Sunday Post February 24, 2019/It's Monday! What are You Reading? Plus Mailbox Monday February 25, 2019

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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.

Life continuing without too many hiccups this week.
I continue to work on probate and litigation files in office.
No new progress for office rebuild.
Hubby got out to do a little yard work this week. It just wears him out.
Our weather got up in the 80s this week but cooled off to mid 50s tonight.

My reading was good as I continued to enjoy the romance theme. I finished 4 books: two audiobooks and two ebooks. I posted three reviews and my usual memes.

I visited 26 blogs early last week.
Shout Out this week to Writers Write. This is a blog full of advise for authors.
Thank you to all the nice people who visit me.

These were last week's posts:

• Sunday Post February 17, 2019/It's Monday! What are You Reading? Plus Mailbox Monday February 18, 2019.

• ATBR- Audible Book Review: The Girl with the Make-Believe Husband by Julia Quinn; Historical Romance, Romantic Comedy; My Rating: 4.0 Overall; Story 3.75; Narration 5.0.

• NG2018- #NetGalley Book Review: Never Let Go (Uncommon Justice Book #1) by Elizabeth Goddard; Christian, Romantic Suspense; My Rating: 4.25 of 5.0.

• Martha's Bookshelf***Friday Pick Giveaway February 22, 2019. Open Worldwide. Ending 3/7/2019.

• Sharing Beyond Books #363 Comment Giveaway February 23, 2019. Open Worldwide. Ending 3/9/2019.

• ATBR- Audible Book Review: Gracie’s Touch by S.E. Smith; Romance, Sci Fi, Space Military; My Rating: 3.75 of 5.0 Overall; Story 3.5; Narration 4.5.

• Sunday Words of Encouragement February 24, 2019.

Finished Reading:

1. Audiobooks/Smartphone (ATBR)

Gracie’s Touch
By: S.E. Smith
Narrated by: David Brenin
Series: Zion Warriors, Book 1
Length: 7 hrs and 59 mins
This is a sexy sci fi romance.
My review is linked above.
Click on book title for full description.

2. eBook/Kindle (NG2018)

An Unexpected Redemption
by Emily Hamsher
I liked this strong Christian novel.
Source: 2018 NetGalley.
Click on book title for full description.

3. eBook/Kindle (ebTBR)

A Romantic Ghost Story
by Jason W. Chan
This ghostly romance reads quickly.
Source: I pulled this from my Kindle TBR shelf - 2013.
Trapped on Earth and forced to marry a demon, Nancy is a spirit about to give up her dreams of success in Hollywood when a brave young man returns her faith to her, and makes her believe in love again. A Romantic Ghost Story is about the all-powerful, redemptive nature of love and how it could change someone’s world.

4. Audible/Smartphone (ATBR)

Hello Love
By: Karen McQuestion
Narrated by: Dan John Miller
Length: 7 hrs and 22 mins
This is a sweet story with a sweet dog.
Source: November 2018 Audible Sale $4.95.
Click on book title for full description.

Currently Reading:

1. eBook/Kindle (NG2019)

Ladies of Intrigue: 3 Tales of 19th-Century Romance with a Dash of Mystery
by Michelle Griep
One (or three) more NetGalley Romance reads for February.
Source: 2019 NetGalley.
3 Page-Turners Under One Cover from Reader Favorite Michelle Griep!
Can truth and love prevail when no one is as they appear?
The Gentleman Smuggler’s Lady
Cornish Coast, 1815
When a prim and proper governess returns to England from abroad, she expects to comfort her dying father—not fall in love with a smuggler. Will Helen Fletcher keep Isaac Seaton’s unusual secret?
The Doctor’s Woman (A Carol Award Winner!)
Dakota Territory, 1862
Emmy Nelson, daughter of a missionary doctor, and Dr. James Clark, city doctor aspiring to teach, find themselves working side by side at Fort Snelling during the Dakota Uprising. That is when the real clash of ideals begins.
A House of Secrets
St. Paul, Minnesota, 1890
Ladies Aide Chairman, Amanda Carston resolves to clean up St. Paul’s ramshackle housing, starting with the worst of the worst: a “haunted” house that’s secretly owned by her beau—a home that’s his only means of helping brothel girls escape from the hands of the city’s most infamous madam.

2. Audiobooks/Smartphone (ATBR)

Blackmoore
By: Julianne Donaldson
Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
Dubbed "A Proper Romance" this is the last romance for February.
Source: December 2016 Audible sale.
Publisher's Summary
Kate Worthington knows her heart and she knows she will never to marry. Her plan is to travel to India instead - if only to find peace for her restless spirit and to escape the family she abhors. But Kate’s meddlesome mother has other plans. She makes a bargain with Kate: India, yes, but only after Kate has secured - and rejected - three marriage proposals.
Kate journeys to the stately manor of Blackmoore determined to fulfill her end of the bargain sooner rather than later and enlists the help of her dearest childhood friend, Henry Delafield. But when it comes to matters of love, bargains are meaningless and plans are changeable. There on the wild lands of Blackmoore, Kate must face the truth that has kept her heart captive. Will the proposal she is determined to reject actually be the one thing that will set her heart free?
Set in Northern England in 1820, Blackmoore is a regency romance that tells the story of a young woman struggling to learn how to follow her heart.
©2013 Julianne Clawson Donaldson (P)2013 Shadow Mountain.

3. eBook/Kindle (Author)

Indian Paintbrush (Carson Chronicles Book 3)
by John A. Heldt
I'm ready to start some author titles for March.
Source: 12/18 Author review request.
Arizona, December 1943. After surviving perilous six-month journeys to 1889 and 1918, the Carsons, five siblings from the present day, seek a respite in their home state. While Adam and Greg settle down with their Progressive Era brides, Natalie and Caitlin start romances with wartime aviators and Cody befriends a Japanese family in an internment camp. The time travelers regroup, bury some ghosts, and continue their search for their missing parents. Then old problems return, new ones emerge, and a peaceful hiatus becomes a race for survival. In INDIAN PAINTBRUSH, the sequel to RIVER RISING and THE MEMORY TREE, several young adults find love and adventure as they navigate the home front during the height of World War II.

February 24, 2019 - I am staying up to date with the One Year Bible plan reading through You Version App.
I completed a 21 day reading with others in our church: Gospel of John; What it Means to Believe.
I'll be picking another study this week.
[You can check out audio of the One Year Bible Plan on the companion commentary online.]

I completed four books and posted three reviews. That keeps me current with 3 reviews to post.
I continue to slowly add reviews to NetGalley, Goodreads, Amazon and Audible. I still have older ones to catch up on.
My NetGalley shelf is now at 12 unread from November to date plus 4 old titles (2012!) that I might get read this year. I still have three remaining author titles in queue. 
Still many through InstaFreebie and many new author requests I haven't replied to.

Welcome to Mailbox Monday.

Mailbox Monday is a gathering place for readers to share the books that came into their house last week and explore great book blogs. This Meme started with Marcia at A Girl and Her Books (fka The Printed Page) and after a tour of hosts has returned to its permanent home at Mailbox Monday. Thanks to the ladies sharing hosting duties: Leslie of Under My Apple Tree, Serena of Savvy Verse & Wit and (yours truly). Warning: Mailbox Monday can lead to envy, toppling TBR piles and humongous wish lists.
I added two review titles from NetGalley and one book for Ladies Book Club.
I picked up five Audible titles (1 daily deals, 3 on sale and one free title.)
I only picked up 17 free kindle titles again. (Note these are in my Amazon library, NOT on my Kindle until I download and transfer them.)
Are your mailbox and TBR piles blooming?

Review Titles

I downloaded these two from NetGalley:
 
Heart of the Storm
by Debbie Peterson
This looks like a time-travel romance I will like.

Kahlo's Koalas: 1, 2, 3, Count Art with Me
by Grace Helmer
This is one I though my grandkids might like.

Ladies Book Club Feb- March book.

A Bride Most Begrudging
by Deeanne Gist
I picked up six of these on sale last year for book club.

Won

NONE

Purchased

I picked up one Audible Daily Deal:
2/20/19 Audible Daily Deal $2.95
Changeling: A Novel of Sorcery and Society
by Molly Harper
Narrated by Amanda Ronconi
Series: Sorcery and Society, Book 1
Length: 8 hrs and 21 mins
Release date: 08-22-18


2/23/19 I purchased three books at First in Series sale $15.85; two for $4.95 and the third $5.95.
Enchantress
Evermen Saga, Book 1
By: James Maxwell
Narrated by: Simon Vance
Length: 17 hrs and 5 mins
Release date: 07-29-14

Poor Man's Fight: Poor Man's Fight, Book 1
By: Elliott Kay
Narrated by: Timothy Andrés Pabon
Length: 13 hrs and 59 mins
Release date: 05-12-15

The Second Ship
The Rho Agenda, Book 1
By: Richard Phillips
Narrated by: MacLeod Andrews
Length: 11 hrs and 35 mins
Release date: 10-02-12

Free

2/23/19 Free Audible Original
Dodge & Twist
An Audible Original Drama
By: Tony Lee
Narrated by: Matt Lucas, Stephen Mangan, Michael Socha, Kara Tointon
Length: 4 hrs and 56 mins
Release date: 12-12-18

I only added 17 free titles to my Kindle library. I didn't spend much time adding free books again this week.  Titles found linked through Bookbub, Bookfun, Ereader News Today, Free Par-tay, Ignite Your Book, Inspired Reads, Pixel of Ink or Kindle ebooks.