Sunday Post August 2, 2020/It's Monday! What are You Reading? Plus Mailbox Monday August 3, 2020

I am linking with Sunday Post at Caffeinated Book Reviewer.

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.

My assistant is doing a good job of spacing out my appointments on phone and limited in person when needed.
I have good news as the new contractor is busy working on additional tear out at my office so they can begin the repairs!

The morning after we arrived back home we heard a noise above our bedroom.
At first we thought it was a squirrel in the attic.
Then from the bathroom window, I saw dark shadows flying to the roof.
I looked out and this is what I saw! There were another 8 or so on our house roof.
Black Vultures - Very creepy!

Not much else new at home. We hope to get some of the smaller repairs done at home soon too.

I enjoyed the three books I finished - two audios and one ebook. I posted three reviews and my usual memes.

I visited 16 blogs again last week.
Shout Out this week to I'm a Voracious Reader. The site is very cute and Carol says: "I love to read. No, really. Love.To.Read. I devour books."

Don't forget- Audible is offering free children's titles during these days at home.
Audiobooks.com is also offering free listens for children.

These were last week's posts:

• Sunday Post July 26, 2020/It's Monday! What are You Reading? Plus Mailbox Monday July 27, 2020.

• ATBR- Audible Book Review: Conflicted Home: The Survivalist Series by A. American; Genre: Action & Adventure, Dystopian Fiction, Survival; My Rating: 4.25 of 5.0 Overall; Story 4.25; Narration 4.5.

• Martha's Bookshelf***Friday Pick Giveaway July 31, 2020. Open Worldwide. Ending 8/6/2020.

• ATBR- Audible Book Review: Written in Red: A Novel of the Others by Anne Bishop; Genre: Shape Shifters, Urban Fantasy; My Rating: 5.0 of 5.0 Overall; Story 5.0; Narration 5.0.

• NG2020- #NetGalley Book Review: The Queen Bee and Me by Gillian McDunn; Genre: Bees, Children, Peer Pressure; My Rating: 4.5 of 5.0.

• Sunday Words of Encouragement August 2, 2020.

Finished Reading:

1. Audible/Smartphone (ATBR)

Thunderhead
Arc of a Scythe
By: Neal Shusterman
Narrated by: Greg Tremblay
Length: 13 hrs and 2 mins
Release date: 01-09-18
I liked this and need to get book 3.
Source: 12/16/19 Audible 2nd Settlement Credit.
Click on book title for full description.

2. Audible/Smartphone (ATBR)

Caffeine
How Caffeine Created the Modern World
By: Michael Pollan
Narrated by: Michael Pollan
Length: 2 hrs and 2 mins
Release date: 01-30-20
I went to a quick audio and found this fascinating. (And yes, I am a coffee addict.)
Source: 2/8/2020 Two Free Member Audible Originals.
Michael Pollan, known for his best-selling nonfiction audio, including The Omnivores Dilemma and How to Change Your Mind, conceived and wrote Caffeine: How Caffeine Created the Modern World as an Audible Original. In this controversial and exciting listen, Pollan explores caffeine’s power as the most-used drug in the world—and the only one we give to children (in soda pop) as a treat.
Pollan takes us on a journey through the history of the drug, which was first discovered in a small part of East Africa and within a century became an addiction affecting most of the human species. Caffeine, it turns out, has changed the course of human history—won and lost wars, changed politics, dominated economies. What’s more, the author shows that the Industrial Revolution would have been impossible without it. The science of how the drug has evolved to addict us is no less fascinating. And caffeine has done all these things while hiding in plain sight! Percolated with Michael Pollan’s unique ability to entertain, inform, and perform, Caffeine is essential listening in a world where an estimated two billion cups of coffee are consumed every day.
©2019 Michael Pollan (P)2020 Audible Originals, LLC.

3. eBook/Kindle (NG2019)

The Wolf at the End of the World
by Douglas Smith
I really liked this and would read more by this author.
Source: Title from the publisher and NetGalley 2019.
Click on book title for full description.

Currently Reading:
1. Audible/Smartphone (ATBR)

You Need a Budget
The Proven System for Breaking the Paycheck-to-Paycheck Cycle, Getting out of Debt, and Living the Life You Want
By: Jesse Mecham
Narrated by: Jesse Mecham
Length: 4 hrs and 54 mins
Release date: 12-26-17
I switched to a shorter book so now this becomes an August nonfiction.
Source: 9/9/18 Audible Daily Deal $1.95.
Click on book title for full description.

2. eBook/Kindle (NG2020)

The Lane Betrayal (Time Box Book 1)
by John A. Heldt
I really enjoy time travel and this author
so I am looking forward to this.
Source: Book supplied by Author.
From the author of the critically acclaimed Northwest Passage, American Journey, and Carson Chronicles series comes the first book in the Time Box saga.
Virginia physicist Mark Lane has a problem. Weeks after privately creating two time machines, he learns his corporate partner wants to use the portable devices for nefarious purposes. Rather than give him the chance to do so, Mark takes the time boxes and escapes to the relative safety of 1865.
For Mark, wife Mary, and their children, the adventure is a chance to grow. Mary runs a business. Jeremy, 19, and Ashley, 12, befriend escaped slaves. Laura, 22, finds her place as a nurse. Jordan, 25, falls for a beautiful widow. All hope to find peace in the past.
Billionaire Robert Devereaux has other ideas. Shortly after Mark's betrayal, he sends an assassin to 1865 to retrieve his property and set matters straight.
Filled with romance, suspense, and history, THE LANE BETRAYAL follows a modern American family as it tries to find security and contentment in the final weeks of the Civil War.

3. Audible/Smartphone (ATBR)

Monster Hunter Siege
Monster Hunter, Book 6
By: Larry Correia
Narrated by: Oliver Wyman
Length: 15 hrs and 33 mins
Release date: 08-01-17
I like this series and am ready for another monster adventure.
3/17/19 February 2019 Audible Credit.
Publisher's Summary
Number six in multiple New York Times best seller Larry Correia's Monster Hunter series.
Go big or go home.
When Monster Hunter International's top hunter, Owen Zastava Pitt, was given a tip about some hunters who had gone missing in action, he didn't realize their rescue mission would snowball into the single biggest operation in MHI's history. Their men are being held prisoner in a horrific nightmare dimension, and the only way to reach them is through the radioactive ruins of a monster-infested war zone.
As if that wasn't bad enough, it's also the home base of the powerful creature behind the devastating attacks on the Last Dragon and Copper Lake. It turns out ancient gods of chaos really hate trespassers. But this god picked a fight with the wrong crew, and now MHI wants payback. Calling on their allies, a massive expedition is formed, and with the odds stacked against them, a legion of hunters goes to war.
It's D-Day at the City of Monsters.
©2017 Larry Correia (P)2017 Audible, Inc.

I'm keeping track of my Alphabet here as I finish the books. The cross-outs aren't easy to see, so I made the completed letters blue.
NETGALLEY: A  B  C  D  E  F  G  H  I  J  K  L  M  N  O  P  Q  R  S  T  U  V  W X  Y  Z
AUDIO:            A  B  C  D  E  F G  H  I  J  K  L  M  N  O  P  Q  R  S  T  U  V  W X  Y  Z

August 2, 2020 - I am still working on getting caught up for daily reading. I need to be in the word every day. I am again enjoying the 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 completed the 7-day study: Good News: Encouragement for a World in Crisis.
I don't plan to start another study until I get daily devotions caught up.

I completed three books and posted three reviews. I am up to date on reviews.
My NetGalley shelf is still at 2, plus the four titles from 2012-13 which I still hope to read this year.
I'm resisting adding any more NetGalley titles until I get some of my review titles done. I still have one carry over author ebook left. I have two audiobooks from authors. I feel good getting caught up on these books.
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.
No new review books.
I still have to check the email requests I have been receiving. {Sigh.}
I picked up one Chirp title for $.99.
I added one free Kindle title 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

NONE

Won

NONE

Purchased

8/2/2020 Chirp Deal $.99
Fire in Frost
Written by Alicia Rades
Narrated by Kim Reiko

Free

I picked up one free Kindle title this week from an author I like:
The Monsoon Series: Two Book Bundle
Anya Wylde 

Free titles often found at Bookbub, Bookfun, Ereader News Today, Free Par-tay, Ignite Your Book, Inspired Reads, Pixel of Ink or Kindle ebooks.