It's Monday! What Are You Reading? (May 30, 2022)

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.

Want to See What I Added to My Stack? links to Stacking the Shelves hosted by Marlene at Reading Reality.

Other Than Reading...

I hope everyone had or is having a nice Memorial Day weekend. Our summer has kicked off with rain, fog, and thunderstorms. The weather has been chilly too. My brother finally found a day when it wasn't raining, and he didn't have to work, to mow the lawn for the first time for the season.

It is hard to believe that it is the end of May already. We're still waiting for Spring. But I keep seeing messages about kids graduating and remember that I will have been retired for 5 years really soon now. 

I've hit a stretch in my reading when I am not satisfied with many of the review books on my stack and just want to reread books from my collection. Audible's $5 Sale reinforced that feeling by offering books I wanted to read again at prices I couldn't pass up. 

I do have five June releases on my Review stack still to read and hope that they will get me out of my review book slump.

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.)

• Necessity's Child by Sharon Lee & Steve Miller (Audiobook Reread) -- This is one of my favorite Liaden Universe stories which I grab when I need a comfort read. 
• Thirteenth Child by Patricia C. Wrede (Kindle & Audiobook; Reread) -- This YA story combines a coming-of-age story, magic and alternate history. I've been wanting to reread it for a while and was glad to find the Audiobook as part of Audible's $5 sale. My review will be posted on June 14.
• Book Lovers by Emily Henry (Mine) -- I'd been hearing so much about this story on blogs I follow that I had to get my own copy and read it right away. It was worthy of all the hype! My review will be posted on June 11.

• Three Little Words by Susan Mallery (Kindle & Audiobook) -- This next in the Fools Gold series was another entertaining and heart-warming romance. My review will be posted on June 16.
• The Key to Deceit by Ashley Weaver (Review; June 21) -- This was an entertaining World War II cozy mystery. My review will be posted on June 14.
• Across the Great Barrier by Patricia C. Wrede (Kindle & Audiobook) -- Middle book in the Frontier Magic YA trilogy by Wrede was a great story that combines frontier life, magic, and a coming-of-age story. My review will be posted on June 18.

• Brotherhood in Death by J. D. Robb (Reread) -- I chose this one because it is the one being spotlighted on the author's Facebook page and I was intrigued by the chosen quotes. I reviewed it 2016 but my new review will be posted on June 28.
• Naked in Death by J. D. Robb (Reread) -- I read this one first in 1995 and wanted to go back to the beginning after reading Brotherhood. It was still a great story! My review will be posted on June 25.

DNF

• Thank You, Next by Andie J. Christopher (Review; June 14) -- I read about 20%, couldn't keep the characters straight, and didn't understand the main character's angst about guys she previously dated who find "true love" with the person they date after her when she very clearly states that she doesn't want a permanent, committed relationship. 

Currently

• The Far West by Patricia C. Wrede (Mine; Kindle & Audiobook)
• Never Coming Home by Kate Williams (Review; June 21)

Next Week

• Fake It Till You Bake It by Jamie Wesley (Review; June 21)
• The Lost by Jeffrey B. Burton (Review; June 28)

• For the Love of the Bard by Jessica Martin (Review; June 28)
• The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston (Review; June 28)

Reviews Posted

• Harbinger by Wen Spencer
• The Boardwalk Bookshop by Susan Mallery
• Sword and Shadow by Michelle Sagara

• The Way to Glory by David Drake
• A Rip Through Time by Kelley Armstrong

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

Review Copies

• Just Another Love Song by Kerry Winfrey (August 2)
• A Certain Darkness by Anita Lee Huber (August 31)
• Back to the Garden by Laurie R. King (September 6)

Audible $5 Sale

• Iron and Magic by Ilona Andrews
• Blood Heir by Ilona Andrews
• Oath Sworn by K. N. Banet

• Thirteenth Child by Patricia C. Wrede
• Across the Great Barrier by Patricia C. Wrede

Bought

• The Maid by Nita Prose (Kindle Daily Deal)
• Book Lovers by Emily Henry (Kindle)

• The Maze by Catherine Coulter (BookBub)
• The Far West by Patricia C. Wrede (Kindle & Audiobook)

What was your week like?