Sunday Post August 13, 2023/It's Monday! What are You Reading? Plus Mailbox Monday August 14, 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 spent my week playing "catch up" of course. And I had a low grade fever the end of the week getting to 100.6 on Saturday. No fever Sunday morning so hopefully that is done now.
I have plenty of pictures to share of our time together. I got plenty of walking steps in (not just in the airports).

Here are family shots from our lunch at Fritz' where they deliver the food basket by train!
It was fun and the food was good.

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 are still having very hot weather and I am glad to work indoors. The highs this coming week are supposed to be in the mid 90s again with heat warnings already being issued.

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

I visited 14 blogs last week.
No shout out this week. I had a visitor today so I am late finishing my post.

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

• Sunday Post August 6, 2023/It's Monday! What are You Reading? Plus Mailbox Monday August 7, 2023.

• MBS July 2023 Reading List Wrap Up.

• NG2023: #NetGalley Audio Book Review: For the Loot, Goblin Mode, Book 1 by Han Yang and Pearce Adams; Genre:Fantasy, GameLit, LitRPG; My Rating: 4.0 of 5.0 Overall; Story 3.75 (due to language); Narration 4.25.

• ATBR: Audible Book Review: 1984: New Classic Edition by George Orwell; Genre: Classic, Dystopian, Literary Fiction; My Rating: 4.5 of 5.0 Overall; Story 4.5; Narration 4.5.

• Sunday Words of Encouragement August 13, 2023 - Dealing With Absalom.
  

Finished Reading:
1. Audible Smartphone (ATBR)

A Springtime to Remember
By: Lucy Coleman
Narrated by: Lucy Scott
Length: 8 hrs and 54 mins
This is a nice romance, rich on description of the gardens at Versailles.
Source: 12/9/2022 from Audible Plus Catalog.
Click on book title for full description.

2. Audible Smartphone (A2023)

The Summer House
By: James Patterson, Brendan DuBois
Narrated by: Ari Fliakos
Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins
I was totally drawn in by this crime/police procedural!
Source: 12/21/2020 Audible Daily Deal $3.95.
Click on book title for full description.

3. Audible Smartphone (ATBR)

Black Sheep
A Space Opera Adventure (Flight of the Javelin, Book 1)
By: Rachel Aukes
Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller
Length: 9 hrs and 4 mins
Release date: 06-16-20
This was a satisfactory sci fi if not overwhelming. 
Source: 12/27/2020 Audible Two for One Credit Sale.
Click on book title for full description.

Currently Reading:

1. Audible Smartphone (ATBR)

The Ranch (A Legacy of Violence)
The Legacy Series, Book 2
By: Sean Liscom
Narrated by: Christopher Lane
Length: 12 hrs and 32 mins
I was in the mood for action and I chose a continuing series.
Source: 3/3/22 Audible Sale $3.74 (Regular Price: $24.95).
Publisher's summary
Post-Apocalyptic Fiction by Sean Liscom
Jason Sterling had a simple life by all accounts. He had worked the same job his entire adult life, he had never married and he had no children. He was used to doing things on his own. His comfortable life was shaken to the core the day he learned of his fathers death. It was a mysterious meeting that set life altering events in motion and the allure of a new life was too great to walk away from. When an Electromagnetic Pulse brings the modern world to its knees, Jason's choice proves to be the right one.
Excerpt:
“I’d tell you boy’s good luck but you’re going to need a whole lot more than that. Divine intervention maybe. Stack your magazines deep, keep your powder dry and be ready to fight the devil himself,” It abruptly ended there. “What the hell?” I said looking up at my brother. That's what my father wrote in his journal. It was ominous, sinister, menacing.... All the words that raced through my mind when I read it. No matter which word I chose to use, they all meant the same thing. Something bad was on the horizon.
©2019 Sean Liscom (P)2020 Creative Texts Publishers, LLC

I have not decided which book is next. I have several in mind.


August 13, 2023 - I am doing the daily readings of BibleProject plan: The Full Story - "From the beginning to the Amen". Reading last week was in Ezra and now starting Nehimiah.

I finished three audio titles and posted two reviews. I am up to date.

NETGALLEY STATUS--
I still have three new audios and an older one on my 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.

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.
 

I received no review titles this week.
I selected three free audios from Audible Plus Catalog.
I will be picking my July 2 Credits at Audible this week.
I got no free Kindle titles last week.
Are your mailbox and TBR piles blooming?

Review Titles

NONE

Won

NONE

Purchased

NONE

Free

August 6- 13 Three Titles from Audible Plus Catalog.

Love Potion for the Alpha
By: Alice Coldbreath
Narrated by: Victoria Aston
Length: 6 hrs and 18 mins

And Then She Vanished
Joseph Bridgeman, Book 1
By: Nick Jones
Narrated by: Ray Porter
Length: 9 hrs and 7 mins

Legend of Tal
Volume I: Books 1-2 (Legend of Tal)
By: J.D.L. Rosell
Narrated by: Derek Perkins
Series: Legend of Tal, Book 1-2
Length: 24 hrs and 14 mins


No new titles added to Kindle library.  Free titles might be found at Bookbub, Book Adrenaline, Ereader News Today, Inspired Reads, or Kindle ebooks.