It's Monday! What Are You Reading? (May 12, 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...

I had a great reading week, but an otherwise quiet week. Our temperatures were a sort of roller coaster. We had a range of high temperatures from 52 to 84. After yesterday's 62, today should be another in the 80s. The same day we had an 84, we had an overnight temperature of 32. Spring in Duluth!

We did try out a new recipe this week for porkchops with apples and sauerkraut which will go on our stack of keeper recipes. Bill also made his favorite meatloaf. 

This week I have a couple of long-delayed appointments to get me out of the house. It's time for the dentist and to have my annual mammogram. 

I set up my June calendar with placeholder posts and rearranged the end of my May calendar when I realized that I hadn't made space for a couple of review books. I don't know how that happened when I have a tried-and-true system in place so that no review book falls through the cracks. 

I also had to move a review book because I had the wrong publication date. The eBook comes out May 22, but the print book won't be released until August 26. I was using the August date until I noticed the earlier date at NetGalley when I went to post some reviews. 

There is a benefit to this temporary confusion since I now have three written and scheduled audiobook reviews already set for June. I didn't have much room to slot in any of my own books or audiobooks in June since I have 15 review books on the calendar.

I went a little crazy at Amazon this week when I saw that all of William Kent Krueger's Cork O'Connor books were on sale for $2.99. I had read the first book but wasn't willing to pay big bucks to get the rest of the series. When I saw that I could get triple points for each of them through Kindle Rewards, I decided to buy the whole series. While this was a great deal, I sort of wrecked my plan to read what I buy in 2025 in 2025.

On the positive side, I did turn down all email requests for me to add books to my Review stack this week mainly because most of them were June releases. 

Read Last Week

• Wooing the Witch Queen by Stephanie Burgis (Mine since April 1, 2025) -- A cozy romantacy which begins a trilogy. I loved the worldbuilding and character development. My review will be posted on May 15.
• All Eyes on Me by Linsey Lanier (Chirp Audiobook; Mine since March 25, 2025) -- First Miranda and Parker contemporary mystery takes the duo to Las Vegas to solve the murder of a pop singer. My review will be posted on May 20.
• Hidden Nature by Nora Roberts (Review; May 27) -- Standalone romantic suspense by a master of the genre. My review will be posted on May 20.

• The Busybody Book Club by Freya Sampson (Review; May 27) -- A quirky assortment of characters form a book club in a small English town and solve a variety of crimes. My review will be posted on May 21.
• Tell Me by Anne Frasier (Audiobook; Mine since March 24, 2025) -- Second thriller in the Inland Empire series. Fast-paced and engaging. My review will be posted on May 20.
• Doggone Bones by Carolyn Haines (Review; May 27) -- 29th book in the Sarah Booth Delany mystery series was a cozy with lots of Southern charm. My review will be posted on May 22.

• Bodies and Battlements by Elizabeth Penney (Review; May 27) -- First in a new cozy series set in a castle turned B&B in England. My review will be posted on May 24.
• Paw Enforcement by Diane Kelly (Chirp Audiobook; Mine since February 11, 2025) -- First in a new contemporary romantic suspense series. My review will be posted on June 12.
• A Deadly Discovery by Ciar Byrne (Mine since January 8, 2025) -- First in a series. Author Virginia Woolf and her sister artist Vanessa Bell solve a mystery in England 1928. My review will be posted on May 22.

Currently

• He's to Die For by Erin Dunn (Review; June 3)

Next Week

• A Lethal Cocktail by Ciar Byrne (Review; May 22)
• One Final Turn by Ashley Weaver (Review; June 3)
• Just Beachy by Wendy Wax (Review; June 3)

• Moon Called by Patricia Briggs (Chirp Audiobook; Mine since February 3, 2025)
• It Takes a Psychic by Jayne Castle (Review; June 3)
• Grave Words by Gerri Lewis (Review; June 10)

Reviews Posted

• No One was Supposed to Die at this Wedding by Catherine Mack (Review copy)
• The Vineyard at Painted Moon by Susan Mallery (Audiobook)
• The Language of the Birds by K. A. Merson (Review copy)

• Death in the Cards by Mia P. Manansala (Review copy)
• Hounding a Killer by Kallie E. Benjamin (Review copy)
• Skin and Bones by Paul Doiron (Review copy)

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

Review:

Bought:

• Eclipse Bay by Jayne Ann Krentz (BookBub, $1.99)
• Boundary Waters by William Kent Krueger (Kindle Daily Deal, $2.99)
• Purgatory Ridge by William Kent Krueger (Kindle Daily Deal, $2.99)

• Blood Hollow by William Kent Krueger (Kindle, $2.99)
• Mercy Falls by William Kent Krueger (Kindle, $2.99)
• Copper River by William Kent Krueger (Kindle, $2.99)

• Thunder Bay by William Kent Krueger (Kindle, $2.99)
• Red Knife by William Kent Krueger (Kindle, $2.99)
• Heaven's Keep by William Kent Krueger (Kindle, $2.99)

• Vermilion Drift by William Kent Krueger (Kindle, $2.99)
• Northwest Angle by William Kent Krueger (Kindle, $2.99)
• Trickster's Point by William Kent Krueger (Kindle, $2.99)

• Tamarack County by William Kent Krueger (Kindle, $2.99)
• Windigo Island by William Kent Krueger (Kindle, $2.99)
• Manitou Canyon by William Kent Krueger (Kindle, $2.99)

• Sulphur Springs by William Kent Krueger (Kindle, $2.99)
• Desolation Mountain by William Kent Krueger (Kindle, $2.99)
• Lightning Strike by William Kent Krueger (Kindle, $2.99)

• Fox Creek by William Kent Krueger (Kindle, $2.99)
• Spirit Crossing by William Kent Kruger (Kindle, $2.99)

• Tithe by Holly Black (BookBub, $1.99)
• Valiant by Holly Black (Kindle, $1.99)
• Ironside by Holly Black (Kindle, $1.99)

• The Potting Shed Mysteries Books 1 - 4 by Marty Wingate (Kindle, $4.99)
• The Potting Shed Mysteries Books 5 - 8 by Marty Wingate (BookBub, $.99)
• Far Horizons edited by Robert Silverberg (BookBub, $1.99)

What was your week like?