It's Monday! What Are You Reading? (Oct. 12, 2020)

 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 was a quiet week filled with lots and lots of baseball. In between games (or innings) I listened to audiobooks or switched to reading them on my Kindle. I like being able to switch back and forth. It is nice to see how words are spelled in the mostly fantasy books I'm reading. 

My Braves have advanced to the next round of playoffs and will face a really tough opponent in the Los Angeles Dodgers. They haven't faced the Dodgers yet this year because Covid had all the teams playing regionally. Can't get much farther apart than Atlanta and Los Angeles. There will be fewer games to watch this week as the number of teams participating has been cut in half. Hopefully, I'll be able to read the ones I'm listing below.

I'm probably going to wander away from home to get a flu shot this coming week. I checked on Friday at the pharmacy where I refill my prescriptions to find that they had over 100 names on their waiting list. I think I'll try one of the pharmacies at Essentia where my doctors work to see if they can accommodate me sooner.

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.)

• The Bodies in the Library by Marty Wingate (Mine) - This contemporary cozy is told by the middle-aged curator of a private library housing first editions of mysteries written in the 1930s. When one of a group of fan-fic authors who meet in the library is found dead, Hayley has to discover the murderer to save the library's reputation. My review will be posted on October 20.
• Cast in Courtlight by Michelle Sagara (Mine; Audiobook) - This is the second in the Epic Fantasy Chronicles of Elantra series. I combined reading and listening for this one. My review will be posted on December 8.
• Monsters Among Us by Monica Rodden (Review; Oct. 27) - This YA thriller stars a young women dealing with being raped at a college party and then dealing with the murder of a young girl she acted as babysitter/nanny for. Engaging characters and a twisty plot kept me reading! My review will be posted on October 24.

• Cast in Secret by Michelle Sagara (Mine; Audiobook) - This is the third book in the Chronicles of Elantra. I am really enjoying how the main character is growing and maturing. The series also has excellent worldbuilding. My review will be posted on December 15.
• The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes (Mine) - This YA is full of puzzles and secrets as a young woman named Avery Grambs finds out she has inherited the multi-billions of Tobias Hawthorne effectively disinheriting his two daughters and four grandsons. Lots of twists and turns and a great main character. My review will be posted on October 27.
• Cast in Fury by Michelle Sagara (Mine; Audiobook) - This is the fourth in the Chronicles of Elantra. My review will be posted on December 24.

Currently

• A Desperate Fortune by Susanna Kearsley (Mine; Audiobook) - I've only read and listened to a bit of this but am already intrigued by the story and love the accents the narrator is using. 

Next Week

• Mikoto and the Reaver Village by Forthright (Mine)
• Absence of Mercy by S. M. Goodwin (Review; Nov. 10)

• Vanishing in the Haight by Max Tomlinson (Mine)
• The Bright and Breaking Sea by Chloe Neill (Review; Nov. 17)

Reviews Posted

• A Call to Vengeance by David Weber, Timothy Zahn & Thomas Pope
• Crown of Slaves by David Weber & Eric Flint

• Silent Bite by David Rosenfelt
• Murder on Cold Street by Sherry Thomas

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

Bought:

• Half Blood: The Complete Collection: Books 1-5 by Lauren Dawes ($.99 special)
• Alpha Temptation: Sanmere Shifters Romance Collection by Lola Gabriel ($.99 special)

• The Guinevere Deception by Kiersten White - Kindle Daily Deal
• A Desperate Fortune by Susanna Kearsley

Review:

• Hide in Place by Emilya Naymark (Feb. 9, 2021)
• The Russian Cage by Charlaine Harris (Feb. 23, 2021)
• The Sign of Death by Callie Hutton (April 13,2021)

What was your week like?