What's On Your Nightstand - June

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I have so much I want to read, a so little time to do it in. I am hoping to have a better month this month, but it seems like my life is not my own during the summer months. I have have picked 6 books for this month and that is because I couldn't decided if I wanted to read Sayers or Heyer. I imagine I'll only get one of them read, but I can attempt it!

 For July's Nightstand:

   

From June's Nightstand I read:

• The Nine Tailors by Dorothy Sayers - Did you know there is an art to playing tower bells? Did you know there is a word for someone who can play those bells? It is campanology. Nine Tailors is a mystery based around the nine teller-strokes that ring for the death of a man also known as Nine Tailors. Yes, I learned all of this from a Lord Peter Wimsey novel. Very deep!
• Swept Away (Trouble in Texas 1) by Mary Connealy - I always enjoy Mary Connealy. Total fluff, but fun fluff.
• Steady Days: A Journey Toward Intentional, Professional Motherhood by Jamie C. Martin - Interesting read. I think this book would be great for a mom with many small children underfoot. 
• Talking with Your Daughter About Understanding Boys (8 Great Dates for Dads and Daughters) by Bob & Dannah Gresh - Review forthcoming.

 I didn't read:

• Hitty Her First Hundred Years by Rachel Fields - I was too busy reading other books and I really forgot it was on my list. Hopefully I will get to it this month.

I also read:

• Gaudy Night: A Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery with Harriet Vane by Dorothy Sayers - Finally, a resolution to the romance of Lord Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane. The only problem was the answer to the question was written in Latin. Do you know how much Latin I know? Zilch!! Thank the Lord for Google!
• Moms' Night Out by Tricia Goyer - I was too impatient for the film to come out on DVD. Since this was actually turned into a book from the screen play I think the film will be better. Not that I didn't enjoy the book, but it just felt like it was written to be seen.
• A Noble Groom by Jody Hedlund - What happens when your daughter falls in love with a man who turns out to be the son of a nobleman who you accuse of murdering your son? You have to read it to find out! More fluff, but since I was so busy with my parents here and hosting parties for my son who thought he needed to graduate, fluff was just right.
• A Life in Balance: Discovery of a Learning Breakthrough by Frank Belgau - Interesting read about learning and the brain told as a memoir. (Review)

  I listened to:  

• Venetia by Georgette Heyer- I just realized that this was abridged. Oh well, it was perfect for my drive back and forth to the Homeschool Convention I attended last week end.