Even though February is a short month, it seems like ages since we had a Nightstand carnival at 5 Minutes for Books. Why is that??I did publish some reviews of books that I had On My Nightstand last month that interested several of you, so I invite you to check out my reviews of Elizbeth Gilbert's Committed, An Irish Country Girl, Wench (with giveaway still open), and Healing Hearts. I also just posted a review yesterday (with giveaway) of I am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced.
There are two books I must carry over from last month:
- Hear No Evil: My Story of Innocence, Music, and the Holy Ghost
- and Far From the Land: An Irish Memoir (which I just started)
As for what's next?? I don't really know. I'm not feeling any compulsion to read one thing over another.
So maybe I'll let you pick which book I'll read for sure (in addition to the two above). In your comment, tell me which one or two sound really interesting to you and I'll be sure to get to them this month.
I actually have a lot of middle grade and Young Adult novels waiting for me --
- Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld (of Uglies fame)
- The Dead and the Gone (sequel to Life As We Knew It, and the 3rd book is coming soon!)
- William S. and the Great Escape
- Numbers
- I should also get to Trixie Belden and The Mystery Off Glen Road, my ONE selection for the Children's Mystery Challenge.
- Elizabeth Noble's The Girl Next Door
- The House of Tomorrow could be a bit hit or a miss -- I can't decide
- I accepted a review copy of Chef: A Novel by Jaspreet Singh with my South Asian Authors Challenge in mind, and I'll probably get to it quickly.
- Toxic Friends: The Antidote for Women Stuck in Complicated Friendships (carried over -- AGAIN!)
- Searching for Whitopia: An Improbable Journey to the Heart of White America -- the good reviews at amazon just got me more motivated to finally read this, starting now!
- From Every End of This Earth: 13 Families and the New Lives They Made in America
Another fun thing that I'm doing this year with my reading notebook is trying to track the number of books and pages that I read each month. January totals: I read 4 novels, 3 memoirs and 4 young adult books, and started or finished 3 more, for a total of 2548 pages read.
Check out more participants' Nightstand lists at 5 Minutes for Books the 4th Tuesday of every month, and don't forget to weigh in with your opinion about books you'd like to see me complete before the next Nightstand carnival!
10 comments:
Keeping up with pages read might be fun!
Far From Land sounds interesting.
I'd love to see Toxic Friendships from a Christian viewpoint. I've struggled with people I'd like to get away from, so to speak, yet wonder as a Christian what the right response is and whether I just need to seek more of God's grace to deal with them.
I vote for Toxic Friends & Trixie Belden.
And oh my word - I almost made my Nightstand post a "You vote" one as well and then scrapped it at the last minute because I was feeling motivated all of the sudden and dove into a couple in particular. Right now I like just about everything on my Nightstand which made choosing a little harder. =)
I read your review of I Am Nujood yesterday and it sounds like an interesting (but sad) book. I will add that to my list. It’s not nice to have any compulsion over what you have to read next!
I would vote for the Whitopia book- that sounds good!
Nice numbers you got there, big reader!! I always wish there could be more time in my day for LOTS of things, with reading being near the top of that list. :)
I have to echo Carrie and say Trixie and Toxic Friends.
I rarely really "choose" what books I'm going to read--I just have what I have on my literal nightstand and pick from them as the fancy strikes. I guess my moods change a little too often to set my reading in stone based on one day's decision.
The Toxic Friends book does have an interesting title. It's always such a whimsical call for me, which book to read when.
Your numbers are amazing. I could probably approach that many pages -- if you let me count children's books I've read aloud to my kids!
So funny. I thought it was yesterday when we posted the last nightstand, and you feel like it has been a long time. :)
I loved your review about the girl, Nujood. I will add that to my TBR list for sure.
You have some heavy weight titles on this list! I vote for the light stuff - read Trixie Belden!
You had a great reading month. I have not read any of the ones you have to choose from, so I am no help.
I am looking forward to your review of Toxic Friends. Just not sure that I am entirely ready for it. ha!
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