I missed the 5 Minutes for Books Nightstand carnival on Tuesday...and in July...and in June.
Oh, well, better late than never!
If you want to know everything I have read since May, you can click here to see my Reading List for 2010. (Items 18 through 31 were read this summer.)
In the past month I have posted my thoughts on the following books:
One For the Money; Two For the Dough; and Three to Get Deadly by Janet Evanovich; Love And War: Finding the Marriage You've Dreamed Of by John and Stasi Eldredge; Jemima J: A Novel About Ugly Ducklings and Swans by Jane Green; and Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell; all mentioned here.
And Hotel On The Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford; mentioned here.
Currently Reading:
Becoming Jane Austen: The True Love Story That Inspired the Classic Novels by Jon Spence
I have so many books on my book stand that I have resorted to the draw system for reading them. Seriously! I have written down every title on a slip of paper and when I finish a book I draw another slip to decide what I am reading next. I am sure if something jumps out at me, I will rush it to the top of the list.
Without further ado, my 'To Be Read' list.
Still on the nightstand from April - The DaVinci Code; The Senator's Wife; and Snowflower and the Secret Fan
Left from May - The Happiness Project; Choosing Gratitude; The Postmistress; and Sullivan's Island.
New additions to my nightstand include:
Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson
The Red Queen by Philippa Gregory
The Familiar Stranger by Christina Berry
Mennonite In A Little Black Dress: A Memoir of Going Home by Rhoda Janzen
A Homemade Life: Stories and Recipes From My Kitchen Table by Molly Wizenberg
To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
(all links for the 'To Be Read' list are for Amazon, just in case you would like more info on a particular book)
5 comments:
Heh...you might want to think about getting a Kindle or some other e-reader...takes MUCH less space, you can keep it in your purse, and you can read lots of things at the same time; whenever you open up a given book, it brings you right back to where you left off. We LOVE our Kindles!
I bet you will enjoy reading The Da Vinci Code. :) I know i did.
Doug - I have given a lot of thought to getting a Kindle. I am just not sure I can get away from the feeling of holding a book in my hand and turning the pages for myself. I tried to read a book on my iPhone with a Kindle app...but it felt weird. Yet, I know the Kindle would take up much less room than all of these books. Glad to hear you guys like yours...I might give it another look.
Doll Clothes Gal Pal - I keep looking at Da Vinci and thinking I want to read it...but I want to read everything else too! That why I left my decisions to chance for a little while.
Thanks for stopping by!
Funny thing about turning pages. When I first got my Kindle, I occasionally found myself swiping my hand across the top of the machine like I was turning the page. The way the text is displayed on the e-Paper screen looks just like printing on a page.
August had the same thing happen to her when we got hers!
from a design stand point nothing beats a cozy reading chair with tons of shelves filled with worn books... even though i dont read as much as you do i still think about having this some day :)
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