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

Monday, August 24, 2026

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? and Mailbox Monday - Aug 24

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? is a place to meet up and share what you have been, are, and are 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! Hope you had a great week. We are creeping closer to the end of August, and I am ready! Not that I have time for it, but I really want to decorate for fall. I actually listened to Christmas music last week. I bought some new flour to try out different recipes, and this weekend, I made a bunch of chicken broth and banana bread.

Shifting to reading...

Hope to write my review of The Ladies Hall by Vanessa Miller this week.

I didn't read The Eyes of River last week.

Dived into Staged by Caitlin Rother.

Loving Massawa by Pam Webber.

I need to write a review of Food is Medicine by Dariush Mozaffarian, MD, DRPH.

Also need to read:

A Christmas Carol Devotional: 25 Advent Reflections from Charles Dickens's Beloved Classic by Rachel Dodge
The Christmas Yes List by Melissa Ferguson
Beginner's Guide to Using an AI Assistant by Hank Quense

I have 45 days on this devotional.

I only have 14 days left on this one. Yikes!

Upcoming Events

Evan's Stormy Voyage by Karen Charles - Sep 24 (Review at TC&TBC)
She Forgot She Was Free by Giselle Mascarenhas - Oct 14 (Review)

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.

Nothing new this week. I am pretending to behave.