It's Monday! What Are You Reading? (Oct. 19, 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... 

Such a lovely Saturday morning! I woke up to snow this morning and it has been snowing all day. It looks like we have seen the last of summer but I do have some hopes that this snow won't stay and we'll have some more nice Fall days. I have some garden cleanup to do and hope for good weather to do it in.

This has been a week filled with baseball. I'm getting ready to watch my Braves play the Dodgers in an hour or so. By Monday when this is posted, the series will be decided. Hopefully, I'll be happy! The Braves just need to win one of the next two games.

I discovered Susanna Kearsley as a new favorite author this week when I listened to A Desperate Fortune. I checked my Kindle to find that I had a few other books by her that have been available to me since 2012 and 2014 when they were Kindle Daily Deals. I did add the Audible books this week for a couple more since I find that I enjoy both reading and listening to these books. 

This week should be mostly reading review books. I hope to finish the rest of my November releases. 

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.)

• A Desperate Fortune by Susanna Kearsley (Mine; Audiobook) -- My first by this author was an excellent dual timeline romance. I both listened to the audiobook and read this book on my Kindle. My review will be posted on October 31.
• The Firebird by Susanna Kearsley (Mine; Audiobook) -- I liked my first Kearsley so much that I went looking for more to find out that I had purchased the Kindle version of this one in 2014. Since I enjoyed the combination of listening sometimes and reading sometimes, I just bought the audiobook. My review will be posted on November 3.

• Absence of Mercy by S. M. Goodwin (Review; Nov. 10) -- This is a new series set in New York City in 1857. A British Lord is sent to help the police department learn more modern investigative techniques and find himself in a city and police department rife with corruption as he tries to solve the murders of some prominent men. My review will be posted on November 7.
• Cast in Silence by Michelle Sagara (Mine; audiobook) - This is the fifth in the Chronicles of Elantra Epic Fantasy series and was another entertaining adventure. My review will be posted on December 31.

Currently

• Vanishing in the Haight by Max Tomlinson (Mine) is the first in the Colleen Hayes mystery series. Colleen is an ex-con who was imprisoned for murdering her husband who was abusing their daughter. Now she's out on patrol and living in San Francisco. She's trying to set herself up as a private investigator and is working on an interesting cold case. I have the second in the series on my Review Stack.

Next Week

I have a bunch of review books on my stack but will likely slide in a couple of audiobooks too.

• The Bright and Breaking Sea by Chloe Neill (Nov. 17)
• Archangel's Sun by Nalini Singh (Nov. 24)
• Bright Shining World by Josh Swiller (Nov. 24)

• Grave War by Kalayna Price (Nov. 24)
• Murder Is a Must by Marty Wingate (Dec. 1)
• The Cousins by Karen M. McManus (Dec. 1)

Reviews Posted

• The Honor of the Queen by David Weber
• The Shadow of Saganami by David Weber

• Shadows in Death by J. D. Robb
• The Emperor's Wolves by Michelle Sagara

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

• Masquerade in Lodi by Lois McMaster Bujold (Kindle Novella)
• A Pretty Deceit by Anna Lee Huber (Kindle)

• The Shadowy Horses by Susanna Kearsley (Audiobook)
• The Winter Sea by Susanna Kearsley (Audiobook)
• The Firebird by Susanna Kearsley (Audiobook)

• Cast in Chaos (Chronicles of Elantra 6) by Michelle Sagara (Kindle & Audiobook)
• Cast in Ruin (Chronicles of Elantra 7) by Michelle Sagara (Kindle & Audiobook)

• Cast in Peril (Chronicles of Elantra 8) by Michelle Sagara (Kindle & Audiobook)
• Cast in Sorrow (Chronicles of Elantra 9) by Michelle Sagara (Kindle & Audiobook)
• Cast in Flame (Chronicles of Elantra 10) by Michelle Sagara (Kindle & Audiobook)

What was your week like?