Sunday Post October 11, 2020/It's Monday! What are You Reading? Plus Mailbox Monday October 12, 2020

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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.

I am working intensely to get things done as I always do when I plan to take a few days off. My office is going on retreat 10/16 through 10/19. We used a vacation program so we don't know where we are going yet! We'll find out, I think, when we get the plane tickets.

This morning I was still mostly asleep when hubby said-- "Are you awake?"
He told me there were bucks playing in the yard again.
He was surprised because one had so much white on it.
Here is a picture of that buck and a video of eight of the dozen that went through the yard,

Don't miss the two right below the balcony.

We had a range of temps this week 50s to 80s.
Where we are going is supposed to be mid 60s during the day and 35 at night. We all have guesses. We would all like to go to the Grand Canyon but the temps sound more like Tennessee to me.

My reading this week was okay. The first story was good but I had second thoughts on the second. I finished two audiobooks. I posted two reviews and my usual memes.

I visited 16 blogs both last week and the week before.
Shout Out this week to The Wonderlost Reader. Viki says: "I love reading, writing, tea, coffee, the sunshine, and discovering new places."

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 October 4, 2020/It's Monday! What are You Reading? Plus Mailbox Monday October 5, 2020.

• ATBR- Audible Book Review: The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion by Jonathan Haidt Genre: Nonfiction, Psychology; My Rating: 4.75 of 5.0 Overall; Story 4.75; Narration 4.75.

• MBS September 2020 Reading List Wrap Up.

• Martha's Bookshelf***Friday Pick Giveaway October 9, 2020. Open Worldwide. Ending 10/15/2020.

• NG2020- #NetGalley Book Review: Silent Bite: An Andy Carpenter Mystery (An Andy Carpenter Novel Book 22) by David Rosenfelt ; Genre: Crime, Detective, Mystery, Fav Series; My Rating: 4.25 of 5.0.

• Sunday Words of Encouragement October 11, 2020.

Finished Reading:

1. Audible/Smartphone (A2020)

The Skeletons of Scarborough House:
(The Chapelwick Mysteries #1)
Written By: Kitty French
Narrated By: Cat Gould
Duration: 9 hours 28 minutes
I liked this easy, fun, ghostly story.
Source: 10/2020 Audiobooks.com Mystery Book Club.
Click on book title for full description.

2. Audible/Smartphone (ATBR)

The Haunted Forest Tour
Written By: James A. Moore, Jeff Strand
Narrated By: Joe Hempel
Duration: 8 hours 56 minutes
This wasn't as fun as it looked. Definitely horror trick, not treat.
Source: 10/2020 Audiobooks.com Mystery Audiobook Club.
Click on book title for full description.

Currently Reading:

1. eBook/Kindle (NGTBR)

The Uninvited: Book 8 in Krewe of Hunters series
by Heather Graham
I'm am enjoying this although ereading is slow.
Source: Would you believe 2012 Netgalley?
Click on book title for full description.

2. Audible/Smartphone (ATBR)

Chase Darkness with Me How One True Crime Writer Started Solving Murders
By: Billy Jensen, Karen Kilgariff - foreword
Narrated by: Karen Kilgariff, Billy Jensen
Length: 8 hrs and 19 mins
This popped up in my "dark" search for October so it is serving as a NonFiction read this month.
I am 3/4s through and it is interesting.
Source: 11/5/2019 Audible Daily Deal $2.95.
Publisher's Summary
Have you ever wanted to solve a murder? Gather the clues the police overlooked. Put together the pieces. Identify the suspect.
Journalist Billy Jensen spent 15 years investigating unsolved murders, fighting for the families of victims. Every story he wrote had one thing in common - it didn’t have an ending. The killer was still out there.
But after the sudden death of a friend, crime writer Michelle McNamara, Billy became fed up. Following a dark night, he came up with a plan. A plan to investigate past the point when the cops have given up. A plan to solve the murders himself.
In Chase Darkness with Me, you’ll ride shotgun as Billy identifies the Halloween Mask Murderer, finds a missing girl in the California Redwoods, and investigates the only other murder in New York City on 9/11. You’ll hear intimate details of the hunts for two of the most terrifying serial killers in history: his friend Michelle’s pursuit of the Golden State Killer which is chronicled in I’ll Be Gone In The Dark which Billy helped finish after Michelle’s passing, and his own quest to find the murderer of the Allenstown 4 family.
And Billy gives you the tools - and the rules - to help solve murders yourself.
Gripping, complex, unforgettable, Chase Darkness with Me is an examination of the evil forces that walk among us, illustrating a novel way to catch those killers, and a true crime narrative unlike any you’ve listened to before.
With a foreword by Karen Kilgariff of My Favorite Murder.
©2019 Billy Jensen (P)2019 Audible Originals, LLC.

3. Audible/Smartphone (ATBR)

Psycho Inside Me
By: Bonnie R. Paulson
Narrated by: Jenifer Krist
Length: 5 hrs and 23 mins
Release date: 03-04-14
I'm a little unsure about this due to the warning but I'll see.
Source: 4/10/2020 Author Codes.
Publisher's Summary
***Mature YA listeners recommended - sexual content, violence, language***
I killed my first victim at thirteen years old - my age, not his. He was going to rape me, him and a couple of his friends. And so, I killed him. And then.... I killed again. And again.
At seventeen, I'm killing four to six times a year - maybe more. Don't stress out. I only go after the pedophiles and rapists. There are more out there than I could cover in a lifetime.
Saying I did this on my own would be selfish. Enforcing justice holds a glory all its own. But now, my lifelong friend and backup, Deegan, has been arrested. I have to decide if I want to give myself up and take his place or leave him with all the damning evidence. I don't want to stop killing. But if I let him take the fall, I can't kill anymore. And I need to keep doing that.
But the worst part of it all? I love him.
Cover artist - Ashley Byland of Redbird Designs
©2013 Bonnie R. Paulson (P)2014 Bonnie R. Paulson

I start FraterFest on 10/15 running through 10/24.
I expect to get in 20 hours or so and these are the books I will pick from to listen to:
(ATBR/A2020 Audible; Chirp and ABC Audiobooks.com Mystery Club.)
Carmella 2h 22 Vampire ATBR
Carniepunk: The Demon Barker of Wheat Street By: Kevin Hearne 1h 4m ATBR
Carnival Row: Tangle in the Dark By: Stephanie K. Smith 3h 8m ATBR
Countdown: A Prequel Story to Patient Zero by Jonathan Maberry 19m A2020
Zombie Fallout: Zero by Mark Tufo 2h 44m A2020
The Book of Riley: A Zombie Tale 2h 48 ABC
The Book of Riley #2: A Zombie Tale 2h 47m ABC
Ghostsitter - A Crazy Inheritance 4h 25m A2020
A Death at Eastwick 5h 4m Chirp2020
The Darkwater Bride: An Audible Original Drama 6h 45m ATBR
Murder's a Witch 6h 49m ABC


I'm keeping track of my Alphabet here as I finish the books. These are the letters that remain:
NETGALLEY:  H  M  U X  Y and Z
AUDIO:             X  and  Z

October 11, 2020 - I continue enjoying reading first thing each morning this week.
I am still 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 finished the 3-day study: The Counsel Of The Lord Shall Stand.
I am doing another 3-day study this week: Resting In His Power.

I completed two books and posted two reviews which keeps me up to date.
My NetGalley shelf remains at 4, one current and three remaining titles from 2012-13 which I still hope to read this year. Still one more that would be good for October.
I have added no new author review titles this week. I still have one carry over author ebook left. I have one audiobook from an author.
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 titles received this week. (One is on it's way.)
Someday I'll check the email requests I have been receiving. {Sigh.}
I added another 4 Audible Plus titles.
I purchased one Audible Daily Deal and two audiobooks at Chirp.
This coming week I have to use my two credits at Audible.
No 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

NONE

Won

NONE

Purchased

Audible Daily Deal 10/8/2020 $1.95.

Joy at Work
Organizing Your Professional Life
By: Marie Kondo, Scott Sonenshein
Narrated by: Brittany Ishibashi, Dan Woren
Length: 5 hrs and 19 mins



Two Purchases at Chirp: $2.99 and $.99

The Memory Stone
by Jeffrey Quyle
Narrated by Peter Kenny

One Hit Wonder
by Kristi Rose
Narrated by Jennifer Stoneking

Free

From the Audible Plus Catalog:

An Uninvited Ghost
By: E.J. Copperman
Narrated by: Amanda Ronconi
Series: Haunted Guesthouse, Book 2

Life Inside the Bubble: Why a Top-Ranked Secret Service Agent Walked Away from It All
By: Dan Bongino
Narrated by: Mark F. Smith

A Road Unknown: Amish Roads Series, Book 1
By: Barbara Cameron
Narrated by: Coleen Marlo
Series: Amish Roads, Book 1

Coming to Rosemont
By: Barbara Hinske
Narrated by: Dina Pearlman
Series: Rosemont Saga, Book 1

No free Kindle titles this week.
Free titles often found at Bookbub, Bookfun, Ereader News Today, Free Par-tay, Ignite Your Book, Inspired Reads, Pixel of Ink or Kindle ebooks.