It's Monday! What Are You Reading? (August 18, 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 pretty quiet week. The weather kept threatening storms and rain but all we got was distant thunder and a little bit of rain. Today is sunny but cool with a current temperature of 61F and a brisk breeze. 

I spend the week revisiting the Jethri audiobooks in the Liaden Universe. Steve Miller was working on the fourth in that series when he died and had apparently written himself into a corner. This is a prequel to the main line of Liaden Universe books, and his plot was apparently taking him somewhere that didn't fit into the already written timeline. Sharon Lee was working on a different Liaden Universe book and set Steve's book aside. She may or may not ever get to completing Jethri's arc. 

I also listened to I Dare which is another book in the Liaden Universe. I chose it because Sharon Lee was proofreading the book in advance of an anniversary edition which she talked about on Facebook. The sample quotes she threw out made me want to read the book again. 

I also read three September releases from my review stack and DNFd a fourth. I found The Princess and the P.I. confusing and didn't feel like trying to sort out the characters and what was happening to them with so many other September releases on the stack. I still have ten more to read, hopefully, before the end of August.

I put Die Like an Eagle by Donna Andrews in the spot DNFing The Princess and the P.I. left in my calendar. I'm gradually catching up on the books I've missed in that long-running series. Since Die Like an Eagle was a Chirp audiobook deal this week, the timing couldn't have been better.  

My Atlanta Braves are in a bit of a hot streak having won 8 of 10 games which is good. That fact that it is too little and too late for any chance of making the playoffs isn't stopping my enjoyment of their mini winning streak though. 

This is another week when my brother is working the shifts that keep us from enjoying dinner together which means I need to do my own dinner planning and cooking until his days off Thursday and Friday. He's one of the few employees who is willing to work until 11PM and actually shows up for his shifts which means they are pleased to schedule him for 2:30 or 3:30 until 11PM. Never mind that it messes up our dinner plans. 

I have nothing on my schedule for the week except reading, listening and watching Braves baseball. 

Read Last Week

• All This Could Be Yours by Hank Phillippi Ryan (Review, September 9) -- Excellent thriller about a debut author on a book tour who has attracted a stalker and blackmailer determined to expose deeply buried secrets. My review will be posted on September 3.
• A Murderous Business by Cathy Pegau (Review, September 16) -- A historical mystery set in 1912 in which a female business owner hired a female private investigator to discover what secrets might destroy the business. My review will be posted on September 9.
• Beyond Her Reach by Melinda Leigh (Review, September 16) -- Tenth in the Bree Taggert contemporary thriller series has Bree investigating a brutal murder in a home invasion. My review will be posted on September 10.

• Balance of Trade by Sharon Lee & Steve Miller (Audiobook reread)
• Trade Secret by Sharon Lee & Steve Miller (Audiobook reread)
• Fair Trade by Sharon Lee & Steve Miller (Audiobook reread)

• Flash Point by Tracey Devlyn (Mine since July 24) -- Romantic suspense. Starts a new subseries in the Steel Ridge series. My review will be posted on September 4.
• I Dare by Sharon Lee & Steve Miller (Audiobook) -- A reread of a pivotal story in the Liaden Universe series. I chose it because a new edition is coming out and Sharon was talking about the proofreading on Facebook. 

DNF

• The Princess and the P.I. by Nikki Payne (Review, September 16)

Currently

• Die Like an Eagle by Donna Andrews (Mine since August 13)
• No Rest for the Wicked by Rachel Louise Adams (Review, September 16)

Next Week

• The Shattering Peace by John Scalzi (Review, September 16)
• A Death in Door County by Annelise Ryan (Mine since July 23)
• Murder in Miniature by Katie Tietjen (Review, September 23)

• A Tour to Die For by Michelle Chouinard (Review, September 23)
• Murder at Blackwood Inn by Penny Warner (Review, September 23)
• You Make It Feel Like Christmas by Sophie Sullivan (Review, September 23)

Reviews Posted

• Hades by Candice Fox (Audiobook)
• The Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R. King (Audiobook)
• The Marigold Cottages Murder Collective by J. D. Nichols (Review copy)

• The Story that Wouldn't Die by Christina Estes (Review copy)
• Murder by the Book by Amie Schaumberg (Review copy)
• The Last Hamilton by Jenn Bregman (Audiobook)

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

Review:

• The Storm by Rachel Hawkins (Review, January 6)
• Antihero by Gregg Hurwitz (Review, February 10)

• Maybe This Once by Sophie Sullivan (Review, February 10)
• You Did Nothing Wrong by CG Drews (Review, March 17)

Bought:

• Die Like an Eagle by Donna Andrews (Chirp Audiobook, $2.99)
• The Inheritance by Ilona Andrews (Kindle)
• The Enchanted Greenhouse by Sarah Beth Durst (Kindle)

• The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah (Kindle)
• The Boy by Tami Hoag (BookBub, $1.99)
• One Was a Soldier by Julia Spencer-Fleming (Audible Plus)

What was your week like?