Monday, November 10, 2025

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

And so it begins... I woke up to a dusting of snow on the ground and snow falling in big puffy flakes. Earlier in the week, the forecast was for up to an inch of snow. Unless it starts up again later in the day, we are going to fall short of that. 

After watching the Vikings play football on Sunday and watching The Voice on Monday, I turned off the television and concentrated on reading and listening. I listened to four audiobooks and read five books on my Kindle including the final two books on my November review stack and the first book on my December stack. 

I'm entering into a short stretch of being able to choose what I want to read from my massive TBR pile. Deb asked how I choose. I don't really have a system. I generally look at my To Read collection on LibraryThing and put what I'm in the mood for on the calendar. Here's what my December calendar looks like today:

Asterisks indicate unfinished posts. All I'm sure of right now is the audiobooks. I have four already read and the posts ready to go. The other audiobooks are subject to change, but I think I want to finish the trilogy that began with Blood Brothers. I've also had a partial post for The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year by Ally Carter hanging out in my partial posts for months waiting until I read it in December. 

I think I'm going to do something unusual for me. I am going to choose something to read and read enough of it to decide I want to finish the book before I set up the post on my blog. I'm feeling a little uncertain since I do like to plan ahead, but I'm going to give this method a try for my December reading. 

This will be another week of the Vikings on Sunday and The Voice on Monday and then reading and listening. I don't have any appointments on the calendar. Depending on the snow, I might not leave the house. Trips to the grocery store which is about a mile away from my house might still happen. Today I'm planning to make Broccoli Cheese soup, and I know I have all the ingredients. I might dust off my skills and make some bread too this week. 

Both my brother and I are fighting colds with coughs. Soup sounds like a good idea! 

Read Last Week
  • Blood Brothers by Nora Roberts (Audiobook, mine since October 14) -- First in a contemporary paranormal romantic suspense trilogy. My review will be posted on November 27.
  • The Marriage Method by Mimi Matthews (Review, November 25) -- Second in the Crinoline Academy series which is set in the Victorian period. It is a romance with some mystery attached. My review will be posted on November 19.
  • Vows and Villainy by Elizabeth Penney (Review, November 25) -- Contemporary romantic suspense/cozy mystery set in Scotland. Fifth in a series. My review will be posted on November 20.
  • Lark! The Herald Angels Sing by Donna Andrews (Audiobook, mine since November 13, 2022) -- A baby found in the creche during a rehearsal for the children's Christmas pageant begins this 24th Meg Langslow humorous mystery. My review will be posted on December 2.
  • To Kill a Badger by Shelly Laurenston (Kindle, mine since September 18) -- Humorous urban fantasy/romance filled with honey badgers, lions, bears, and wolves. My review will be posted on November 22.
  • Second Sight by Amanda Quick (Audiobook, mine since March 7) -- First in the Arcane Society series which combines the paranormal with romance. My review will be posted on December 4.
  • All My Bones by P. J. Nelson (Review, December 2) -- Second in the Old Juniper Bookshop series. Former actress and current bookstore owner needs to prove a new friend innocent of murder when a body is found buried in front of the bookstore. My review will be posted on November 25.
  • The Residence: Inside the Private World of The White House by Kate Andersen Brower (Kindle, mine since March 19, 2017) -- Kate Brower interviews many of the butlers, maids, cooks, etc. who work at The White House and have through many administrations. What comes through the most is the dedication and pride of those who served the House and the Presidents. My review will be posted on December 9.
  • Naked in Death by J. D. Robb (Audiobook, Mine) -- I felt like a reread of the first book in the In Death series. I love the romance and the mystery. 
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