I'm joining the carnival at
Reading Into Everything. I love to talk about books and I'm always on the hunt for more, so this will be a monthly thing for me for sure.
There's a picture of my nightstand. The three books stacked up do not get as much of my attention as they should. They are my Catholic Study Bible with concordance, He Leadeth Me by Fr. Cizsek, and Grace for the Moment by Max Lucado. I keep them there so I can read a chapter or a day's entry at night or in the morning. But I rarely pick them up. It is something I'm working on improving.
The other book is What the Dead Know by Laura Lippman. I picked it up at the library. The title caught my eye and I read the jacket and it sounded interesting. And it is. And weird. It is the story of one woman who was abducted with her sister when she was 12 years old. She returns to the site of the abduction 30 years later with some issues, needless to say.
I read a lot of fiction. I always promise myself I will read more non-fiction, but it just doesn't appeal to me a lot of the time. I like memoirs and things that read like fiction.
So what's on your nightstand?
12 comments:
That book sounds interesting. I, too, enjoy fiction more than non-fiction, although I guess cookbooks would fall into that category and I love them lol. Thanks for the peek into what you are reading.
You know, I don't think I've ever read anything by Max Lucado now that I think of it.
It was nice to hear what's on your nightstand.
I lost my bedside table when we sidecarred the crib so there's nothing on my bedside table :D
However, I'm reading a book called "deep Survival" It's non-fiction that reads like fiction and I'm finding it fascinating!
Your bible has a concordance? I've been looking for a Catholic concordance. I'll pick up a non-fiction book before I'll pick up fiction, especially the newer fiction. I love Jane Austen though.
I agree--I have to keep spiritual books around to encourage me to pick them up, but I'm not quite so good at it.
I also love a good non-fiction book that's written like fiction.
I have a hard time reading non-fiction and spiritual books as well. However, I notice once I get into the routine I do much better keeping up with them :-).
I really have to force myself to read nonfiction as well. Nothing beats a great story!
Jan Karon's "In This Mountain," which is the 7th in the Mitford series (my favorite author and fictional series in the entire world, for Pete's sake); "The World's First Love" by Bishop Fulton Sheen; "First Comes Love" and "The Lamb's Supper," both by Scott Hahn; "Francis of Asissi," by Lawrence S. Cunningham; "The Confessions of St. Augustine" (beautifully illuminated); and "The Privelage of Being A Woman," by Alice Von Hildebrand.
Jan Karon is the only fiction. At the moment, I'm actively reading the Jan Karon and Bishop Sheen books, and the others are there partly for reference, and partly because sometimes the Spirit moves me................
I just finished a Ted Dekker book. Have you read him before? "Skin" is the one I just finished and I read the Circle Trilogy several weeks back. Very good, but very weird. But I love all the spiritual undertones.
I'm also reading a book called What Mary and Joseph knew about parenting. I'm really loving it so far, but I'm only about 1/3 of the way through it.
I just bought Power of the Praying Wife this weekend at Half Price Books. I know I'm way late to jump on that train, but I'm looking forward to reading it.
That fiction on you're reading sounds interesting. I might check it out at the next library trip.
I relate to your keeping your Bible on the nightstand but not looking at it night/morning as you intend. I find that, in the morning, I'm in too much of a hurry to get to the bathroom and once I'm up and running I don't stop till lunchtime and then, at night, I'm too tired to read more than a chapter from a novel, if that.
I'm working on getting Bible reading into my daily schedule though and have been doing it as part of my computer time each day. I meant to blog about it but was overcome by shy-ness ... maybe I'll be able to do that in time.
I hope you can soon find something that works for you.
On my dresser:
The Pact, by Jodi Picoult. Just finished it and had to ignore my children for about 45 minutes as I plowed through the ending. A good read.
In Defense of Food, by Michael Pollan. More on my quest to be a better grocery shopper, food preparer, eater.
The Seven Story Mountain, by Thomas Merton. It's always there...has been for 12 years...which means I pick it up once a year or so.
I gave up my nightstand when I acquired a fabulous Chesterfield chair from Freecycle. There wasn't room for both, so the nightstand just had to go....
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