Sunday Post January 5, 2020/It's Monday! What are You Reading? Plus Mailbox Monday January 6, 2020

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It's Monday! What Are You Reading now at The Book Date (at Wordpress)?

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.

Hubby and I enjoyed our visit up north but we are glad to be home now.
Fortunately I was able to (mostly) get past my sore throat and head cold in three days and nights.

Our family trees generally include a train. :-)

Our son is responsible for this set now.

The temperatures in Illinois remained mild (mid 30s to mid 50s) and now we are home with high (hopefully) 30s to low 70s.

I enjoyed my reading and listening this past week although I had several books going. I finished two audiobooks.   I posted five reviews and my usual memes.

I only visited 13 blogs last week (between grandkids and cold).
Shout Out this week to BEACHWOOD SCHOOLHOUSE. Candice is a blogger, homeschooler and shares some 5 star reads to end 2019.
Thank you to all the nice people who visit me.

These were last week's posts:

• Sunday Post December 29, 2019/It's Monday! What are You Reading? Plus Mailbox Monday December 30, 2019.

• First Book of the Year 2020: The Possibility of America by David Dark.

• A2019- Audible Book Review: 12 Days at Bleakly Manor, Once Upon a Dickens Christmas, Book 1, by Michelle Griep; Genre: Christian, Historical Fiction, Mystery, Victorian; My Rating: 4.25 of 5.0 Overall; Story 4.25; Narration 4.25.

• eBA2019- Book Review: The Lady Lassoes an Outlaw: Western Historical by Charlene Raddon; Genre: Western Romance; My Rating: 3.75 of 5.0.

• Martha's Bookshelf***Friday Pick Giveaway January 3, 2019. Open Worldwide. Ending 1/9/2020.

• ATBR-Audible Book Review: Morning Star by Pierce Brown; Genre: Colonization Sci Fi, Dystopian, Fantasy, Sci Fi; My Rating: 5.0 of 5.0 Overall; Story 5.0; Narration 5.0.

• ATBR- Audible Book Review: Disney Junior Storybook Collection; Genre: Children's; My Rating: 4.0 of 5.0 Overall; Story 4.0; Narration 4.25.

• NG2019- #NetGalley Book Review: The Ultimate Guide to the 2020 Election: 101 Nonpartisan Solutions to All the Issues that Matter by Ryan Clancy, Margaret White; Genre: Human Rights, Political Advocacy; My Rating: 4.5 of 5.0.

• Sunday Words of Encouragement January 5, 2020.

Finished Reading:

1. Audio/Smartphone (ATBR)

Disney Junior Storybook Collection
Sofia the First, Doc McStuffins, Jake and the Neverland Pirates, Mickey/Minnie, Henry Hugglemonster
By: Disney Book Group
Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller
Length: 1 hr and 54 mins
My granddaughter and I enjoyed listening to this
(while I fell asleep for nap).
Source: 8/2//2017 Audible Book Sale $1.95.
Click on book title for full description.

2. Audio/Smartphone (ATBR)

The Green Ember
By: S. D. Smith
Narrated by: Joel Clarkson
Series: The Green Ember, Book 1
Length: 7 hrs and 55 mins
Unabridged Audiobook
Release date: 02-04-15 
My son encouraged me to read this series.
Source: Sharing with my son's Audible.
Click on book title for full description.

Currently Reading:

2. eBook/Kindle (NG2019)

The Possibility of America
How the Gospel Can Mend Our God-Blessed,
God-Forsaken Land
by David Dark
At 30% I was disappointed. At 50% I am still waiting.
I chose this as my First Book for 2020.
SOURCE: 2019 NetGalley.
Click on book title for full description.

2. Audio/Smartphone in Car (A2019)

The Oracle
The Jubilean Mysteries Unveiled
By: Jonathan Cahn
Narrated by: Michael Beck
Length: 11 hrs and 54 mins
Release date: 11-07-19
This is really remarkable!
I had been listening with hubby in the car but suspect that I will go on to finish this before he does.
Source: 2019 November Audible Credit.
Click on book title for full description.

3. Audio/Smartphone (ATBR)

Mission Pack 1: Black Ocean Mission Pack, Missions 1-4
By: J.S. Morin
Narrated by: Mikael Naramore
Series: Black Ocean, Book 1-4
Length: 20 hrs and 50 mins
I am working on some longer audios, although I might listen to only book 1 right now. We'll see.
Source: April 2017 $1.99 Audible Purchase.
Publisher's Summary
Science to build a starship. Wizardry to take it past light speed. A crew to give it a soul.
The Mobius is a cobbled-together ship with a matching crew. Captain Carl Ramsey is an ex-Earth Navy pilot whose crew won't let him fly his own ship. The pilot is his ex-wife, the mechanic is a drunk, and the chief of security is from a predatory species. Instead of a star-drive to travel through the astral space between worlds, the ship's wizard does it by hand.
Mission 1: Salvage Trouble
A salvage mission turns into a rescue, and no good deed goes unpunished. With two refugees onboard, the Mobius crew is hounded by bounty hunters, border patrols, and corporate enforcers.
Mission 2: A Smuggler's Conscience
"Don't open the package." It's the smuggler's credo for good reason. When the Mobius crew takes a peek at their illicit cargo, the entire job takes an about-face.
Mission 3: Poets and Piracy
The Mobius crew gets caught in a turf war between a pirate fleet and a galactic criminal syndicate. The trick is getting everyone out alive (and maybe getting paid in the process).
Mission 4: To Err is Azrin
Sometimes, you can't go home again. When a job takes the crew to their security chief's homeworld, she gets dragged into a familial power struggle. Can the rest of the crew bail her out of an old feud gone horribly wrong?
©2015 J.S. Morin (P)2016 J.S. Morin

4. eBook/Kindle (eB2019)

An Endless Christmas: A Novella
by Cynthia Ruchti
I am reading this for Ladies Book Club meeting 1/11/2020. (Put on hold for The Possibility of America but I expect to finish by week's end.)
Source: Print books from Christianbooks.com; ebook from Amazon $3.95.
Click on book title for full description.

January 5, 2020 - I have started another year of devotions and readings with the One Year Bible plan through You Version App. I considered changing but this is the reading group that is closest to my husband's reading so we can sometimes discuss the same passages.
I am reading a 15-day plan New Year, New Mercies to start the New Year!

I completed two books and posted five reviews. I have 1 review to post for 2019 and then I am current.
My NetGalley shelf is now at 19, plus the four titles from 2012-13 which are now planned for 2020.
That is a total of 23 which will go toward NetGalley and TBR and 18 Alphabet letters.
I have two author titles carried into January 2020.
Still many titles 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 received six NetGalley review titles.
I found one free Audible but haven't chosen any others yet.
I purchased one Kindle to go with my NetGalley titles.
I added 36 free kindle titles this week. (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

NetGalley selections (I was working on filling my alphabet goal with NetGalley titles):
Received 2019
Coding Capers 
by Angela Cleveland and Tamara Zentic
Illustrated by Juan Manuel Moreno (Released 21 Nov 2019)



Honor in an Age of Metal and Men
by Anthony W. Eichenlaub (Released 05 Dec 2019)
"War blazes all around, but it's not J.D.'s war. Not this time."
This is Book 3 so I picked up book 1 for $.99.



Reimagining Mr. Right
by Wynter Daniels (Releasing 07 Jan 2020)
"But when Levi starts to fall for the beautiful Sydney, he wonders if he’s making the worst mistake of his life by being her would-be Cyrano de Bergerac."
Book six of the series but I am thinking these may have separate plots.


Requested 2019 but Received 2020
A Tangle of Brungles
by Shobha Viswanath and Culpeo Fox (Illustrator) (Released 28 Aug 2018)
"The book is a hilarious twist on collective nouns."




Who Rescued Who
by Victoria Schade (Releasing 24 Mar 2020)
"As Elizabeth's brief visit to Fargrove turns into an extended stay, she discovers that she has more in common with the new puppy than she realized."
I saw this at Bookfan and immediately wanted to get it. Thank you Berkley Publishing and NetGalley.

Quack
by Anna Humphrey (Releasing 01 Apr 2020)
"...Shady, Pouya, and their diaper-wearing duck are working to help all of the underdogs (or is it underducks?) at their school--and there are many."

Won

NONE

Purchased

Justice in an Age of Metal and Men: Metal and Men, Book 1
by Anthony W. Eichenlaub
I thought I would start with Book 1 since I have Book 3.

Free

One Free Audible:
1/2/2020 Audible Free
West Cork: Aftershow
By: Sam Bungey, Jennifer Forde, Jesse Baker
Length: 31 mins
Release date: 05-09-18
Language: English

I added 36 free Kindle titles to my Kindle library. Titles found linked through Bookbub, Bookfun, Ereader News Today, Free Par-tay, Ignite Your Book, Inspired Reads, Pixel of Ink or Kindle ebooks.