The Book Connection...: 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, comment, and add to that ever-growing TBR pile! So welcome, everyone. This meme started with J Kaye's Blog and was then taken up by Sheila from Book Journey. Sheila then passed it on to Kathryn at the Book Date.

Welcome back to Monday. We are almost to the end of the month. By this time next week, we will be on vacation. I think God took pity on me and my potential burnout. All the listings I thought were coming before we left are waiting until after we return. Though I will have things going on, with any luck, I will squeak out more of a vacation than usual. Maybe I can even catch up on my reading.

Here are photos from this week:

The Lil' Diva's dance recital. She just finished 21 years.

Don't let their cuteness fool you. Right after this, they attacked each other.

Theo is hanging out with me as I go through his vacation supplies. Packing makes him very anxious.

More success with reading this past week. I posted three First Chapter Reviews. Here they are in case you missed them:

Click here to read the review.

Click here to read the review and enter for your chance to win.

I reviewed this NetGalley download at TC&TBC.

I also read more of this book. Caitlin Rother is one of my favorite true crime authors. She does a spectacular job of in-depth research.

I have a First Chapter Review of this book coming up on Friday.

These two are next.

I'm not sure how many books I am bringing on vacation with me yet, but I have already packed my Kindle, and I have my NetGalley app on my phone.

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.

This is a NetGalley download that I will review soon. It is coming out in September.

Before we leave for vacation, this book should arrive. I will likely take it with me to North Carolina.

Upcoming Events

Soul Stirrings by Anita Hackley Lambert - June 25 (Book Spotlight)
To Murder a Marquis by Arabella Sheraton - June 27 - (First Chapter Review)
My Bully, My Aunt, and Her Final Gift by Harold Phifer Jul 8 (Book Spotlight)
Shooting Stars Above by Patricia Leavy, PhD - Jul 24 (Author Interview)
Arabesque by M G da Mota - Jul 31 (Book Spotlight)
Like Driftwood on the Salish Sea by Richard Levine - Aug 12 (Author Interview)
Like Driftwood on the Salish Sea by Richard Levine - Sep 15 (Review)

Christmas Year Round has a new Christmas... in the news post that talks about a Christmas pop-up in Texas coming in July, an animated special starring Nathan Kress (iCarly), and an article from Travel & Leisure about celebrating in Florida. You can find that all here.

Other than my review of Rosie's Ranch Rescue, I featured 10 Nesting Swallows by Tammar Stein at The Children's and Teens' Book Connection. You can check that out here.

Laura's Little Houses has nothing new. Probably won't until we are on vacation. I have ideas, just no time to dedicate to them right now.

I will be catching up on comments from last week and this post today. Hope you have a great week!