Sunday Post February 14, 2021/It's Monday! What are You Reading? Plus Mailbox Monday February 15, 2021

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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.

Hubby and I got our second vaccine shots on Wednesday. Our arms hurt for three days. We both felt a little woozy the night we got the shot. I have felt fine since, but he has felt fatigued even through today.

Two of my office staff have become hooked on the Bridgerton series on Netflix. I thought I had the books from the series but must have traded them in years ago. I do have a couple on Audible and picked up book two this week. I found these books in my Julia Quinn collection at home and I have at least two other books boxed but not accessible in my office storage pod:

We'll be colder this week - 27 to 67 - and three more days of rain.

I enjoyed my reading this past week. I finished two audiobooks and one ebook. I posted three reviews and my usual memes.

I visited 17 blogs last week.
Shout Out this week to Brainfluff. Sarah Higbee is a sci fi (plus) writer who has been sharing on her blog for twelve years. Stop by and say 'hello'.

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 February 7, 2021/It's Monday! What are You Reading? Plus Mailbox Monday February 8, 2021.

• MBS January 2021 Reading List Wrap Up.

• eBTBR- Book Review: X-O Manowar, Volume 1: By The Sword by Robert Venditti; Genre: Comic, Graphic Novel, Sci Fi, Superhero; My Rating: 4.0 of 5.0.

• Martha's Bookshelf***Friday Pick Giveaway February 12, 2021. Open Worldwide. Ending 2/18/2021.

• ATBR- Audible Book Review: Unprepared, The Scourge, Book 1 by Tom Abrahams; Genre: Post-Apocalyptic, Science Fiction; My Rating: 4.0 of 5.0 Overall; Story 4.0; Narration 4.0.

• ATBR- Audible Book Review: You're Going to Mars by Rob Dircks; Genre: Adventure, Humor, Sci Fi, Space Opera; My Rating: 4.5 of 5.0 Overall; Story 4.5; Narration 4.5.

• Sunday Words of Encouragement February 14, 2021.

Finished Reading:

1. eBook/NetGalley App (NG2020)

Evolving Elizah: Initiatum
by C.J. Hall
I enjoyed this post-apocalyptic/dystopian thriller.
Source: 2020 NetGalley.
Click on book title for full description.

2. Audible/Smartphone (ATBR)

From Here to Equality Reparations for Black Americans in the Twenty-First Century
By: William A. Darity Jr., A. Kirsten Mullen
Narrated by: JD Jackson
Length: 14 hrs and 3 mins
Release date: 04-20-20
I appreciate all of the information and arguments set forth in this book.
Source 6/28/2020 One June Credit at Audible.
Click on book title for full description.

3. Paperback (PTBR)

Noah - Another Storm is Coming
by Ellen G. White
This book speaks to the condition of man... and God's warnings as well as gift of redemption.
Source: My own bookshelf; gift from a church friend.
Click on book title for full description.

Currently Reading:
1. PDF on Computer (Author Ebook 2021)

200
by Jennifer Brody, Jules Rivera (Illustrator)
This is an interesting graphic Sci Fi.

Releasing 2/16/21. I expect to finish in a day and post the review this week.
Source: 1/11/2021 Received from Turner Publishing Marketing.
Click on book title for full description.

2. Audio/Smartphone (ATBR)

Night Stalker
by Shirlee McCoy
Read by Emily Durante
Run Time 5h 37min
I decided to pick a quick romance (or two) for February.
Source: 12/6/2020 Chirp $3.99.
After Special Agent Adam Whitfield’s ex-wife is nearly killed when she stops an abduction, the serial killer that Adam’s been hunting turns his focus on Charlotte Murray for getting in his way. Now, as the Night Stalker closes in, Adam has two missions: bring the murderer to justice and save Charlotte—because failure isn’t an option.

3. Kindle App on/Smartphone (NG2020)

Time of the Rose
by Bonita Clifton
The genres for this hit all the right buttons: Historical Fiction, Romance, Sci Fi & Fantasy. It's time travel romance.
Source: NetGalley 2020.
This is the 2nd Edition of the compelling and beloved classic Time of the Rose, award-winning Holt Medallion finalist (Virginia RWA), dusted off, reimagined, with new material and *Bonus Epilogue, guaranteed to leave your head spinning! Prepare to feel good, laugh and fall in love...
A notorious gunslinger with a vendetta and an attitude. A divorced travel agent determined to heal. An extraordinary rose. 1878 and present-day are about to collide…
Colton Chase searches for the monster that murdered his parents. It’s been ten years and every day that passes only fuels his grit. When he plucks a single rare rose, a wicked thunderstorm catches him in its wrath, and after the clouds clear, his entire world has changed. Madison Calloway is on a business trip to Jackson Hole, Wyoming, when she quite literally stumbles into the biggest horse she’s ever seen. The rugged old man leading the animal looks like he stepped out of a historical Wild West catalog. Her love of antiques is piqued, and she strikes up a conversation.
He claims he’s from 1878 and she feels bad for him; clearly, he suffers from dementia. But there’s an uneasy undertone—everything from his clothes to his strange turns of phrase back up his story. So when another storm brews and he tells her he’s going back, she follows. The two find themselves in 1878 and the old man is gone—in his place a strapping young man, handsome, fascinating, and irresistible.
Can Madison adjust to life more than a century in the past, leaving behind the world she knows? Or will she return home and forever lose the man she’s falling for? Her biggest fears are realized when she’s abducted by Colt’s fierce enemy, and if she survives, this event may well send her running home for good.

February 14, 2021 - I love seeing new things each time I read the Bible. I am still staying current with morning reading.
I am reading/listening the NLT Tyndale version of the Bible on You Version App so Hubby and I are reading the same passages each day.
I am on day 12 of this 21-day study: Open Heaven: 21 Days of Fasting and Prayer.

I completed three books and posted three reviews to remain up to date.
NetGalley shelf is now at 11. (I might allow myself to look again once I go below 10.)
Four author titles in queue as I added another ebook.
(Plus a few that I received from newsletter sign-ups, not specific review requests.)
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 one new ebook from an author.
I went to pick my second January credit made the mistake of looking at the Audible Plus catalog and found a Valentine's sale - picked up four titles at $5.00 each. 
I used an Audiobooks.com credit on two for one books to movie deal.
I was looking for free or inexpensive titles for ladies book club which is resuming and found a lot of free Christian and romance Kindle titles this week. I added 83 free Kindle titles.
(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

Received from author. Release date is February 20, 2021. My review will post before March 12.

Frosted (Regency Retold #2)
by M.C. Frank
(Pretty cover don't you think?)

Won

NONE

Purchased

2/14/2021 - One January Audible Credit:
This was a request of my son so we cn read along with him and our grandchildren. :-)

On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness
The Wingfeather Saga, Book 1
By: Andrew Peterson
Narrated by: Andrew Peterson
Length: 8 hrs and 19 mins
Release date: 01-05-21

These four were on Valentine sale at $5.00 each - I just stumbled on the sale!

Freefall
Expeditionary Force Mavericks, Book 2
By: Craig Alanson
Narrated by: R.C. Bray
Length: 19 hrs and 19 mins

The Nowhere Man
An Orphan X Novel (Evan Smoak, Book 2)
By: Gregg Hurwitz
Narrated by: Scott Brick
Length: 12 hrs and 12 mins

As noted above, my staff members have found Bridgerton so I picked these up to share with them! I have read the 8 books in the series.

The Viscount Who Loved Me
By: Julia Quinn
Narrated by: Rosalyn Landor
Length: 12 hrs and 23 mins

Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever
By: Julia Quinn
Narrated by: Jenny Sterlin
Length: 10 hrs and 17 mins



2/14/2021 I used an Audiobooks.com credit for a 2 for 1 deal:

The Darkest Minds
By Alexandra Bracken
Narrated By: Amy McFadden
Duration: 13 h 59 min

Meg: A Novel of Deep Terror with Meg: Origins
By Steve Alten
Narrated By: Sean Runnette
Duration: 10 h 34 min

Free

83! 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.