It's Monday! What Are You Reading? (May 1, 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...

This was a pretty quiet week. Most of the snow has melted. Only shaded areas and snow piled up by snowplows remains. Even that is greatly diminished, and it should all be gone in a few days. The next milestone will be the greening up of lawns and later still the budding out of the trees. I can hardly wait.

I have a couple of medical appointments this week including a CT scan. Otherwise, my week is pretty open. I plan to do more reading and listening. Since I had built up six Audible credits, I decided to use them for the audiobooks of the next few J. D. Robb In Death stories. I'm currently listening to book 47 with 9 more to go. Book 57 will be released on September 5.

April Report

I read 37 books in April including 12 audiobooks. Total pages were 12,936 and hours listened 128.08. Twenty-six of the books were mine including 8 from the TBR stack. Twelve were review books and another 12 were audiobooks. 

I added 50 books to my LibraryThing account this month. 39 are still on the TBR pile. I added 11 review books and 10 audiobooks. I got three books via BookBub and four via Kindle Daily Deals. I got four of my audiobooks using Audible Credits, four were included in my membership, and I got one via Chirp.

According to LibraryThing, I have 2449 books marked TBR which includes 35 review books. My goal is to read some of my older books. I still have 25 unread print books from 2009 which are my primary targets. I also have 134 unread Kindle books from 2009 which was the year I got my first Kindle. 

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.)

• Movieland by Lee Goldberg (Audiobook) -- Fourth Eve Ronin suspense story. Entertaining story. My review will be posted on May 11.
• Murder Mystery Book Club by Danielle Collins (Mine; BookBub Free) -- Cozy mystery set in Key West with interesting characters and an engaging plot. My review will be posted on May 13.

• Apprentice in Death by J. D. Robb (Audiobook; In Death 43)
• Hard Dough Homicide by Olivia Matthews (Review; May 23) -- Second Spice Island Bakery cozy mystery. Engaging characters and interesting plot. My review will be posted on May 16.
• Echoes in Death by J. D. Robb (Audiobook; In Death 44)

• Secrets in Death by J. D. Robb (Audiobook; In Death 45)
• Identity by Nora Roberts (Review; May 23) -- Excellent romantic suspense concerning identity theft and murder. My review will be posted on May 16.

Currently

• Leverage in Death by J. D. Robb (Audiobook; In Death reread)
• The Poisoner's Ring by Kelley Armstrong (Review; May 23)

Next Week

• The Benevolent Society of Ill-Mannered Ladies by Alison Goodman (Review; May 30)
• Mrs. Nash's Ashes by Sarah Adler (Review; May 23)
• A Killer's Game by Isabella Maldonado (Review; June 1)

• Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader by Anne Anne Fadiman (mine since October 28, 2009)
• Hidden Truth by Dawn Cook (Mine since July 8, 2009; Audible included in my membership)
• The House at Sea's End by Elly Griffiths (mine) -- Ruth Galloway book 3

Reviews Posted

• A Conspiracy in Belgravia by Sherry Thomas (Audiobook)
• Viviana Valentine Goes Up the River by Emily J. Edwards
• The Bride Wore White by Amanda Quick

• Gated Prey by Lee Goldberg (Audiobook)
• Warrior Girl Unearthed by Angeline Boulley
• All the Queen's Men by S. J. Bennett

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

Review:

• The Dane of My Existence by Jessica Martin (July 4)
• A Fatal Groove by Olivia Blacke (July 25)
• Have Yourself a Deadly Little Christmas by Vicki Delany (September 19)

• Caught on the Book by Laura Gail Black (October 3)
• Overdue or Die by Allison Brook (October 3)
• In the Wick of Time by Valona Jones (October 17)

Bought:

• Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susana Clarke (Kindle Daily Deal & Kindle Rewards, $1.99)
• Old Detectives Home by Mike Befeler (Kindle)

• A Room Full of Bones by Elly Griffiths (Kindle)
• A Dying Fall by Elly Griffiths (Kindle)
• The Outcast Dead by Elly Griffiths (Kindle)

• The Ghost Fields by Elly Griffiths (Kindle)
• Aurora Burning by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff (BookBub, $1.99)

• Secrets in Death by J. D. Robb (Audible Credit)
• Echoes in Death by J. D. Robb (Audible Credit)

• Apprentice in Death by J. D. Robb (Audible Credit)
• Leverage in Death by J. D. Robb (Audible Credit)

What was your week like?