Monday, December 8, 2025

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? (December 8, 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...

Happy December! We are looking nice and wintery. We added another inch of snow over the past week to add to the 14 inches we got around Thanksgiving. Our high temperature of the week was 21F and our low was -12F. I didn't leave the house at all this week. 

I had a goal of not buying anything new this week but then Audible had a really, really good sale and my goal was abandoned. I really enjoy books by Jayne Ann Krentz (131 books) whether she's writing as herself or Amanda Quick (64 books) or Jayne Castle (71 books) or Stephanie James (28 books). I have almost all of her books on my Keeper shelves. I might be missing a couple of the ones she wrote as Jayne Bentley in the late 1970s. I discovered her in 1981 when she wrote one of the first books in the Silhouette Desire imprint and have been reading and collecting her ever since. When I saw a whole bunch offered for less than $5 each, I couldn't pass up adding a few. 

I'm also trying to read the earlier Meg Langslow humorous mysteries since I just began reading them with a review copy in 2021. That was the 29th in the series. I added the next two on my reading stack (books 23 and 25) as audiobooks since they were on sale. Maybe I'll finally catch up in 2026. Of course, then I'll have to work on catching up on David Rosenfelt's Andy Carpenter series, but I'm farther behind on that series.

This week should be like last week. I'll stay home and read or listen. 

November Reading

I read 42 books in November. Thirty-three were mine including 17 audiobooks. Twenty-two of the books came from my TBR stack. Eleven of the audiobooks were rereads. I read nine review copies in November. 

I added 35 books to my LibraryThing account including six audiobooks and 9 review copies. I used three Audible credits and used three Kindle Rewards discounts. I took advantage of 10 BookBub offers and 2 Kindle Daily Deals. Fourteen of the books are still marked TBR.

Eight of my new additions are marked as rereads including both the Kindle and Audiobook copies of Anne Bishop's Turns of Fate. Another reread is Laurie King's latest Knave of Diamonds. I also bought the Kindle and Audible copies of that one. The other rereads are Kindle copies of books I either own or remember reading years ago and want to read again.

I have 8233 books in my LibraryThing account. Of course, this does include 829 books in my Read but Unowned collection. These are review books. I make a point of deleting the ebook files for books I've reviewed from NetGalley after I have read and reviewed them. I still keep track of them in my LibraryThing account because I often need to refresh my memory if I'm offered a sequel or something else by the same author. 

I currently have 2701 books in my To Read collection. 

Read Last Week
  • Wreck Your Heart by Lori Rader-Day (Review, January 6) -- Contemporary mystery told in the first person by a character with a unique voice. My review will be posted on January 3.
  • Axe and Grind by Taylor Hutton (Review, January 6) -- Dual narrative romantic suspense. Very complex characters. My review will be posted on January 1.
  • The Shop on Hidden Lane by Jayne Ann Krentz (Review, January 6) -- Paranormal romantic suspense. My review will be posted on December 30.
  • Wildwood by Amy Pease (Review, January 6) -- Second mystery set in rural Wisconsin. Complex, engaging characters. My review will be posted on December 31.
  • The Storm by Rachel Hawkins (Review, January 6) -- Couldn't-put-it-down Contemporary Gothic thriller. My review will be posted on January 1.
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