{"id":5939,"date":"2010-12-28T00:54:47","date_gmt":"2010-12-28T06:54:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/?p=5939"},"modified":"2010-12-28T00:54:47","modified_gmt":"2010-12-28T06:54:47","slug":"nightstand-december-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/2010\/20101228-5939.htm","title":{"rendered":"Nightstand (December 2010)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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?”<\/a> for more information.)<\/p>\n

So, without further ado, my nightstand:<\/p>\n

\"On<\/p>\n

Yes, I stacked the books double deep on that first shelf–and had an overflow crate in my closet.<\/p>\n

\"On<\/p>\n

Adult Fiction<\/b>
\n6 Christian, 6 secular, 2 literary<\/p>\n

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  1. Another Homecoming<\/i> by Oke\/Bunn<\/li>\n
  2. Return to Harmony<\/i> by Oke\/Bunn<\/li>\n
  3. Tomorrow’s Dream<\/i> by Oke\/Bunn<\/li>\n
  4. Munich Signature<\/i> by Bodie Thoene<\/li>\n
  5. Danzig Passage<\/i> by Bodie Thoene<\/li>\n
  6. Jerusalem Interlude<\/i> by Bodie Thoene<\/li>\n
  7. Simon the Coldheart<\/i> by Georgette Heyer<\/li>\n
  8. Nineteen Minutes<\/i> by Jodi Picoult (Review by Colloquium<\/a>)<\/li>\n
  9. Living dead girl<\/i> by Elizabeth Scott (Review by S. Krishna<\/a>)<\/li>\n
  10. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society<\/i> by Mary Anne Shaffer<\/li>\n
  11. The inimitable Jeeves<\/i> by P.G. Wodehouse<\/li>\n
  12. The Book Thief<\/i> by Markus Zusak<\/li>\n
  13. The Sun Also Rises<\/i> by Ernest Hemingway<\/li>\n
  14. Anna Karenina<\/i> by Leo Tolstoy<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Adult Non-Fiction<\/b>
    \nAt least two from each of the following categories: theology\/Christian living, biography, craft\/project, and cookbooks.<\/p>\n

      \n
    1. Confessions<\/i> by St. Augustine<\/li>\n
    2. If the church were Christian : rediscovering the values of Jesus<\/i> by Philip Gully<\/li>\n
    3. Dearest Friend: A Life of Abigail Adams<\/i> by Lynn Withey<\/li>\n
    4. Winston Churchill : a Penguin life<\/i> by John Keegan<\/li>\n
    5. Super quick colorful quilts<\/i> by Rosemary Wilkinson<\/li>\n
    6. Tie-dye : the how-to book<\/i> by Virginia Gleser<\/li>\n
    7. The pioneer woman cooks<\/i> by Ree Drummond<\/li>\n
    8. Quick cooking for two<\/i> by Sunset<\/li>\n
    9. Composting<\/i> by Liz Ball<\/li>\n
    10. The complete idiot’s guide to stretching illustrated<\/i> by Barbara Templeton<\/li>\n
    11. Bright-sided : how the relentless promotion of positive thinking has undermined America<\/i> by Barbara Ehrenreich<\/li>\n
    12. How to save your own life<\/i> by Michael Gates Gill<\/li>\n
    13. Einstein’s refrigerator : and other stories from the flip side of history<\/i> by Steve Silverman<\/li>\n
    14. Freakonomics<\/i> by Steven Levitt<\/li>\n
    15. The woman’s fix-it car care book<\/i> by Karen Valenti<\/li>\n
    16. The science of sexy<\/i> by Bradley Bayou<\/li>\n
    17. The pocket stylist<\/i> by Kendall Farr<\/li>\n
    18. Women’s wardrobe<\/i> by Kim Johnson Gross<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Juvenile Fiction<\/b>
      \n“Chapter” books, middle grade fiction, and YA fiction.<\/p>\n

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      1. Secret of the lost tunnel<\/i> by Franklin Dixon<\/li>\n
      2. Much ado about Anne<\/i> by Heather Vogel Frederick (Review by 5M4B<\/a>)<\/li>\n
      3. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate<\/i> by Jacqueline Kelley<\/li>\n
      4. Freaky Friday<\/i> by Anne Rodgers<\/li>\n
      5. She’s so dead to us<\/i> by Kieran Scott<\/li>\n
      6. The mystery of the hidden painting<\/i> created by Gertrude Chandler Warner<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        Juvenile Non-Fiction<\/b>
        \nTwo books per state, 1 state per week for the entirety of 2011–plus a few extras for fun.<\/p>\n

          \n
        1. Ask me anything<\/i> a Dorling Kindersley book<\/li>\n
        2. Maine<\/i> by Ann Heinrichs<\/li>\n
        3. Maine<\/i> by Terry Allan Hicks<\/li>\n
        4. Massachusetts<\/i> by Ruth Bjorkland<\/li>\n
        5. Massachusetts<\/i> by Sarah DeCapua<\/li>\n
        6. Massachusetts<\/i> by Paul Joseph<\/li>\n
        7. Massachusetts<\/i> by Trudi Strain Trueit<\/li>\n
        8. Massachusetts: The Bay State<\/i> by Rachel Barenblatt<\/li>\n
        9. New Hampshire<\/i> by Terry Allan Hicks<\/li>\n
        10. New Hampshire<\/i> by Deborah Kent<\/li>\n
        11. Rhode Island<\/i> by Susan Labella<\/li>\n
        12. Rhode Island<\/i> by Rick Petreycik<\/li>\n
        13. Vermont<\/i> by Christine Taylor Butler<\/li>\n
        14. Vermont<\/i> by Megan Dornfeld<\/li>\n
        15. Vermont<\/i> by Ann Heinrichs<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          Picture Books<\/b>
          \n75 titles from author “BAR” to author “BAT”
          \nto make a total of 128 titles<\/p>\n

          Then I checked out 14 CDs and 5 DVDs to bring my library total up to 148–two under the max!<\/i><\/p>\n

          Catch-up Reviews:<\/b><\/p>\n

          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…<\/p>\n