It's Monday! What Are You Reading?

This weekly meme is hosted by Kathryn at Book Date.

I'm reading: 

This is a Christmas cozy that has been sitting on my TBR bookshelf for ages!

TITLE: Mistletoe Murder

SERIES: Lucy Stone, Book #1
AUTHOR: Leslie Meier 

PUBLISHER: Kensington

PUBLICATION DATE: December 1, 1998 (first published 1991)

FORMAT: Paperback

LENGTH: 209 pages

GENRE: Mystery/Cozy, Holidays/Christmas

ISBN: 9781575663708

In Lucy Stone's debut -- now in its third printing -- the mystery-solving mom takes time out from her hectic holiday schedule to discover who murdered the owner of the town's famous mail-order company.

I'm listening to:

This is from the library, and it's been on my TBR for a long time!

TITLE: The Bean Trees

SERIES: Greer Family, Book #1
AUTHOR: Barbara Kingsolver

NARRATOR: C.J. Critt

PUBLISHER: Harper Audio

PUBLICATION DATE: May 19, 2009

FORMAT: Unabridged audiobook

LENGTH: 9 hrs and 20 mins 

GENRE: Contemporary Fiction

Clear-eyed and spirited, Taylor Greer grew up poor in rural Kentucky with the goals of avoiding pregnancy and getting away.

But when she heads west with high hopes and a barely functional car, she meets the human condition head-on. By the time Taylor arrives in Tucson, Arizona, she has acquired a completely unexpected child, a three-year-old American Indian girl named Turtle, and must somehow come to terms with both motherhood and the necessity of putting down roots.

Hers is a story about love and friendship, abandonment and belonging, and the discovery of surprising resources in apparently empty places.

I just finished:

TITLE: The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

AUTHOR: John Boyne

NARRATOR: Michael Maloney

PUBLISHER: Listening Library

PUBLICATION DATE: September 20, 2006

FORMAT: Unabridged audiobook

LENGTH: 5 hrs 

GENRE: Young Adult, Historical Fiction

The story of The Boy in the Striped Pajamas is very difficult to describe. Usually we give some information about the audiobook, but in this case we think that would spoil the listening. We think it's important that you start to listen without knowing what it is about.

If you do start to listen, you will go on a journey with a nine-year-old boy named Bruno. (Though this isn't a story for nine-year-olds.) And sooner or later, you will arrive with Bruno at the fence.

Fences like this exist all over the world. We hope that you never have to encounter such a fence.

TITLE: A December Bride

SERIES: A Year of Weddings 1, Book #1
AUTHOR: Denise Hunter

NARRATOR: Julie Lyles Carr

PUBLISHER: Zondervan on Brilliance Audio

PUBLICATION DATE: November 26, 2013

FORMAT: Unabridged audiobook

LENGTH: 2 hrs and 17 mins 

GENRE: Contemporary Romance, Holiday/Christmas

A year's worth of novellas from 12 inspirational romance authors. Happily ever after guaranteed.

What started as a whim turned into an accidental - and very public - engagement. Can Layla and Seth keep up the façade in Chapel Springs this holiday season - for the sake of her career…and his heart?

Under normal circumstances, Seth Murphy - the best friend of Layla O'Reilly's ex-fiancé - would be the last person she'd marry. But the news of their upcoming (and phony) nuptials convinces a big client that Layla may be high-society enough to work for his agency - a coup that would put her fledgling home-staging business on the map.

Seth has secretly loved Layla for years, even when she was dating his best friend. Maybe she'll never forgive him for the way he hurt her back then, but he has to try. And Layla is willing to keep up their engagement farce until she's landed her client. For Layla, it's the chance to save her career. But for Seth, it's his last chance to win her heart.

TITLE: After the Woods

AUTHOR: Kim Savage 

PUBLISHER: Farrar, Straus and Giroux

PUBLICATION DATE: February 23, 2016

FORMAT: Hardcover

LENGTH: 304 pages

GENRE: Young Adult, Mystery

ISBN: 9780374300555

Would you risk your life to save your best friend?

Julia did. When a paroled predator attacked Liv in the woods, Julia fought back and got caught. Liv ran, leaving Julia in the woods for a terrifying 48 hours that she remembers only in flashbacks. One year later, Liv seems bent on self-destruction, starving herself, doing drugs, and hooking up with a violent new boyfriend. A dead girl turns up in those same woods, and Julia’s memories resurface alongside clues unearthed by an ambitious reporter that link the girl to Julia’s abductor. As the devastating truth becomes clear, Julia realizes that after the woods was just the beginning.

What are you reading? Have you read any of these books and, if so, what did you think? Please let me know in the comments and, if you are also participating in this meme, leave me a link to your blog post so that I can stop by!