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

Monday, March 16, 2026

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? and Mailbox Monday - Mar 16

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! Hope you had a nice weekend. We are expecting a wet and windy day, but at least we aren't in Wisconsin. Some areas had 20 inches of snow by midday on Sunday. I hope everyone there remains safe.

My real estate schedule is filling up, and this weekend I worked most of Sunday. I had a speaking engagement on Thursday, which went well, and had a few appointments and showings. This coming week shows more red dots on my calendar, indicating things to do.

Here are a few photos from last week:

Dwight and Travis enjoyed the two sunny and warm days we had

Bought myself some overalls

Vegetarian stir-fry during our Lenten fast

I finished listening to 100 Rules for Living to 100: An Optimist's Guide to a Happy Life by Dick Van Dyke. Look for my review soon.

I listened to Hazel Gaynor's Before Dorothy last week, and it is getting interesting.

I finished Dream Facades: The Cruel Architecture of Reality TV by Jack Balderrama Morley. Look for my review coming soon.

I started Agatha Christie, She Watched by Teresa Peschel, for an April review.

I also started Murder, Local Style by Leslie Karst, which is for an April review.

Photo credit: Freepik

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 received a digital copy of The Ledger by Steven Manchester for review, which is a follow-up to The Menu, which I mentioned here.

Upcoming Events

Women's Freedom: The Dawn of Possibilities by Dr. Barbara Becker Holstein - Mar (Review)

Agatha Christie, She Watched by Teresa Peschel - Apr 15 (Review)

Murder, Local Style by Leslie Karst - Apr 20 (Review)

Scrap: Salvaging a Family by Luanne Castle - May 21 (Review)

The Ledger by Steven Manchester - May (Review)

Staged by Cailtin Rother - June (Review)

Christmas Year Round

Christmas Year Round's blog has two new posts since last week:

"Journey Through Christmases Past - Christmas 1918" here, and "Journey Through Christmases Past - Christmas 2001" here. Next week's post will be lighter.