It's Monday! What Are You Reading? (July 22, 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 an excellent week last week. A friend came to visit and spent from Monday until Friday at my house. We had a chance to catch up on all her remodeling woes which are many and varied and other life events. We listened to three of the Meg Langslow mysteries (books 13 -15) that I had in my collection from Chirp while we chatted, played computers games and crocheted (well, she crocheted). 

We took my brother and went out to eat at a restaurant that was new to us where we had excellent Southern food. I also did some cooking while she was here and made a new recipe for Chicken Parmesan that will be in my keeper file of recipes. Carry-out Chinese also fit into the week's plans and so did Reuben sandwiches which she often ordered at restaurants but had never made at home. 

We also went furniture shopping since she gave away all her living room furniture before she began her remodeling project. I had long been thinking about replacing my living room couch which has never been very comfortable and is now getting quite shabby. It was a seldom-used hand-me-down from our parents' house that came to our new house when we moved here in 2017. And I had promised (for Christmas 2022) that I would buy my brother more comfortable seating for his man cave since he had been using a loveseat I brought home when I moved back to Duluth in 2017. She didn't buy anything but was glad to try out some pieces she had seen online. I did get a new leather couch and ottoman, and my brother picked out a loveseat recliner for his man cave. 

This coming week would be quieter except Trailer Trash is coming on Wednesday to remove the old couch, loveseat and a worn-out swivel rocker before Ashley Furniture comes on Thursday to deliver and set up the new couch and loveseat. I was a little concerned that we wouldn't be able to get rid of the old furniture before the new arrived, but we got things worked out as long as people keep their schedules. 

Amazon Prime Days and a triple Reward points deal meant that I bought a lot of books this week that were sitting in a "Books I'm Waiting For" list at Amazon. Now I just have to figure out when I will actually have time to read them. 

As far as reading, I should finish all my August review copies this week if the furniture projects aren't too disruptive. And there is baseball to watch...

Read Last Week

• Buried Too Deep by Karen Rose (Review; August 13) -- Third in the New Orleans series. Excellent romantic suspense. My review will be posted on August 8.
• Immortal in Death by J. D. Robb (Audiobook reread)

• The Real Macaw by Donna Andrews (Chirp Audiobook; Mine since August 25, 2022) -- An excellent addition to the Meg Langslow mystery series. My review will be posted on August 20.
• Some Like It Hawk by Donna Andrews (Chirp Audiobook; Reread)
• The Hen of the Baskervilles by Donna Andrews (Chirp Audiobook; Mine since March 22, 2023) -- An excellent and laugh-out-loud funny episode in the Meg Langslow mystery series. My review will be posted on August 27.

• The Bullet That Missed by Richard Osman (Mine since January 7) -- Another excellent episode in the Thursday Murder Club series. My review will be posted on August 10.
• In the Event of Murder by Cynthia Kuhn (Review; August 20) -- Second in the Starlit Bookshop mystery series. Great setting and characters. My review will be posted on August 13.

• Rapture in Death by J. D. Robb (Audiobook Reread)
• How to Fall for a Scoundrel by Kate Bateman (Review; August 20) -- Entertaining Regency Romance. My review will be posted on August 15.
• City of Secrets by P. J. Tracy (Review; August 20) -- Gritty contemporary thriller set in LA. My review will be posted on August 13. 

Currently

• The Jig Is Up by Lisa Q. Mathews (Review; August 20)

Next Week

• A Scandal in Mayfair by Katharine Schellman (Review; August 20)
• Shock and Paw by Cate Conte (Review; August 20)
• Marked by Magic by Lindsay Buroker (Mine since November 9, 2023)

• Unleashed by David Rosenfelt (Mine since November 2, 2022)
• Red River Road by Anna Downes (Review; August 27)
• Arrow's Flight by Mercedes Lackey (Chirp Audiobook; Reread)

Reviews Posted

• The Unkept Woman by Allison Montclair (Audiobook)
• There's No Murder Like Show Murder by M. S. Greene (Review Copy)
• Primal Mirror by Nalini Singh (Review Copy)

• The Last Line by Scott Lyerly (Review copy)
• Wait Until Midnight by Amanda Quick (Audiobook)
• Fire & Heist by Sarah Beth Durst (Mine)

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

Review:

• Track Her Down by Melinda Leigh (Review; January 14)

Bought:

• Slay Bells Ring by Nancy Robards Thompson (Kindle, BookBub, Free)
• The Lost Story by Meg Shaffer (Kindle)
• The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst (Kindle)

• Familiars edited by Patricia Bray & Joshua Palmatier (Kindle)
• Alone in the Dark by Karen Rose (Kindle)
• Innocent as Sin by Elizabeth Lowell (Kindle)

• The Wrong Hostage by Elizabeth Lowell (Kindle)
• Blue Smoke and Murder by Elizabeth Lowell (Kindle)
• The Body in the Gravel by Judi Lynn (Kindle)

• The Rhyme of the Magpie by Marty Wingate (Kindle, BookBub, Free)
• Demons of Good and Evil by Kim Harrison (Kindle, BookBub, $1.99)

What was your week like?