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'll be interviewing a lady this week regarding the office work. Time is moving faster than I expect!
This little fellow (and sometimes a friend) greets me almost every night when I get home.
(And, yes, we leave the porch wreath up year round.)
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.
I didn't get caught in any rain this past week. The coming week forecast is less rain but more heat - temperatures ranging from 72 nights to 97 during the day.
I visited 15 blogs last week.
Shout out this week: SUSAN LOVES BOOKS. Check out some of her cute images.
Audiobooks.com is still sharing some free listens for children.
- A2023: Audible Book Review: Extinction Shadow, Extinction Cycle: Dark Age, Book 1 by Nicholas Sansbury Smith, Anthony J. Melchiorri; Genre: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Science Fiction; My Rating: 4.5 of 5.0 Overall; Story 4.5; Narration 4.5.
- ATBR: Audible Book Review: Extinction Inferno, Extinction Cycle: Dark Age, Book 2 by Nicholas Sansbury Smith; Genre: Horror, Post Apocalyptic; My Rating: 4.5 of 5.0 Overall; Story 4.5; Narration 4.5.
- ATBR: Audio Book Review: The Fourth Monkey by J.D. Barker; Genre: Mystery, Suspense, Thriller & Horror; My Rating: 4.25 of 5.0 Overall; Story 4.25; Narration 4.25.
Finished 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
This is a fun Space Military story and I want more in the series.
Click on book title for full description.
2. NetGalley App Smartphone (A2023)
Bewitching a Highlander
By: Roma Cordon
Narrated by: Moira Quirk
Length: 10 hrs and 37 mins
This is a sensual Scottish romance.
Source: June 2023 "Listen Now" audiobook at NetGalley.
Click on book title for full description.
Bewitching a Highlander
By: Roma Cordon
Narrated by: Moira Quirk
Length: 10 hrs and 37 mins
This is a sensual Scottish romance.
Source: June 2023 "Listen Now" audiobook at NetGalley.
Click on book title for full description.
Currently Reading:
1. Audible Smartphone (ATBR)
To Serve and Protect
Onset, Book 1
By: Glynn Stewart
Narrated by: Ray Porter
Length: 12 hrs and 22 mins
I searched out another action story with supernaturals. I am enjoying it and have less than two hours left.
Source: 7/31/2022 July Audible Credits.
Publisher's Summary
A small town cop with an unexpected gift. A shadowy government agency on the side of justice. A call no good man could turn away.
When vampires attack David White's small town, only luck, firepower, and the intervention of an elite government task force saves his life. The aftermath of the attack leaves him in the middle of the world's biggest secret: the existence of government agencies that regulate the supernatural.
They insist that David's "luck" is actually a supernatural gift, and he's immediately recruited into ONSET, the most shadowy part of America's thin blue line of police protectors.
Questioning both his gifts and the agency he now serves, David is drawn into an escalating battle that threatens all of humanity. If he isn't what ONSET thinks he is, the entire world may pay the price.
©2016 Glynn Stewart (P)2017 Podium Publishing
2. NetGalley App Smartphone (A2023)
Leila Nugget Mystery: The Case with No Clues
By: Deserae Brady, Dustin Brady
Narrated by: Emily Eiden
Length: 1 hr and 32 mins
I decided to listen to this short title from my NetGalley shelf.
Source: 4/1/2023 NetGalley Title.
Publisher's Summary
Mr. McGee was the principal of Englewood Elementary in 1947, and the students have just discovered that he created a massive treasure hunt all those years ago... But Mr. McGee disappeared before he could share any of the clues. Seventy years later, Leila and Nugget are ready to crack the case and find that missing treasure.
Leila & Nugget Mysteries reward developing listeners with nonstop laughs, twists, and—of course—cute pets.
©2023 Dustin Brady (P)2023 Andrews McMeel Publishing
Leila Nugget Mystery: The Case with No Clues
By: Deserae Brady, Dustin Brady
Narrated by: Emily Eiden
Length: 1 hr and 32 mins
I decided to listen to this short title from my NetGalley shelf.
Source: 4/1/2023 NetGalley Title.
Publisher's Summary
Mr. McGee was the principal of Englewood Elementary in 1947, and the students have just discovered that he created a massive treasure hunt all those years ago... But Mr. McGee disappeared before he could share any of the clues. Seventy years later, Leila and Nugget are ready to crack the case and find that missing treasure.
Leila & Nugget Mysteries reward developing listeners with nonstop laughs, twists, and—of course—cute pets.
©2023 Dustin Brady (P)2023 Andrews McMeel Publishing
3. Audible Smartphone (ATBR)
Evolution Impossible
12 Reasons Why Evolution Cannot Explain the Origin of Life on Earth
By: Dr. John F. Ashton
Narrated by: John McLain
Length: 6 hrs and 55 mins
I chose this for my nonfiction this month.
Source: September 2022 Audible Plus.
Publisher's Summary
One of the most compelling and authoritative rebuttals of evolution today, Evolution Impossible shows listeners how fossils are evidence of extinction, not evolution; why mutations never produce new genetic information; how the lack of transitional fossils undermines secular timelines; and why living cells and new classes of organisms don't form by chance.
Using recent discoveries in genetics, biochemistry, geology, radiometric dating, and other scientific disciplines, Dr. Ashton explains chapter by chapter in straightforward language 12 compelling reasons why Darwin's theory of evolution is just a myth.
Taking the evidence refuting evolution to a new level with a wide-ranging analysis, this is a must-listen book for all students, Christian educators, scientists, and anyone eager to defend a biblical worldview.
©2017 Dr. John F. Ashton (P)2017 Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Chances are I will get to another book but I haven't decided which one yet. :-)
June 25, 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 enjoyed the five day study titled Greatly Loved by Hosanna Wong, a wonderful Spoken Word Artist.
I finished two audio titles and posted three reviews. I am up to date with two current reviews due and one I am holding. 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 am now down to one shorter (under 6 hours) audio left on my NetGalley shelf.
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.
Warning: Mailbox Monday can lead to envy, toppling TBR piles and humongous wish lists.
No new review title.
I'm showing six new audios from Audible plus over the past two weeks.
One free Kindle title last week.
Are your mailbox and TBR piles blooming?
Review Titles
NONE
Won
NONE
Purchased
NONE
Free
By: Andrea Penrose
Narrated by: James Cameron Stewart
Series: A Wrexford and Sloane Mystery , Book 1
Length: 11 hrs and 50 mins
By: Andrea Penrose
Narrated by: James Cameron Stewart
Series: A Wrexford and Sloane Mystery , Book 2
Length: 12 hrs and 36 mins
By: John Buchan
Narrated by: Robert Powell
Series: Richard Hannay , Book 1
Length: 3 hrs and 53 mins
By: Eric Jay Dolin
Narrated by: Paul Brion
Length: 10 hrs and 29 mins
By: Brian D. Anderson
Narrated by: Derek Perkins
Series: The Godling Chronicles , Book 1
Length: 12 hrs and 52 mins
By: Stephanie Perkins, Nina LaCour, Libba Bray, Francesca Lia Block, Leigh Bardugo
Narrated by: Cherise Boothe, Christopher Gebauer, Michael Bakkensen, Jessica Almasy, Erin Moon, Stina Nielsen
Length: 16 hrs and 2 mins
Free Kindle:
Hello, My Love (aka: A Modern Love Story) (Between Two Worlds Book 1)
Evy Journey
One new title added to Kindle library. Free titles might be found at Bookbub, Book Adrenaline, Ereader News Today, Inspired Reads, or Kindle ebooks.
We are expecting rain this week. Hopefully not as much as they say. Of course, I won't feel bad about not starting a garden this year if it rains until we leave for NC.
ReplyDeleteSummer Days and Summer Nights, Leila Nugget Mystery, and Evolution Impossible all caught my eye this week. Hope you enjoy your books.
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Hope the interview for new office lady goes well. Hope that visitor(s) doesn't eat any of your plants. Enjoy your reading.
ReplyDeleteNice variety of books. I read those Wrexford & Sloane titles and have 3, 4, and 5 on my Kindle. I do hope to get to them someday. Our highs this week will be in the 70s with a chance of rain every day. We can use the rain but I do miss the sun. Come see my week here. Happy reading!
ReplyDeleteStay cool!
ReplyDeleteWishing you a great reading week
I really appreciate your daily prayer. I've been praying something similar. It is so nuts right now.
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I remember hearing good things about the Summer Days and Summer Nights collection. Hope you enjoy it. Have a great week, happy reading!
ReplyDeleteHave a great new week. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteOh cool The 39 Steps! I listened to it recently, really good! Enjoy
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