{"id":2511,"date":"2010-05-25T00:55:55","date_gmt":"2010-05-25T05:55:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/?p=2511"},"modified":"2010-05-25T00:55:55","modified_gmt":"2010-05-25T05:55:55","slug":"nightstand-may-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/2010\/20100525-2511.htm","title":{"rendered":"Nightstand (May 2010)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.5minutesforbooks.com\/5796\/whats-on-your-nightstand-may-2\/\" 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=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>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.<\/p>\n<p>Alas, this month even my pride cannot keep me from holding over books.  I bit off more than I could chew last month&#8230;and added some extra books throughout the month&#8230;and had all sorts of stuff to finish in the last weeks of school&#8230;and have been trying to actually get my thesis off the ground&#8230;and I&#8217;ve been on a bit of a <a href=\"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/2010\/20100524-2879.htm\" target=\"_blank\">crafty kick<\/a> lately that has distracted my attention from books.<\/p>\n<p>Which means that, in short, I am holding over a whopping <b>10<\/b> books.<\/p>\n<p>Dear me!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/blog\/2010\/20100427-2070.htm\" target=\"_blank\">On last month&#8217;s nightstand:<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"On my nightstand\" src=\"images\/20100427-1.jpg\" title=\"On my nightstand\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>What I actually read this month was:<\/b><br \/>\n(Links lead to my reviews of the book, never to a site selling you something.)<\/p>\n<p><u>Fiction<\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"books\/mcgovern_c-eyecontact.htm\"><i>Eye Contact<\/i><\/a> by Cammie McGovern<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"books\/blackston_r-lostinrooville.htm\"><i>Lost in Rooville<\/i><\/a> by Ray Blackston<\/li>\n<li><i>Where Love is, There God is also<\/i> by Leo Tolstoy<\/li>\n<li><i>The Winds of Autumn<\/i> by Janette Oke<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><u>Nonfiction<\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"books\/makin_n-703.htm\"><i>703: How I lost more than a quarter ton and gained a life<\/i><\/a> by Nancy Makin<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"books\/storms_s-convergence.htm\"><i>Convergence: Spiritual Journeys of a Charismatic Calvinist<\/i><\/a> by Sam Storms<\/li>\n<li><i>Dave Barry Does Japan<\/i> by Dave Barry<\/li>\n<li><i>Dave Barry&#8217;s Money Secrets<\/i> by Dave Barry<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"books\/chan_f-forgottengod.htm\"><i>Forgotten God<\/i><\/a> by Francis Chan<br \/>\nCheck out my notes on this book about the Holy Spirit <a href=\"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/tag\/forgotten-god\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<li><i>The Gentle Art of Domesticity<\/i> by Jane Brocket<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"books\/watters_c-getmarried.htm\"><i>Get Married: what women can do to help it happen<\/i><\/a> by Candace Watters<\/li>\n<li><i>The Occasional Vegetarian<\/i> by Karen Lee<br \/>\nI made a couple of recipes out of this&#8211;a vegetable cassoulet that was good but not good enough to justify the work it took to make it; and a wonderful, low-stress <a href=\"recipes\/ginger_lentil_stew.htm\">Ginger Lentil Stew<\/a> that I like so much I posted the recipe in my online collection!<\/li>\n<li><i>On Grief and Grieving<\/i> by Elizabeth Kubler-Ross and David Kessler<br \/>\nDiscussion of stages of grieving was helpful, as noted before&#8211;otherwise, the vague &#8220;spirituality&#8221; of the remaining book was somewhat disconcerting.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"books\/driscoll_m-religionsaves.htm\"><i>Religion Saves: and nine other misconceptions<\/i><\/a> by Mark Driscoll<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"books\/acuff_j-stuffchristianslike.htm\"><i>Stuff Christians Like<\/i><\/a> by Jonathan Acuff<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><u>Juvenile<\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Children&#8217;s Picture Books author ANDERSON-ANHOLT (52 titles), including\n<ul>\n<li>Derek Anderson&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/2010\/20100505-2559.htm\"><i>Derek and Lou Blast Off!<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li><i>Tea for Ten<\/i> and other books by <a href=\"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/2010\/20100511-2715.htm\">Lena Anderson<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"books\/boyne_j-stripedpajamas.htm\"><i>The Boy in the Striped Pajamas<\/i><\/a> by John Boyne<\/li>\n<li><i>The Deserted Library Mystery<\/i> created by Gertrude Chandler Warner<br \/>\nAnother confirmation of my bias against the &#8220;created by&#8217;s&#8221;.  The children were in a truly dangerous situation without any adult oversight.  Completely unlike Warner&#8217;s books where the children are involved with minor mysteries under the watchful eye of a caring but non-intrusive adult.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"books\/george_j_d-sunandmoon.htm\"><i>Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow<\/i><\/a> by Jessica Day George<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>This month&#8217;s nightstand<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"On my nightstand\" src=\"images\/20100525-1.jpg\" title=\"On my nightstand\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"400\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><u>Fiction<\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><i>The Courageous Cad<\/i> by Catherine Palmer<\/li>\n<li><i>Washington&#8217;s Lady<\/i> by Nancy Moser (Holdover)<\/li>\n<li><i>Winter is Not Forever<\/i> by Janette Oke<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><u>Nonfiction<\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><i>1,2,3 Skein Crochet<\/i> by Judy Crow<\/li>\n<li><i>The American Bar Association Complete and Easy Guide to Health Care Law<\/i><\/li>\n<li>**<i>The Children&#8217;s Blizzard<\/i> by David Laskin (Holdover)<\/li>\n<li>**<i>Five Aspects of Woman<\/i> by Barbara Mouser (Holdover)<\/li>\n<li>**<i>Human Rights: Opposing Viewpoints<\/i> (Holdover)<\/li>\n<li>**<i>Life&#8217;s Instructions for Wisdom, Success, and Happiness<\/i> (Holdover)<\/li>\n<li><i>Make Your Own Living Trust<\/i><\/li>\n<li><i>Martha Stewart&#8217;s Encyclopedia of Sewing and Fabric Crafts<\/i><\/li>\n<li><i>Nolo&#8217;s Simple Will Book<\/i><\/li>\n<li><i>Nourishing Traditions<\/i> by Sally Fallon (Holdover)<\/li>\n<li><i>The Prodigal God<\/i> by Timothy Keller (Holdover)<\/li>\n<li>**<i>Superhuman<\/i> by Robert Winston and Lori Oliwenstein (Holdover)<\/li>\n<li><i>Whom Not to Marry<\/i> by Father Pat Connor<\/li>\n<li>**<i>Writing your dissertation in fifteen minutes a day<\/i> by Joan Bolker<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><u>Juvenile<\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Children&#8217;s Picture Books author ANDERSON-?<\/li>\n<li>**<i>The Shortwave Mystery<\/i> by Franklin Dixon (holdover)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>**The asterisks marks books I&#8217;m currently in the middle of.<\/p>\n<p>Drop by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.5minutesforbooks.com\/5796\/whats-on-your-nightstand-may-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">5 Minutes 4 Books<\/a> to see what others are reading.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 &#8230; <a title=\"Nightstand (May 2010)\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/2010\/20100525-2511.htm\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Nightstand (May 2010)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2511"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2511"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2511\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}