January isn't quite over yet, but it's time to write about the books we've been reading this past month for What's on Your Nightstand?  (Really, I read for my own pleasure and to learn, but I am sharing there!)

I have only completed two books this month.  Both are linked to my reviews and both are likely to be favorites this year! 

Fiction
Pat of Silver Bush, by L.M. Montgomery.  This might be LMM's well-kept secret.  I delighted in it and am anticipating reading Mistress Pat soon.  Anne fans will sincerely appreciate Pat, too!

Non-Fiction
A Woman's Wisdom: How the Book of Proverbs Speaks to Everything, by Lydia Brownback.  This was a book truly full of fresh wisdom from the Bible.  Enter the giveaway here!

Audio
So Long, Insecurity: You've Been a Bad Friend to Us, by Beth Moore.  This was my first Beth Moore book.  I was unsure of her going into it, but found that I really like her style.  Moreover, this book really speaks to women...whether highly insecure or only a little.  (I was deeply disappointed in this audio version though.  It is the first time I have ever encountered an audio book that allowed the tracks to last for such a long time.  Each track certainly lasted longer than 20 minutes, and sometimes approaching 40.  This may be fine in a car which keeps track of where you left off, but when listening in your home and trying to listen when you have a chance just makes this irritating.  I hope Tyndale Audio doesn't always do this!)

Anne of Green Gables, by L.M. Montgomery.  I enjoy listening to or reading the first Anne book each January for the LMM challenge.  Maybe some day I will own the audio version, but for now I am content to borrow it annually from the library.

With the Children
Betsy and Tacy Go over the Big Hill, by Maud Hart Lovelace.  We are slowly reading the Betsy-Tacy series by Maud Hart Lovelace (or at least her younger books) together.  (Betsy-Tacy was also my daughter's first "real" chapter book!)  We read this book while waiting for the bus in the mornings.  I leave it in the van, and they we eagerly await it.  Both my 4 year old son and 6 year old daughter enjoy and appreciate these books!

Up Next?
In February, I hope to read at least three of the items below.

Keeping House: The Litany of Everyday Life, by Margaret Kim Peterson
Unbroken, by Laura Hillenbrand
 Pioneer Girl manuscript I began last year for the Laura Ingalls Wilder Challenge.
A Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne- for the Reading to Know Book Club.
 Mistress Pat, by L.M. Montgomery

What are you reading?  Leave a comment recommending a great book or link up!

~ Annette {This Simple Mom}