It's Monday! What Are You Reading? (July 22, 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...

This week has been a big blogging week. Since I'm nearing the end of my August calendar (except for It's Monday posts), I filled in my September calendar and did as much of each post as I could do before reading the books. I have quite a few review books. I've read one and have ten more to go. I filled in the blank spots with some recent arrivals and with continuing the Mary Russell series by Laurie R. King which are rereads and the Susan Elia MacNeal books which I'm reading for the first time.

I'll be concentrating on reading review books for a while before I can try to lower my TBR mountain.

We've had a mostly cloudy but very warm week. Luckily the rain that swept up the Mississippi River valley as the remainder of Barry didn't make it all the way to Duluth. Yesterday there was baseball sized hail just a few miles south of us. All we got were a few sprinkles and overcast skies. My car was in the garage but my brother was very grateful because his 20 year old sportscar was parked outside his place of employment. Parts are hard to find for a car of that age.

Solar Power: We went over 1MWh while I was writing this post. We've produced 788 kWh so far this month. We should be getting our first power bill since we went solar soon. I'm eager to see what it does to our bill.

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.)

• Through the Evil Days by Julia Spencer-Fleming (Mine) - This is the latest Clare Fergusson/Russ Van Alstyne mystery. My review will be posted on October 17.
• The Last Good Guy by T. Jefferson Parker (Review; August 13) - Intense contemporary thriller that harks back to the noir detective stories of the 1940s. My review will be posted on August 10)
• Cold Woods by Karen Katchur (Review; August 13) - Twisty thriller about what happens when 30 year old bones are unearthed. Lots of flashbacks. My review will be posted August 11.

• How to Love a Duke in Ten Days by Kerrigan Byrne (Review; Aug. 27) - Entertaining historical romance with a touch of mystery too. My review will be posted on August 24.
• Stolen Things by R. H. Herron (Review; Aug. 20) - Intense thriller where a police dispatcher picks up a 911 call and hears her daughter begging for help. My review will be posted on August 17.
• Bringing Down the Duke by Evie Dunmore (Review; Sept. 3) - Entertaining historical romance that deals with women's suffrage and social classes. My review will be posted on August 27.

Currently

• The Long Call by Ann Cleeves (Review; Sept. 3)

Next Week

• The Harp of Kings by Juliet Marillier (Review; Sept. 3)
• Well Met by Jen DeLuca (Review; Sept. 3)
• Vendetta in Death by J. D. Robb (Review; Sept. 3)

• Remembering the Dead by Elizabeth J. Duncan (Review; Sept. 10)
• Ice Cold Heart by P. J. Tracy (Review; Sept. 10)
• Fatal Cajun Festival by Ellen Byron (Review; Sept. 10)

Reviews Posted

• Shadow of the Fox by Julie Kagawa
• Secrets to the Grave by Tami Hoag
• Princess Elizabeth's Spy by Susan Elia MacNeal

• A Monstrous Regiment of Women by Laurie R. King
• The Baker Street Letters by Michael Robertson

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

Bought:

• Sweep of the Blade by Ilona Andrews
• Lethal White by Robert Galbraith
• Career of Evil by Robert Galbraith

• Lady Helen Investigates by Jane Steen
• The Orphans of Raspay by Lois McMaster Bujold
• One Was a Soldier by Julia Spencer-Fleming

Review:

• Don't Say a Word by Amber Lynn Natusch (YA; Sept. 17)
• Save Your Breath by Melinda Leigh (Sept. 17)
• The Adventure of the Peculiar Protocols by Nicholas Meyer (Oct. 15)

• Catfishing on Catnet by Naomi Kritzer (YA; Nov. 19)
• Thin Ice by Paige Shelton (Dec. 3)
• Trace of Evil by Alice Blanchard (Dec. 3)

What was your week like?