Sunday Post January 15, 2023/It's Monday! What are You Reading? Plus Mailbox Monday January 16, 2023

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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.

We don't have a full report on my DIL surgery and cancer yet. However, the doctor did have to take a slice of cheek bone right under her eye so that is not good. He advised that he might not have gotten clear margins based on that location.

We continue to stay busy at work while catching up slowly.

I decided to try a vegetable casserole today. Not precisely like the recipe but close and yummy.

My continuing prayers include prayers for more unity in all nations and a calmer atmosphere in 2023. Praying for friends and families dealing with grief.

This week the weather was mostly nice until later in the week as it got cold and damp.  The week ended with very cold weather on Saturday with no higher than 50 during the day and down to 29 during the night.  Brrrr for me and my puppies.

I finished two audios and posted three reviews with my memes.

I visited 18 blogs again last week.
Shout out this week to GIRL PLUS BOOKS. I really like Tanya's profile comments which includes: "Lover of Fictional Characters." Check out the rest.

Audiobooks.com is still sharing some free listens for children.

• Sunday Post January 8, 2023/It's Monday! What are You Reading? Plus Mailbox Monday January 9, 2023.

• A2022: Audible Book Review: The Legion Awakes, The Sleeping Legion, Book 1, by J.R. Handley; Genre: Military, Space Opera; My Rating: 4.0 of 5.0 Overall; Story 4.0; Narration 4.0.
  

• A2022: Audible Book Review: TFS Ingenuity, The Terran Fleet Command Saga, Book 1, by Tori L. Harris; Genre: Alien, First Contact, Sci Fi, Space Opera, Technothriller; My Rating: 4.0 of 5.0 Overall; Story 4.0; Narration 4.0.
  

• ATBR: Audible Book Review: Sheryl Crow, Words + Music Vol 6, by Sheryl Crow; Categories: Biographies & Memoirs, Entertainment & Celebrities; My Rating: 4.5 of 5.0 Overall; Story 4.5; Narration 4.5.
  

• Sharing Beyond Books #454 Comment Giveaway January 14, 2023. Open Worldwide. Ending 2/11/2023.
  

• Sunday Words of Encouragment January 15, 2023 - Anchored in the Shaking Waves by Johnathan Cahn.
  

Finished Reading:
1. NetGalley App on Smartphone (NG2022)

Coup de Grâce
By: Paul Centeno
Narrated by: Rob Jones UK
Length: 10 hrs and 40 mins
I like SteamPunk and this was a good adventure.
Source: December 2022 NetGalley.
Click on book title for full description.

2. NetGalley App on Smartphone (NG2022)

The Prayer Warrior
By: Traci Wooden-Carlisle, D. Tina Batten
Narrated by: Anita Faye Thomas
Length: 5 hrs and 33 mins
This is a positive Christian novel.
Source: December 2022 NetGalley.
Click on book title for full description.

Currently Reading:
1. Audible Smartphone (ATBR)

Forging Zero: The Legend of ZERO
By: Sara King
Narrated by: Liam Owen
Series: Legend of ZERO, Book 1
Length: 21 hours and 54 minutes
This is an older TBR and my first Number pick. I am engaged by the sci fi story and already 3/4 done.
Source: 11/28/2016 Audible Sale.
The Legend of Zero begins the epic journey of 14-year-old Joe Dobbs in a post-apocalyptic universe following a massive alien invasion of Earth. The oldest of the children drafted from humanity's devastated planet, Joe is impressed into service by the alien Congressional Ground Force - and becomes the unwitting centerpiece in a millennia-long alien struggle for independence.
Once his training begins, one of the elusive and prophetic Trith appears to give Joe a spine-chilling prophecy that the universe has been anticipating for millions of years: Joe will be the one to finally shatter the vast alien government known as Congress. And the Trith cannot lie. But first Joe has to make it through bootcamp.

2. Audible Smartphone (ATBR)

The Last Tribe By: Brad Manuel
Narrated by: Scott Brick
Length: 22 hrs and 42 mins
Release date: 06-14-16
I wanted another long book and a post-apocalyptic.
This fits and is also a new to me author.
Source: 05/17/2020 Audible Credit pick.
Publisher's Summary
Imagine being alone in the world, one of only a handful to survive a global pandemic. Not only do you struggle to find food, water, and shelter but you also deal with the sadness and losing everyone you know and everything you have.
Fourteen-year-old Greg Dixon is living that nightmare. Attending boarding school outside of Boston, he is separated from his family when a pandemic strikes. His classmates and teachers are dead, rotting in a dormitory-turned-morgue steps from his room. The nights are getting colder, and his food has run out. The last message from his father is to get away from the city and to meet at his grandparents' town in remote New Hampshire. Knowing the impending New England winter could be the final nail in his coffin, Greg packs what little food he can find and sets off on his 100-mile walk north with the unwavering belief that his family is alive and will join him.
As the fast-moving and deadly disease strips away family and friends, Greg's father, John, is trapped in South Carolina. Roadblocks, a panic-stricken population, and winter make it impossible for him to get to his son. John and his three brothers appear to be immune, but they are scattered across a locked-down United States, forced to wait for the end of humanity before travelling to the mountains of New Hampshire.
Spring arrives, and the Dixons make their way north to find young Greg. They meet others along the way, slowly forming the last tribe of humanity from the few people still alive in the Northeast.
©2015 Brad Manuel (P)2016 Podium Publishing.

Again, I will decide on the next book when I get there. :-)  I'm thinking maybe the next book in an ongoing series.

January 15, 2023 -  I am enjoying this new plan on YouVersion. I totally enjoyed watching the devotion videos so I am doing another BibleProject plan: The Full Story - "From the beginning to the Amen" .  I have never done a Chronological reading before. I think I will enjoy it.
I added a three day study during the week that was good: STILL: A 3-Day Devotional by Michael W. Smith.

I finished two audio titles and reviewed three so I am making slow progress. I am now behind 10 reviews (I missed two in my list the last two weeks).  I continue to work on these.

NETGALLEY STATUS--
I still have three current titles from NetGalley, two audio and one ebook.
I still have the two old ebook titles. I went ahead and said "no feedback" for A Place Called Armageddon as a DNF.
I have one author review in my queue that I need to start reading on my computer.
(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.

I didn't hold out too long on not buying new books since there was a good Audible sale where I picked up 3 audios, and then a daily deal I liked.
I also added ten free sci fi titles through Audible Plus Catalog.
I will pick my VIP selection before the end of the month at Audiobooks.
I won't have new credits at Audible until the 19th so I won't select those until after that.
Unless I find something at NetGalley or free on kindle, I might go three weeks with nothing new!
I got no free Kindle titles again this week.
Are your mailbox and TBR piles blooming?

Review Titles

NONE

Won

NONE

Purchased

1/12/2023 Three books at $3.95 each from Audible’s First in Series sale.

The Mayflower Bride
Daughters of the Mayflower Series, Book 1
By: Kimberley Woodhouse
Narrated by: Sarah Zimmerman
Length: 7 hrs and 15 mins
I have had my eye on this series for a long time.

Love's Unfading Light
An Eagle Harbor Novel Series, Book 1
By: Naomi Rawlings
Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
Length: 7 hrs and 43 mins
This looks like a series I will like.

Mr. Gardiner and the Governess
A Regency Romance (Clairvoir Castle Romances, Book 1)
By: Sally Britton
Narrated by: Jessica Elisa Boyd
Length: 5 hrs and 43 mins
I have always liked stories about Governesses.

1/14/2023 Audible Daily Deal:

The Librarian of Crooked Lane
The Glass Library, Book 1
By: C.J. Archer
Narrated by: Marian Hussey
Length: 8 hrs and 9 mins
Put a library with magic and I'm interested in this series by an author I have enjoyed.

Free

1/14/2023 These TEN Audible Plus titles showed up while I was preparing my sci fi review on TFS Integrity. These military and space opera series include book 2 in the Terran Fleet, three sets that include Books 1 and 2, two books in other ‘new-to-me’ series, and then the 1st book of two more sci fi series. Four of the authors are ‘new to me’ as I have not read titles from them yet.

TFS Theseus: The Terran Fleet Command Saga, Book 2
By: Tori L. Harris
Narrated by: Jeffrey Kafer
Series: The Terran Fleet Command Saga, Book 2
Length: 7 hrs and 56 mins

The System States Rebellion Omnibus: Books 1-2
By: Dietmar Wehr
Narrated by: Jeffrey Kafer
Series: The System States Rebellion, Book 1-2
Length: 11 hrs and 30 mins

Bounty Hunter: Publisher's Pack (Book 1-2)
By: Rachel Aukes (New to Me Author)
Narrated by: James Anderson Foster
Series: Bounty Hunter, Book 1-2
Length: 14 hrs and 48 mins

Time Wars Last Forever: Publisher's Pack
Books 1-2
By: Craig Robertson (New to Me Author)
Narrated by: Scott Aiello
Series: Time Wars Last Forever, Book 1-2
Length: 14 hrs and 42 mins
(This is also in the Time Travel genre.)

Genesis: The Holy War Series, Book 1
By: Rick Partlow (New to Me Author)
Narrated by: James Patrick Cronin
Series: Holy War, Book 1
Length: 10 hrs and 50 mins

Judgment Day: The Holy War Series, Book 2
By: Rick Partlow
Narrated by: James Patrick Cronin
Series: Holy War, Book 2
Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins

Sky Hunter: A Targon Tales Prequel
By: Chris Reher (New to Me Author)
Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller
Series: Targon Tales, Book 0
Length: 6 hrs and 49 mins

(Book 1 acquired through Audible Plus in March 2022.)

Only Human: Targon Tales, Book 2
By: Chris Reher
Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller
Series: Targon Tales, Book 2
Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins

Forerunner: AI Fleet, Book 1
By: Isaac Hooke
Narrated by: Paul Heitsch
Series: AI Fleet Series, Book 1
Length: 7 hrs and 44 mins

Starship Eternal: War Eternal, Book 1
By: M. R. Forbes
Narrated by: Jeffrey Kafer
Series: War Eternal, Book 1
Length: 9 hrs and 2 mins



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