The Book Connection...: It's Monday! What Are You Reading? and 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.

Happy Monday! How are you doing today? Hope you had a fabulous week. It's been a week of decisions, focusing on blessings, and feeling more productive. I can't say I read much, but I finished an editing job Sunday night, so there should be more reading time now. The Christmas lights are up outside, and four of the trees made it out of the basement this weekend.

Here are photos from the week:

Chuck kept me company at an open house on Sunday.

This mini-quilt arrived on Saturday from a client of mine.

Spent some time in the kitchen this weekend.

One of my clients bought me this delicious chocolate peanut butter cheesecake and cannolis.

That teeny, tiny person in the front is me, standing next to my sister at my godmother's wedding. A special treasure that came to me this week from our cousin.

Switching into my reading world, I need to get my reviews of Captain LOL and Rubber Chicken by Craig Yoe and Ms. Pennypickle's Puzzle Quest by Chris Grabenstein posted soon.

I continued with The Man Next Door by Sheila Roberts. The review will be posted before the end of the year.

My review of Singing the Forge by G. H. Mosson is coming Tuesday.

I am dismally behind in my reading of Crescent City Christmas Chaos by Ellen Byron, but it is the last full review for the year, so I will finish it, even if that's not by my review date on Thursday.

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

Looking forward to reading from my TBR pile after this.

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.

As I mentioned last week, my Audible subscription has renewed, so I grabbed myself a few books.

100 Rules for Living to 100: An Optimist's Guide to a Happy Life by Dick Van Dyke. Van Dyke has been a favorite of ours for decades.

Digital Detox for Remote Workers by Dr. Guenter H. Schamel.

The 4 Disciplines of Execution: Achieving Your Wildly Important Goals by Chris McChesney et al.

I pre-ordered a copy of Wendi Lou Lee's latest devotional, Story by Story: A Journey Into the Gospels, from her Etsy shop. This book just came out last week and arrived in record time.

Upcoming Events

Singing the Forge by G. H. Mosson - Nov 25 (Review)
Crescent City Christmas Chaos by Ellen Byron - Nov 27 (Review)
Cinder Bella by Kathleen Shoop - Dec 3 (Spotlight)
Christmas in Newfoundland 3 by Mike Martin - Dec 15 (First Chapter Review)

This week's Christmas... in the news post is up at Christmas Year Round. Spirit Christmas locations are open. We talk about the Christmas Capital of Texas, and also share a report on why Red Wing, Minnesota, made Country Living's list of "Most Magical Christmas Towns in America." Find all that here.

I also posted an excerpt from Christmas in Newfoundland 3: Sgt. Windflower Holiday Tales by Mike Martin. You can read that here. If you are looking for new and upcoming seasonal titles, you can check out this post.