead - review on Jan. 12
Shadow Kiss: The Graphic Novel by Richelle Mead - review on Jan. 12

 

Year One by Nora Roberts - review on Jan. 20

Deadly Summer by Denise Grover Swank - review on Jan. 9

A Merciful Secret by Kendra Elliot - review on Jan. 13

Let's Talk About Love by Claire Kann was a DNF. I thought it was an iffy book when it arrived with my most recent Macmillan bundle. Everything else was a mystery or a fantasy except for this LGBT contemporary story. A story that focuses on LGBT issues as its major plot just doesn't interest me.

Currently

Cast in Deception by Michelle Sagara is a review book that is also book 13 in the Chronicles of Elantra.

Next Week

YA:

The Last Girl on Earth by Alexandra Blogier (Jan. 23)

Layover by Amy Andelson & Emily Meyer (Feb. 6)

Boneshaker by Cherie Priest (TBR mountain since Jan. 13, 2010)

Magic of the Moonlight by Ellen Schreiber (TBR mountain since Jan. 3, 2013)

Adult:

 Final Girls by Riley Sager (review book being released in paperback Jan. 23)

Baby, I'm Howling for You by Christine Warren (Jan. 30)

Heat by Donna Grant (Jan. 30)

Final Siege by Scarlett Cole (Jan. 30)

Reviews Posted

On Inside of a Dog:

Killman Creek by Rachel Caine

Heartstone by Elle Katharine White

Crimson Death by Laurell K. Hamilton

On Ms. Martin Teaches Media:

Prince in Disguise by Stephanie Kate Strohm

Almost Everything by Tate Hallaway

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

New Purchases (mostly Kindle Daily Deals)

 Beauty by Robin McKinley (I already have the paperback and a hardcover but didn't have the ebook)

Chasing Christmas Eve by Jill Shalvis

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley (my only print book of the week)

The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin

New Free:

 Christmas Wolf by J. K. Harper

Bullet Drop by BJ Bourg

Pilfered Promises by M. Louisa Locke

Into the Shadows by Carolyn Crane

Wild Irish Heart by Tricia O'Malley

Capital Kill by Mark Rainer

New Review:

 Final Girls by Riley Sager (Jan. 23)

Shattered Fear by Tara Thomas (novella; Feb. 6)

Darkest Night by Tara Thomas (Feb. 27)

 Hooked on a Phoenix by Ashlyn Chase (March 6)

City of Bastards by Andrew Shvarts (YA; June 5)

 Deadly Summer by Denise Grover Swank (Jan. 9)

A Merciful Secret by Kendra Elliot (Jan. 16)

And one of my most anticipated books of 2018:

Lake Silence by Anne Bishop (March 6) - I'm giving myself this book as a Christmas present and plan to read it on Christmas Day.

What was your week like?