It's Monday! What Are You Reading? (November 3, 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...

The last week in October was filled with blue skies, colorful leaves, and chilly days. My very early doctor's appointment went well. We are on a watch-and-see schedule with me slated to see her again in 6 months. 

The World Series this year was packed with exciting games. The team I was favoring didn't win, but I enjoyed all the games. Now the countdown begins for Spring Training...

I'm entering into a brief slowdown in reading Review books. I have two more November releases to finish and only three December releases. I can finally fill my reading calendar with my own books and try to whittle down the stack a miniscule amount. I have a classic trilogy by Nora Roberts that I want to listen to since it's been years and years since I read the books. I also have a science fiction series (at least the first 3 books of it) that I want to listen to again. I'm concentrating on books I got in 2025 to fill out December's calendar.

This week has no appointments scheduled and only The Voice on my viewing plans. I hope to have lots of time to read and listen. As a nod to Nonfiction November, I chose The Residence: Inside the Private World of The White House by Kate Andersen Brower for my next chapter-a-day book. It has been on my TBR pile since 2017 and seems timely since The White House and Trump's demolition of the East Wing has been so much in the news lately. I have met my modest personal goal of reading 6 nonfiction books in 2025. This will be my seventh. 

October Report

I read 33 books in October. Eighteen were mine; fifteen were review copies. I listened to thirteen audiobooks in October. I read 11,997 pages and listened for 177 hours. Eight of my read/listens were rereads. Ten were from my TBR pile.

I added 49 books to my LibraryThing account in October. I added 15 review copies, 14 audiobooks, and 21 Kindle copies. Eighteen of my new additions were rereads which means that they were Kindle copies or audiobook copies or both of books I've already read. Most have print copies on my keeper shelves. 

I prepared my State of the Stack post this week too. I still have 3 November Review books to read and 3 December releases before I begin reading the 12 Review copies on January's stack. 

Read Last Week

• Blood Oath by Steve Urszenyi (Review, November 18) -- Third Alexandra Martel thriller. Set in Africa and Alex tries to rescue her father who was kidnapped. My review will be posted on November 11.
• Marked in Flesh by Anne Bishop (Audiobook Reread) -- 4th book in The Others series.
• At Midnight Comes the Cry by Julia Spencer-Fleming (Review, November 18) -- The 10th Clare Ferguson/Russ Van Alstyne mystery centers around White Supremacists in the Adirondacks. My review will be posted on November 13.

• Midnight in Memphis by Thomas Dann (Review, November 18) -- This historical noir mystery is set in Memphis in 1955. It is filled with racial tension, corrupt government, and murder. My review will be posted on November 12.
• Etched in Bone by Anne Bishop (Audiobook reread) -- Fifth book in The Others series.
• Lake Silence by Anne Bishop (Audiobook reread) -- First book in the World of the Others series. 

• A Night in the Lonesome October by Roger Zelazny (Mine since September 30) -- This chapter-a-day book began October 1 and ended on October 31. I followed the adventures of Snuff the dog who is assisting his master in a battle to defeat evil. This is a sort of cult book where followers read one chapter each day in October.
• Murder at Cottonwood Creek by Clara McKenna (Review, November 25) -- This Stella and Lyndy historical mystery takes the pair to Montana. Stella will be visiting her mother and Lyndy meeting with his father and exploring the "Wild West." Fossil hunting and murder ensue. My review will be posted on November 18.
• Crowbones by Anne Bishop (Audiobook reread) -- This third book in the World of the Others takes place at Lake Silence and centers around Trickster's Night making it a perfect Halloween story. 

Currently

• Blood Brothers by Nora Roberts (Chirp Audiobook; mine since October 14) - I bought the paperback October 6, 2007.
• The Marriage Method by Mimi Matthews (Review, November 25)

Chapter a Day Book

• The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House by Kate Andersen Brower (Mine since March 19, 2017)

Next Week

• Vows and Villainy by Elizabeth Penney (Review, November 25)
• To Kill a Badger by Shelly Laurenston (Mine since September 18)
• All My Bones by P. J. Nelson (Review, December 2)

• The Snow Lies Deep by Paula Munier (Review, December 2)
• Gutter Mage by J. S. Kelley (Mine since September 18)
• The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune (Mine since September 18)

Reviews Posted

• The Hidden City by Charles Finch (Review copy)
• The Devil in Oxford by Jess Armstrong (Review copy)
• Hid from Our Eyes by Julia Spencer-Fleming (Audiobook)

• Games Untold by Jennifer Lynn Barnes (mine)
• The Nameless Land by Kate Elliott (Review copy)
• Crescent City Christmas Chaos by Ellen Byron (Review copy)

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

Review:

• Murder Will Out by Jennifer K. Breedlove (Review, February 17)
• How to Get Away with Murder by Rebecca Philipson (Review, February 24)
• The Survivor by Andrew Reid (Review, March 24)

Bought:

• The Ministry of Curiosities Boxed Set Books 1-3 by C. J. Archer (Kindle, $.99)
• Cold as Hell by Kelley Armstrong (Kindle Daily Deal, $2.99)

• Knave of Diamonds by Laurie R. King (BookBub, $1.99; I added the audiobook for $6.28)
• Murder at Mallowan Hall by Colleen Cambridge (Audiobook, $5.60)

What was your week like?