It’s Monday! What are you Reading? 4/12/2021

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is a weekly link up hosted by Kathryn at Book Date . Then, Jen at Teach Mentor Texts and Kellee at Unleashing Readers decided to give it a focus on kid’s literature. This is a chance for bloggers to recap their weeks of reading and share their plans for the next reading adventures they will take. Visit the host blogs for a list of great blogs participating and a whole bunch of titles to add to your to-read lists.

These are books from the last two weeks, since I didn’t get around to posting last week. I was on Spring Break this last week, so more books got finished than usual.

Today we are going to the school building for work for the first time since last Spring. We have been working remotely from home. It’s a big adjustment, but here we go. Students are coming next week.

Books I Finished:

I listened to the audio of this mystery book. It has been quite some time since I listened to an audiobook. It definitely helped me get some of the chores done that I was wanting to get done over break. This was another great murder mystery in the Harper McClain series. I enjoyed the book. If you are a mystery fan, you should check out this series by Christ Daugherty.

The Lost Apothecary was a fantastic book. I flew through it. The book alternated between a modern day story of a woman who had just found out her husband was cheating, and an historical account of an apothecary who sold poisons to women scorned. I really enjoyed the story (both stories) and appreciated also how there was a focus on independent and strong women in the book.

The Body at the Tower is the second book in The Agency series. In this book, Mary dresses up as a boy and gets hired to work at a construction site. She is there to investigate and figure out if the recent death that happened on site was an accident or something more malicious. I quite enjoyed this mystery.

This was a really good mystery. For me, it was reminiscent of Agatha Christie, in that it was not gory or overly graphic. I really appreciated the nod to the mystery genre and bookshops and the love of books. There were a couple twists that I did not see coming. If you like murder mysteries, go pick this one up and be ready to add at least 8 more books to your TBR list while reading.

Books I’m Reading:

I am enjoying this 2nd book in the Charlotte Holmes series. It is definitely a Young Adult series-some adult issues and language, but I am enjoying the characters.

What’s Next:

I have two books from the library. If I Had Your Face and A Curious Beginning are their titles. I also have a couple books from the Book of the Month subscription that I started a couple months ago. I will probably also look for a middle grade title or two for some quicker reads.

What are you reading this week? I would love to hear from you in the comments!

Author: Andrea

I am an instructional technology coach in a middle school in Milwaukee, WI. I have been teaching for over 20 years in many grade levels ranging from first through eighth grade. I am a lifelong book nerd.

7 thoughts on “It’s Monday! What are you Reading? 4/12/2021”

  1. I see that you are a mystery fan. So am I. I haven’t read any of this Charlotte Holmes series, but I did enjoy the Enola Holmes one. Have you read it? I’ve added the first in Charlotte series to my list. Thanks for the heads up.

  2. The Charlotte Holmes series sounds good. I’m also a fan of Enola Holmes series too. And since you said Eight Perfect Murders is like Christie and has nods to the classics, I’ll have to check it out. I’m a huge fan of the Golden Age mystery writers, especially Dorothy Sayers and Patricia Wentworth.

  3. I’ve heard about the Holmes series, sounds really good & I’ve already put The Lost Apothecary on my list. And now you’ve said it’s great, too! Too many books to catch up with! Thanks, Andrea!

  4. What a great set of books! I’ve heard a lot of praise for the Charlotte Holmes series, so I’m glad you’re enjoying it. Thanks for the wonderful post!

  5. Oooh … so many great books for you recently! The Lost Apothecary sounds intriguing.

    I enjoyed the first Charlotte Holmes book on audio and would love to read more of the series. And I have Eight Perfect Murders waiting on audio, but my husband also likes Swanson. I tend to save the mysteries/thrillers on audio to listen to with him, but it’s been a loooong time since we’ve enjoyed a decent road trip! The mystery audios are piling up in my backlog!

    Glad you enjoyed your break, and I hope your first week back at school went well –

    Sue

    Book By Book

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