It's Monday! What Are You Reading? (November 8, 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...

The highlight of my week was watching the Atlanta Braves win their first World Series since 1995. I've been a fan since the 1980s despite only visiting Atlanta one time (we saw a game which included a rain delay!). When I got Cable TV back then, the games were broadcast on TBS - the Superstation - and I became a fan. Now I'm counting down the days until Spring Training 2022. 

I got my Covid booster shot on Thursday. My first two doses were Moderna. This one was Phizer. I had no difficult side effects. I had a headache the night of the vaccination but that could have been from too much screen time instead of the shot. 

After a cool, rainy start to the week, this weekend is seeing higher than normal temperatures and lots of sunshine. Of course, higher than normal for my part of Minnesota at this time of the year means the temperature gets to 50 degrees Fahrenheit. At noontime on Saturday as I am writing this, the temperature is 55 degrees. If I had any ambition, I'd go outside for what could be my last outdoor walk until Spring. 

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.)

• Cold Wind by Paige Shelton (Mine; Audiobook) -- Second in the Alaska Wild thriller series finds Beth adjusting to living in Alaska and solving a few murders. My review will be posted on January 1, 2022.
• Witchcraft by Jayne Ann Krentz (Mine; Chirp Audiobook) -- This was a reread/first listen of a romantic suspense title that I read in the 1980s. Great characters and interesting plot. My review will be posted on January 4, 2022.

• The Lonely Dead by April Henry (Mine; Audiobook) -- Seventeen-year-old Adele needs to solve the mystery of the murder of her former best friend while concealing the fact that the dead can talk to her. My review will be posted on December 14.
• Reserved for the Cat by Mercedes Lackey (Mine; Audiobook) -- Fifth in the Elemental Masters series stars a young Parisian ballet dancer who finds herself in Blackpool, England, under the guidance of a talking cat. My review will be posted on December 16.

• Last Redemption by Matt Coyle (Review; November 30) -- Eighth in the Rick Cahill Thriller series. I found it engaging and fast-paced if a little introspective. My review will be posted on November 27.
• How to Book a Murder by Cynthia Kuhn (Review; December 7) -- Start of a new cozy series. Emma Starr has come home to Colorado to help save the family bookstore from going under but has some murders to solve. My review will be posted on November 30.
• Cold Brew Corpse by Tara Lush (Review; December 7) -- Quirky characters fill this story of a crime reporter currently running a coffee shop who needs to solve the murder of a local yoga instructor. My review will be posted on December 1.

Currently

• Three Fates by Nora Roberts (Mine; Audiobook Reread)
• Renewed for Murder by Victoria Gilbert (Review; December 7)

Next Week

• Jane Austen's Lost Letters by Jane K. Cleland (Review; December 14)
• Dark Night by Paige Shelton (Review; December 7)
• Vanished by Karen Robards (Mine since February 2008; Amazon says I bought it July 18, 2007)

• McKettrick's Luck by Linda Lael Miller (Mine since February 2008)
• When Darkness Comes by Alexandra Ivy (Paperback mine since June 30, 2008 but I bought the Kindle and Audiobook this week)
• Skeletons in the Closet by Jennifer L. Hart (Mine; BookBub Free)

Reviews Posted

• The Kinsmen Universe by Ilona Andrews (Finished September 18)
• Unnatural Issue by Mercedes Lackey (Finished September 18)
• Death on the Shelf by Allison Brook (Finished September 22)

• The Return of the Pharaoh by Nicholas Meyer (Finished September 25)
• Down a Dark River by Karen Odden (Finished October 2)
• Vanishing Edge by Claire Kells (Finished October 6)

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

Review:

• In the Serpent's Wake by Rachel Hartman (February 1)
• Glass Slippers by Leah Cypess (April 5)
• A Fatal Booking by Victoria Gilbert (June 7)

• Peril at Pennington Manor by Tracy Gardner (June 7)
• What Lies Beneath by J. G. Hetherton (July 12)
• A Poisonous Page by Kitt Crowe (July 12)

Bought:

• Shift Work by Brock Bloodworth & H. Claire Taylor (Chirp Audiobook, $.99)
• Mrs. Hudson and the Spirits' Curse by Martin Davies (Kindle, $.99)
• Mrs. Hudson and the Malabar Rose by Martin Davies (Kindle, $.99)

• Last Girl Gone by J. G. Hetherton (Kindle and Audiobook)
• Pork Pie Pandemonium by Steve Higgs (Audiobook)
• When Darkness Comes by Alexandra Ivy (Kindle and Audiobook)

• True Colors by Jayne Ann Krentz (Chirp Audiobook, $3.99)
• The Ties That Bind by Jayne Ann Krentz (Chirp Audiobook, $3.99)

• The Family Way by Jayne Ann Krentz (Chirp Audiobook, $3.99)
• Witchcraft by Jayne Ann Krentz (Chirp Audiobook, $2.99)

• These Tangled Vines by Julianne MacLean (Kindle and Audiobook)
• The Seventh Sinner by Elizabeth Peters (Kindle and Audiobook)
• The Watermight Thief by Jordan Rivet (Chirp, Audiobook, $1.99)

What was your week like?