On My Nightstand – March


5 Minutes for Books
I’ve been reading a lot this week while I’ve been sick. My book pile is starting to get rather small. I checked out a couple more books today but they are all specific to fulfilling reading challenges.

Fiction
Emma & Knightley, by Rachel Billington – I need to work on my Jane Austen reading challenge.
Knit the Season, by Kate Jacobs – I’ve read a couple of books by this author and have enjoyed every one of them.
Vanity and Vexation, by Kate Fenton – Another book for the Jane Austen challenge.
Just Jane, by Nancy Moser – I really enjoyed the last Moser book I read about Elizabeth Barrett Browning and I’m really looking forward to this book.

Memoir
My Life in France, by Julia Child – I’ve seen Julie & Julia (wasn’t impressed) but wante to read Child’s memoir. She seems like an interesting person.
A Thousand Days in Venice, by Marlena De Blasi – I’ve heard great things about this book.
A Thousand Days in Tuscany, by Marlena De Blasi – The sequel to A Thousand Days in Venice.
Scheisshaus Luck, by Pierre Berg – I’m sure this book will make me cry, but I’ve always been interested in this time period.

Nonfiction
If God is Good, by Randy Alcorn – I’m not sure I’m going to get to this book before it’s due back at the library, but I will certainly try.

2 Thoughts on “On My Nightstand – March

  1. Wow, what an interesting array of books!How do you find the books you've chosen? Sounds like some fun evenings of reading are ahead.

  2. Ann, I read a couple of book blogs and mark down books that sound interesting to me. I have a wishlist on Amazon that I use to keep track of books that I want to check out from the library. Then, when I'm getting ready to visit the library, I go through that list and pick out a few books that the library has available.

    I hardly ever just browse the shelves. The only browsing I do is the "New Book Shelf" at our library, which has a big stack of books that the library has obtained in the past 3 months or so. Some of those books are newly released and others are just older books that the library has decided to carry.

    Are you aware of Goodreads.com? I use that site to keep track of everything I've finished reading and I try to put a short review of each book. Then I see what friends are reading to see if any of their books look interesting and add them to my Amazon.com library list.

    I love to read! πŸ™‚ πŸ™‚

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