What’s on Your Nightstand (February edition)

What’s on Your Nightstand is a monthly blog post hosted by 5 Minutes for Books.

Last month, I literally provided a list of the books that were on my nightstand, whether they were there because I intended to read them soon or just because I hadn’t found a better place for them to live in my apartment. Of the 10 books I mentioned, I finished reading three (Sister Wife by Shelley Hrdlitschka, The Undertaking by Thomas Lynch and The Pages in Between by Erin Einhorn—reviews are coming for all three), reviewed one (The Little Giant of Aberdeen County by Tiffany Baker—read my review) and relocated all the rest (which included sending When One Man Dies by Dave White to fellow blogger Never Without a Book).

This month, for some reason, I don’t have a pile of books on my nightstand; instead they are in my office, either awaiting review or next up to be read. They are:

• Acedia & Me: A Marriage, Monks and A Writer’s Life by Kathleen Norris (awaiting review)
• Skin Deep by E. M. Crane (awaiting review)
• Sister Wife by Shelley Hrdlitschka (awaiting review)
• Sing Them Home by Stephanie Kallos (just started reading)
• My Little Red Book edited by Rachel Kauder Nalebuff (awaiting review)
• Good to a Fault by Marina Endicott (currently rereading; read my review)
• The Girl in Saskatoon: A Meditation on Memory and Murder by Sharon Butala (up next?)
• The Local News by Miriam Gershow (up next?)
• The Perseids and Other Stories by Robert Charles Wilson (up next?)
  

I am feeling a bit restless in my reading at the moment—I’m having trouble committing to a new book (hence the rereading, in part), which is usually an indication that I should be reading something light. I’m hoping that the Robert Charles Wilson book will match my mood. (Short stories might be the answer to my commitment issues!)

What’s on your nightstand at the moment? Have you read any of the books on mine? (No picture this month either, sorry!)

What’s on Your Nightstand (January edition)

What’s on Your Nightstand is a monthly blog post hosted by 5 Minutes for Books.

This is the first time I participate in this meme, but I hope to make it a monthly occurrence. In any case, I knew my teetering pile of books needed to be immortalized somewhere! Here’s what’s on my nightstand at the moment:

• Sister Wife by Shelley Hrdlitschka (just started reading last night)
• The Undertaking by Thomas Lynch (have been reading for a couple of weeks)
• The Pages in Between by Erin Einhorn (next up)
• The Little Giant of Aberdeen County by Tiffany Baker (awaiting review)
• Study in Lilac by Maria-Antònia Oliver (gift from my friend Helen)
• Safe Haven by Larry Gaudet (gift from my friend Helen)
• The Bell at Sealey Head by Patricia A. McKillip (on loan from Helen)
• Tethered by Amy MacKinnon (started reading but put aside for now)
• When One Man Dies by Dave White (need to find this one a new home as I won’t be reading it)
• Dead on Sunday by A. J. Orde (finished last year and won’t be reviewing)

There are more on my desk (which may say more about my messiness than anything else)... What’s on your nightstand at the moment? Have you read any of the books on mine? Next time I’ll try to take a picture!