It's Monday! What Are You Reading? (April 8, 2024)

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.

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 good week. I mostly stayed in and watched the snow melt. The roads are fine and the snowbanks on the corners are low enough to see around but I still stayed home. Our solar panels created more than 50 kWh on Friday and Saturday which is the first time they've produced than much since last summer. 

I concentrated on reading review books this week but did manage to listen to a few more of the In Death audiobooks. I have only three more April books to read and review and I'm at 37% in the last one that releases on April 23. 

I also spent some time organizing all the recipes that we have printed out from the internet. Previously, all were stuffed into a cookbook and separated into rough sections in that cookbook. I bought some three-ring binders and sheet protectors. I am waiting for dividers that will let me organize the recipes within the binders. While organizing, I did find a couple of recipes I want to make again this week. Bill is finishing work at 4:30 each day this week which means I am in charge of cooking dinner. 

This coming week includes my brother's birthday. He printed out a coupon for a free appetizer from Texas Roadhouse which is a pretty strong hint that is where he wants to celebrate his birthday. That's completely fine with me. I love a good steak. 

I've also been watching my Braves play baseball. Their first two home games were quite exciting with a tenth inning win the first game and a come from behind win for their second home game. I hope today's game which should be starting shortly is also a win but less nerve-wracking. 

March Report

I read 39 books in March. Twenty-nine were mine including fifteen rereads. The other ten were from my review stack. I listened to sixteen audiobooks with fifteen being from the In Death series. My totals were 13,850 pages read and 204 hours listened. 

I added 34 books to my collection in March including 5 audiobooks and 9 review books. Twenty-five of the new additions are still marked TBR. Five of the new additions are marked Reread which means keeper copies of review books or Kindle copies of books from my print collection. I added two Audible Plus titles to my collection this month too which go along with two of my new Kindle copies of a series I want to reread. 

This is the first month that I can recall where I read more books than I added. Of course, my TBR stack still numbers 2529 so I am nowhere close to running out of new books to read. 

Read Last Week

• Murder on Rose Hill by Victoria Thompson (Review; April 23) -- The 27th Gaslight Mystery has Frank and Sarah investigating the murder of a young female would-be journalist. My review will be posted on April 16.
• The Mayfair Dagger by Ava January (Review; April 23) -- This combination mystery and romance has a young woman fleeing an unwanted marriage who sets herself up as a detective in London and the Scotland Yard detective who is also a Duke who suspects her of murder. My review will be posted on April 18.

• The Stranger I Wed by Harper St. George (Review; April 23) -- Entertaining historical romance about a well-dowered illegitimate American girl and a British Lord who needs an infusion of cash. My review will be posted on April 18.
• Four-Alarm Homicide by Diane Kelly (Review; April 23) -- Sixth House Flipper mystery has Whitney and Buck renovating an old firehouse and the townhouse around the corner. They have to deal with arson, vandalism, and the suspicious death of the woman who lives next to the townhouse. My review will be posted on April 20.

• Pay Dirt Road by Samantha Jayne Allen (Mine since March 29) -- First Annie McIntyre mystery set in Garnett, Texas. New college graduate comes back home to find herself and ends up working as a private investigator in her grandfather's business. My review will be posted on May 11.
• Hard Rain by Samantha Jayne Allen (Mine since March 29) -- Second Annie McIntyre mystery has her looking for a man who saved a woman swept away by a flood and finding a woman who was shot and had her car pushed into the flooding river. My review will be posted on May 16.
• Next of Kin by Samantha Jayne Allen (Review; April 23) -- Third Annie McIntyre mystery has Annie searching for a man's birth parents which leads of lots of secrets. My review will be posted on April 17.

• Shadows in Death by J. D. Robb (Audiobook) -- In Death Rereadathon Book 51
• Faithless in Death by J. D. Robb (Audiobook) -- In Death Rereadathon Book 52
• Forgotten in Death by J. D. Robb (Audiobook) -- In Death Rereadathon Book 53

Currently

• Archangel's Lineage by Nalini Singh (Review; April 23)
• Abandoned in Death by J. D. Robb (Audiobook Reread) -- In Death Rereadathon Book 54

Next Week

• Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies by Catherine Mack (Review; April 30)
• An Unfinished Murder by Jude Deveraux (Review; April 30)
• The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman (Mine since January 12)

• Governor by David Weber and Richard Fox (Mine since January 16; Kindle/Audiobook)
• The Phoenix Code by Catherine Asaro (Mine since 12/1/2023; Kindle)
• Star Struck by Marjorie McCown (Review; May 7)

Reviews Posted

• Closer to the Heart by Mercedes Lackey (Kindle/Audiobook Reread)
• Nosy Neighbors by Freya Sampson (Review Copy)
• The Poison Pen by Paige Shelton (Review Copy)

• Death in the Details by Katie Tietjen (Review Copy)
• A Body at the Dance Hall by Marty Wingate (Review Copy)
• Hello, Darkness by Sandra Brown (TBR pile)

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

Review:

• City of Secrets by P. J. Tracy (Review; August 20)

Bought:

• Toll of Honor by David Weber (Kindle)

What was your week like?