Sunday Post June 18, 2023/It's Monday! What are You Reading? Plus Mailbox Monday June 19, 2023

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 to work away at the office. I had a full staff meeting and we all agreed I do have to hire another person in the next few weeks to start training so we can shift jobs in mid July when my assistant leaves. 

I wanted eggs Saturday but by the time I got around to cooking it was closer to lunch time.
I made a sloppy joe, egg and cheesy quesadilla. I had half for lunch and half for dinner. :-)

My continuing prayers include prayers for more unity in all nations, a calmer social atmosphere, and for revival. We are also continuing prays for family and church.

We've had very stormy weather. I had tree branches across the driveway on Friday morning. We expect to have rain again most of this week, with temperatures ranging from 69 to 89.

I finished three audios this past week. I posted two reviews and my memes.

I visited 18 blogs last week.
Shout out this week: LISA NOTES. Lisa's about has lots of tidbits but starts with "I write here about how I see God in the everyday." The blog is encouraging and has some challenges I hope ot join in.
I have joined a Challenge at Lisa's blog:

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

• Sunday Post June 11, 2023/It's Monday! What are You Reading? Plus Mailbox Monday June 1, 2023.

• Discovery of the Five Senses by K.N. Smith Book Tour and Giveaway. Ends June 22, 2023.
  

• A2023: Audio Book Review: Discovery of the Five Senses by K.N. Smith; Genre: Fantasy, Teen & Young Adult; My Rating: 3.75 of 5.0 Overall; Story 3.75; Narration 3.75.
  

• ATBR: Audible Book Review: A Road Unknown: Amish Roads Series, Book 1 by Barbara Cameron; Genre: Amish, Family, Mennonite, Romance; My Rating: 4.25 of 5.0 Overall; Story 4.25; Narration 4.25.

• Sharing Beyond Books #459 Comment Giveaway June 17, 2023. Open Worldwide. Ending 7/15/2023.
  

• Sunday Words of Encouragement June 18, 2023 -A Father's Faith!

Finished Reading:

1. Audible Smartphone (ATBR)

Extinction Inferno:
Extinction Cycle: Dark Age, Book 2
By: Nicholas Sansbury Smith , Anthony J. Melchiorri
Narrated by: R.C. Bray
Series: Extinction Cycle: Dark Age, Book 2
Length: 10 hrs and 29 mins
I enjoyed this and will be purchasing the next in series at some point.
Source: October 2022 Audible Plus Catalog.
Click on book title for full description.

2. Audio Smartphone (ATBR)

Discovery of the Five Senses
The Urban Boys Written by: K.N. Smith
Narrated by: Glenn Steinbaum
Duration: 8 hours 10 minutes

This has an interesting story but I had issues with the writing style.
Source: Audio Credit for Caffeinated PR Tour.
Click on book title for full description or link above for review.

3. Audio Smartphone (ATBR)

The Fourth Monkey
Written By: J.D. Barker
Narrated By: Edoardo Ballerini
Duration: 12 hours 30 minutes
This is an engaging but dark and gritty thriller.
Source: 2/8/2020 Two for One Credit at Audiobooks.com.
Click on book title for full description.

Currently Reading:
1. Audible Smartphone (ATBR)

Phule's Company
Phule's Company, Book 1
By: Robert Asprin
Narrated by: Noah Michael Levine
Length: 7 hrs and 10 mins
I felt like a sci fi after the dark thriller. This is a Space Military story recommended by my son.
Source: 9/20/22 Audible under $3.50.
Publisher's Summary
After being court-martialed by the Space Legion for ordering the strafing of a treaty-signing ceremony, multimillionaire Willard Phule receives his punishment: He must command the misfit Omega Company on Haskin's Planet, a mining settlement on the edge of settled space. At his duty station, he leverages his personal money and a knack for managing people to get the company to come together as a unit. Phule convinces the governor to leave the contract for an honorary duty up for competition between the Space Legionnaires and the Regular Army. The Army sends some of their most elite troops to take part in the competition, but Phule's company operates with their own unique tactics....
©1990 Robert Asprin (P)2017 Tantor

2. NetGalley App Smartphone (A2023)

Bewitching a Highlander
By: Roma Cordon
Narrated by: Moira Quirk
Length: 10 hrs and 37 mins
I wanted a lighter read this week so I am listening to a Scottish romance.
Source: June 2023 "Listen Now" audiobook at NetGalley.
Publisher's Summary
Defying all for the love of a bewitching lass.
Breena MacRae, a healer from Skye with a touch of witchery in her blood, embarks on a dangerous search for her missing father. She arrives on the Isle of Coll, seat of the vile Campbells. There, she encounters the debonair future chief to the Dunbar Clan, Egan, who rescues her from a Campbell sentry.
Egan Dunbar is on Coll to keep the peace between the feuding Campbells and Dunbars. But when he catches Breena in a lie, he agrees to help her find her father to pay back an old debt and get to the bottom of the secrets she's hiding.
As their attraction for each ignites like a firestorm, Breena and Egan realize a future together could trigger deadly consequences—a clan war between the Campbells and the Dunbars. Is Egan willing to betray his clan for love, even though he knows Breena is keeping secrets from him? Can Breena trust him with her family secret and put those she loves at risk?
©2022 Roma Cordon (P)2022 CamCat Books

I might get to a third book. We'll see.

June 18, 2023 - I am doing the daily readings of BibleProject plan: The Full Story - "From the beginning to the Amen". We are now reading in Song of Solomon.
I started a five day study titled Greatly Loved by Hosanna Wong, a wonderful Spoken Word Artist.

I finished three audio titles and posted two reviews. I have four reviews due but I have written the review for Never Ending End of the World but thought I would save it for a few weeks closer to the release date.

NETGALLEY STATUS--
I now have two audios left on my NetGalley shelf.  The remaining two are shorter (under 6 hours).
I still have the two old NetGalley ebook titles.

I have one author review in my queue that I need to start reading on my computer. (I need to look back and see which one this is.)
(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 newest to the team, Emma at Words and Peace.
Warning: Mailbox Monday can lead to envy, toppling TBR piles and humongous wish lists.

One new review title.
I picked my Two May credits at Audible.
I bought three audio titles at Chirp.
I selected my June VIP credit at Audiobooks.com.
Three free Kindle titles last week.
Are your mailbox and TBR piles blooming?

Review Titles

NONE

Won

NONE

Purchased

I picked my Two May Credits at Audible:

The Valley
A Lee Harden Novel
By: D.J. Molles
Narrated by: Christian Rummel
Length: 14 hrs and 48 mins
I loved the series and the character, so I want to continue in this new stage of his life.

A Natural History of Dragons
A Memoir by Lady Trent
By: Marie Brennan
Narrated by: Kate Reading
Length: 10 hrs and 17 mins
I’ve been thinking dragons for a while and this one caught my eye.


I found three Chirp titles I decided to get this week – two lighter romances and a romance series that I already had one title in but not the first book yet.

The Country Escape
by Jane Lovering
Read by Rose Robinson
$20.99 $1.99
Run Time: 7h 39min

My First My Last My Only
by Denise Carbo
Read by Laura English
$9.99 $1.99
Run Time: 8h

The Finding Home Series, Books 1-3
by B. E. Baker
Read by Connor Crais & Jennifer Jill Araya
$16.99 $3.99
Run Time: 25h 19min

Free

This is my June Audiobooks.com VIP pick, dystopian:

The Wolf Mile
Series: #1 of The Pantheon
Written by: C.F. Barrington
Narrated by: David Monteath
Duration: 11 hours 24 minutes


I have been adding some Audible Plus titles too - I will list them next week since it is not likely I will purchase more this coming week.

Three Free Kindle titles this week:
Tomorrow's Gone: Season One: A Thrilling Post-Apocalyptic Survival Story
Sean Platt, David W. Wright

The World Remains (The Unity Series Book 1)
E.J. King

Apocalypse Dawn 2022: Twilight's Breaking
Kristie Lynn Higgins

Three new titles added to Kindle library.  Free titles might be found at Bookbub, Book Adrenaline, Ereader News Today, Inspired Reads, or Kindle ebooks.