It's Monday! What Are You Reading? (Nov. 11, 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 looks like the beginning of a very long winter. The weather has been cold and gray. Snow has fallen a couple of times. We don't seem to be making very much solar power each day.

Our big news this week is that my brother has finally received a bill for his heart event that began on September 17. He was in the hospital from Sept. 17 - Sept. 23, had a triple bypass, spent a few days in cardiac intensive care, has had various follow-up appointments, and is in the middle of 36 sessions of cardio rehab. The total bill was a hair over $123,000 which is a huge amount but not too surprising. His part looks to be $225 which is astonishing. He was thinking that it was going to be many thousands of dollars. I was thinking that too, but he's underemployed and falls under a Minnesota program that provides income-based health insurance. He had no idea how good the insurance was because he hadn't been to a doctor for almost 20 years. We are both breathing a big sigh of relief.

In other news, I got a new cookbook for my Kindle this week and have already read the whole thing and highlighted recipes we want to try. We had the Egg Foo Young last night which also included Homemade Soy Sauce and really enjoyed it. Beef Stew is coming up tomorrow. It's time to look for winter hardy type recipes! Of course, reading most of a 500+ page cookbook didn't leave much time for reading anything else.

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.)

• Trust Me by Hank Phillippi Ryan (Mine) - This was a very intense thriller. I enjoyed trying to find out what was happening. My review will be posted on Nov. 23.
• Just Watch Me by Jeff Lindsay (Review; Dec. 3) - This was a fast-paced and rather brutal heist story. The main character - thief and master of disguises - and the FBI Agent who was trying to find him were both intriguing characters. My review will be posted on Nov. 26.
• Dangerous Alliance by Jennieke Cohen (YA Review; Dec. 3) - This was a romance and a mystery set in the Regency period. I liked that it concentrated on the mystery. My review will be posted on Nov. 27.

Currently

• Thin Ice by Paige Shelton (Review; Dec. 3)

Next Week

• A Madness of Sunshine by Nalini Singh (Dec. 3)
• Trace of Evil by Alice Blanchard (Dec. 3) 

• Dragged Through Hedgerows by Forthright (Mine)
• Wicked Hour by Chloe Neill (Review; Dec. 3)

Reviews Posted

• Tracking Game by Margaret Mizushima
• Lost Souls by Kelley Armstrong
• Artifacts by Mary Anna Evans 

• Whose Body by Dorothy L. Sayers 
• Whisper of Bones by Melinda Leigh
• Bred in the Bone by Kendra Elliot

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

Bought:

• Infinite Stars: Dark Frontiers edited by Bryan Thomas Schmidt
• 500 Low Sodium Recipes by Dick Logue

• The Princess Who Flew with Dragons by Stephanie Burgis
• Lord Peter Views the Body by Dorothy L. Sayers

Review:

• A Perfect Eye by Stephanie Kane (Sept. 1, 2019) - my review will be posted in early January when the audiobook is released
• There's A Murder Afoot by Vicki Delany (Jan. 7)
• Firewatching by Russ Thomas (Feb. 25) 

• Revolver Road by Christi Daugherty (March 10)
• The Mountains Wild by Sarah Stewart Taylor (June 23)
• The Finders by Jeffrey B. Burton (June 30)

What was your week like?