My pride rebels against holding over books from one nightstand post to the next, so I often find myself frantically trying to finish and review the rest of my list immediately prior to the fourth Tuesday of the month.
Alas, this month even my pride cannot keep me from holding over books. I bit off more than I could chew last month…and added some extra books throughout the month…and had all sorts of stuff to finish in the last weeks of school…and have been trying to actually get my thesis off the ground…and I’ve been on a bit of a crafty kick lately that has distracted my attention from books.
Which means that, in short, I am holding over a whopping 10 books.
Dear me!
What I actually read this month was:
(Links lead to my reviews of the book, never to a site selling you something.)
Fiction
- Eye Contact by Cammie McGovern
- Lost in Rooville by Ray Blackston
- Where Love is, There God is also by Leo Tolstoy
- The Winds of Autumn by Janette Oke
Nonfiction
- 703: How I lost more than a quarter ton and gained a life by Nancy Makin
- Convergence: Spiritual Journeys of a Charismatic Calvinist by Sam Storms
- Dave Barry Does Japan by Dave Barry
- Dave Barry’s Money Secrets by Dave Barry
- Forgotten God by Francis Chan
Check out my notes on this book about the Holy Spirit here. - The Gentle Art of Domesticity by Jane Brocket
- Get Married: what women can do to help it happen by Candace Watters
- The Occasional Vegetarian by Karen Lee
I made a couple of recipes out of this–a vegetable cassoulet that was good but not good enough to justify the work it took to make it; and a wonderful, low-stress Ginger Lentil Stew that I like so much I posted the recipe in my online collection! - On Grief and Grieving by Elizabeth Kubler-Ross and David Kessler
Discussion of stages of grieving was helpful, as noted before–otherwise, the vague “spirituality” of the remaining book was somewhat disconcerting. - Religion Saves: and nine other misconceptions by Mark Driscoll
- Stuff Christians Like by Jonathan Acuff
Juvenile
- Children’s Picture Books author ANDERSON-ANHOLT (52 titles), including
- Derek Anderson’s Derek and Lou Blast Off!
- Tea for Ten and other books by Lena Anderson
- The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
- The Deserted Library Mystery created by Gertrude Chandler Warner
Another confirmation of my bias against the “created by’s”. The children were in a truly dangerous situation without any adult oversight. Completely unlike Warner’s books where the children are involved with minor mysteries under the watchful eye of a caring but non-intrusive adult. - Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow by Jessica Day George
This month’s nightstand
Fiction
- The Courageous Cad by Catherine Palmer
- Washington’s Lady by Nancy Moser (Holdover)
- Winter is Not Forever by Janette Oke
Nonfiction
- 1,2,3 Skein Crochet by Judy Crow
- The American Bar Association Complete and Easy Guide to Health Care Law
- **The Children’s Blizzard by David Laskin (Holdover)
- **Five Aspects of Woman by Barbara Mouser (Holdover)
- **Human Rights: Opposing Viewpoints (Holdover)
- **Life’s Instructions for Wisdom, Success, and Happiness (Holdover)
- Make Your Own Living Trust
- Martha Stewart’s Encyclopedia of Sewing and Fabric Crafts
- Nolo’s Simple Will Book
- Nourishing Traditions by Sally Fallon (Holdover)
- The Prodigal God by Timothy Keller (Holdover)
- **Superhuman by Robert Winston and Lori Oliwenstein (Holdover)
- Whom Not to Marry by Father Pat Connor
- **Writing your dissertation in fifteen minutes a day by Joan Bolker
Juvenile
- Children’s Picture Books author ANDERSON-?
- **The Shortwave Mystery by Franklin Dixon (holdover)
**The asterisks marks books I’m currently in the middle of.
Drop by 5 Minutes 4 Books to see what others are reading.
Oh my! You’re reading considerably more than I am, but I find myself also scrambling to finish my current book at the end of the month because of my 5 Minutes for Books post :)
So many on your list look good to me – I didn’t know the “Stuff Christians Like” guy had a book out!
Ha. I like the rebel in you that forces you to finish a book from one nightstand to the next. I sometimes feel that way, too, but I’ve got a few that are lasting me FOREVER. I need to just set others aside and finish those, huh?
I listened to Religion Saves and Stuff Christians like last month. And finished Forgotten God. Good stuff.
You’ve got a great list!
Wow! You are agressive with your reading plan. You do have some wonderful books listed here. If I visit too many more sites I will have the next two years planned out for me. Blessings!
How you read all these books are just beyond me! :-) I just read Washington’s Lady by Nancy Moser this month and I liked it a lot and I hope you enjoyed it. I’m gonna have to check out forgotten god by Chan…Thanks for the review!
Wow!! I have no idea how you find the time to read all of those books. I feel accomplished if I can read a book a week. On the rare occasion that I read two in a week it seems like a TON to me.
Wow, impressive list! I loved the Janette Oke books. You’ve got some on there that I really want to read.
Well, clearly you should be humiliated by the teeny amount of reading that you were able to get accomplished this month.
HA!!
Just kidding, of course. That’s an insanely impressive list, and I wish you more happy reading this month.
Whew! That’s quite the list. I’m impressed.
I have lots of kiddo books that we’ll be going through, but they’re not on my nightstand. ;)
I love that series by Ray Blackston. I just started I’ll Mature When I’m Dead by Dave Barry. :)
I really want to read the boy in the striped pajamas! You have so many on your list so many different subjects!
I hate when I don’t get all my books read! What did you think of The Gently Art of Domesticity?
Beth–I enjoyed The Gentle Art of Domesticity quite a bit. It’s mostly just short essays, grouped together under headings like “Texture”, “Patterns” and “Comfort”. Brockett’s photos are glorious–full of color and life. My only disappointment was that she didn’t have any “how-to’s” included–I would have loved to have had some dumbed-down instructions for some of her projects :-)
I am about 1/2 way through Pagan Christianity. I am some what torn so far. I feel like the authors are telling me that everything we do in church today is unbiblical. Yes, I get that. But I don’t think that God is necessarily unhappy with us because we have a pastor, sing hymns, or pray a certain way. I attend a church that tries to go back to the way the 1st century church might have “had church” only we still meet in a “church building”. We started meeting in homes but none of us had a home big enough to meet our needs. Anyway, I am going to finish it because that is just how I am but I don’t necessarily agree with the condemnation they are putting out there to “those who attend church”. I hope to finish the book this week and move on to something more uplifting.
I can’t even remember the last time I read a book in a week. Well, actually, it was probably about few months ago. I am hardly making through a book a month. I’m so far behind. Great list though!
What a list! I admire that you can be involved with so many books at the same time. It has taken me a while to attempt to do even two at a time lol. Thanks for stopping by my post, I enjoyed visiting your blog and can identify with your latest post and struggle with keeping the blog reading under control.