It's Monday! What Are You Reading? (March 10, 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...

This was generally a nice quiet week. My big excitement was getting a haircut. It's the first time I've had bangs for many, many years. The cut is still a work in progress. I think I want to go still shorter next time its cut. 

We had a bit of snow - enough to cover the spots of bare ground - last Wednesday. Warm weather since has melted that new snow but not made inroads on the remaining snow cover yet. We are set to break a high temperature record today. It's already 48F with 53F expected. Tomorrow should be even warmer with 57F expected. There should be lots of melting. Temperatures will cool by the middle of the week, and we might get a little bit more snow. 

Bill has someone stopping by after work to see if they want to buy his 2003 Outback. He hasn't advertised but was talking about it at work and a fellow employee's boyfriend happens to be looking for another car. Fingers crossed that we can soon go from a four-car family to a three-car family (which still seems excessive for two people.)

I should bake some bread but think I'm going to read. I have a couple of books to read before my March calendar is full. I have set up the posts for my April calendar, but I need to finish getting them ready for my thoughts. So far, they are just placeholders. The audiobooks I chose are mostly ones that have been on the TBR stack for at least a couple of years. The Kindle books that aren't review books are ones I've received in 2025. I buy many more books than I have time to read especially considering that I enjoy rereading old favorites, but I can reduce the number I carry over from 2025, I hope.

Read Last Week

• The Lady Sparks a Flame by Elizabeth Everett (Review; March 25) -- Historical romance set in 1845. My review will be posted on March 19.
• Witness in Death by J. D. Robb (Audiobook Reread)
• Breaking the Dark by Lisa Jewell (Review; March 25) -- Set in the Marvel Universe, this novel tells Jessica Jones' story. My review will be posted on March 20.

• Judgment in Death by J. D. Robb (Audiobook Reread)
• Betrayal in Death by J. D. Robb (Audiobook Reread)
• Dead Post Society by Diane Kelly (Review; April 1) -- Seventh in the House Flippers Mysteries had Whitney trying to solve a forty-year-old crime that first looked like a murder suicide but was a murder. My review will be posted on March 25.

• The Chow Maniac by Vivien Chen (Review; April 1) -- Eleventh in the Noodle Shop Mysteries. First person narrative. My review will be posted on March 25.
• Seduction in Death by J. D. Robb (Audiobook Reread)
• Reunion in Death by J. D. Robb (Audiobook Reread)

Currently

• A Drop of Corruption by Robert Jackson Bennett (Review; April 1)
• Written in Stone by Paige Shelton (Review; April 1)

Next Week

• The Wind Weaver by Julie Johnson (Review; April 8)
• Murder at Gulls Nest by Jess Kidd (Review; April 8)
• A Proposal to Die For by Molly Harper (Review; April 8)

• Executive Order by Max Allan Collins (Audiobook; Mine since June 28, 2024)
• Undone by Blake Pierce (Kindle, Mine since December 16, 2022)
• One Death at a Time by Abbi Waxman (Review; April 15)

Reviews Posted

• Born in Ice by Nora Roberts (Chirp Audiobook)
• The Four Queens of Crime by Rosanne Limoncelli (Review copy)
• Shadow Beasts by Nellie H. Steele (Chirp Audiobook)

• Kills Well with Others by Deanna Raybourn (Review copy)
• White King by Juan Gomez-Jurado (Review copy)
• Code Word Romance by Callie Walker (Review copy)

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

Review:

• The Blue Horse by Bruce Borgos (Review; July 8)
• The Deepest Cut by P. J. Tracy (Review; September 9)
• Dying Cry by Margaret Mizushima (Review; October 14)

Bought:

• Friends Indeed by David Weber & Jane Lindskold (Kindle, $9.99 after Rewards; Audiobook Add-On, $7.47)
• Soothsayer by Mike Resnick (Early Bird, $1.99)

• The Third Circle by Amanda Quick (Chirp Audiobook, $3.99)
• Sizzle and Burn by Jayne Ann Krentz (Chirp Audiobook, $3.99)
• Second Sight by Amanda Quick (Chirp Audiobook, $3.99)

• Final Curtain by Ngaio Marsh (BookBub for $.99, Audible Add-On for $2.66)
• A Dark and Stormy Murder by Julia Buckley (BookBur for $1.99; Audiobook - Audible Plus)

What was your week like?