On My Nightstand June 13, 2026

reading buddy

I can’t believe it’s mid-June already. How did that happen? I need time to slow down a little bit, or I need to clone myself so I can finally get a few things done. Either will work.

Quote of the week

“Why are we all tormenting each other when everything might be so comfortable?”

— Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

Summer storms on the way

On My Nightstand This Week

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Kindle - I’m still working on cleaning up my kindle a bit. In that spirit I am finally starting Lift by Kelly Corrigan.

Audiobook - Last year I bailed on Brave The Wild River by Melissa Sevigny, but I wanted to try again. Hoping it was me and not the book.

Paper Book - Still working on The Shell Seekers by Rosamund Pilcher. Such the perfect 1980’s chunkster.

magnolia time

Hang in there everyone, and happy reading.

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On My Nightstand June 6, 2026

summer games under the lights

My daughter still has a few more days of school, but we’re feeling the summer vibes around here. My summer reading is in full swing, and I’ve been doing a much better job of sitting down to read instead of listening to audiobooks while multitasking. (NOT THAT THERE’S ANYTHING WRONG WITH THAT!)

Quote of the week

“That hat is at least ten fire emojis. It’s all that, and extra butter.”

— Arsenio by Arsenio Hall

Summer flowers

On My Nightstand This Week

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Kindle - Summer reading time! I’m working on a group read of Almost Life by Kiran Millwood Hargrave on Litsy.

Audiobook - After I finished The Talisman I needed to do a re-listen to Black House by Stephen King and Peter Straub.

Paper Book - Another summer group read! The Shell Seekers by Rosamund Pilcher is great for reading in the sun.

finally accomplished my walk across the wilson bridge bucket list item

Hang in there everyone, and happy reading.

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On My Nightstand May 30, 2026

It’s official!

We did it! My son graduated yesterday. I wondered why they had the ceremonies on Thursday and Friday instead of the weekend, but it is nice to have two days to recover before I go back to work. I even managed to sit down and read 100 pages of a book this morning. Hopefully things will calm down a bit now. I always say that…

Quote of the week

“People always think despair will kill them, but a little maple syrup, and life looks different.”

— Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

cat naps

On My Nightstand This Week

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Kindle - I couldn’t settle on anything so decided to do a re-read of Cutting For Stone by Abraham Verghese.

Audiobook - I joined in on another challenge to read all of the Newbery Medal books in order starting with The Story of Mankind by Hendrik Willem van Loon.

Paper Book - I’m alternating between the heavy The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt and the light Called Again by Jennifer Pharr Davis.

the sun came back!

Hang in there everyone, and happy reading.

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On My Nightstand May 16, 2026

roses from the garden

BREAKING NEWS: I actually calmed down and read all of the books I wanted to read last week. Very exciting. Hopefully this trend continues because even though my reading has slowed down my kindle deals and library check outs have not! It’s supposed to be really hot next week (after being in the 50’s this week) so I’m planning on porch reading nights as often as I can.

Quote of the week

“I took the trouble this morning to call on the pretended count- if he were a real count he wouldn’t be so rich.”

— The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas

yard reading

On My Nightstand This Week

Kindle - Another goofy cozy from my kindle- Dirty Water: A Red Sox Mystery.

Audiobook - It’s time for James Monroe in my one president a month buddy read group. I picked James Monroe: A Life by Tim McGrath.

Paper Book - I found a copy of The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt in a Little Free Library up the street and can’t wait to dive in.

library haul

Hang in there everyone, and happy reading.

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On My Nightstand May 18, 2024

It’s another busy weekend! Prom tonight, soccer tomorrow, and prep for a week of end of year parties and banquets. Then Friday my son turns 16, and early Saturday morning we leave for a graduation party in Massachusetts. It’s an eight hour drive, but I wouldn’t miss it! (Plus that’s 16 hours of audiobooks.)

Have a great week!

Quote of the week

“Edwin might have clung to England a little longer, but he holds secretly radical views which emerged unexpectedly at a dinner party, thus speeding up his fate.”

— Sea of Tranquility of Emily St. John Mandel

What I’m Reading This Week

On Kindle - The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin - I didn’t get very far with this last week, but this is the week! I’m hoping for a lot of long nights on my porch with this one.

On Paper - Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel - I’ve been loving diving into her books this month with the #AuthorAMonth group on Litsy. I put this one off a few days because I didn’t want to be done with my little project, but now’s the time.

On Audio- I need to start The River We Remember by William Kent Krueger before it disappears from Everand again.

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