It's Monday! What Are You Reading? & Mailbox Monday - Jul 28

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.

Happy Monday on a Sunday! Tomorrow morning, I will be up and out the door early, so it makes sense to get this posted first. Can you believe this is the last Monday of July? In case you were wondering, there are only 150 days until Christmas. 

Thought you might like a peek at more of the wedding photos. Beyond My Lens Photography, LLC, out of Wallingford, Connecticut, did an amazing job! She truly went above and beyond in so many ways. 

Our girls

The Lil' Diva and Sammie

The kids and the rents

Not a ton of reading is going on, but that is not stopping me from buying books or blogging. I'm also keeping up with my journal app most days. 

My review of Stop That Witch! was posted today at The Children's and Teen's Book Connection.  

I didn't read Behind the Scenes by Elizabeth Hobbs Keckley on my Kindle this week. 

I snuck in a few more pages of The Bible Simplified by Zach Windahl on NetGalley. 

I didn't touch The Sea Captain's Wife by Tailar J. Mazzeo this week, but I only have 29 days left to read it on NetGalley, so I'd better get back to it.

I didn't touch Like Driftwood on the Salish Sea by Richard Levine. Since the review is in September, I have some time.

My First Chapter Reviews of Whispers by J. Herman Kleiger was posted on Wednesday.

On Audible, I listened to Generating Business Referrals Without Asking by Stacey Brown Randall. Great book! 

I started listening to the next two books, but since one is meditations and the other devotions, I opted not to continue with them while driving. I will get back to them.

How to Train Your Mind by Chris Bailey

God's Purpose for Your Life by Charles F. Stanley

These First Chapter Reviews are coming in August and September. 

Gone to the Ground by Morgan Hatch

What Lies We Keep by Janet Roberts

Whatever It Takes by Alan Benham 

Need to read Old Flames, New Beginnings by Lea Schizas soon. 

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. 

Author Sarah Hamaker has been running a Christmas in July Reader Extravaganza. As a result, I am grabbing some free e-books and using my credits to buy others. I scooped up A Sleigh Ride for Ruby by Donna Schlaghter for only 45 cents! 

Because I subscribe to Lyssa Lund's newsletter, I was able to grab a copy of The Witch's Inheritance while it was free. 

Some book swag arrived this week from Carolyn Bennett Fraiser, author of M is for Mason Jar. I'm on her book launch team. Need to read this one soon.

Karen White's new book, The Last Carolina Summer, which I had pre-ordered, arrived the same day as the book swag from Fraiser. 

Upcoming Events

• Arabesque by M G da Mota - Jul 31 (Book Spotlight)
• Gone to the Ground by Morgan Hatch - Aug 7 (First Chapter Review)
• Like Driftwood on the Salish Sea by Richard Levine - Aug 12 (Author Interview)
• What Lies We Keep by Janet Roberts - Aug 20 (First Chapter Review)
• Whatever it Takes by Alan Brenham - Sep 2 (First Chapter Review)
• Like Driftwood on the Salish Sea by Richard Levine - Sep 15 (Review)

The latest Christmas... in the news post is up at Christmas Year Round. You can read all the seasonal good stuff here. 

The Children's and Teens' Book Connection has my review of Stop That Witch!. (link above). 

Nothing new at Laura's Little Houses, but the ideas are brewing. 

Lots going on as you can tell. I have a closing this Friday (woo-hoo!), and I am working on several other things. Hoping to take one day of the coming weekend off. We shall see. Enjoy your day!