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Who remembers the series, “What’s On Your Nightstand?” We are a book-loving community, and we really enjoyed this look into what other SLOCA parents are reading outside of school. In fact, we would like to revive this series this year! So although the concept of “What’s On Your Nightstand” is a throwback, today’s post features a few of today’s parents and the books they are reading (or hoping to read!) this summer.
Summer is typically a time when many of us try to catch up on a long list of books that we’ve been wanting to get to, so the lists of current books in this group does seem a bit longer than what you might normally find during the school year! But most of us are in various stages of reading various books at any given time, right?
Here’s an honest look at the big stack of books these three parents have been reading, or are hoping to get to over the summer. Perhaps you'll see something that interests you and discover something new to add to your own nightstand! And we’ve added something new – audio books! We know that sometimes (like when you have a toddler), audio books might be the most effective way to “read” and one of our parents sent us a screen shot of the books she’s been listening to lately. Fun!
Joy Newman, Track A
Ten Ways to Destroy the Imagination of Your Child
Sherlock Holmes
Raising a Trailblazer
How to Teach your Children Shakespeare
History of the Renaissance World
Holy Bible
The Outermost House
Counterculture
Jewel
Annie Dillard—Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, An American Childhood, The Writing Life
Flannery O’Connor Short Stories
Jenny Curzan, Track B
The above audio books are what I’ve been listening to this year, and this summer at the lake I plan to dive in to the stack of lifestyle magazines from the past few months. 
Above (minus the SLOCA books):
How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk
The Happiness Project
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing
It Starts with Food
Keep It Shut: What to Say, How to Say It, and When to Say Nothing at All
Not shown:
The Whole30: The 30-Day Guide to Total Health and Food Freedom (a real book).
Jenny Bischoff, Track A:
Robinson Crusoe
Issue #3 of The Hanging Lantern Review
Go Set a Watchman
8 Great Dates for Moms & Daughters
Bringing Up Boys
Jubilee Trail
How to Teach Your Children Shakespeare
Castaway Kid
Eric Liddell: Pure Gold
Current audio books:
Middlemarch
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
Do you have an ongoing stack of books on your nightstand – literal, or figurative? Whether audible, kindle, or real books, we love to share what we are reading with other parents. If you are interested in participating in this series at some point in the school year, please email Down Home and let us know. We would love to contact you and find out what’s on your nightstand!
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