It's Monday! What Are You Reading? (January 9, 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...

Our front yard

We received another 8 inches of snow this week. We also had a couple of days with ice fog which made for low visibility and slippery roads. But as I'm writing this on Sunday afternoon, the sun is shining, and my brother has been removing snow from the solar panels that he can reach with our snow rake. There isn't any snow in the forecast for a few days.

Our mailbox to show just how deep the snow is at the street.

I had a great reading week and have almost regained the two-week cushion I like to have on my blog. I'm further ahead with audiobooks than my review books or Kindle books.

I also spent some time looking at my February calendar and decided to fill in the gaps around my review books with books that I added in 2021 which will let me reduce the number of books on my TBR stack just a little bit. 

I did some book rearranging too. I tightened up my physical TBR pile from three sections of shelves to two. My next step is to look at each book and decided if I still want to read it. I think a lot of them can go into my donate pile. And with a whole empty section, I can move some books from my crowded library to this extra space. Moving books will be a slow process though. My library is downstairs, and this empty space is upstairs. I need to find a box so that I can move more than a handful at one time. Just the thought of moving 4000 books around is making me tired.

This week's cooking adventures included trying a new recipe for Green Chili Enchiladas and another new recipe for Smoky Black Eyed Pea Soup. I made the enchiladas, and my brother made the soup. Both were good and will go into our keeper stack of recipes. 

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.)

• The Devil You Know by P. J. Tracy (Review; January 17) -- Newest in the Margaret Nolan series is filled with Hollywood detail. It has complex characters and is told from multiple viewpoints. My review will be posted on January 12.
• Beyond by Mercedes Lackey (Mine; Kindle & Audiobook) -- This was a reread but first listen to a book that tells about the founding of Valdemar. My review will be posted on January 24,
• Until We Touch by Susan Mallery (Mine since March 31, 2021) -- This is the romance between Jack and Larissa and was an engaging "friends to lovers" romance. My review will be posted on January 17.

• A Call to Insurrection by David Weber, Timothy Zahn and Thomas Pope (Mine; Kindle & Audiobook) -- This latest in a space opera series set early in the Honorverse was an engaging story. My review will be posted January 28.
• Kris Longknife: Defender by Mike Shepherd (Mine) == 11th book in the Kris Longknife series continues her adventures. My review will be posted on January 17.
• Against the Currant by Olivia Matthews (Review; January 24) -- First in a new cozy series set in Brooklyn with a Grenadian main character who needs to find out who killed a rival baker in order to clear her name and save her new business. My review will be posted on January 18.

• A Fashionable Fatality by Alyssa Maxwell (Review; January 24) -- This is the eighth in a historical mystery series but stood alone well. I enjoyed that the Lady and the Lady's maid managed to investigate both upstairs and downstairs. My review will be posted on January 19.
• The Cipher by Isabella Maldonado (Mine; Kindle & Audiobook) -- This thriller introduces FBI Agent Nina Guerrara. She was a foster child abducted by a serial killer but managed to escape. Now 11 years later he's tracked her down and eager to finish what he started. My review will be posted February 2)
• Exile, Texas by Rachel Caine (Mine since March 20, 2022) -- One of the author's earliest romantic suspense titles was a great story. My review will be posted on January 21.

Currently

• Night Call by Brenden Carlson (Mine) -- This book is alternate history/science fiction/mystery and is the first in a series. The second is on my Review stack.

Next Week

• The Second You're Single by Cara Tanamachi (Review; January 31)
• Promise Boys by Nick Brooks (Review; January 31)
• Into the West by Mercedes Lackey (Kindle; Mine)

• Three Can Keep a Secret by M. E. Hilliard (Review; February 7)
• Wined and Died in New Orleans by Ellen Byron (Review; February 7)
• Sweep of the Heart by Ilona Andrews (Mine; Audiobook)

Reviews Posted

• The Last Resort by Michael Kaufman (Review book)
• An Easy Death by Charlaine Harris (Audiobook)
• The Game Is a Footnote by Vicki Delany (Review book)

• A Longer Fall by Charlaine Harris (Audiobook)
• River of Fallen Angels by Laura Joh Rowland (Review book)
• Play Dead by David Rosenfelt (Kindle; Mine)

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

Review:

• A Killer's Game by Isabella Maldonado (Review; May 23)
• Malibu Burning by Lee Goldberg (Review; June 20)

Bought:

I watched a Launch Party on YouTube and became curious about the author's work. I used some of my Kindle Rewards points to get $3 off books over $3.

• The Maraan by Christie Meierz (Kindle; Free)
• Daughters of Suralia by Christie Meiertz (Kindle; $.99)
• The Fall by Christie Meierz (Kindle; $.99)

• Farryn's War by Christie Meierz (Kindle; Free)
• Rembrandt's Station by Christie Meierz (Kindle; $.99)

Here are the other books that caught my eye this week.

• Say You're Sorry by Karen Rose (BookBub; $1.99) -- Keeper copy of a book I reviewed
• The Incendium Plot by A. D. Swanston (BookBub; $.99)
• Chicks in Tank Tops edited by Jason Cordova (Kindle Pre-Order) - It contains a story by Sharon Lee & Steve Miller

• Against the Wild by Kat Martin (Kindle; Bookbub; $.99)
• Sweep of the Heart by Ilona Andrews (Audiobook Add-On) - I'll get this one January 13.
• Back to the Garden by Laurie R. King (Audible Daily Deal; $3.99)

Since I enjoyed The Cipher, I decided to buy the next two in the Nina Guerrera series in Kindle & Audiobook. As Add-ons, the audiobooks were $1.99 each.

• A Different Dawn by Isabella Maldonado (Kindle & Audiobook)
• The Falcon by Isabella Madonado (Kindle & Audiobook)

What was your week like?