It's Monday! What Are You Reading? (Dec. 28, 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... 

There really hasn't been much except reading this past week. Our Christmas was quiet. Luckily, there was no travel involved in our holiday plans since Duluth hosted a blizzard last Wednesday. Bill worked until 5 PM and said it was his worst drive home in the last ten years. At times he couldn't see at all; other times he could see about ten feet ahead of the car's front bumper. 

Duluth is a very hilly city but his work and our home are at the same elevation. There aren't any major hills between them if you zigzag around the streets correctly. That was lucky because our storm began with freezing drizzle which left an ice coating on the streets before the snow and wind began. The temperatures were too low for road salt to be effective leaving the ice to last until the temperatures warmed up enough on the weekend for the salt to work. 

I focused on a reread/listen to the whole Vorkosigan series by Lois McMaster Bujold and have four novels and two novellas for this coming week's reading before the series will be finished. I already had all the books in autographed hardcover and some in paperback too. I had some of them for my Kindle either purchased from Amazon or Baen Books. Some of the audiobooks were available as part of my Audible subscription. I purchased the rest at Amazon and Audible this week. Figuring out which ebooks I had already purchased was interesting. It would have been much easier if I had gotten them all from Amazon. Luckily, Baen also keeps track of what I've purchased and lets me download them as many times as I like. The problem is that the Baen editions and the Audible editions don't sync. If I start listening on my computer, I can't switch to listening on my Kindle.

With two more snow events predicted for this week, I expect to have a lot of time for listening. 

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.) All of these are rereads which won't be reviewed on my blog but are briefly reviewed at LibaryThing and Goodreads.

• Cetaganda by Lois McMaster Bujold (Audiobook) -- Miles Vorkosigan and his cousin Ivan are sent to Cetaganda to attend the empress's funeral and winds up solving a mystery and foiling a new Cetagandan invasion.
• The Vor Game by Lois McMaster Bujold (Audiobook) -- Miles is sent back to the Dendarii Mercenaries and winds up rescuing a runaway Emperor Gregor and foiling another Cetagandan nvasion.

• Borders of Infinity by Lois McMaster Bujold (Audiobook) -- This is a collection of three novellas. One tells about a murder case he's sent to investigate in his family's district when he is a newly minted Lieutenant. The other two tell about two successful missions from his time with the Dendarii Mercenaries.
• Brothers in Arms by Lois McMaster Bujold (Audiobook) -- Miles finds himself and his mercenary fleet at Earth waiting for funds from Barrayar. He discovers that he has a clone-brother who was created by Komarran revolutionaries to assassinate Miles' father and create chaos on Barrayar.
• Mirror Dance by Lois McMaster Bujold (Audobook) -- Mark hijacks his brother Miles' fleet on a mission to rescue clones slated for the brain replacement surgery on Jackson's Whole. Miles goes to the rescue and ends up dead in a cyrochamber which is then lost resulting in a galactic hunt and Mark getting to know his Barrayaran parents. 

• Memory by Lois McMaster Bujold (Audiobook) -- Miles has been revived but has been left with seizures which will get him thrown out of the Dendarii Mercenaries and exiled to Barrayar if ImpSec finds out. He lies; he's fired...and then his long-time boss at ImpSec is the victim of an attempted assassination. When Miles is shut out of the investigation, he goes to Emperor Gregor who makes him an Imperial Auditor to investigate what happened to Illyan. Miles solves the crime and discovers a new career.
• Komarr by Lois McMaster Bujold (Audiobook) -- Miles is sent on a new case to Komarr which is rather urgent since Gregor wants to marry a Komarran lady. Miles also meets the woman he really wants to make his Lady Vorkosigan.

Currently

• A Civil Campaign by Lois McMaster Bujold

Next Week

• Winterfair Gifts by Lois McMaster Bujold
• Diplomatic Immunity by Lois McMaster Bujold
• Cryoburn by Lois McMaster Bujold

• Captain Vorpatril's Alliance by Lois McMaster Bujold
• The Flowers of Vasnoi by Lois McMaster Bujold
• Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen by Lois McMaster Bujold

Reviews Posted

• Cast in Fury by Michelle Sagara (Audiobook)
• Deck the Hounds by David Rosenfelt

• Marion Lane and the Midnight Murder by T. A. Willberg
• Mission of Honor by David Weber (Audiobook)

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

• Winterfair Gifts by Lois McMaster Bujold (Kindle)
• Cryoburn by Lois McMaster Bujold (Kindle)

• Captain Vorpatril's Alliance by Lois McMaster Bujold (Audiobook)
• Mirror Dance by Lois McMaster Bujold (Audiobook)

• Memory by Lois McMaster Bujold (Audiobook)
• A Civil Campaign by Lois McMaster Bujold (Audiobook)

What was your week like?