{"id":3871,"date":"2010-08-24T06:21:01","date_gmt":"2010-08-24T11:21:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/?p=3871"},"modified":"2010-08-24T06:21:01","modified_gmt":"2010-08-24T11:21:01","slug":"nightstand-august-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/2010\/20100824-3871.htm","title":{"rendered":"Nightstand (August 2010)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"blog\/2010\/20100727-3292.htm\" target=\"_blank\">On last month&#8217;s nightstand:<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"On my nightstand\" src=\"images\/20100727-1.jpg\" title=\"On my nightstand\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"On my nightstand\" src=\"images\/20100727-2.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><i>Love Comes Softly<\/i> by Janette Oke<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"books\/moser_n-quest.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><i>The Quest<\/i><\/a> 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>American Gospel: God, the Founding Fathers, and the Making of a Nation<\/i> by Jon Meacham<a href=\"blog\/2010\/20100824-3871.htm#note\" target=\"_blank\">*<\/a><br \/>\nRead some <a href=\"blog\/2010\/20100719-3545.htm\" target=\"_blank\">great quotes from the introduction.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"blog\/2010\/20100812-4132.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><i>Become a Better You<\/i><\/a> by Joel Osteen<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"books\/johnson_j-bestapronbookever.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><i>The Best Apron Book Ever<\/i><\/a> edited by Julie Johnson<\/li>\n<li><i>Community Quilts<\/i> by Kavava and Skemp<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"books\/stott_j-crossofchrist.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><i>The Cross of Christ<\/i><\/a> by John Stott<br \/>\nI also wrote copious <a href=\"blog\/tag\/the-cross-of-christ\" target=\"_blank\">notes<\/a> on this title.<\/li>\n<li><i>It All Changed in an Instant: More Six Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure<\/i> edited by Smith Magazine<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"books\/gottlieb_l-marryhim.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><i>Marry Him: The Case for settling for Mr. Good Enough<\/i><\/a> by Lori Gottlieb<br \/>\nI also wrote up a post of <a href=\"blog\/2010\/20100820-4405.htm\" target=\"_blank\">quotes from this book<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"books\/boyd_g-mythofachristiannation.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><i>The Myth of a Christian Nation<\/i><\/a> by Greg Boyd<br \/>\nAlso see my various <a href=\"blog\/tag\/the-myth-of-a-christian-nation\" target=\"_blank\">thoughts related to this title<\/a> from my weeks of reading it together with a book club<\/li>\n<li><i>The Organized Home<\/i> by Real Simple<\/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><i>Southern Living Homestyle Cookbook<\/i><br \/>\nI made and modified four recipes from this book: <a href=\"recipes\/peanut_butter_squares.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Peanut Butter Squares<\/a>, <a href=\"recipes\/french_toast_casserole.htm\" target=\"_blank\">French Toast Casserole<\/a>, <a href=\"recipes\/southwestern_turkey_and_rice_soup.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Southwestern Turkey and Rice Soup<\/a>, and the amazing <a href=\"recipes\/arlenes_herb_biscuits.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Arlene&#8217;s Herb Biscuits<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><u>Juvenile<\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Children&#8217;s Picture Books author ASCH-AZORE (95 titles)<br \/>\n including several <a href=\"blog\/2010\/20100730-3879.htm\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\">Moonbear<\/a> titles by Frank Asch<br \/>\nsome <a href=\"blog\/2010\/20100816-4271.htm\" target=\"_blank\">bird books<\/a> by Dianna Hutts Aston<br \/>\nand some <a href=\"blog\/2010\/20100823-4456.htm\" target=\"_blank\">read aloud favorites<\/a> by Jim Aylesworth<\/li>\n<li><i>The Animal Shelter Mystery<\/i> created by Gertrude Chandler Warner<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"books\/bell_j_s-insidelww.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><i>Inside The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe<\/i><\/a> by Bell, Pyykkonen, and Washington<\/li>\n<li><i>The Phantom Freighter<\/i> by Franklin W. Dixon<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"books\/funke_c-thieflord.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><i>The Thief Lord<\/i><\/a> by Cornelia Funke<\/li>\n<li><i>To Kill a Mockingbird<\/i> by Harper Lee<a href=\"blog\/2010\/20100824-3871.htm#note\" target=\"_blank\">*<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a name=\"note\">*****************Begin Note**********************<\/a><br \/>\nI generally review what I can prior to my nightstand post and figure that I&#8217;ll leave what I didn&#8217;t get to un-reviewed.  I DO NOT want to do that with Jon Meacham&#8217;s <i>American Gospel<\/i> or Harper Lee&#8217;s <i>To Kill a Mockingbird<\/i>&#8211;both are too excellent to not write about.  I hope to write about both over this next week&#8211;the reviews will be linked in my &#8220;Recap&#8221; post that comes out Saturday evenings at 11:59.  So if you want to read my thoughts on either of those books, check back sometime on Sunday for the link.  <strong>Otherwise, if you see a linked title on this post (or any other of my nightstand posts), the link will lead to my review.<\/b> <\/strong><br \/>\n<a name=\"note\">*****************End Note**********************<\/a> <\/p>\n<p><b>Currently in the middle of&#8230;<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"On my nightstand\" src=\"images\/20100824-1.jpg\" title=\"On my nightstand\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><i>Dug Down Deep<\/i> by Joshua Harris<br \/>\nI&#8217;m still working on this one slowly with my book group&#8211;I&#8217;ll let you know when I&#8217;ve got a formal review done!<\/li>\n<li><i>Founding Faith<\/i> by Steven Waldman<br \/>\nA history of church and state in the United States.  So far, quite interesting.  It makes a case for there not having been a uniform religion among the Founding Fathers&#8211;leading to interesting discussions of the interactions between church and state.<\/li>\n<li><i>Proverbs: The Wisdom of Solomon<\/i> translated by Rabbi Rami M. Shapiro<br \/>\nI&#8217;m reading this along with my daily Bible reading (which currently has me in Proverbs.)  This is a free translation (somewhat akin to the Message, only by a Jewish rabbi who appears to be rather secular)&#8211;and it makes for some interesting reading and comparison.<\/li>\n<li><i>A Severe Mercy<\/i> by Sheldon Vanauken<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/lisanotes.blogspot.com\/2010\/07\/severe-mercybook-review.html\" target=\"_blank\">Lisa reviewed it<\/a>, <a href=\"blog\/2010\/20100717-3503.htm\" target=\"_blank\">I recapped it<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/flippedinsideout.wordpress.com\/2010\/08\/06\/that-which-is-or-that-which-could-be\/\" target=\"_blank\">Casandra raved about it<\/a>&#8211;and then she lent me her library copy so I could read it (Casandra&#8217;s my roommate, for those who were wondering!)  Thus far, this is a spectacular true story.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>On this month&#8217;s nightstand:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m going easy on myself this month, recognizing that I&#8217;m starting up quite a few new things that&#8217;ll likely eat a significant portion of my time.  Thus, there are only (!) 13 titles on this month&#8217;s nightstand (not counting the homemakey books and the children&#8217;s picture books, of course.)<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"On my nightstand\" src=\"images\/20100824-2.jpg\" title=\"On my nightstand\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"400\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><u>Fiction<\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><i>By Way of the Silverthorns<\/i> by Grace Livingston Hill<\/li>\n<li><i>A Farewell to Arms<\/i> by Ernest Hemingway<\/li>\n<li><i>Love&#8217;s Enduring Promise<\/i> by Janette Oke<\/li>\n<li><i>Love&#8217;s Long Journey<\/i> by Janette Oke<\/li>\n<li><i>Masquerade<\/i> by Nancy Moser<\/li>\n<li><i>Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves<\/i> by P.G. Wodehouse<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><u>Nonfiction<\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><i>How to Write &#038; Publish a Scientific Paper<\/i> by Robert A. Day<\/li>\n<li><i>Manufacturing Depression<\/i> by Gary Greenberg<\/li>\n<li><i>The Narnian<\/i> by Alan Jacobs<\/li>\n<li><i>The World According to Mr. Rogers<\/i><\/li>\n<li><i>Your Best Life Now<\/i> by Joel Osteen<br \/>\n(After reading Osteen&#8217;s <i>Become a Better You<\/i>, I&#8217;m not sure whether I&#8217;ll read this one or not&#8211;I&#8217;m guessing I&#8217;ll skim it just for the basics so I can dialogue about it in an informed manner.  Please read <a href=\"blog\/2010\/20100812-4132.htm\" target=\"_blank\">my thoughts on Osteen<\/a> for a better understanding of why I&#8217;m reading\/skimming this title.)<\/li>\n<li>A dozen craft\/decorating\/homemakey books<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><u>Juvenile<\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Children&#8217;s Picture Books author BA-?<\/li>\n<li><i>C.S. Lewis: The Chronicler of Narnia<\/i> by Mary Dodson Wade<\/li>\n<li><i>The Homeschool Liberation League<\/i> by Lucy Frank<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Drop by <a href=\"hhttp:\/\/www.5minutesforbooks.com\/8433\/whats-on-your-nightstand-august-24\/\" target=\"_blank\">5 Minutes 4 Books<\/a> to see what others are reading.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.5minutesforbooks.com\/8433\/whats-on-your-nightstand-august-24\/\" 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 Love Comes Softly by Janette Oke The Quest by Nancy Moser Second Time Around by Nancy Moser Nonfiction American Gospel: God, the Founding Fathers, and the Making of a Nation by Jon Meacham* Read some &#8230; <a title=\"Nightstand (August 2010)\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/2010\/20100824-3871.htm\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Nightstand (August 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],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3871"}],"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=3871"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3871\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}