It's Monday! What Are You Reading? (August 28, 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 past week was generally cool and cloudy. As I'm writing this Sunday noon, the temperature is 60F. Most days have been in the high 50s and low 60s. I'm hoping this is only a back-to-school blip and warm temperatures will be returning soon. Though I know fall is coming by the noticeably shorter daylight hours, I hate the end of summer. I love the heat and the long bright days. 

I did have a good reading week completing two review books, one from my TBR mountain, and three audiobooks. These audiobooks have been longer than the ones I have been reading since I'm trying to listen to the whole Amelia Peabody series by Elizabeth Peters and finish up the Ruth Galloway series by Elly Griffiths. I've listened for well over 35 hours and still have a couple of hours to go on the final Ruth Galloway. I need to shift focus to my review books since I still have some September titles to complete and a dozen or so October releases on my stack. 

This coming week will be a quiet one. I don't have any appointments that will get me out of the house. I have plenty of baseball to watch and books to read. 

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.)

• Have Yourself a Deadly Little Christmas by Vicki Delany (Review; September 19) -- The sixth in the Year-Round Christmas series takes place in December and centers around the local production of A Christmas Carol. My review will be posted by September 13.
• The Deeds of the Disturber by Elizabeth Peters (Mine; Audible Plus) -- This Amelia Peabody adventure takes place in England and centers around a mummy in the British Museum and includes aristocrats and young lovers. My review will be posted on October 3.
• Murder at Midnight by Katharine Schellman (Review; September 19) -- A ball turns into a locked room mystery when a snowstorm strands Lily and others including a murderer. My review will be posted on September 14.

• New Tricks by David Rosenfelt (Mine) -- Seventh book in the Andy Carpenter series. A pro bono case to resolve the fate of a Bernese puppy leads to murder and a new client. My review will be posted on September 19.
• The Last Camel Died at Noon by Elizabeth Peters (Mine; Audible Plus) -- Peters take on an H. Rider Haggard story has Amelia, Emerson, and Ramses on an expedition to find a lost explorer and his wife. My review will be posted on October 10.
• The Locked Room by Elly Griffiths (Mine; Audiobook) -- The fourteenth Ruth Galloway mystery coincides with the start of Covid-19. My review will be posted October 12.

Currently

• The Last Remains by Elly Griffiths (Mine; Audiobook)
• Redemption by Deborah J. Ledford (Review; Amazon First; September 1)

Next Week

• Unleashed Holiday by Victora Schade (September 26)
• Case of the Bleus by Korina Moss (September 26)
• Overdue or Die by Allison Brook (October 3)

• Caught on the Book by Laura Gail Black (October 3)
• A Cold Highland Wind by Tasha Alexander (October 3)
• Rumor of Evil by Gary Braver (October 10)

Reviews Posted

• Girl Gone Missing by Marcie R. Rendon
• The Woman in Blue by Elly Griffiths
• The Camelot Caper by Elizabeth Peters

• Harlem After Midnight by Louise Hare
• My Roommate Is a Vampire by Jenna Levine
• In Her Sights by Katie Ruggle

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

Review:

• The Last Close Call by Laura Griffin (October 24)
• The Fake Mate by Lana Ferguson (December 5)

Bought:

• Forgotten Ages (The Complete Saga) by Lindsay Buroker (BookBub; $.99)
• Murder in E Minor by Robert Goldsborough (Audible Plus)
• Heir of Uncertain Magic by Charlie N. Holmberg (Kindle)

• Keeper of Enchanted Rooms by Charlie N. Holmberg (Kindle)
• The Sentence Is Death by Anthony Horowitz (BookBub, $1.99)
• Holmes Coming by Kenneth Johnson (BookBub, $1.99)

• The Cater Street Hangman by Anne Perry (Kindle & Audible Plus)
• Callander Square by Anne Perry (Kindle & Audible Plus)
• Paragon Walk by Anne Perry (Kindle & Audible Plus; BookBub $.99)

What was your week like?