{"id":1060,"date":"2009-12-22T08:52:52","date_gmt":"2009-12-22T14:52:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/?p=1060"},"modified":"2009-12-22T08:52:52","modified_gmt":"2009-12-22T14:52:52","slug":"whats-on-your-nightstand-december-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/2009\/20091222-1060.htm","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s on Your Nightstand? (December 2009)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.5minutesforbooks.com\/2179\/whats-on-your-nightstand-december\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"What's on Your Nightstand?\" src=\"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/images\/nightstand.jpg\" title=\"What's on Your Nightstand?\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s time again for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.5minutesforbooks.com\/2179\/whats-on-your-nightstand-december\/\" target=\"_blank\">5 Minutes 4 Books&#8217;<\/a> monthly meme.  Here&#8217;s what I had on my nightstand <a href=\"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/2009\/20091124-714.htm\" target=\"_blank\"> last month.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"On my nightstand\" src=\"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/images\/20091124-1.jpg\" title=\"On my nightstand\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>What I actually read was:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><u>Fiction<\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><i>Bergdorf Blondes<\/i> by Plum Sykes<br \/>\nBleh.  I wasn&#8217;t impressed.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/books\/wickham_m-gatecrasher.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><i>The Gatecrasher<\/i><\/a> by Madeleine Wickham<\/li>\n<li><i>When Comes the Spring<\/i> by Janette Oke<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><u>Nonfiction<\/u><\/p>\n<li><i>101 American Customs<\/i> by Harry Collis<\/li>\n<li><i>Book of Common Prayer<\/i><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/books\/mcmurtry_l-books.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><i>Books: a memoir<\/i><\/a> by Larry McMurtry<br \/>\nActually, I only read the first 60 pages of this one.  I think it&#8217;s worthless.  Click on the title to read the rest of my thoughts.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/books\/cole_s-culturalallusions.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><i>Cultural and Historical Allusions<\/i> by Sylvia Cole<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Everyman&#8217;s Library Pocket Poets <i>Christmas Poems<\/i><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/books\/edell_d-pursuitofhealth.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><i>Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Healthiness<\/i><\/a> by Dean Edell<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/books\/hague_m-familychristmas.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><i>Michael Hague&#8217;s Family Christmas Treasury<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li><i>Nourishing Traditions<\/i> by Sally Fallon<br \/>\nI didn&#8217;t have time to finish this before it had to go back to the Inter-library loan office.  My initial thoughts on what I&#8217;ve already read are that there is some truth to certain aspects of Fallon&#8217;s reasoning (specifically that red meat probably isn&#8217;t as &#8220;evil&#8221; as many people would make it out to be), but the majority of the views promoted in this book are based on tenuous science and serve only to add unnecessary stress to meal preparation.  Follow Fallon&#8217;s recipes if you like them, but don&#8217;t worry about destroying your family&#8217;s health if you don&#8217;t use raw milk, sprouted grains, etc.<\/li>\n<li><i>PC Magazine Digital SLR Photography Solutions<\/i><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/books\/backus_w-whatyourcounselor.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><i>What Your Counselor Never Told You<\/i><\/a> by Dr. William Backus<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><u>Juvenile<\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><i>Cinderellis and the Glass Hill<\/i> by Gail Carson Levine<br \/>\nGail Carson Levine&#8217;s Princess Tales are quick, whimsical variations on old-fashioned fairy tales.  They&#8217;re a fun read for pre-teen-ish girls for whom &#8220;classic&#8221; fairy tales are just a little too &#8220;childish&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li><i>Keeping a Journal<\/i> by Trudi Strain Trueit<\/li>\n<li><i>Princess Sonora and the Long Sleep<\/i> by Gail Carson Levine<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><u>Picture Books<\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>25 books by authors AD-AG<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/2009\/20091208-1098.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Africa Calling, Nighttime Falling<\/a> by Dan and Kim Adlerman<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>For next month, I&#8217;ve got way too much on my nightstand&#8211;and way too much weighty stuff.  I feel certain I won&#8217;t be able to finish it all in time.  But I&#8217;ll try anyway.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"On my nightstand\" src=\"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/images\/20091222-1.jpg\" title=\"On my nightstand\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p><u>Fiction<\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><i>The Good Nearby<\/i> by Nancy Moser*<\/li>\n<li><i>Little Lady, Big Apple<\/i> by Hester Browne<\/li>\n<li><i>Resurrection<\/i> by Leo Tolstoy<\/li>\n<li><i>When Breaks the Dawn<\/i> by Janette Oke<\/li>\n<li><i>When Hope Springs New<\/i> by Janette Oke<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><u>Nonfiction<\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Better Homes and Gardens <i>Making a Home<\/i><\/li>\n<li><i>Confessions of an Organized Homemaker<\/i> by Deniece Schofield<\/li>\n<li><i>Dave Barry&#8217;s History of the Millennium<\/i> by Dave Barry<\/li>\n<li><i>Dearest Friend: A Life of Abigail Adams<\/i> by Lynne Withey*<\/li>\n<li><i>Genealogy Online<\/i> by Elizabeth Powell Crowe<\/li>\n<li><i>Genealogy Online for Dummies<\/i><\/li>\n<li><i>An Idiot Girl&#8217;s Christmas<\/i> by Laurie Notaro<\/li>\n<li><i>I Married Adventure<\/i> by Luci Swindoll*<\/li>\n<li><i>I&#8217;m More than the Pastor&#8217;s Wife<\/i> by Lorna Dobson*<\/li>\n<li><i>Martha Stewart&#8217;s Homekeeping Handbook<\/i><\/li>\n<li><i>Rocking the Roles<\/i> by Lewis and Hendricks*<\/li>\n<li><i>The Lord&#8217;s Suupper: Five Views<\/i> edited by Gordon T. Smith*<\/li>\n<li><i>What I with I&#8217;d Known Before I Got Married<\/i> by Kay Coles James*<\/li>\n<li>And a dozen more that I hope I can get to (but kind of doubt that I will)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><u>Juvenile<\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><i>Fairy Dust and the Quest for the Egg<\/i> by Gail Carson Levine<\/li>\n<li><i>Mystery behind the Wall<\/i> by Gertrude Chandler Warner<\/li>\n<li>Picture books from AG to ?<\/li>\n<li><i>The Stunning Science of Everything<\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>*The asterisk marks books I&#8217;m currently in the middle of.<\/p>\n<p>Drop by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.5minutesforbooks.com\/2179\/whats-on-your-nightstand-december\/\" target=\"_blank\">5 Minutes 4 Books<\/a> to see what others are reading.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s time again for 5 Minutes 4 Books&#8217; monthly meme. Here&#8217;s what I had on my nightstand last month. What I actually read was: Fiction Bergdorf Blondes by Plum Sykes Bleh. I wasn&#8217;t impressed. The Gatecrasher by Madeleine Wickham When Comes the Spring by Janette Oke Nonfiction 101 American Customs by Harry Collis Book of &#8230; <a title=\"What&#8217;s on Your Nightstand? (December 2009)\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/2009\/20091222-1060.htm\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">What&#8217;s on Your Nightstand? 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