It's Monday! What Are You Reading? (June 15, 2026)

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...

Last week included cold and rainy weather and a visit from a friend. Kept indoors by the weather, we had lots of time to chat and continue are listening to Anne Bishop's The Others series. We finished Written in Red, listened to all of Murder of Crows and Vision in Silver, and began Marked in Flesh which will encourage her to come again soon in order to finish the series. 

I finished listening to Turns of Fate by Anne Bishop which I had begun before my friend arrived and also listened to The Falcon Always Wings Twice by Donna Andrews. Now I have only one of the Meg Langslow series to read before I am caught up on the series. The next in the series - Probable Caws - is on my August review stack. 

I did read two more of the July 14 releases from my review stack. Apparently feeling confident about reading review books, I added six more to the stack when they were offered to me this week. I did turn down a couple that didn't appeal or didn't comfortably fit onto my reviewing calendar. 

I realized that I didn't have Kindle copies of two of the Liaden Universe books and added them to my collection. I am rereading that whole series in what started to be chronological order by date written but which has turned out to be a much more random pattern since I've been reading them by internal arcs instead of strictly chronological order. These two very early in the internal chronology stories are ones that I seldom reread. I did read and review the two stories in 2020 when I got the audiobooks. 

I also added the first three books in a historical mystery series centered around Agatha Christie. I had a Kindle copy of the first that I bought in 2025 but added the audiobook and then both Kindle and Audiobook copies for the next two books in the series. I need to stop opening the Chirp daily newsletters or this this series likely wouldn't have come to my mind at all, but the third audiobook was on sale there and sounded like a book I would enjoy. 

Next week I hope to stay closer to what is on my calendar and finish my July 14 review books and start the July 21 releases. For audiobooks, I hope to finish Crystal Soldier and Crystal Dragon in my quest to reread all the Liaden Universe books. I also have the last backlist Meg Langslow mystery to read and will be doing my own Christmas in June thing. 

Read Last Week

• Written in Red by Anne Bishop (Audiobook reread)
• Murder of Crows by Anne Bishop (Audiobook reread)
• Vision in Silver by Anne Bishop (Audiobook reread)

• Turns of Fate by Anne Bishop (Audiobook reread) -- First in the Island of Wyrd series.
• The Falcon Always Wings Twice by Donna Andrews (Audiobook, mine since June 5) -- 27th book in the Meg Langslow humorous mystery series. My review will be posted on July 10.

• Killer Vibes by Jack Friday (Review, July 14) -- First in a new series about a unique detective set in Austin, Texas. My review will be posted on July 7.
• Unpredictable Magic by Faith Hunter (Review, July 14) -- Traditional urban fantasy set in the Jane Yellowrock universe. My review will be posted on July 7.

Currently

• Crystal Soldier by Sharon Lee & Steve Miller (Next in my Liaden Universe reread)
• The Cloak and Dagger Club by Jackie McMahon (Review, July 14)

Next Week

• The Lightning Girl by Sam Ripley (Review, July 14)
• Hot Girl Murder Club by Ashley Winstead (Review, July 14)
• Savvy Summers and the Po'boy Perils by Sandra Jackson-Opoku (Review, July 21)

• Death at King's Cross by Rosanne Limoncelli (Review, July 21)
• Deadly Does It by Abbi Waxman (Review, July 21)
• The Twelve Jays of Christmas by Donna Andrews (Audiobook, Mine since June 5)

Reviews Posted

• Summer in Eclipse Bay by Jayne Ann Krentz (Audiobook)
• Miss Amelia's List by Mercedes Lackey (Audiobook)
• Murder at the Spirit Lounge by Jess Kidd (Review copy)

• Wildflower by Becky Jenkinson (Review copy)
• The Last Time We Saw Her by Jaclyn Goldis (Review copy)
• Restless Bones by Gillian French (Review copy)

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

Review:

• The Chase by Felix Francis (Review, September 8)
• A Deadly Entanglement by Cathy Pegau (Review, September 15)
• The Bone Woman by Paige Shelton (Review, October 27)

• You, Me, & the Conspiracy by Emma Barry (Review, November 10)
• Fall for a Fairytale by Isabelle Taylor (Review, November 10)
• Meet Me at Midnight by Sophie Sullivan (Review, December 8)

Bought:

• Crystal Soldier by Sharon Lee & Steve Miller (Kindle, $3.99 after Kindle Rewards)
• Crystal Dragon by Sharon Lee & Steve Miller (Kindle, $6.99)

• The Case of the Christie Conspiracy by Kelly Oliver (Audiobook, $4.93)
• The Case of the Body on the Orient Express by Kelly Oliver (Kindle $4.99 & Audiobook $4.93)
• The Case of the Christie Curse by Kelly Oliver (Kindle $4.99 & Audiobook $4.93)

• And the Crowd Went Wild by Susan Elizabeth Phillips (Kindle, $1.99)
• Make It Out Alive by Allison Brennan (Kindle, $2.99)

What was your week like?