Sunday Post April 10, 2022/It's Monday! What are You Reading? Plus Mailbox Monday April 11, 2022

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.

I continue on the rolling work treadmill.

My assistant hosted a baby shower for one of my former employees. It was very nice as we all get ready to welcome her third little girl.

The Mother-to-be is in the middle.
My daughter is to her right and my granddaughters are on the outside ends.
Heather has on high heels but her daughters are now taller than her and almost passed me.
Height does run in my family line; the blonde is from my hubby's side although my sister's hair was always what we called "dirty blonde".

Hubby's pulmonary doctor put him in the hospital Thursday after seeing his x-rays from Monday. The prior x-ray showed the upper one third of his lungs as open. Monday's x-ray showed them all white as full of pneumonia. They are giving him antibiotics and breathing treatments which is good but his diabetes numbers are rising which is not good. He has made it clear he does not want to be on respirator but we are not there yet.

I continue to pray for the people and situation in Ukraine and for world leaders.
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The last three nights have been in the 40s. The days have been lovely although a bit windy. The week should be another nice week in the mid 70s to low 80s during the days.

I enjoyed my listening and reading (when the app worked) last week.  I finished two audiobooks but only made small progress in the eBook. I posted three reviews, March Wrap Up and my usual memes.

I visited 17 blogs again last week.
Shout Out this week to JENNIELYSE. Jenni's description made me smile: "I'm an eclectic reader, but I mostly read fiction. I favor fantasy, science fiction, historical fiction, mystery, thrillers, and romance. The more kissing the better!"

Audible offerings for free children's titles ended June 30, 2021.
Audiobooks.com is still sharing some free listens for children.

These were last week's posts:

• Sunday Post April 3, 2022/It's Monday! What are You Reading? Plus Mailbox Monday April 4, 2022.

• ATBR: Audible Book Review: Invasion: Alien Invasion, Book 1, by Sean Platt and Johnny B. Truant; Genre: First Contact, Post-Apocalyptic, Sci Fi; My Rating: 3.75 of 5.0 Overall; Story 3.75; Narration 4.25.

• ATBR: Audio Book Review: Hide and Seek by Mary Burton; Genre: Mystery, Police Procedural, Romantic Suspense; My Rating: 4.25 of 5.0 Overall; Story 4.25; Narration 4.25.

• Martha's Bookshelf***Friday Pick Giveaway April 8, 2022. Open Worldwide. Ending 4/14/2022.

• A2022: Audible Book Review: Messenger, America Falls, Book 0.5, by Adam Barr; Genre: Dystopian, Post-Apocalyptic; My Rating: 4.25 of 5.0 Overall; Story 4.25; Narration 4.25.

• MBS March 2022 Reading List Wrap Up.

• Sunday Words of Encouragement April 10, 2022.

Finished Reading:

1. Audible Smartphone (A2022)

Kitty Takes a Holiday
Kitty Norville, Book 3
By: Carrie Vaughn
Narrated by: Marguerite Gavin
Length: 8 hrs and 29 mins
This was an entertaining, easy listen.
Source: March 2022 Audible Sale Purchase at $3.67.
Click on book title for full description.

2. Audible Smartphone (ATBR)

Mavericks Expeditionary Force, Book 6
By: Craig Alanson
Narrated by: R.C. Bray
Length: 17 hrs and 21 mins
Release date: 09-25-18
I have been looking forward to listening to this next book in the series. I thought it would be my "M" series title but then I had pulled in a short "M" last month.
Source: 11/18/2021 Audible October Credit.
Publisher's Summary
The remnants of the Expeditionary Force stranded on the alien-controlled planet "Paradise" get a chance to prove themselves, in a simple off-world training mission with a ship full of teenage alien cadets. When the mission goes horribly wrong and the survival of everyone on Paradise is at risk, the Merry Band of Pirates may have to come to the rescue. Unless they get killed first....
©2018 Craig Alanson (P)2018 Podium Publishing

Currently Reading:

1. eBook/Kindle App on Smartphone (Author2021)

Chinook (Miranda Chase NTSB #6)
by M.L. Buchman
I am still enjoying this and making progress, even if slower than I'd like. I am at 52%.
Source: March 2021 from Author (through BookFunnel).
Click on book title for full description.

2. Audible Smartphone (ATBR)

Let Her Be: Hush Collection
By: Lisa Unger
Narrated by: Chris Andrew Ciulla
Series: Hush Collection
Length: 2 hrs and 15 mins
This is another new to me author. I picked this for my stand alone "L" mixed alphabet.
Source: August 2020 Audible Plus.
Publisher's Summary
A writer’s misguided suspicions ruined his life once before. This time he plans to prove he’s right in a New York Times bestselling author’s haunting short story of what happens when seeing is not believing.
Will, an aspiring novelist, can’t stop parsing his ex-girlfriend’s popular social media accounts for clues that her ideal new rural life with the perfect man has a dark side. After all, nobody he knows has actually seen the blissful blogger in the flesh for nearly a year. When Will draws a wary friend into his “investigation,” the real question becomes who’s truly in danger.
Lisa Unger’s Let Her Be is part of Hush, a collection of six stories, ranging from political mysteries to psychological thrillers, in which deception can be a matter of life and death. Each piece can be read or listened to in one truly chilling sitting.
©2020 Lisa Unger. (P)2019 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

3. Audible Smartphone (ATBR)

Inside Jobs
Tales from a Time of Quarantine
By: Ben H. Winters
Narrated by: Scott Aiello, Kevin T. Collins, Ellen Archer
Length: 2 hrs and 32 mins
This is another quick audio for "I" stand alone mixed alphabet.
Source: December 2020 Audible Plus.
About This Audible Original
Three offbeat stories of crime and conundrum, set in the present moment, from The New York Times best-selling, Edgar Award-winning author of Underground Airlines and The Last Policeman.
Inside Jobs: Tales from a Time of Quarantine includes:
The Crimson Parrot
It's not easy masterminding the crime of the century when your whole gang is working from home. A high-stakes tale of larceny, deception, and teleconferencing.
The Cape House
As the world shifts around them, two estranged brothers end up in their childhood home. But it's the memories they unearth that will change them forever.
Stop Motion
With endless time on her hands, an apartment-bound young woman gets to all the hobbies she's neglected—martial arts, playing the sax, photography...and solving a murder?
©2020 Ben H. Winters (P)2020 Audible Originals, LLC

April 10, 2022 - These videos are really good - they help me retain more and help explain plot narrative as well as the underlying story of Jesus. Bible Reading Plan: BibleProject | One Story that Leads to Jesus. I know it won't match my Hubby's reading but I wanted some different insights/devotions and I am enjoying the devotion video project. I am enjoying keeping up with my reading each day.
I enjoyed the 4 day study: Jesus The Creator, Carpenter, Gardener and King!

I completed two books for review this week.
My NetGalley shelf is back to the three old ebook titles. I will probably end up letting A Place Called Armageddon go as DNF.
I am reading the last eBook title I had in queue.
(Plus a few that I received from facebook links and 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: Serena of Savvy Verse & Wit, me and new to the team, Velvet at vvb32reads. Warning: Mailbox Monday can lead to envy, toppling TBR piles and humongous wish lists.

No new review books.
I couldn't resist two audio titles at Chirp.
I added Eight ebooks to my Kindle TBR library this week.

Are your mailbox and TBR piles blooming?

Review Titles

NONE

Won

NONE

Purchased

4/10/2022 I have a large enough audio TBR that I tried to resist these ... but after all I was able to get two for $4.98.

A Spindle Splintered
By Alix E. Harrow
Read by Amy Landon
Run Time 3h 20min
$3.99. I saw this last week at The Infinite Curio on Mailbox Monday.

Wild Irish Heart
By Tricia O'Malley
Read by Amy Landon
Run Time 6h 10min
$0.99. This sounds like a nice story.


I purchased 16 paperback books at our Woman's Club yard sale on Saturday 4/2 for $4.00. Some I hope to read and some are for my Friday Pick giveaway. Here is a picture of the books:

Free

4/4 to 4/8/22 I added eight free kindle titles to my library.

Armstrong Station (Requiem's Run Book 1)
D.M. Pruden

Highlander’s Buried Identity: Scottish Medieval Highlander Romance (Highlanders of Clan Craig Book 1)
Shona Thompson

The Heaviness of Knowing (The Conscious Dreamer Series Book 1)
Sharolyn G. Brown

Earth and Beyond: MedSci Missions 1 (MedSci Missions Science Fiction) Wendy Gamble, Bjørn-Rune Hanssen, István Szabó ifj

Resistance: A Near Future Adventure Romance (The Phoenix Enigma Book 1)
Jay Aspen

Rescued by Qaiyaan: A Steamy Sci-Fi Romance (Galactic Pirate Brides Book 1)
Tamsin Ley

Maelstorm (Gideon Rayne Book 1)
G.A. Franks

Sniffing Out a Suspect: A Simpleton Ohio Cozy Mystery - Book One (Simpleton Ohio Mysteries 1)
Rob Brenner


Eight Free titles this week. Free titles often found at Bookbub, Bookfun, Book Adrenaline, Ereader News Today, Inspired Reads, Pixel of Ink or Kindle ebooks.