It's Monday! What Are You Reading? & Mailbox Monday

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? is a place to meet up and share what you have been, are and about to be reading over the week. It's a great post to organize yourself. It's an opportunity to visit and comment, and er... add to that ever growing TBR pile! So welcome in everyone. This meme started with J Kaye's Blog and then was taken up by Sheila from Book Journey. Sheila then passed it on to Kathryn at the Book Date.   

Happy Monday! Hope you had a great week. The sun has been shining here, but Sunday was more like tornado weather--warm, drizzly, and windy. My seedlings are growing. Took the Lil' Diva to the first fitting for her wedding dress. And I have been running around selling and showing houses. Not a bad week at all. Also positive news on the literary front, but too early to share yet.  Saw a local production of On Golden Pond this weekend. Just bought tickets for The Wizard of Oz at a different theatre for July. 

Here are a few photos:

Added to the alphabet soup after my name with my ABR designation

Made this yummy butternut squash salad

Theo is enjoying the warmer weather

The only reading I managed was the First Chapter Review of the following romance novel and a short audio book. You can read it here if you missed it. This will be another productive week, but I plan to get some reading done anyway. 

This is a 20 minute short essay. Not sure how I stumbled upon it. 

Started this two weeks ago, so should be continuing with it this week. 

These are next. 

Mailbox Monday is a gathering place for readers to share the books they added to their shelves the previous week. This weekly meme is now hosted by Vicki at I'd Rather Be At The Beach. 

Found this Kindle freebie thanks to Bookbub.  

October 1870 - Cincinnati born Angelique DeWitt, widowed and caring for her five-year-old daughter, Zina, finds herself scrambling for a place for her and her little girl. About to become homeless and in desperation, Angelique makes a quick decision to become a mail order bride for a man named Thaddeus Billings, a hotel owner in Kansas. But...once they get on their way, Angelique wonders if she has done the right thing, especially when disaster strikes! Terry Cramer has had it rough most of his life. Now divorced and raising his six-year-old son, he has a prosperous farm and steamboat landing on the banks of the Ohio River—thirteen miles south of Louisville. He has everything he needs... except a good woman to love him and help raise his boy. Always too busy to go out looking for a female to court, Terry says one would have to drop onto his lap. Sometimes circumstances work out in strange ways, even because of a broken down old steamboat. You just never know what’s around that next bend in life, do you? If you enjoy a good, clean, old-fashioned romance with lots of history and endearing characters, written like the classic movies of old, then Sweet Love at Honey Landing is for you!

Upcoming Events

• Boo's Blue Poo and Goo by Toni Nelson - Mar 27 (Book Blast at TC&TBC)
• Gitel's Freedom by Iris Mitlin Lav - Date TBD (Review) 
• The Silver Falcon by David Tindell - Apr 9 (Author Interview)
• Pineapple Easter Egg by Amy Vansant - Apr 10 (Showcase)
• The Whispering Witch and Nobody Important by Lee J. Martin - Apr 16 & 17 (Review at TC&TBC)
• Only in September by Cynthia Flowers - Apr 23 (Book Blast)
• Stone of Doubt by Margaret Izard - Apr 28 (Interview)
• Surviving the United Nations by Robert Bruce Adolph - May 9 (First Chapter Review)

At Christmas Year Round you will find March Madness and Christmas connections here. 

I will be posting a writing and goals update before the end of the month at The Children's and Teens' Book Connection. Will likely be shifting some things around. 

That's it from my neck of the woods. Looking forward to checking in with you.