What's On Your Nightstand - March

 

I had a great month of reading in March, but we won't talk about my lack of sleep. April is a big month for us--baseball starts, my youngest will turn 9,  and my older kids will be competing in a competition doing poetry, expressive readings, preaching, playing chess, entering sewing and photography projects, plus a few more things--so much of my time will be spent helping them prepare. I'm not sure how much reading I will get done, so I'm keeping my Nightstand on the lighter side and who know maybe I'll get some sleep.

April's Nightstand:

From February's Nightstand I read:

• Simply Classical: A Beautiful Education for Any Child by Cheryl Swope - The premise of this book is giving kids a classical education who are special needs or struggling students. I found the beginning of this book to be an encouraging read, but when it came down to getting actual ideas I felt that most ideas seemed to weigh more on the special needs side rather than a struggling student. Overall, it was an encouraging read.
• The Leper of Saint Giles by Ellis Peters - Another Bro. Cadfael mystery which I found quite interesting.

I didn't read:

• The Liturgy of the Ordinary by Tish Harrison Warren - I read quite a bit of this book before it had to go back to the library. I realized I wasn't getting much out of it so I'm going to forgo reading the rest.

I also read:

• The Enchanted Barn by Grace Livingston Hill - A favorite Grace Livingston Hill book.
• Life of Pi by Yann Martel - I read this for book club--this is not a book I would pick up to read voluntarily. I was going to pass on reading this one but decided to power read it instead.  It was weird. 
• The Lost Girl of Astor Street by Stephanie Morrill - On the other hand this was a fascinating read. I'm not sure whose recommendation I read, but I'm glad I checked it out. 
• The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsill - After Life of Pi I didn't have much to read and I was still waiting on my Wodehouse book to come in at the library so I decided to raid my kid lit shelves at home. The Penderwicks were a perfect pick. I still like them as much as I did the first time I read them.
• The Sanctuary Sparrow by Ellis Peters - Another Bro. Cadfael mystery.
• Killing Patton by Bill O'Reilly - Oh my, what an interesting read. O'Reilly does a great job of writing this in "this is the facts" manner yet it still flows like a story.
• The Power of a Praying Church by Stormie Omartian - Read this for ministry purposes. 

I listened to:

• Fervent by Priscilla Shirer - I started reading the book and then switched to audio since I wanted to use some information in it for our church's ladies meeting. I will definitely be re-reading this title.

See what others have read over at 5 Minutes for Books.