It's Monday! What Are You Reading? and Mailbox Monday - May 15

Welcome to 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 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 another It's Monday! What Are You Reading? and Mailbox Monday! I am posting this early so that I can get a head start Monday morning on visiting blogs. 

How was your weekend? I hope all the moms out there had a nice Mother's Day. This was the first Mother's Day without my mother-in-law, and my in-laws' celebration of life was Saturday on their wedding anniversary, so our weekend came with a mix of different emotions.

Flowers from the kids

The Lil' Diva made supper and this yummy chocolate cake

The Lil' Princess made me this lovely e-card. 

Speaking of the Lil' Princess, she is home for the summer! Here are some photos from our trip to Wilmington to pick her up.

Hubby celebrated his birthday while we were there

Airlie Gardens

Downtown Wilmington waterfront

Eating bagels at Round the last day in Wilmington

As far as reading goes, I am still making my way through this one on NetGalley. It's not a long book, but I haven't had much time this week. 

I read another chapter of this one.

I am considering this one completed, but I honestly didn't read it beginning to end. Each day is set up as a devotional, so it was really hard to listen to it in the car and feel like it was effective. After six days, I skipped ahead. I would need to go back and listen daily in the comfort of my home to get the most out of it.

I finished this book and will be ready on May 29 for my review at The Children's and Teens' Book Connection. 

I would like to start this devotional this week.

Upcoming virtual book tours:

• The Ghost Hunters Series Spotlight - May 22
• The Giving Back Tree by Tarky Lee - May 29 (review at TC&TBC)
• A Final Farwell by Marilyn Meredith - June 20 (review)
• All That Glitters by Mike Martin - June 29 (review)
• Ravage & Son by Jerome Charyn - Aug 21 (review)

Mailbox Monday is the gathering place for readers to share the books that came in their mailbox during the last week. Warning: Mailbox Monday can lead to envy, toppling TBR piles and humongous wish lists.

This little gem got delivered this week. It is the final book in Marilyn Meredith's Tempe Crabtree Mystery Series. I am really going to miss these characters as much as I miss the Rocky Bluff P.D. ones that Meredith writes under the name F. M. Meredith. Both series are now completed. I wish my dear friend well, and am grateful that Facebook keeps us connected. 

My hope is to finish editing a proof for an author before the end of the week. Wish me luck!