Welcome to this week's Sunday/Monday Post. As usual, I will be linking up to:
Sunday Post
Sunday Salon
Stacking the Shelves
Mailbox Monday
It's Monday, What Are You Reading?
The week started off with a visit with a couple of friends. They were passing through town on Sunday and we got together for lunch. As always, it was way too little time with them, but I was so glad I got to see them.
Thursday was interesting. Someone entered my phone number in one of those websites that requests insurance comparisons. I found out when my phone starting blowing up with people trying to give him quotes. I had to turn off my phone for a while so I could concentrate at work. I finally got them to leave me alone. Or they are taking the weekend off.
Our weather was cool this week. As in we didn't even reach 60 at one point. Sorry, but that's winter weather! It's the end of April, I want my 70's and 80's, which it looks like we should have starting tomorrow.
Saturday morning was walking book club, and the weather was very pleasant for that. I've been a lazy bum since I got back. I've got a review to write, but I've been reading and napping and putting off working on this post. It's been nice, but I'm finally working on this post early Saturday evening.
This Past Week on the Blog:
This Coming Week on the Blog:
Book Haul:
Settle in, I've got seven ebooks to tell you about this week. Yikes! I got out of control. Although, as you will see, most were free or on sale. (And I'm saving some physical books for next week's post.)We'll start with the eARCs. Up first is Murder on Devil's Pond by Ayla Rose. This is the first in a new series set around a bed and breakfast. It's also a new pen name for Wendy Tyson, and I enjoyed her earlier cozy mystery series, so I'm looking forward to this one. (Okay, the earlier series was a bit more traditional than cozy, but I still really enjoyed it.) The book comes out in early July, so I will be reading it then.
I also got Murder on the Med by Nancy Cole Silverman. This is the third is her Kat Lawson series and takes place on a cruise ship in the Mediterranean. The main character works with the FBI on art related cases and uses travel writing as a cover. The first two were good, and I'm looking forward to this one. I'm actually part of a blog tour and will be reviewing it in early June.
Then there were all kinds of Kindle deals this week. Some I think were officially part of a stuff your Kindle promotion, and I think others were just the timing. Either way, I snagged quite a few ebooks for free or very good deals. Many of these deals may have ended, unfortunately.
Birth of the Black Orchids by M. R. Dimond has been on my radar for a while, and I snagged it for free. Looks like it still is, if you are interested.
I really enjoyed the first of Alyssa Maxwell's Gilded Newport Mystery when I read it earlier this year, so when the second, Murder at Marble House, went on sale, I snagged it. I hope I can get to this one soon.
Likewise, Shelia Lowe put her second Claudia Rose Forensic Handwriting Mystery on sale this week. I have read the first and have a couple of the later ones in the series, so I jumped at a chance to get Written in Blood.
The Cooper Harrington Detective Novels by Tammy L. Grace recently crossed my radar, and I couldn't pass up the first being free. We will see what I think of Killer Music. And since this series is set in Nashville, that's a great title, right?
Finally, there was the impulse buy for 99 cents - S'More Murder by Josephine Beintema. I would love to find a good series set around camping or a campground. I've actually tried two and neither worked for me for various reasons. I have a few more I haven't read yet, and now I've added this one to the TBR Mountain range.
Yikes! I'd better get to reading.
What I'm Currently Reading:
Friday, I finished Malibu Burning, the first in a new series from Lee Goldberg. I've let myself get behind on his books, so I've got to catch up. This one involves fire investigators and several wild fires in Southern California. This is the review I've been putting off today, not because I didn't enjoy the book, but because I've been lazy. But I need to get it written since I plan to post it on Friday.
I'm currently about a third of the way into Love Me or Grieve Me, the tenth Madison Night mystery from Diane Vallere. This one has an interesting premise - a newspaper accidentally runs Madison's obituary when someone with a similar name passes. Naturally, we've now got murder in the mix. I'm enjoying it as always.
That's it for me. Hope you have a great week!