Nightstand status

It’s that time again.

Here is the list of books I hope to read in the month of July.

• The Metamorphoses by Ovid – library book
• Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment by Jeremiah Burroughs as part of the Reading the Classics at Tim Challies’ blog
• Notes from the Tilt-A-Whirl by N. D. Wilson – Thomas Nelson Book Review Blogger
• The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey by Trenton Stewart – on loan from the 11 year old
• The Name of this Book is Secret by pseudonymous bosch- on loan from the 11 year old
• If You’re Reading This, It’s Too Late by pseudonymous bosch- on loan from the 11 year old
• The Odyssey by Homer, maybe?
• I need to start John Adams by David McCullough for the Sept book club meeting.

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Here is the list of books I planned to read in June, with progress made:

1. Dred Scott’s Revenge by Judge Andrew Napolitano (Thomas Nelson book review blogger) – finished
2. Patriarch: George Washington and the New American Nation by Richard Norton Smith – finished
3. The Zookeeper’s Wife by Diane Ackerman – finished
4. The Odyssey by Homer – keeps getting crowded out by library books
5. Believing God by RC Sproul Jr. – finished

Other books I read this month:

• I also read Honey, I Don’t Have a Headache Tonight by Sheila Wray Gregoire – very funny and very good. This was on my nightstand a few months ago and I’m glad I finally read it.
• I picked up A City of Bells by Elizabeth Goudge and it was wonderful! Now I need to read the other 2 in the trilogy.
• I also found a new author – still life by Louise Penny. There are another 4 in that series that I will enjoy reading. This was a well written mystery with great characters.
• I read The Mysterious Benedict Society, loaned to me by an 11 year old – very good book
• And the sixth Maisie Dobbs book, Among the Mad by Jacqueline Winspear came out so I read it as well.

Now we know why I didn’t finish The Odyssey.