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

I had a nice quiet week with nothing on my schedule after last Monday's doctor's appointment. This week I have another medical appointment for an ultrasound of my thyroid but otherwise the week is empty of appointments. 

I finished the final In Death novel until the new one comes out in September and am trying to ignore the stack of novellas in the In Death series until I get ahead on my calendar. Next week will be filled with books I already own including some I bought in 2009. I am starting my June review books too. 

I have planned my June calendar but still have openings for two books and two audiobooks late in the month. I haven't decided what I want to read but have 2450 choices on my "To Read" stack. I'm sure that something will catch my attention. 

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.)

• Desperation in Death by J. D. Robb (Mine; Audiobook) -- 55th in the In Death series.
• Encore in Death by J. D. Robb (Mine; Audiobook) -- 56th in the In Death series
• Unknown by Rachel Caine (Mine since February 2, 2010) -- Second in the Outcast Season urban fantasy series. Knowing that there were two more books in the series removed a lot of the suspense, but it was a good story. My review will be posted on May 25.

• Booked for Murder by Jasmine Webb (Mine; Audiobook) -- Aspiring author Poppy Perkins finds herself the prime suspect in the murder of one of the customers in the coffee shop where she works. Entertaining story. My review will be posted on May 30.
• The Battered Badge by Robert Goldsborough (Mine; Audiobook) -- This entry in the Nero Wolfe mystery series was an engaging historical mystery. The new author has Rex Stout's voice down pat. My review will be posted on May 25.
• Deadtown by Nancy Holzner (Mine since December 29, 2009) -- This is the first in an urban fantasy series and was an entertaining story. My review will be posted on May 27.

• A Fool's Gold Wedding by Susan Mallery (Mine; Audiobook) -- I was looking for something short to listen to this week and found this novella which is part of the Fool's Gold romance series by Susan Mallery. It was entertaining and well-narrated. I don't plan to review it.
• A Botanist's Guide to Flowers and Fatality by Kate Khavari (Review; June 6) -- This second in the Saffron Everleigh historical mystery series was an engaging mystery about a woman trying to make her way as a botanist is 1920s London. My review will be posted on May 30.

Currently

• Final Cut by Marjorie McCown (Review; June 6)

Next Week

• Beyond Heaving Bosoms by Sarah Wendell & Candy Tan (Mine since April 17, 2009)
• Beyond the Rain by Jess Granger (Mine since August 18, 2009)
• Trapper Road by Rachel Caine & Carrie Ryan (Mine since January 9, 2023)

• The Queen's Weapons by Anne Bishop (Mine since February 7, 2023)
• Come the Night by Susan Krinard (Mine since January 28, 2009)
• Unseen by Rachel Caine (Mine since January 5, 2011)

Reviews Posted

• Hard Dough Homicide by Olivia Matthews
• Identity by Nora Roberts
• The Poisoner's Ring by Kelley Armstrong

• Mrs. Nash's Ashes by Sarah Adler
• The Benevolent Society of Ill-Mannered Ladies by Alison Goodman
• The House at Sea's End by Elly Griffiths

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

Review:

Bought:

• Heritage of Power (the complete 5-book series) by Lindsay Buroker (Bookbub; $1.99)
• Fellowship of Fear by Aaron Elkins (Kindle Daily Deal; $1.99)
• Livid by Patricia Cornwell (Kindle Daily Deal; $2.99)

What was your week like?