It's Monday! What Are You Reading? & Mailbox Monday - April 7

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 April, everyone! We had some April showers this weekend. How about you? 

Lots going on around here. Real estate showings and happenings left me without a day off this past week, but after this coming Wednesday, I think it will slow down. We had dinner with friends over the weekend. The other half and I tried a new restaurant for date night on Friday. Attended three events last week and won a couple of raffle prizes. 

Here are a few photos from last week:

Friday night at Taps Sports Bar 

at MGM Springfield

Lemon chicken stir-fry on Saturday

Check out the wallpaper from years gone by

As far as reading goes, it's very slow. Simply no time. Need to finish this one. 

Started listening to this one on Audible.

Need to start these soon. 

Only 24 days left on NetGalley for me to read this one.

These two are next in line. 

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. 

Since Dean Butler signed my hardcover of this book, I used my last Audible credit and bought a copy of the audiobook to read instead.

This arrived from Random House on Friday. This latest true crime novel from Caitlin Rother is coming out in June. 

Since I want to read more classics, I grabbed the next two from Thriftbooks.

Upcoming Events

• 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)
• Freedom Drop & Calypso Blue by Brian Silverman - June 18 (Showcase)
• Freedom Drop by Brian Silverman - June 21 (First Chapter Review)
• Calypso Blue by Brian Silverman - June 22 (First Chapter Review)

At Christmas Year Round I shared more Christmas... in the News this week. Check it out here. 

At the Children's and Teens' Book Connection, I asked what people thought about NaNoWriMo shutting down. You can read that post here. Received some responses on my X.com post, but none on my blog. 

That's it for me. I am posting early because I have to be on the road first thing in the morning. Looking forward to checking out your posts.