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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 had to buy a new well pump which was pretty pricy. Sigh. But it is nice to have full pressure again. 

I'll be having my second ultrasound, with biopsy this time, on Tuesday. I am still believing all will be well. Thank you for good wishes and prayers.

Saturday I left the house early to attend a woman's club function in Panama City. These deer at the edge of my yard were surprised to see me so early as I startled them in the cold mist!

Here is our group at the event. I am hidden in the back with the mask on!

I'm still plying catch up on work, slowly moving forward.
I am still enjoying my chair yoga and have lost a few pounds.

I will continue to pray for the Advent messages all year: Hope, Peace, Joy, and Love.

Our weather did a flip this week - in the 70s on Friday and stepped out to 39 Saturday morning. Brrrr. More wind and rain on Sunday with another power outage for three hours.

I finished two audios and made a little more progress in the ebook. No reviews posted this week.

I visited only 11 blogs again last week. No shout Out this week.

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

• Sunday Post January 28 2024/It's Monday! What are You Reading? Plus Mailbox Monday January 29, 2024.

• MarthaE Cooking #5.

Finished Reading:
1. Audible on Smartphone (ATBR).

EMP: Equipping Modern Patriots
By: Jonathan Hollerman
Narrated by: Kent Clark
Series: EMP: Equipping Modern Patriots, Book 1 (4 books)
Length: 10 hrs and 14 mins Genre: EMP,
Genre: Post-Apocalyptic.
Rating: 4.0 overall. This is a rather typical post-apocalyptic story of family survival. The characters are well developed and it is entertaining even though it is fairly normal fare.
2024TBR, 2024Alphabet, and 2024Audiobook Goals.
Source: 7/18/2021 Audible Sale $5.00.
Click on link to see full description.

2. Audible on Smartphone (ATBR).

The Valley
A Lee Harden Novel
By: D.J. Molles
Narrated by: Christian Rummel
Length: 14 hrs and 48 mins
Genre: Action, Adventure, Post-Apocalyptic.
Rating 4.25 overall. I do enjoy this series.
This introduces a new Primal hybrid. 
Lee Harden and his team face a lot of danger from men as well as the hybrids.
2024TBR, 2024Alphabet, and 2024Audiobook Goals.
Source 6/16/2023 May Audible Credit.
Click on link to see full description

Currently Reading:
1. Audible on Smartphone (ATBR).

Galaxy on Fire: Publisher's Pack
By: Craig Robertson
Narrated by: Scott Aiello
Series: Galaxy on Fire, Book 1-2
Length: 13 hrs and 17 mins
This showed up as expiring 2/29 so I decided to listen to it as my "G" title.
I almost stopped at end of book 1 because this is rather over the top silly. But now I'm half finished book 2 so I will finish it.
2024TBR, 2024Alphabet, and 2024Audiobook Goals.
Source: April 2023 Audible Plus.
Publisher's summary
Galaxy on Fire: Publisher's Pack contains Books 1 and 2 of the Galaxy on Fire series.
Embers, Book 1:
Jon Ryan was supposed to be dead. He wanted to be dead. But Jon wakes up in the far future with an alien burrowing in his chest for salvage. Someone was going to pay for this. Check that. Lots of people were going to pay for this. Jon was the first astronaut to download to an android host to find the population of doomed Earth a new home. But that was so long time ago. He is now literally lost in time.
The far flung future is dominated by an unstoppable species, the Adamant. They have conquered most of the galaxy. No civilization has successfully resisted them. Brutally efficient, selflessly devoted to their empire, and callous to all other forms of life, the Adamant have advanced without boundaries. But they are about to run into a major problem. One very pissed off Jon Ryan stands in their way. He escapes their prison ship, rescues two teenage shapeshifters, and intends to protect them at all costs. Jon, Mirraya, and Slapgren race across the galaxy always just one step ahead of disaster. But the combined evil forces that pursue them tear the trio apart. The teens must fend on their own in a hostile universe. All the while, Jon runs for his life, hoping against all hope to locate the teens. In a galaxy burning with war, genocide, and hidden magic, can Jon Ryan pull of one more miracle?
Flames, Book 2:
For Jon Ryan, it always seems to be the hard way. But he likes it like that. When he finally wins, it's all the more satisfying. A cataclysmic fight with his evil twin leaves Jon marooned on a desolate planet. He has no ship, no radio, and no one knows he's there. Meanwhile the shapeshifter teens are spirited to the court of the Adamant emperor himself. Malraff, his torture master, takes control of the teens and is bent on finding the secret of their ability to transform. She will do anything to find out the truth, and she will revels in their suffering.
Somehow Jon must find his way out of his imprisonment and rescue the teens. But will there be anything left for him to save even if he can escape? A galaxy on fire with the destructive conquests of the Adamant empire still stands between Jon and any for chance of success. Without allies, recourses, or any reason for hope, his only path is to release the darkness that he is capable of. But can Jon triumph and still be worthy of that victory?
©2017 Craig Robertson (P)2019 Podium Publishing

2. Audible on Smartphone (ATBR).

Howl's Moving Castle
By Diana Wynne Jones
Duration: 8 h 37 min
Genre: Fantasy, Folklore, Young Adult
I figured it was time to listen to this classic.
It is my “H” title.
2024TBR, 2024Alphabet, and 2024Audiobook Goals.
7/22/2019 Audiobooks.com 2 for 1 Credit.
SUMMARY
A Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Book and ALA Notable and Best of the Year in Young Adult Fiction, Howl's Moving Castle by acclaimed fantasy writer Diana Wynne Jones was transformed into an Academy Award-nominated animated motion picture by Hayao Miyazaki. On a rare venture out from her step-mother's hat shop, Sophie attracts the attention of a witch, who casts a terrible spell transforming the young girl into an old crone. 'A wonderful blend of humor, magic, and romance.'-Publishers Weekly

3. Kindle (/NetGalley) App on Smartphone (NGeB2024)

If the Boot Fits
By Karen Witemeyer
Pub Date 12 Mar 2024 | Archive Date 21 Apr 2024
Bethany House, Bethany House Publishers
Genre: Christian | Historical Fiction | Romance.
I like this author and hope this reads easier than the sci fi.
2024NetGalley, 2024Alphabet, and 2024ebook Goals. Source: 1/12/2024 ebook from NetGalley.
SUMMARY
A Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Book and ALA Notable and Best of the Year in Young Adult Fiction, Howl's Moving Castle by acclaimed fantasy writer Diana Wynne Jones was transformed into an Academy Award-nominated animated motion picture by Hayao Miyazaki. On a rare venture out from her step-mother's hat shop, Sophie attracts the attention of a witch, who casts a terrible spell transforming the young girl into an old crone. 'A wonderful blend of humor, magic, and romance.'-Publishers Weekly.

ON HOLD. Kindle (/NetGalley )App on Smartphone (NGeB2023)

The Altered Moon 2: The Tyrant of Unity
By James McGettigan, Jingjing Huntley (Photographer), Fabiana Granado, Kyle Davis, Jason Frank, Serena Lucatero, Jacqui Corn-Uys (Editor), Anthony McGettigan (Editor), Judy McGettigan (Editor)
This is still reading slowly. I have reached 53%.
I'm going to put this on hold to read another NetGalley ebook.
Source: December 27, 2023 NetGalley.
Archive date 1/11/24 I have it downloaded so I am able to continue to read it.
2024TBR, 2024NetGalley, 2024Alphabet, and 2024ebook Goals.
Click on link to see full description.

I will be looking at the letters U, T, K,  and M for my next picks. 

February 4, 2024 - I am enjoying the YouVersion App called The Bible Recap with Tara Leigh Cobble. (The link is to the plan online.) We finished Genesis and are in Exodus.
I completed the study: 21 day Fast, Read, Pray, Acts Challenge.

I finished two books, rated with mini reviews/comments above.

NETGALLEY STATUS--
I continue on an ebook. I now have two more ebooks. I still have an older audio on my shelf I need to listen to.
I still have the two old NetGalley ebook titles.

Other Sources: I have a dozen or so books that I received from Facebook links and newsletter sign-ups, not specific review requests. plus many titles through InstaFreebie over the past few years.

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, and Me. Emma has retired so we are looking for another person willing to assist.

Warning: Mailbox Monday can lead to envy, toppling TBR piles and humongous wish lists.

No new review titles.
No titles bought this week and no new Audible Plus either but I am listing some still from 2023. 

No new Kindle title this week.
Are your mailbox and TBR piles blooming?

Review Titles

NONE

Won

NONE

Purchased

NONE

Free

These 12 titles were Audible Plus free titles downloaded December 1, 2023.

The Dark Side of the Road: Ishmael Jones Mystery Series, Book 1
By: Simon R. Green
Narrated by: Gildart Jackson
Series: Ishmael Jones Mystery Series , Book 1
Length: 8 hrs and 38 mins

The Outcasts of Time
By: Ian Mortimer
Narrated by: James Cameron Stewart
Length: 12 hrs and 35 mins

Too Like the Lightning: Terra Ignota, Book 1
By: Ada Palmer
Narrated by: Jefferson Mays
Series: Terra Ignota , Book 1
Length: 20 hrs and 19 mins

Zone War (Read in January)
By: John Conroe
Narrated by: James Patrick Cronin
Series: Zone War Series, Book 1
Length: 8 hrs and 54 mins

A Proposal for Christmas
By: Linda Lael Miller, Lindsay McKenna
Narrated by: Jack Garrett, Gabra Zackman
Length: 11 hrs and 5 mins

One More Last Time: A LitRPG/GameLit Novel 
By: Eric Ugland
Narrated by: Neil Hellegers
Series: The Good Guys Series , Book 1
Length: 7 hrs and 43 mins

A Promise of Fire
By: Amanda Bouchet
Narrated by: Mia Barron
Series: The Kingmaker Chronicles , Book 1
Length: 14 hrs and 45 mins

Blind Spot
By: Dani Pettrey
Narrated by: Therese Plummer
Series: Chesapeake Valor , Book 3
Length: 7 hrs and 54 mins

Christmas in Winter Valley
By: Jodi Thomas
Narrated by: Julia Gibson
Series: Ransom Canyon , Book 9
Length: 8 hrs and 33 mins

An Outlaw's Christmas
By: Linda Lael Miller
Narrated by: Jack Garrett
Series: The McKettricks , Book 15
Length: 6 hrs and 20 mins

The Christmas Eve Letter
By: Elyse Douglas
Narrated by: Madeleine Dauer
Series: The Christmas Eve Letter , Book 1
Length: 11 hrs and 38 mins

A Cotswold Christmas: The Willoughby Close Series, Book 1
By: Kate Hewitt
Narrated by: Justine Eyre
Series: The Willoughby Close Series , Book 1
Length: 3 hrs and 43 mins


I still have 13 Audible Plus titles to list from 2023 and some from 2024. 

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