On the Nightstand-February

Books Read this month:

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon
Fault Line by Barry Eisler (LibraryThing Early Reviewer)
Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident by Eoin Colfer

Now reading:

The Disappearance by Efrem Sigel (LibraryThing Early Reviewers)

On the Nightstand:
Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code by Eoin Colfer (B&N)
Artemis Fowl: The Opal Deception by Eoin Colfer(B&N)
A Lion Among Men by Gregory Maguire(B&N)
The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer New Unabridged ( Library Thing Early Reviewers)
Circle of Magic: Sandry's Book by Tamora Pierce (BookMooch)
Belong To Me by Marissa de los Santos (gift)
Schooled by Anisha Lakhani(prize)
The Monster of Florence by Douglas Preston and Mario Spezi (prize)
The Gifted Gabaldon Sisters by Lorraine Lopez(gift)
The Best Place to Be by Lesley Dormen(prize)
Alive in Necropolis by Doug Dorst.(prize)
Rain Fall, Hard Rain and Rain Storm, Killing Rain and The Last Assassin by Barry Eisler
With Endless Sight by Allison Pittman (BBAW giveaway win)
The Strength of a Sparrow by Tim Anders(Bostick Communications)
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khalid Housseini
Toxin by Robin Cook
The Eyes of Darkness by Dean Koontz
Harsh Cry of the Heron by Lian Heron
The Book of the Dead by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child

On The Nightstand-December

Books Read this month:

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Death By Latte by Linda Gerber
Death by Bikini by Linda Gerber
Bel Canto by Ann Patchett (dec)
Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris (dec)
Violet in Private by Melissa Walker (dec)
Violet by Design by Melissa Walker (dec)
Violet on the Runway by Melissa Walker (dec)
Sweethearts by Sara Zarr (dec)
Into The Wild by Jon Krakauer (dec)


Now reading:

In the Woods by Tana French

On the Nightstand:

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khalid Housseini
Toxin by Robin Cook
The Eyes of Darkness by Dean Koontz
Harsh Cry of the Heron by Lian Heron
The Book of the Dead by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
Courage in Patience by Beth Fehlbaum (prize)
The Monster of Florence by Douglas Preston and Mario Spezi (prize)
Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay (prize)
The Gifted Gabaldon Sisters by Lorraine Lopez(gift)
The Best Place to Be by Lesley Dormen(prize)
Alive in Necropolis by Doug Dorst.(prize)
Death by Latte by Linda Gerber (giveaway win)
Rain Fall, Hard Rain and Rain Storm by Barry Eisler
With Endless Sight by Allison Pittman (BBAW giveaway win)
The Strength of a Sparrow by Tim Anders(Bostick Communications)

On the Nightstand- November

Books Read this month:

Murder on the Down Low by Pamela Samuels Young (review will be posted on Dec 10th)
Untamed by P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast (nov)
Shadow Kiss by Richelle Mead (nov)
Into thin Air by Jon Krakauer (nov)
Dubliners by James Joyce (nov)
The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly (nov)
The Book of Names by D Barkley Briggs (nov)
Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan (nov)
An Adundance of Katherines by John Green (oct)

Now reading:

6th Target by James Patterson
Sweethearts by Sara Zarr (prize)

On the Nightstand:

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khalid Housseini
Toxin by Robin Cook
The Eyes of Darkness by Dean Koontz
Harsh Cry of the Heron by Lian Heron
The Book of the Dead by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
Violet In Private by Melissa Walker
Courage in Patience by Beth Fehlbaum (prize)
The Monster of Florence by Douglas Preston and Mario Spezi (prize)
Bel Canto by Ann Pratchet (Book Mooched)
Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay (prize)
The Gifted Gabaldon Sisters by Lorraine Lopez(gift)
The Best Place to Be by Lesley Dormen(prize)
Alive in Necropolis by Doug Dorst.(prize)

On the Nightstand- October

Here is what I listed last month. Yup. Some of these books have been there for the last two months! I need to stop getting new books.

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khalid Housseini
Toxin by Robin Cook
The Eyes of Darkness by Dean Koontz
Harsh Cry of the Heron by Lian Heron
The Book of the Dead by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
The Wonder Spot by Melissa Bank
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
The Dubliners by James Joyce
Violet In Private by Melissa Walker
Look At Me by Jennifer Egan (library)
Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr (bought)
Kandide and the Secret of the Mists by Diana S. Zimmerman (prize)

Books read this month:

Blue Bloods and Masquerade by Melissa de la Cruz (oct)
Undone by Brooke Taylor (oct)
You Suck by Christopher Moore (oct)
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (oct)
Aura by Carlos Fuente (oct)
Look at Me by Jennifer Egan (oct)
Double Helix by Nancy Werlin (oct)
Doctor Who: The Stone Rose by Jacqueline Raynor (oct)
Peeps by Scott Westerfeld (oct)
Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris (oct)
the perks of being a wallflower by Stephen Chbosky (oct)
Kandide and the Secrets of the Mists (The Calabiyau Chronicles: Book One) by Diana Zimmerman (oct)
Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr (sep)

(I still can't believe I read all these!)

Now reading:

An Abundance of Katherines by John Green (purchased)
The Book of Lost Things by John Connelly (purchased)

New Books on the Nightstand:

The Book of Names by D. Brinkley Briggs
Courage in Patience by Beth Fehlbaum (prize)
The Monster of Florence by Douglas Preston and Mario Spezi (prize)

On the Nightstand- September

I am having a hard time making my pile on the nightstand go down. Books keep coming in the mail and I keep going to the library and bookstore...

So, here is the list from last month's edition of What's on Your Nightstand:

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khalid Housseini
Toxin by Robin Cook
The Eyes of Darkness by Dean Koontz
Harsh Cry of the Heron by Lian Heron
Wintersmith by Terry Pratchett
The Book of the Dead by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
The Wonder Spot by Melissa Bank
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
Frankenstein by Mary Shelly
The Dubliners by James Joyce
Violet In Private by Melissa Walker

Books read:

Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman (sep)
Coraline by Neil Gaiman (sep)
Broken by Kelley Armstrong (sep)
The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton (sep)
Wintersmith by Terry Pratchett (sep)
The Bone Garden by Tess Gerritson (sep)
Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert (aug)
Pretties by Curtis Westerfeld (aug)

Now reading:

Darfur Diaries by Jen Marlow
Any Given Doomsday by Lori Handeland

New books on the Nightstand:

Look At Me by Jennifer Egan (library)
Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr (bought)
Kandide and the Secret of the Mists by Diana S. Zimmerman (prize)

On the Nightstand

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khalid Housseini
Toxin by Robin Cook
The Eyes of Darkness by Dean Koontz
Harsh Cry of the Heron by Lian Heron
Wintersmith by Terry Pratchett
The Book of the Dead by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
The Wonder Spot by Melissa Bank
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin

This is the list of books that were on my night stand at the beginning of the month. Guess what? They are all still there. There are also new books that have been added to these.

I pulled some books from my bookshelf downstairs to read for the Classics Challenge... Frankenstein by Mary Shelly and The Dubliners by James Joyce. I also won a copy of Violet in Private by Melissa Walker. Just went to the library today, too. Picked up Pretties by Scott Westerfeld, The Bone Garden by Tess Gerritson and The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton.

Reading now: Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert

Read in August (so far):

*The Summoning by Kelley Armstrong (aug)
The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart (aug)
*Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer (aug)
* Holes by Louis Sachar (aug)
Uglies by Curtis Westerfeld (aug)
Gossip Girl by Cecily von Ziegesar (aug)
*The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield (aug)

* Links to my reviews.

So, what's on your nightstand?

on my nightstand

Found this today. Kind of a cool idea. Post the books you have on your nightstand each month. This will be a little hard to do today since I am not at home but I think I can remember most of what's there.



A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khalid Housseini
Toxin by Robin Cook
The Eyes of Darkness by Dean Koontz
Harsh Cry of the Heron by Lian Heron
Wintersmith by Terry Pratchett
The Book of the Dead by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
The Wonder Spot by Melissa Bank
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin