It's Monday! What Are You Reading? (July 1, 2019)

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.

Other Than Reading...

Our solar panels were attached to the power company's grid on Tuesday this week. It has been fun seeing how much power we are making and sending back. It has helped that Saturday was the first day this year that I turned on the air conditioner.

Saturday was also the day I visited the Rhubarb Festival. This annual event raises money for a coalition of Duluth churches to use in their support of the homeless and hungry. I came home with a nice pan of rhubarb crisp. They had bunches of rhubarb pies too but my brother doesn't eat pie and I can't eat a whole one before it spoils. I didn't stay too long. It was awfully warm for a person who prefers cooler weather and indoor pursuits.

This was one of my largest book hauls of the year. I am trying to complete series and relying on Amazon Marketplace to find books. I think I have all the MacNeal books and Robertson books now. I am only buying hardcovers to replace paperbacks in the King series and think I have all of them now too.

June Reading and Purchases

I read twenty-four books in June for a total of 8540 pages. With only 7 review books on my stack for the month, I chose 17 from my TBR mountain. Most were recent arrivals but 5 had been lingering for a number of years. The only disadvantage of digging deep into TBR mountain was learning that the books either began series or trilogies and I wanted to keep reading in the series. Sixteen of the books were ebooks and three were YA titles. My genre of the month was Mystery with sixteen of them read.

I added 43 books this month to my LibraryThing account. Eleven of them were review books of which I have read two. I added 23 ebooks which includes all of the review books. I added four SYNC audiobooks. Currently, 35 of the new additions are still waiting for me to read them. I have added quite a few to my calendar as I plan what I'll be reading in September and later in the year.

I have added 192 books so far this year. 84 of them are still unread but 34 of them are review copies that will mostly be read sometime in 2019. I have read 171 books so far this year and am at 73% of my Goodreads goal. I set the goal for 20 books a month and do plan on increasing it but perhaps not to 2018 levels when I read 360 books.

Read Last Week

If you can't wait until the review shows up on my blog, reviews are posted to LibraryThing and Goodreads as soon as I write them (usually right after I finish reading a book.)

• Death in a Budapest Butterfly by Julia Buckley (Review July 30) - Disappointing cozy mystery where the information about Hungarian culture and myths overwhelmed both the mystery and the romance. My review will be posted on July 25.
• Lake Silence by Anne Bishop (Mine - reread) - This favorite book acted as a "palate cleanser" after the disappointment of the preview book.
• Reflex by Dick Francis (Mine) - I just got the Kindle copy and took the opportunity to reread one of my favorite mysteries by this author. My review will be posted on July 27.

• The Chase by Janet Evanovich & Lee Goldberg (Mine since June 25, 2014) - The second Fox and O'Hare thriller has lots of fast-paced action, quirky side characters, and great dialog. My review will be posted on July 28.
• I, Robot: To Protect by Mickey Zucker Reichert (mine since Nov. 1, 2011) - Interesting and thought provoking hard science fiction that begins a trilogy. I bought the rest because is want to know how the story works out. My review will be posted on July 30.

Currently

• Sherlock Holmes and the Red Demon by John M. Watson, M.D. edited by Larry Millett (Mine since August 8, 2017)

Next Week

• Singapore Sapphire by A. M. Stuart (August 6)
• In the Line of Fire by R. J. Noonan (August 13)
• Pride, Prejudice & Poison by Elizabeth Blake (August 13)

• Death Comes to Dartmoor by Vivian Conroy (August 13)
• Death in the Covenant by D. A. Bartley (August 13)
• A Killer Edition by Lorna Barrett (August 13)

Reviews Posted

• Off the Grid by P. J. Tracy
• Mr. Churchill's Secretary by Susan Elia MacNeal
• Girls Like Us by Cristina Alger

• The Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder by Joanne Fluke
• Mary Russell's War by Laurie R. King

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

Bought:

• Reflex by Dick Francis
• Time's Convert by Deborah Harkness

• O Jerusalem by Laurie R. King
• The Game by Laurie R. King
• Justice Hall by Laurie R. King

• The Paris Spy by Susa Elia MacNeal
• Felicity Carrol and the Perilous Pursuit by Patricia Marcantonio

• I, Robot: To Obey by Mickey Zucker Reichert
• I, Robot: To Preserve by Mickey Zucker Reichert

• The Baker Street Wedding by Michael Robertson
• The Baker Street Jurors by Michael Robertson
• The Baker Street Translation by Michael Robertson

• Moriarty Returns a Letter by Michael Robertson
• The Brothers of Baker Street by Michael Robertson

SYNC Audiobooks:

• Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass by Meg Medina
• Heretics Anonymous by Katie Henry

Review:

• The Art of Theft by Sherry Thomas (Oct. 15)
• Felicity Carrol and the Murderous Menace by Patricia Marcantonio (Feb. 11, 2020)

What was your week like?