It's Monday! What Are You Reading? (January 2, 2023)

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...

Happy New Year Everyone! 

This was a nice, quiet week with lots of reading and record keeping. I wrote my monthly State of the Stack post, finished up my 2022 Reading Log on Google Sheets and set up my 2023 Reading Log. I caught up posting reviews on Amazon for released review books. 

I exceeded my Goodreads goal by reading 381 books this past year. I'm only about an hour or so from finishing my first book of 2023. Instead of changing my goal three or four times at Goodreads, I plan to set it higher to begin with. Maybe 350?

Something unusual...despite having Amazon gift cards burning a hole in my wallet, I didn't find any books I wanted to buy this week.

Yearly Reading Report

I read 381 books in 2022. The total number of pages (including the pages in audiobooks) was 131, 848. According to CAWPILE which rounds to the nearest hour, I listened to 1989 hours of audiobooks. Here are some of the category breakdowns noting that books can be in more than one category.

• 241 books owned
• 25 from the TBR Pile
• 141 review books
• 173 audiobooks
• 290 ebooks
• 106 rereads

According to LibraryThing, I added 542 books to my collection in 2022. 255 are still marked TBR. I added 162 review books and 155 audiobooks. 335 of my new books were for my Kindle. 

I have a total of 2475 books on my TBR pile including 48 review books. Just for my own record keeping, I'm counting books I added before 2022 as being from my TBR pile. My goal is to look for books I added in 2009 first when trying to find something to read when I have an open spot on my calendar since I still have bunches on LibraryThing marked TBR from that year. 

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.)

• Balance of Trade by Sharon Lee & Steve Miller (Mine; Audiobook) -- Reread of the first Jethri book set in the early days of the Liaden Universe. I reviewed this one April 9, 2020.
• Trade Secret by Sharon Lee & Steve Miller (Mine; Audiobook) -- Reread of the second Jethri book. Here's my review from April 14, 2020.
• Fair Trade by Sharon Lee & Steve Miller (Mine; Audiobook) -- This is the third Jethri book. This was the first time I listened to the audiobook, but I reviewed the ARC on April 26, 2022.

• Lie to Her by Melinda Leigh (Review; January 17) -- The latest in the Bree Taggart series has her looking for a serial killer who wraps his victims' heads in plastic wrap. My review will be posted on January 11.
• A Love by Design by Elizabeth Everett (Review; January 17) -- Third in the Secret Scientists of London series reunites childhood sweethearts. She's trying to build a career as an engineer. He's now an Earl and social reformer. My review will be posted on January 10.

• Play Dead by David Rosenfelt (Mine since 9/15/22) -- Andy Carpenter gets sucked into an old murder case when he rescues a golden retriever from being euthanized. My review will be posted on January 7.
• Her Last Word by Mary Burton (Audiobook; Mine since 1/3/22) -- Romantic Suspense audiobook about a woman who comes home to make a podcast about the disappearance of her cousin fourteen years earlier. My review will be posted on January 14.

DNF

• All the Dangerous Things by Stacy Willingham (Review; January 10) -- This one didn't work for me. It was too introspective and too focused on the feelings of a woman who has become obsessed with trying to find her kidnapped son. 

Currently

• Beyond by Mercedes Lackey (Mine; Audiobook)
• The Devil You Know by P. J. Tracy (Review; January 17)

Next Week

• Until We Touch by Susan Mallery (Mine since 3/31/21)
• Kris Longknife: Defender by Mike Shepherd (Mine since 10/13/22)
• Against the Currant by Olivia Matthews (Review; January 24)

• A Fashionable Fatality by Alyssa Maxwell (Review; January 24)
• Sweep of the Heart by Ilona Andrews (Mine since December)
• Exile, Texas by Rachel Caine (Mine since 3/20/22)

Reviews Posted

• Wild Sign by Patricia Briggs (Audiobook)
• Sleep No More by Jayne Ann Krentz
• Picture in the Sand by Peter Blauner

• The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi (Audiobook)
• The Last Exit by Michael Kaufman
• The Villa by Rachel Hawkins

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

Review:

None

Bought:

None

What was your week like?