Monday, January 6, 2025

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? (January 6, 2025)

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...

Happy New Year to everyone! This week was mostly quiet. I did leave the house for a haircut and a dinner out - both on the same day. Otherwise, I spent my time wrapping up 2024 and making plans for 2025.

I also more than made up for last week's book drought by adding 5 review books, three audiobooks, and fourteen Kindle books to my collection. Most of the Kindle books came to me as a result of the BookBub email. 

This week's plans include an eye doctor appointment on Friday and possibly shopping for new glasses. There isn't any cooking in the plans for this week since my brother casually mentioned to his team leader that he doesn't mind working until 11 PM closing and thus three of his five shifts this week have him closing and all of his shifts next week do. I'm sure cooking will happen, but I have no fixed plans for what will be cooked. 

All of my planned reading for the week comes from my Review stack. I do plan to listen to at least two audiobooks but will pick them from my collection depending on mood. Likely, they will be rereads or I might get ahead on my February calendar and listen to the ones I have on the calendar for later in the month.

2024 Reading Report

I read 442 books in 2024. My monthly average was 37 books. 301 of the books were from my collection including 162 rereads some of which I read multiple times. I also read 141 review books. I listened to 213 audiobooks for a total of 2,461 hours. I found it interesting that almost half of my reading in 2024 were audiobooks. 

Coincidentally, I also added 442 books to my LibraryThing collection including 109 audiobooks and 133 Review copies. 152 are still on my TBR shelf only because I did some recategorizing and removed review copies and rereads from my TBR shelf. Rereads are Kindle or audiobook copies of books I already have and presumably have read in my print keeper collection. 

My total TBR pile as I enter the second week of 2025 is 2591. I have 43 review copies on my calendar and unread for 2025. I also have 156 audiobooks that I haven't read yet out of a collection of 809.

Here's my January 1 State of the Stack post. 

Read Last Week
  • Head Cases by John McMahon (Review; January 28) -- First in a new thriller series starring a special unit of the FBI. My review will be posted on January 23.
  • The Gathering Edge by Sharon Lee & Steve Miller (Audiobook Reread) -- Fifth book in the Theo Waitley story arc. 
  • Dead Inside by Kate Bold (Mine since April 23. 2024) -- First in a series which introduces loose cannon FBI Agent Kelsey Hawk who is assigned to small town in North Dakota and finds herself in the middle of a murder case. My review will be posted on January 25.
  • Of Murder and Men by Lynn Cahoon (Audiobook; Mine since November 4, 2024) -- Third in the Cat Latimer Cozy series. My review will be posted on January 28.
  • Death Echo by Elizabeth Lowell (Mine since July 9, 2024) -- Fifth book in the St Kilda Romantic Suspense series. My review will be posted on January 28.
  • Bonded in Death by J. D. Robb (Review; February 4) -- Another excellent book in the In Death series. My review will be posted on January 29.
  • Murder on the Serpentine Bridge by Andrea Penrose (Audiobook; Mine since January 10, 2024) -- Sixth book in the Wrexford & Sloane Historical Mystery series. My review will be posted on January 30.
  • Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey (Audiobook; Mine since December 26, 2017) -- Reread of a classic science fiction title. 
  • An Excellent Thing in a Woman by Allison Montclair (Review; February 4) -- Seventh in the Sparks & Bainbridge Historical Mystery series. My review will be posted on January 30. 
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9 comments:

  1. BarbJanuary 6, 2025 at 8:34 AM

    Sounds like you had a nice quiet new year experience. We did the same here and just stayed home, hung out with the dogs and watched the Twilight Zone marathon on SyFy. We look forward to it as they do it every year on New Year's and then usually again during the July 4th holiday.

    Lots of good reading heading your way from the looks of it. I've finished 2 books so far in 2025 and am in the middle of a third. We got dumped on with snow last night so once work is over (luckily I work from home) I will be reading. Bookbub can be rather dangerous. I picked up a few over the weekend as well!

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  2. CarolJanuary 6, 2025 at 9:02 AM

    You have read many stories this past year. I managed to read the 14 I had a goal of plus a few more and was excited. I need to check into Audiobooks and I need to find a site that I can write reviews for to give me more motivation to read.

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  3. YvonneJanuary 6, 2025 at 11:59 AM

    You had a great reading year in 2024. Change of Heart looks really good. So many on your list are books I want to read too. I hope you enjoy them and have a great week!

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  4. Cheriee WeichelJanuary 6, 2025 at 12:28 PM

    I am really looking forward to reading Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales. I was gnashing my teeth with envy when I saw that it was on your list to read next week. It's on my must read in 2025 list. I think it was you who introduced me to that series.

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  5. Kathryn TJanuary 6, 2025 at 12:33 PM

    Excellent stats for last year and some really good buys on sale. Wow 14 books for your Kindle. Happy reading!

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  6. Jessica @ a GREAT readJanuary 6, 2025 at 4:34 PM

    Ooh nice! I still need to start Heather Fawcett's series and I need to get caught up on Kelley Armstrong's again! Hope you enjoy your reads for this week!


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  7. Laurel-Rain SnowJanuary 7, 2025 at 11:03 AM

    I am impressed by all the books you have read. I used to read more than I did this year...but I doubt that my numbers will increase that much. I seem to spend more time on watching shows and movies.

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  8. VerosJanuary 7, 2025 at 12:39 PM

    Happy New Year, Kathy! I really want to read Dragonflight and An Excellent Thing In A Woman is intriguing, It keeps popping up for me lately.

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  9. M | RAIN CITY READSJanuary 7, 2025 at 3:49 PM

    Wow, I'm impressed both by how many books you read last year (did you manage to sleep at all??) and how much data you have on your reading and TBR. I'm terrible at keeping track of anything other than books I've just read, so hats off to you! The only book on your list this week I've read is The Stranger Diaries, which I did enjoy when I read it last year. I hope you enjoy your new books!

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