It's Monday! What Are You Reading? (August 22, 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...

It was a quiet, cool, and cloudy week. But the sun is shining brightly right now, and the temperature is 71 degrees F. Generally speaking, this year has been cloudier that any year since we installed our solar panels in June 2019 as seen by this chart.

We are going to need lots and lots of sunny days to catch up!

I did a little cooking this week. We had a Cheesy Chicken and Rice casserole recently that we both thought was a little bland and dry. We thought it could be good if we did a little tweaking. So I tweaked it by adding a can of Cream of Chicken soup and some Mrs. Dash Southwest Chipotle seasoning. It turned out to be really good this time and will become part of our rotation when wondering what to do with leftover rotisseries chicken.

Other than that, my week consisted of reading and watching Braves Baseball. I made good progress on my September review books. I have two and half September releases still to go to finish that bunch, I'm finding the main character of my current read very annoying but not enough to abandon the book. 

I met my original Goodreads goal this week. I increased it from 240 to 275 which still puts me 69 books ahead of schedule. Last year I read 379 books which might be a little high for this year - or maybe not.

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.)

• Enola Holmes and the Elegant Escapade by Nancy Springer (Review; September 6) -- Latest Enola Holmes adventure has her helping a friend who is being held captive by her own father until she agrees to the husband of his choice. My review will be posted on August 30.
• Rita Longknife: Enemy in Sight by Mike Shepherd (Mine) -- Old fashioned space opera with battles and aliens. My review will be posted on September 13.

• Bound by Murder by Laura Gail Black (Review; September 6) -- Entertaining cozy mystery. My review will be posted on August 31.
• Dewey Decimated by Allison Brook (Review; September 6) -- Sixth Haunted Library mystery includes renovations at the library which unearths a new ghost who happens to be Carrie's fiancé's uncle. My review will be posted on September 1.
• Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn (Review; September 6) -- Great story about four female assassins who hit retirement age and whose employer wants them dead. My review will be posted on September 3.

• Proof by Dick Francis (Audiobook) -- I recently got the audio for this one which is one of my favorite stories by Dick Francis. I was sucked in again and loved it. My review will be posted on September 8.
• Back to the Garden by Laurie R. King (Review; September 6) -- King introduces a new character and a new historical period in this engaging mystery. My review will be posted on September 6. 

Currently

• Lucy on the Wild Side by Kerry Rea (September 13)

Next Week

• The Scent of Murder by Kylie Logan (Mine; Kindle)
• The Silent Witness by Carolyn Arnold (Audiobook)
• Because I Could Not Stop for Death by Amanda Flower (September 20)

• Sweetwater & The Witch by Jayne Castle (September 20)
• Murder with Puffins by Donna Andrews (Audiobook)
• Kris Longknife: Deserter by Mike Shepherd (reread)

Reviews Posted

• Wolf Moon by Nora Roberts
• Kris Longknife: Mutineer by Mike Shepherd
• Ruby Fever by Ilona Andrews 

• Soul Taken by Patricia Briggs
• McKettrick's Pride by Linda Lael Miller
• Murder with Peacocks by Donna Andrews

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

All Review books this week.

• Flight Risk by Cherie Priest (November 1)
• A Fashionable Fatality by Alyssa Maxwell (January 24)
• The Second You're Single by Cara Tanamachi (January 31)

• Three Can Keep a Secret by M. E. Hilliard (February 7)
• Not that Kind of Ever After by Luci Adams (March 14)

What was your week like?