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

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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.

I feel like I make progress each day at work. However I don't really get ahead as I settle one lawsuit and open a new one. I finish one probate and open another. I prepare a deed and take on a new request for deed preparation. It is a rolling work load!

We celebrated my assistant's 21st birthday Monday.
It has been a joy to have her friendship in the office for five years!

Hubby still has low oxygen levels causing fuzzy black outs. He attended some church events on Tuesday but this morning he was asleep when it was time to go to Sunday School. He did watch church online.  I am designated driver and will spend two mornings with him this week to visit doctors.

Our grandchildren from Panama City Beach (three teens) came to visit today which was lovely. They helped pick three full bags of grapefruit and half a bag of lemons from our trees. One lemon was as big as the grapefruit. The trees smell wonderful as they are full of blossoms... and a few bees.
I was able to get this picture of buds and bee
(he is on the right side blossoms)!

I continue to pray for the people and situation in Ukraine and for world leaders.
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Saturday dropped to low 50s and clouds threatened rain that never happened. Temps this week will be ranging 30 degrees some days (79 today to drop to 49 tonight).  The week should be mostly nice in the mid 70s to low 80s during the days.

I enjoyed my reading and listening last week.  I finished three audiobooks and made progress in the eBook. I posted three reviews and my usual memes.

I visited 17 blogs last week.
Shout Out this week to ROSIE AMBER. Rosie's Subtitle says a lot: "Book Reviewer, Avid Reader and Bookworm. Campaigning to link more readers to writers. People do not forget books that touch them or excite them—they recommend them."

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 March 27, 2022/It's Monday! What are You Reading? Plus Mailbox Monday March 28, 2022.

• ATBR: Audible Book Review: On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness by Andrew Peterson; Genre: Adventure, Children, Fantasy; My Rating: 4.25 of 5.0 Overall; Story 4.25; Narration 4.25.

• ATBR: Audible Book Review:  On the Duty of Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau; Genre: History, Nonfiction, United States; My Rating: 4.25 of 5.0 Overall; Story 4.5; Narration 3.75

• Martha's Bookshelf***Friday Pick Giveaway April 1, 2022. Open Worldwide. Ending 4/7/2022.

• ATBR: Audible Book Review: Crucible: A Max Ahlgren Story by Ryan W. Aslesen; Genre: Military, Thriller; My Rating: 4.25 of 5.0 Overall; Story 4.25; Narration 4.25.

• Sharing Beyond Books #443 Comment Giveaway April 2, 2022. Open Worldwide. Ending 4/16/2022.
  

• Sunday Words of Encouragement April 3, 2022.

Finished Reading:
1. Audible Smartphone (ATBR)

Invasion: Alien Invasion, Book 1
By: Sean Platt , Johnny B. Truant
Narrated by: Ray Porter
Series: Alien Invasion (Platt/Truant), Book 1
This is post-apocalyptic with a twist of anticipating first alien contact.
I have some issues which I'll note in my review.
Source: 3/22/21 Sci Fi title from Audible Plus.
Click on book title for full description.

2. Audio Smartphone (ATBR)

Hide and Seek
By Mary Burton
Narrated By: Christina Traister
Duration: 9 h 57 min
This reminded me why I like this author.
It is good thriller with romance. 
Source: 9/22/19 Audiobooks.com Two for One Credit.
Click on book title for full description.

3. Audible Smartphone (ATBR)

Messenger
America Falls, Book 0
By: Scott Medbury
Narrated by: Adam Barr
Length: 1 hr and 14 mins
Release date: 04-07-21
I picked this up as a quick listen in the car while my other app wasn't working.
I liked the story focused on one character from the series.
Source: 3-3-2022 Audible Sale Purchases $3.74.
Publisher's Summary
His name was Death, and Hell was following close behind...
Messenger is a novella from the America Falls world and is an action-packed story set around 10 years after the events of Civil War. It tells the story of a mysterious traveler with a hook hand, who travels the post-apocalyptic eastern states of America spreading a message of hope about "the Cities" and the budding rebirth of the United States.
It isn't always smooth traveling at the end of the world, though, and when he stumbles across a gang of cannibals out for the blood of the innocent, he must decide whether to interrupt his mission and risk death at the hands of psychopaths to help someone in need.
©2018 Anscot Publishing Pty Ltd (P)2021 Anscot Publishing Pty Ltd

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 40%.
Source: March 2021 from Author (through BookFunnel).
Click on book title for full description.

2. Audible Smartphone (A2022)

Kitty Takes a Holiday
Kitty Norville, Book 3
By: Carrie Vaughn
Narrated by: Marguerite Gavin
Length: 8 hrs and 29 mins
I love this narrator and like the series.
I chose this for my "K" series title.
Source: March 2022 Audible Sale Purchase at $3.67.
Publisher's Summary
After getting caught turning wolf on national television, Kitty retreats to a mountain cabin to recover and write her memoirs. But this is Kitty, so trouble is never far behind, and instead of Walden Pond, she gets Evil Dead.
When werewolf hunter Cormac shows up with an injured Ben O'Farrell, Kitty's lawyer, slung over his shoulder, and a wolf-like creature with glowing red eyes starts sniffing around the cabin, Kitty wonders if any of them will get out of these woods alive.
©2007 Carrie Vaughn, LLC (P)2009 Tantor

April 3, 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 have started a 4 day study: Jesus The Creator, Carpenter, Gardener and King!

I completed three 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 added six free audio titles through Audible Plus.
No ebooks added to my Kindle TBR library this week.

Are your mailbox and TBR piles blooming?

Review Titles

NONE

Won

NONE

Purchased

I did purchase 16 paperback books at our Woman's Club yard sale on Saturday for $4.00.  I'll post a picture of that later.

Free

3/28-4/2/22 I found these titles in my wish list that were available through Audible Plus:

Two Necromancers, a Bureaucrat, and an Army of Golems: An Unconventional Heroes Publisher's Pack
By: L. G. Estrella
Narrated by: Fred Berman
Series: Unconventional Heroes, Book 1-2
Length: 13 hrs and 5 mins

Storm Clouds: The Guild Wars, Book 1
By: Chris Kennedy , Mark Wandrey
Narrated by: Todd McLaren
Series: The Guild Wars, Book 1
Length: 14 hrs and 9 mins

The Forever: The Forever, Books 1-2
By: Craig Robertson
Narrated by: Scott Aiello
Series: The Forever Series, Book 1-2
Series: The Forever Series, Book 1-2 Length: 17 hrs and 22 mins

The Expansion: Publisher's Pack: The Expansion Series, Books 1-2
By: Devon C. Ford
Narrated by: Luke Daniels
Series: The Expansion Series, Book 1-2
Length: 13 hrs and 30 mins

Timekeeper: The Timekeeper Trilogy, Book 1
By: Tara Sim
Narrated by: Gary Furlong
Series: Timekeeper, Book 1
Length: 8 hrs and 48 mins

A Fallen Empire Omnibus: Books 1-3
By: Lindsay Buroker
Narrated by: Kate Reading
Series: Fallen Empire, Book 1-3
Length: 27 hrs and 26 mins


No Free titles this week. Free titles often found at Bookbub, Bookfun, Book Adrenaline, Ereader News Today, Inspired Reads, Pixel of Ink or Kindle ebooks.