on the nightstand

I wouldn’t necessarily call it a nightstand, as it is more of a bushel apple box I somehow inherited from my Grandfather at some point during a move one summer back from VA to college in TN. It has traveled with me throughout moves, states, RD apartments, summers crashing with friends and most recently has found it’s way standing on one end as a treasured night-stand.

Along with my basket of nighttime essentials (lotion, manicure set, aromatherapy spray, earplugs, eye-mask, etc.) and a few pictures, is the ever-rotating stack of books. Check in for updates and feel free to share your thoughts.

Fiction:

• The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets–This was one of those books I picked up at the 1/2 price Book Store, leafed through it, read the back cover and a bit of the first chapter and thought it would be an interesting read.  So far, 2 chapters in, it is a great coming of age story set in 1950’s London that I’m really enjoying!
• The Fountainhead -The beau’s favorite book…it’s a beast at roughly 750 pages, but I’m determined to get through it. One day. (Currently about 1/3 of the way through)  This has become a goal for 2009–FINISH THIS!

Non-Fiction:

• Searching for God Knows What–Donald Miller has become a classic in my house and one of his books seems to always been making it’s way back to the shelf.  Looking forward to this re-read.

Recent finishes:

• Generation ME
• The Shack
• Justice in the Burbs
• The Last American Man

Recent moves back to the bookshelf (or library):

• The Bluegrass Conspiracy
• The Four Loves
• The Ragamuffin Gospel

Waiting in the Wings:

• Freddy and Fredericka
• Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life