What's On My Nightstand: September

I have quite a long list of books I'd like to have read by the end of October and by the next What's On My Nightstand post. Now that I think about them all I doubt I'll get through them before the end of the month, but I am going to make an effort to make a dent in that list.

Here is what is currently waiting on my nightstand:

The Tune in the Tree by Maud Hart Lovelace. This is one of the remaining books by Mrs. Lovelace that I have never before read. I have a few others, but this came first on my list. I plan to read it as part of the second annual Maud Hart Lovelace Reading Challenge, which will begin Friday, October 1 and run through the end of the month (10/31/10). I know little to nothing about this book, but judging how much I've enjoyed the other works by Mrs. Lovelace I am sure I'm in for a treat.

Russian Winter by Daphne Kalotay. This is a new release and the first novel by Ms. Kalotay. I learned about this book thanks to Book Club Girl. Her praise was enough to make me want to read this book immediately. I am fascinated by the premise of this story -- a Russian ballerina, the Cold War, some expensive jewels. I hope I end up enjoying this as much as Book Club Girl did.

Mini Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella. As some of you may have noticed I have a little bit of a weakness when it comes to certain chic-lit authors. Mostly I avoid chic-lit books with the occasionally exception, but for someone like Sophie Kinsella I always make an exception. Mini Shopaholic is her latest in the Shopaholic series and it's hot off the presses. As much as Becky Brandon infuriates me with the scrapes she gets herself into I find myself drawn to the books. I have to know what happens next.

Five Little Pigs by Agatha Christie. The next on my list of Christie reads by order of publication. Another Poirot mystery, this is one I know nothing about and am excited to dig into another delicious mystery by one of my all-time favorite authors.

A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle. I know it's quite scandalous, but I do believe I have never read more than one or two short stories by Doyle. I figured there was no better place to begin than with the first Sherlock Holmes mystery. I'm hoping to squeeze this one in before the end of the month.

As for other reads, there are at least a half dozen more books I'd like to see myself reading, but I think I'll be lucky if I finish all of these plus the other books and short stories I have slotted as part of the Maud Hart Lovelace Reading Challenge. It will be interesting to see where I am next month at this time.

Until then, happy reading!

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