It's Monday! What Are You Reading? and Mailbox Monday - May 26

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 and comment, and er... 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.

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Welcome back to Monday! I am grateful you stopped by. In the States, we are honoring and remembering those lost in service to our country. Originally called Decoration Day, the first remembrance took place in 1868 to honor and remember those lost during the Civil War. It became known as Memorial Day in 1971. You can read some Memorial Day facts here.

Life has been incredibly busy, which is expected this time of year. The Lil' Diva's wedding is quickly approaching. I visited the Lil' Princess at the beginning of last week. And I am in the middle of continuing education for three states, one of which needs to be done before the end of this month. 

Here are some photos from the last couple of weeks:

The Lil' Princess and I sitting in the lifeguard's shack

Sunrise on Wrightsville Beach

Stony Hill Landscaping updated our front gardens

 Walk through the woods this weekend

My cousins celebrated their 50th anniversary this weekend, so they were looking at family photos. This is me (front with the short hair) with my two older sisters and our uncle. 

Not a ton of reading going on, but I did review this one at The Children's and Teen's Book Connection. 

I've been listening to this one while driving back and forth from appointments. 

Started this one on Saturday. 

These are next. 

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 these earlier in the month at the library book sale.

Upcoming Events

• Cayman Conundrum by Stacy Wilder - June 11 (First Chapter Review)
• Freedom Drop & Calypso Blue by Brian Silverman - June 18 (Showcase)
• Freedom Drop by Brian Silverman - June 21 (First Chapter Review)
• Calypso Blue by Brian Silverman - June 22 (First Chapter Review)
• Soul Stirrings by Anita Hackley Lambert - June 25 (Book Spotlight)
• To Murder a Marquis by Arabella Sheraton - June 27 - (Review)

Christmas Year Round has two new posts:

• Three Things to Do in May to Prepare for Next Christmas
• Christmas ... in the News

My review of My Grandma and Grandpa Rock! appears at The Children's and Teens' Book Connection. You can read it here.  

Check out my latest post at  Laura's Little Houses - Is It Time to Stop Saying Michael Landon Strayed Too Far from the Books? This is my summary after comparing the books to the television series. Read it here.

That's it for me today. Looking forward to visiting you and seeing what you're reading. 

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? - Jan 27

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 and comment, and er... add to that ever growing TBR pile! So welcome in everyone. This meme started with J Kaye's Blog and then was taken up by Sheila from Book Journey. Sheila then passed it on to Kathryn at the Book Date.    

Welcome to the last Monday in January. That first month sure flew by. Hope you had a nice week. Mine was abundantly productive. I reorganized the pantry, the refrigerator, and a closet, made a donation pile for clothes and bags, and the majority of my Christmas decorations are down. Two of the six trees are still up. I've been going through all my Christmas decorations to see what is still worth holding onto and reorganizing it all so I will have an easier time next year. 

Here are some photos from our week:

It snowed in New England, in Wilmington, and on the Outer Banks.

Wrightsville Beach in NC. The Lil' Princess saw people surfing that day.

Travis thinks Christmas decorations are his toys.

In my reading world, I finished this one and posted a review on Sunday. You can read it here.

Making good progress on this one. 

Reading these two. 

These are next.

Bought five books last week for less than $40. All of these will be added to my Ingalls Wilder collection. I've read Young Pioneers and Free Land but wanted to own them. 

I also downloaded this one to my Kindle for only 99 cents. 

On Chirp, I am listening to this one.

Upcoming events:

• Review of Ghosting Academy by LS Delorme - Feb 3 (Review)

At the Christmas Year Round blog, you can find funny photos of the pets from the holiday season. Click here.

Posted a new fanfiction story at Laura's Little Houses titled, "My Funny Valentine." You can read it here.

That's it from me. Looking forward to visiting your blogs.