It's Monday! What Are You Reading? (Jan. 11, 2021)

 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... 

What a week! I was watching TV as armed rioters tried to take over the US Capitol in order to disrupt the 2020 election. I watched TV all day in a state of disbelief. Since I was listening to A Promised Land that day, I was struck by the timeliness of the book I had chosen. 

As I'm writing this on Saturday, there are still things happening regarding the protest. I was distressed that the protestors were not arrested after they broke into the Capitol but am glad that many are being identified and arrested now. I'm sure things would have been different had the protestors been Black. I'm also glad not to have to hear anything more about Trump's tweets and calls for insurrection. Someone else compared it to Whack a Mole as accounts Trump tried to use were discovered and blocked throughout the last couple of days.

Those awful events almost totally overshadowed the elections in Georgia which tipped the Senate to the Democrats and that Covid-19 deaths exceeded 4000 a day. It also sort of buried the process to vaccinate US citizens against the virus which is proceeding much more slowly than the White House had touted. I'm still concerned about the Inauguration on Jan. 20 and hope that it will be a peaceful occasion. 

Meanwhile, I hope to spend a lot of time reading review books that will be releasing in February. I published my 4000th post on this blog last week too. 

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.)

• Cast in Flight by Michelle Sagara (Mine; Kindle and Audible) -- The twelfth book in the Chronicles of Elantra series focuses on the Aerians but has a lot more. Really complex fantasy! My review will be posted on Jan. 26.
• A Promised Land by Barack Obama (Mine; Audible) -- I was planning to listen to a chapter a day since the whole book was 29 hours long but got so involved in the events that I just had to keep listening. I think this was more successful as an audiobook than it would have been as a print book for because of all the detail. I really like listening to Obama! My review will be posted on Feb. 10.

• Cocaine Blues by Kerry Greenwood (Mine; Kindle and Audible) -- The first Phryne Fisher mystery was an entertaining historical mystery. I really like Phryne and bought the next three in the series. My review will be posted on Jan. 30.
• Named of the Dragon by Susanna Kearsley (Mine; Kindle and Audible) -- Another entertaining fantasy/mystery/romance. My review will be posted on Feb. 13.
• Beneath the Keep by Erika Johansen (Review; Feb. 2) -- This entertaining fantasy is a prequel to her Tearling trilogy. My review will be posted on Jan. 27.

Currently

• Finlay Donovan Is Killing It by Elle Cosimano (Review; Feb. 2)

Next Week

• Hide in Place by Emilya Naymark (Review; Feb. 9)
• The Iron Raven by Julie Kagawa (Review; Feb. 9)
• Rafael by Laurell K. Hamilton (Review; Feb. 9)

• A Lady's Formula for Love by Elizabeth Everett (Review; Feb. 9)
• Bitter Falls by Rachel Caine (Mine; Kindle and Audible)
• The Awakening by Nora Roberts (Mine; hardcover)

Reviews Posted

• Portrait of Peril by Laura Joh Rowland
• Deep Into the Dark by P. J. Tracy

• A Curious Incident by Vicki Delany
• The Ruthless Lady's Guide to Wizardry by C. M. Waggoner

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

Bought:

• Minimum Wage Magic by Rachel Aaron (Kindle and Audible)
• The Daisy Gumm Majesty boxset by Alice Duncan (Kindle)

• Flying Too High by Kerry Greenwood (Kindle and Audible)
• The Murder on the Ballarat Train by Kerry Greenwood (Kindle)
• Death at Victoria Dock by Kerry Greenwood (Kindle and Audible)

• The Left-Handed Booksellers of London by Garth Nix (Kindle)
• Deal with the Devil by Kit Rocha (Kindle)
• The K Team by David Rosenfelt (Kindle and Audible)

Review:

• The Bone Maker by Sarah Beth Durst (March 9)
• Animal Instinct by David Rosenfelt (April 6)
• The Lady Has a Past by Amanda Quick (May 4)

• Bones of Hilo by Eric Redman (June 8)
• Back from the Brink by Emery Hayes (July 13)

What was your week like?