It's Monday! What Are You Reading? (August 30, 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...

This was a mostly cloudy and rainy week. The one good day was the day I went for a walk, tripped, got major road rash on my left arm, knee, hip and shoulder and bent up my glasses. A bunch of bandages and a trip to the Vision Center to bend my glasses back into shape and I was home again. I've decided that walking on my treadmill might be boring but is less hazardous to my body.

I finished up the reread of the Guild Hunter series by Nalini Singh which means that the next one which will be released on October 26 is next up on my reading stack. I bought a number of new books this week from my Kindle Daily Deal email or my BookBub email but only added the audiobook to one of them. I need to concentrate on reading all of the audiobooks still on my stack before adding new ones. It is likely that I will be adding the audiobooks for my new ones when I get around to reading them though. I have become a huge fan of audiobooks.

It is hard to believe that it is already the end of August. My brother tells me that the University of Minnesota-Duluth is bussing loads of new students to Target to shop for what they forgot to pack on this move-in weekend. He says they were very busy. A friend also posted that her son will be moving in this week for his first year of college at St. Scholastica (which is our other large college). Locally, the kids haven't started public schools but teachers are back to work. State Law here in Minnesota says school can't start with kids until after Labor Day. Right now, the plan is complete in-person school with everyone masked. 

Meanwhile, this week I set up my posts for November since I am almost through with everything on my October calendar. I'm strongly considering posting more than one review a day since I am doing so much reading right now and am so far ahead. 

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.)

• Best in Snow by David Rosenfelt (Review; October 19) -- Engaging holiday mystery for those who like snarky lawyers and cute dogs. My review will be posted on October 9.
• Archangel's Viper by Nalini Singh (Mine; Audiobook) -- This reread of the 10th Guild Hunter books featured Venom and Holly's romance while furthering the larger story arc. Here's my review from 2017.
• Archangel's Prophecy by Nalini Singh (Mine; Audiobook) -- In this 11th Guild Hunter book, Elena is dealing with losing her angelic powers and her wings while trying to track down the one who attacked her vampire brother-in-law and dealing with voices in her head. Here's my review from 2018.

• Archangel's War by Nalini Singh (Mine; Audiobook) -- The 12th Guild Hunter book concerns ancients rising and the final battle with the insane Archangel Lijuan. Here is my review from 2019.
• Archangel's Sun by Nalini Singh (Mine; Kindle and Audiobook) -- The war is over but cleanup is still ongoing especially in Africa where Titus and his people are dealing with huge numbers of reborn. The Hummingbird - broken angelic artist - is sent to help. Here's my review from 2020. 
• Mercy Creek by M. E. Browning (Review; October 12) -- This is the second in the Jo Wyatt mystery series and was excellent. When a young girl goes missing, Jo has to deal with lots of old rivalries to solve the crime. My review will be posted on October 13.

Currently

• Crime & Punctuation by Kaitlyn Dunnett (Mine; Kindle and Audiobook)
• Grave Reservations by Cherie Priest (Review; October 26)

Next Week

• Buried in a Bog by Sheila Connolly (Mine; Kindle and Audiobook)
• Archangel's Light by Nalini Singh (Review; October 26)
• Miss Moriarty, I Presume? by Sherry Thomas (Review; November 2)

• The Return of the Pharaoh by Nicholas Meyer (Review; November 9)
• Down a Dark River by Karen Odden (Review; November 9)
• Death on the Shelf by Allison Brook (Review; November 9)

Reviews Posted

• Enola Holmes and the Black Barouche by Nancy Springer
• Murder Most Fair by Anna Lee Huber

• Breaking Badger by Shelly Laurenston
• A Fatal Waltz by Tasha Alexander

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

Review:

• The Sorority Murder by Allison Brennan (December 28)
• Don't Get Close by Matt Miksa (March 8)

• Shadow in the Glass by M. E. Hilliard (April 5)
• Bear Witness by Lark O. Jensen (May 10)

Bought:

• Henrietta Who? by Catherine Aird (Kindle from BookBub and Audiobook)
• The Fixer Upper by Mary Kay Andrews (Kindle Daily Deal)
• The Blind Trust by Colin Conway (Kindle; Free via BookBub)

• The Princess and the Fangirl by Ashley Poston (Kindle; full price) -- I've read the first in this series and the third was a deal. I needed this one because I'm a "completist."
• Bookish and the Beast by Ashley Poston (Kindle Daily Deal)

• Secret Baby for the Soldier Bear by Meg Ripley (Kindle; free via BookBub)
• Love for Beginners by Jill Shalvis (Kindle Daily Deal)

• Silversword by Phyllis A. Whitney (Kindle via BookBub)
• Cowboy Cop by Lori Wilde (Kindle via BookBub)
• The Girl from Silent Lake by Leslie Wolfe (Kindle via BookBub)

What was your week like?