It's Monday! What Are You Reading? and Mailbox Monday - Nov 3

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 to November! Does anyone have their tree up yet? I hear that the day after Halloween means it's time to decorate. Luckily, I didn't get many fall decorations up this year, so not much to take down. Very few visitors on Halloween, which was sad. I miss those days when the neighborhood was filled with kids. 

Here are a few photos from last week:

Made this yummy chicken swiss bake

Travis likes to peek out the windows

My fall vest from Wilmington

The husband and his dog

In my reading world, I finished Charlie Can't Sleep by Rachel Joy Welcher. You can read my review here. 

                                        

I read some of The Curiosities by W.H. Eatons, which I need to finish this week. 

I continued with The Man Next Door by Sheila Roberts. My review is coming soon. 

Singing the Forge by G. H. Mosson is partially done. 

I want to read Old Flames, New Beginnings by Lea Schizas during the holiday season. 

Eager to read Crescent City Christmas Chaos by Ellen Byron for a November review. 

Will be posting a First Chapter Review of A Quarterback for Christmas by Linda West in November.

Ms. Pennypickle's Puzzle Quest by Chris Grabenstein will also be archived soon, so I need to read it. 

After all that, I think I will tackle something from my TBR pile. I'm focusing on whittling that down. I can't stand having so many boxes of unread books in the house. 

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. 

I grabbed Christmas at Whispering Creek by Barbara M. Britton because it was on sale. With my promotional credits from Amazon, it was a freebie for me. 

Upcoming Events

• A Quarterback for Christmas by Linda West - Nov 13 (First Chapter Review)
• Singing the Forge by G. H. Mosson - Nov 25 (Review)
• Crescent City Christmas Chaos by Ellen Byron - Nov 27 (Review)

This week's Christmas... in the news post is up at Christmas Year Round. This week, we are talking about the florist decorating the White House, Christmas movies on Netflix in November, and magical Christmas markets in Europe. Check it out here. 

My review of Charlie Can't Sleep! was posted at The Children's and Teens' Book Connection this weekend.

Talked a bit about my Laura Ingalls Wilder and Little House on the Prairie book collection at Laura's Little Houses. I will likely feature some of those books next year. I can't believe I am already thinking of my 2026 blogging schedule.  

That is all for me. I might not be around much today, but I will definitely visit you this week. Thanks for reading!