I was thrilled with our first month’s Nightstand carnival. I hope that you took the opportunity to visit some of the other participants. I know I heard from a few of you that you really enjoyed the chance to share your love of books with others.
So another month is here. You can participate in What’s on Your Nightstand? in several ways. You can cover one or all of these topics:
- Take a picture or simply give a list of the stack of books that you are in the process of reading or planning to read (it might be on your nightstand, on a bookshelf, or like me, under your bed).
- Give short reviews of the book or books that you read that month.
- Tell about what you are reading and why. I love to read the backstory on books. Did someone give it to you? Are you trying out a new genre at the recommendation of a friend (or website)? Did you stumble across a new author in a used bookstore?
- Fill us in on your reading habits. When are you reading these books? Is one reserved for bedtime reading? Does one stay in your car to be read while you are waiting? Do you read just one book at a time?
If you’ve followed someone else’s post over here, and it’s past Tuesday, feel free to go ahead and link up. I will close the linky on September 10. If you want to participate after that, save it for next month and join in then.
September has five Tuesdays. Next month you will find us here on the fourth Tuesday, September 23 at 8:00 a.m. Eastern.
In the meantime, you can join us for our other Tuesday features:
- 1st Tuesday: Classics Bookclub
- 2nd Tuesday: Children’s Classics
- 3rd Tuesday: Kids’ Picks (similar to Nightstand — what your children have enjoyed recently!) More info coming soon.
- 4th Tuesday: What’s on Your Nightstand?
Links are now closed. Please join us on September 23 for the September edition of the carnival.
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This month “Dinner with Dad” is on my nightstand (if I had one!). It’s a great, nonfiction book about a dad committing to dinner with the family for 5 nights a week and committing to cook 2 1/2 of those nights.
Posted from my vacation this week.
http://lifewithmyboys.wordpress.com/2008/08/26/august-nightstand/
Between the Olympics and the political conventions, I am not getting NEARLY as much reading time after the kids go to bed as I would like. Hopefully, by next month, I’ll be back on schedule.
Rachel Langston
Fun meme! I have a stack of books on my nightstand. I haven’t been tackling books as quickly as before, but am making my way through the pile.
My post is up and I’m looking forward to reading about what everyone else is reading.
First time participant. This was fun!!
Just posted about why my nightstand’s just not that into me… I maybe had too much fun with this. haha
Wow, the month went fast, and some of my books from last month haven’t been read yet! Ooopsie! A few naughty books grabbed me and derailed my reading schedule. I’m sure you can sympathize!
I just finished reading Barbara Kingsolver’s The Poisonwood Bible. I feel like a late bloomer. So many people have recommended it to me over the years, but for whatever reason I just now got around to reading it. Apart from the fact that Kingsolver is simply an amazing author, this book is just dynamite.
I love how she organized the books by chapters dedicated to each child or parent. Her ability to switch tones and personalities within and between chapters is astounding. But, the thing I liked the most was the subject matter. I have lived in third-world countries and have experienced the some of what she expresses–either in my own actions or by observing the actions of others.
Most poignant to me was reading this at night while on vacation in D.C. and touring the sites by day. The stark contrast between the freedom we enjoy in the US and our over abundance and the Congo’s scarce resources shows that there is beauty in all walks of life and you really do have to stand in someone’s shoes to understand their perspective.
Oh! I could go on and on. So now, the question is: What is on my bookshelf or nightstand? All the rest of Kingsolver’s books. The day after putting down this book, I ran over to B&N and purchased her entire library of books and am now starting into The Bean Trees. I am sooooo excited.
I just discovered your site and would love to participate in “what’s on your nightstand”.
I look fwd to checking out your blog!
My first “bloggy carnival”! Thanks for the opportunity to link to you!
Lori
http://www.barefootinhighheels.wordpress.com
I just found this via Twitter. I wrote this post last week but it seemed so close to what you were looking for and readers seemed to find potential reads from it, I thought it was worth sharing.
So glad I found this!
What a great way to get book recommendations! I love this idea. Heck, I love this blog!
This is so much fun! I’m running off to take my picture now. Thanks!
This is great fun! Off to go visit the other nightstands! 😉
My first carnival and I am a day late!
I enjoy visiting everyone else’s nightstands for ideas.
I’m a first timer here and love it! I love reading what everyone has next to them to read!
My nightstand is lacking compared to last month, but I am getting more organized. Much of that has to do with this monthly event. Thank you for hosting it. My list is here.
I’m joining in a few days late… Hope that’s okay! Thank you for hosting this. It’s fun to take stock of the last month.
OK… I just want to let everyone know that I really did mean to start reading The Bean Trees by Kingsolver. So, in my attempt, I take the kids and my book to McDonald’s. They can play while I read. Win-Win! Then another 2 stragglers jump in on the fun and soon, I am up to my eyeballs in kids. By the time I get the kids fed and discard all of the trash into the bin, I realize that along with the empty kid’s meal boxes and ketchup-stained napkins, went my book. I truly thought about reaching in and trying to grab it. But ewwwwwww! So, I am off to B&N to deepen their pockets with my money. See! I should strengthen my resolve to avoid fast-food restaurants :).
A couple of day late, but I did get my post up! Looking forward to reading everybody’s recommendations. 🙂
What a great idea! Finally, a reason for that stack of books on my nightstand! LOL