It’s the last Nightstand of 2010 and with my move complete, I’m switching things up a bit (Read “What’s up with my nightstand?” for more information.)
So, without further ado, my nightstand:
Yes, I stacked the books double deep on that first shelf–and had an overflow crate in my closet.
Adult Fiction
6 Christian, 6 secular, 2 literary
- Another Homecoming by Oke/Bunn
- Return to Harmony by Oke/Bunn
- Tomorrow’s Dream by Oke/Bunn
- Munich Signature by Bodie Thoene
- Danzig Passage by Bodie Thoene
- Jerusalem Interlude by Bodie Thoene
- Simon the Coldheart by Georgette Heyer
- Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult (Review by Colloquium)
- Living dead girl by Elizabeth Scott (Review by S. Krishna)
- The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Anne Shaffer
- The inimitable Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse
- The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
- The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
- Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Adult Non-Fiction
At least two from each of the following categories: theology/Christian living, biography, craft/project, and cookbooks.
- Confessions by St. Augustine
- If the church were Christian : rediscovering the values of Jesus by Philip Gully
- Dearest Friend: A Life of Abigail Adams by Lynn Withey
- Winston Churchill : a Penguin life by John Keegan
- Super quick colorful quilts by Rosemary Wilkinson
- Tie-dye : the how-to book by Virginia Gleser
- The pioneer woman cooks by Ree Drummond
- Quick cooking for two by Sunset
- Composting by Liz Ball
- The complete idiot’s guide to stretching illustrated by Barbara Templeton
- Bright-sided : how the relentless promotion of positive thinking has undermined America by Barbara Ehrenreich
- How to save your own life by Michael Gates Gill
- Einstein’s refrigerator : and other stories from the flip side of history by Steve Silverman
- Freakonomics by Steven Levitt
- The woman’s fix-it car care book by Karen Valenti
- The science of sexy by Bradley Bayou
- The pocket stylist by Kendall Farr
- Women’s wardrobe by Kim Johnson Gross
Juvenile Fiction
“Chapter” books, middle grade fiction, and YA fiction.
- Secret of the lost tunnel by Franklin Dixon
- Much ado about Anne by Heather Vogel Frederick (Review by 5M4B)
- The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelley
- Freaky Friday by Anne Rodgers
- She’s so dead to us by Kieran Scott
- The mystery of the hidden painting created by Gertrude Chandler Warner
Juvenile Non-Fiction
Two books per state, 1 state per week for the entirety of 2011–plus a few extras for fun.
- Ask me anything a Dorling Kindersley book
- Maine by Ann Heinrichs
- Maine by Terry Allan Hicks
- Massachusetts by Ruth Bjorkland
- Massachusetts by Sarah DeCapua
- Massachusetts by Paul Joseph
- Massachusetts by Trudi Strain Trueit
- Massachusetts: The Bay State by Rachel Barenblatt
- New Hampshire by Terry Allan Hicks
- New Hampshire by Deborah Kent
- Rhode Island by Susan Labella
- Rhode Island by Rick Petreycik
- Vermont by Christine Taylor Butler
- Vermont by Megan Dornfeld
- Vermont by Ann Heinrichs
Picture Books
75 titles from author “BAR” to author “BAT”
to make a total of 128 titles
Then I checked out 14 CDs and 5 DVDs to bring my library total up to 148–two under the max!
Catch-up Reviews:
For any of you interested in the reviews I promised I’d be catching up on…here are the ones I’ve done over the past month…
- The Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande
- Nebraska a “Celebrate the States” book AND Nebraska an “America the Beautiful” book
- Nina Garcia’s Look Book
…and the rest of these are written and are set to post within the next week…
- The Narnian by Alan Jacobs
- Boiling Mad: Inside the American Tea Party by Kate Zernicke
- Justice that Restores by Chuck Colson
- Radical by David Platt
Don’t forget to drop by 5 Minutes 4 Books to see what others are reading this month!