Tuesday, March 23, 2010

What’s On My Nightstand

Nightstand

Um, where did March go?  I blinked and now it’s the 4th Tuesday and time for the 5 Minutes for Books What’s On Your Nightstand meme.  I’m propping my eyes open for April.  ;)

I read all the books on my list last month!  I have really been in a reading mood lately, although the book I’m on now is kinda tedious and I am fighting the urge to reread the Harry Potter series (darn those Deathly Hallows previews!)  Here is my stack for this month…

IMG_6356 On top is the next book in the Ladies Detective Agency series (part of my Spring Reading Thing challenge) followed by some books I picked up at a sale.  At the bottom we have The Swan Thieves, the only survivor of the battle against library books waged last week.  I still ordered a new one for the library but decided I could live with the small stain left behind on this one.  The one in the middle, Gilead, is what I am currently reading.  I read Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson and did not like it, but I’ve heard so many good things about Gilead and wanted to give her another try.  I am finding this one so hard to work through! 

IMG_6357 Behind the stack of books on my nightstand you will find this pic.  Me and my oldest boys when they were the ages my youngest boys are now (around 9 and 4.)  We are posing in front of a fountain in Epcot at Disney World, 10 YEARS AGO!  Yikes.  I need to remember to take one in the same spot with the younger boys, and again with the older boys to see the changes.  In them, of course, I haven’t changed one bit.  ;)

Join in on all the reading fun over at 5 Minutes for Books.

9 comments:

  1. ROFL! I re-read the last couple of Harry Potter books because of those early previews!

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  2. Wow - that photo is amazing. I bet it's just another reminder of how quickly the years fly by ... I keep hearing how great HP books are. I read the first (at my daughter's urging), but it didn't thrill me. Do they improve, or did you love them from the first one?

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  3. Time does go by too fast doesn't. I haven't read any of those books yet.
    I gave you an award, if you want it, it will be on my blog tomorrow.
    Cindy

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  4. One day I will get to the Harry Potter books. Their size is quite intimidating at the moment. ha. Enjoy reading and enjoy your boys!

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  5. I read the first Ladies' Detective Agency book last month and enjoyed it. Now I need to get the next one. Happy Reading!

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  6. I like your idea with the photo. we did that last summer with the kids. We had a photo with the kids 9 years ago on a bench and we did the same photo last summer. I love it and we´ll do that with other pictures too.
    Sorry, I don´t know all these books on your nightstand.
    I thought about rereading Harry Potter too.

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  7. Congrats on getting all your reading done! I liked The Swan Thieves.

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  8. I just finished reading Home which is the "sequel" to Gilead. (In fact, I'm giving away a copy on my site if you are interested.) LOVED how thought provoking that book was!

    I totally hear you about blinking and discovering that March is over! It's amazing how fast time is flying!

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  9. You are so write about March being over to fast. (Except for the nasty cold weather of course.)

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