{"id":3292,"date":"2010-07-27T00:42:34","date_gmt":"2010-07-27T05:42:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/?p=3292"},"modified":"2010-07-27T00:42:34","modified_gmt":"2010-07-27T05:42:34","slug":"nightstand-july-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/2010\/20100727-3292.htm","title":{"rendered":"Nightstand (July 2010)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"blog\/2010\/20100622-2917.htm\" target=\"_blank\">On last month&#8217;s nightstand:<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"On my nightstand\" src=\"images\/20100622-1.jpg\" title=\"On my nightstand\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"On my nightstand\" src=\"images\/20100622-2.jpg\" title=\"On my nightstand\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>What I actually read this month was&#8230;<\/b><br \/>\n(Click on the titles to see my reviews.)<\/p>\n<p><u>Fiction<\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"books\/palmer_c-courteouscad.htm\"><i>The Courteous Cad<\/i><\/a> by Catherine Palmer<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"books\/gist_d-maidtomatch.htm\"><i>Maid to Match<\/i><\/a> by Deanne Gist<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"books\/goldman_w-princessbride.htm\"><i>The Princess Bride<\/i><\/a> by William Goldman<\/li>\n<li><i>Solemnly Swear<\/i> by Nancy Moser<\/li>\n<li><i>Spring&#8217;s Gentle Promise<\/i> by Janette Oke<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"books\/gaiman_n-stardust.htm\"><i>Stardust<\/i><\/a> by Neil Gaiman<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><u>Nonfiction<\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"books\/grudem_w-miraculousgifts.htm\"><i>Are Miraculous Gifts for Today?: Four Views<\/i><\/a> edited by Wayne Grudem<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"books\/isenberg_n-fallenfounder.htm\"><i>Fallen Founder: The Life of Aaron Burr<\/i><\/a> by Nancy Isenberg<\/li>\n<li><i>Human Rights: Opposing Viewpoints<\/i><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"books\/harris_s-christiannation.htm\"><i>Letter to a Christian Nation<\/i><\/a> by Sam Harris<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"books\/shrader_v-prettylittlepotholder.htm\"><i>Pretty Little Potholders<\/i><\/a> (Craft book)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"books\/winston_r-superhuman.htm\"><i>Superhuman<\/i><\/a> by Robert Winston and Lori Oliwenstein<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"books\/connor_p-whomnottomarry.htm\"><i>Whom Not to Marry<\/i><\/a> by Father Pat Connor<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><u>Juvenile<\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Children&#8217;s Picture Books author ARNOLD-ASBURY (42 titles)<br \/>\n including <a href=\"blog\/2010\/20100722-3757.htm\">two books without words<\/a> by Jose Aruego<\/li>\n<li><i>The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe<\/i> by C.S. Lewis<\/li>\n<li><i>The Secret Panel<\/i> by Franklin Dixon<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Currently in the middle of&#8230;<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"On my nightstand\" src=\"images\/20100727-2.jpg\" title=\"On my nightstand\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p><u>Nonfiction<\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><i>American Gospel: God, the Founding Fathers, and the Making of a Nation<\/i> by Jon Meacham<br \/>\nRead some <a href=\"blog\/2010\/20100719-3545.htm\">quotes from the introduction<\/a>.  I&#8217;m currently about halfway through and am definitely enjoying this title.<\/li>\n<li><i>The Cross of Christ<\/i> by John Stott<br \/>\nI expect to be done with this title by the end of the week.  Be sure to check out <a href=\"blog\/tag\/the-cross-of-christ\">my notes<\/a> on chapters 1-9.<\/li>\n<li><i>Dug Down Deep<\/i> by Joshua Harris<br \/>\nMy ladies&#8217; book club is still moving slowly through this title.<\/li>\n<li><i>Inside The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe<\/i> by Bell, Pykkonen, and Washington<br \/>\nReading this as part of Carrie&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.readingtoknow.com\/2010\/06\/chronicles-of-narnia-reading-challenge.html\" target=\"_blank\">Chronicles of Narnia Reading Challenge<\/a>.  Carrie doesn&#8217;t like the &#8220;For Dummies&#8221; titles, but this book reminds me of the &#8220;Dummies&#8221; genre&#8211;except that it&#8217;s intended as an introduction to <i>The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe<\/i> for younger readers (late elementary school, probably?)<\/li>\n<li><i>The Myth of a Christian Nation<\/i> by Greg Boyd<br \/>\nStill working on this with my Monday night book club.  We&#8217;ve had some AMAZING discussion so far.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>On this month&#8217;s nightstand:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"On my nightstand\" src=\"images\/20100727-1.jpg\" title=\"On my nightstand\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"400\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><u>Fiction<\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><i>Love Comes Softly<\/i> by Janette Oke<\/li>\n<li><i>Love&#8217;s Enduring Promise<\/i> by Janette Oke<\/li>\n<li><i>The Quest<\/i> by Nancy Moser<\/li>\n<li><i>Second Time Around<\/i> by Nancy Moser<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><u>Nonfiction<\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><i>Founding Faith<\/i> by Steven Waldman<\/li>\n<li><i>The Narnian<\/i> by Alan Jacobs<\/li>\n<li><i>See What I&#8217;m Saying: The Extraordinary Powers of our Five Senses<\/i> by Lawrence D. Rosenblum<\/li>\n<li>Dozens of craft\/decorating books<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><u>Juvenile<\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Children&#8217;s Picture Books author ASCH-?<\/li>\n<li><i>The Animal Shelter Mystery<\/i> created by Gertrude Chandler Warner<\/li>\n<li><i>Beyond the Wardrobe: The Official Guide to Narnia<\/i><\/li>\n<li><i>C.S. Lewis: The Chronicler of Narnia<\/i> by Mary Dodson Wade<\/li>\n<li><i>The Phantom Freighter<\/i> by Franklin W. Dixon<\/li>\n<li><i>The Thief Lord<\/i> by Carnelia Funke<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Drop by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.5minutesforbooks.com\/6696\/whats-on-your-nightstand-july-27\/\" target=\"_blank\">5 Minutes 4 Books<\/a> to see what others are reading.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.5minutesforbooks.com\/6696\/whats-on-your-nightstand-july-27\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"What's on Your Nightstand?\" src=\"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/images\/buttons\/nightstand.jpg\" title=\"What's on Your Nightstand?\" class=\"aligncenter\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On last month&#8217;s nightstand: What I actually read this month was&#8230; (Click on the titles to see my reviews.) Fiction The Courteous Cad by Catherine Palmer Maid to Match by Deanne Gist The Princess Bride by William Goldman Solemnly Swear by Nancy Moser Spring&#8217;s Gentle Promise by Janette Oke Stardust by Neil Gaiman Nonfiction Are &#8230; <a title=\"Nightstand (July 2010)\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/2010\/20100727-3292.htm\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Nightstand (July 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":[50,1475,812,930],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3292"}],"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=3292"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3292\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}