What’s on Your Nightstand?
Over at 5 Minutes for Books, they’re doing a new carnival about the books we’re all reading. Now, they suggest taking a photo of your nightstand where you stack your books, but that’s way too personal for me. Geez, you’d see a baggie full of Sharpies, some recently finished but not yet mailed jewelry, a half empty (full?) Diet Cranberry Raspberry Snapple, and a some photos of me through the years amongst the books. No need exposing anyone to that, now is there?
But… it’s a fun idea. So, here goes… the books I want to read between now and this time next month.
1. “Savannah Blues” by Mary Kay Andrews - love the Weezie stories
2. “Eat, Pray, Love” by Elizabeth Gilbert - I’ve already started this one, but I’m hoping to finish it soon.
3. an unnamed insurance textbook - I was supposed to have read this (and tested on it) back in May. Obviously, I’m a teensy bit behind. I’d like to get this as close to finished as possible so that I don’t have it hanging over me during the holidays.
4. “Hatchet” by Gary Paulsen - this is the next book Griff’s gifted teacher is going to have them read, and I try to keep up with them.
Now, we’re also supposed to say when we read these books. Are they serious?! Um, while overseeing homework, after the kids go to bed, at the salon (oh, how I love those coloring appointments!). Snippets of time stolen from other things. Isn’t that how all moms read?
So, go read.
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Pardon me, do you have a frindle?
I’ve got a new favorite book. Or book among my favorites.
I read as much as I can… I’d read more if I didn’t have things like a job and kids. You can see what I’ve read lately in my I’m Reading page. I try to read as many of the books that Griff reads as possible, so we can discuss them and so I can have a good idea of what he’s thinking and absorbing.
I was putting all of the Sunshine State Books on my BookMooch list when I came across a book that I had seriously considered for Griff last Christmas. So I dropped it on my Wishlist, and it arrived in the mail today. I read it in less time than it took Griff to watch a “Mythbusters” rerun.
And it’s one of my new favorite books. I may have all the kids I know read it. I’ll give it as gifts, I’m sure. And I think everyone - whether you have a kid or not - should go check this book out of your local library, order it from BookMooch or Amazon, or both.
Go, Frindle!
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The suggestion box is open
I’ve read several spiritual books this summer. They were very different from one another. One was a farce written by an atheist that was hysterical but very heretical. It prompted me to think a lot about the way I present myself to the non-Christians around me.
Another was a fictional account of the three days between Christ’s crucifixion and resurrection. It’s a concept I haven’t considered before, and it, too, made me think.
We’ve begun doing a short devotional with the kids a couple of times a week, which has been really super. Mike or I read a little devotional story from a book my parents read to me from when I was a kid. And Griff is reading the passages out loud for us from his Bible. It’s been good for all of us.
I’m finishing a short devotional book, and I’m struggling through a Kay Arthur book right now. I just can’t quite seem to connect to her style or the book itself. But I really need something to be guiding my Bible study.
So I’m looking for suggestions. Throw them at me. Short studies or long ones. I don’t care. Until we actually find a church and have Bible study opportunities there, I’m on my own. So, come on. Help a girl out. Give me some ideas. I’ll even report back when I read and finish the books… prove I really did use your suggestions well.
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