It's Monday! What Are You Reading? (December 2, 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 reading week. It snowed a couple of days, and it is still staying on the ground and rooftops, but not on the roads. It wasn't enough for the snowplows to come for the roads although my brother did use his snowblower to get it off our driveway and sidewalks. 

I did go out once this week to the grocery store to stock up on my favorite brand of soda since it was on sale. My brother drove and did the lifting since I also bought some of his favorite soda. 

Otherwise, I was at home and spending lots of time listening and reading. I listened to four audiobooks this week and read three Kindle books. I also did my summing up of the month on my Google spreadsheet and added a December collection to my LibraryThing account. 

I bought a number of books this week including five new audiobooks and the rest of the Hawthorne & Horowitz mystery series. I had the first one as an audiobook and the second as a Kindle book. I started to listen to the first one a while ago and decided I needed the Kindle in order to read along. It went on sale for $1.99 this week as did the other books in the series. 

With double Kindle Reward points, I bought all the rest of the books on my Books I'm Waiting For collection at Amazon. I also used a bunch of Kindle Rewards points to get the Horowitz books for free.

This week looks like a busy one. I have a follow-up appointment with my gastroenterologist on Tuesday and am the designated driver when my brother has his annual eye appointment on Friday. 

The State of the Stack (December 1, 2024)

November Reading

I read 41 books in November. Thirty-six of the books were mine. Five were review copies. Of the 36, 29 were from my TBR pile and 7 were rereads. I listened to 19 audiobooks for a total of 197 hours. Six of the audiobooks were rereads.

I added 64 books to my LibraryThing account in November. Apparently, reading 29 books from my TBR pile this month made me afraid that I would run out of books to read. After all, I only have 2516 in my To Read collection. 

Eighteen of my new books were audiobooks. Seven of my new audiobooks came from Chirp. I used two Audible Credits. The other nine audiobooks were add-ons since I was already buying or already owned the Kindle copy. The add-ons ranged in price from $1.99 to $7.49.

Seven of the books I bought were format changes of books already in my collection. Those are the ones I've tagged Rereads. I also bought a number of books from series I'm reading or want to read including the Meg Langslow series by Donna Andrews, the Melanie Karsak Red Cape Society series, the Bibliophile series by Kate Carlisle, and Anthony Horowitz's Magpie Murders series. 

I met my Goodreads goal of 400 books November 20. I'm at 410 books right now. My original goal was 365 books which I met on October 27. I raised the goal to 400 at that time. If I meet my monthly average of 37 books in December, I should read somewhere just short of 450 books in 2024.

Read Last Week

• Lavender's Blue by Jennifer Crusie & Bob Mayer (Kindle & Audiobook; Mine since January 19, 2024) -- Engaging humorous contemporary mystery. My review will be posted on January 4.
• Schooled in Murder by Victoria Gilbert (Review; January 7) - First in a new cozy contemporary series starring mystery book author and college instructor Jen who needs to find out who killed an obnoxious member of the English faculty. My review will be posted on January 2.
• The Good, the Bad, and the Emus by Donna Andrews (Chirp Audiobook; mine since March 22, 2023) -- The seventeenth in the Meg Langslow series of humorous mysteries. My review will be posted on January 7.

• The Clockwork Dagger by Beth Cato (Mine since May 2, 2024) -- Entertaining steampunk fantasy which is the first in a series. My review will be posted on January 7.
• Murder at the Royal Botanic Gardens by Andrea Penrose (Chirp Audiobook; Mine since January 10, 2024) -- Fifth book in the Wrexford & Sloane series of historical mysteries. My review will be posted on January 9.
• Track Her Down by Melinda Leigh (Review; January 14) -- Ninth in the Bree Taggerts suspense series. My review will be posted on January 8.

• Thankless in Death by J. D. Robb (Audiobook Reread)
• Legacy of Lies by Robert Bailey (Audiobook; Mine since November 7, 2020) -- Legal thriller and the first in the Bocephus Haynes series. Entertaining and twisty thriller. My review will be posted on February 13.

Currently

• Origin in Death by J. D. Robb (Audiobook Reread)
• The Incident of the Book in the Nighttime by Vicki Delany (Review; January 14)

Next Week

• This Gulf of Time and Stars by Julie E. Czerneda (Mine since March 7, 2024)
• A Death in Diamonds by S. J. Bennett (Review; January 21)
• A Killer's Code by Isabella Maldonado (Review; January 21)

• Mask of the Deer Woman by Laurie L. Dove (Review; January 21)
• She Doesn't Have a Clue by Jenny Elder Moke (Review; January 21)
• Star-Crossed Egg Tarts by Jennifer J. Chow (Review; January 21)

Reviews Posted

• Murder at Kensington Palace by Andrea Penrose (Audiobook)
• Into the Fire by Elizabeth Moon (Mine)
• Hounded by David Rosenfelt (Audiobook)

• Perfect Storm by Paige Shelton (Review copy)
• The Secret of the Three Fates by Jess Armstrong (Review copy)
• The Bone Garden by Tess Gerritsen (Mine)

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

Review:

• An Excellent Thing in a Woman by Allison Montclair (Review; February 4)
• Written in Stone by Paige Shelton (Review; April 1)
• The Library Game by Gigi Pandian (Review; March 18)

Bought:

• Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman (Kindle and Audible Daily Deal)
• Murder at Mallowan Hall by Colleen Cambridge (Kindle, BooBub, $1.99)
• First Kill by Ava Strong (Kindle, BookBub, Free)

• In the Company of Sherlock Holmes edited by Laurie R. King (Chirp Audiobook, $2.99)
• Echoes of Sherlock Holmes edited by Laurie R. King (Chirp Audiobook, $3.99)
• In League with Sherlock Holmes edited by Laurie R. King (Chirp Audiobook, $3.99)

• The Word Is Murder by Anthony Horowitz (Kindle, Kindle Rewards, Free)
• A Line to Kill by Anthony Horowitz (Kindle, Kindle Rewards, Free)
• Close to Death by Anthony Horowitz (Kindle, $1.99)

• The Twist of a Knife by Anthony Horowitz (Kindle, BookPerks, Kindle Rewards, Free)
• Murder at Glenloch Hill by Clara McKenna (Kindle and Audiobook Add-On)
• We Solve Murders by Richard Osman (Kindle)

• Christmas Stalkings collected by Charlotte MacLeod (Kindle, BookBub, $.99)
• Christmas Crime in Kingfisher Falls by Phillipa Nefri Clark (Kindle, BookBub, $.99)
• Mortal Radiance by Kathryn Lasky (Kindle, BookBub, $.99)

• Light on Bone by Kathryn Lasky (Kindle)
• The Collected Cases of Duchess, PI by Laura Anne Gilman (Kindle. $2.99)
• The Unwedding by Ally Condie (Kindle, $2.99)

What was your week like?