My Bedside Table

As I said from last week, here is my bedside table, I will try to share every Sunday the latest titles I read. I'd really like to know what you are reading now, please share! 

This week I have a chick lit book, "Mini Shopaholic" of Sophie Kinsella, a very weak reading. Is not worthing more than 2 hours, so I finished it very fast. 

The first one, "Confessions of a Shopaholic", is better and I did not read the rest of the books of the Shopaholic's series. But this one is deffinitelly the last one I buy from this author.

As an interesting and funny story, the author was already a very successful writer before the "Shopaholic" series, on her real name: Madeleine Wickham. She submitted the first novel from this new series anonymously, and she was rejected from her existing editors, without knowing that she already was one of their authors. 

The other one is a different story, "The Grammar of Fantasy: An Introduction to the Art of Inventing Stories" by Gianni Rodarte. This is an Italian classic and the book is a marvelous exploration of the worlds of creativity and imagination. The author's profound understanding of the child's unspoiled imagination brings us some interesting reflections on the art of inventing stories. I really enjoy reading it, but is taking a long time, because I need to think a lot of what I read.

What else in on my bedside table? Another old Elle magazine, French edition, Elmipland hand cream, Elmiplant heels cream... 

My Bedside Table

One of my favorite activities is reading. My grandfather taught me to fluently read since I was 5, but I really started to enjoy reading since I was 8. My mother was upset on me because I loved to spend my whole days in bed, insanely reading, instead of hanging out with the kids from the block. I could read from the dusk till dawn, no eating at all, maybe some water from time to time. 

I try to teach my kids to love the books, too, but sometimes I doubt I will succeed, especially when I hear about other kids of same age. Any secrets? Please share! I will be forever grateful.

I never read only one book at a time, usualy I have two ongoing, sometimes even three. 

Here is my bedside table, I will try to share every Sunday the latest titles I read. I'd really like to know what you are reading now, please share! If you do so, leave a comment to my post, so I can link back.

So, what is on my bedside table?

Two magazines, Elle November, French edition and Harper's Bazaar, Romanian edition, with the fashion supplement. My Jordi Labanda notebook, instead of an agenda. My memory is terribly weak now (I heard the pregnancies had a role in that), so I have to do lists all the time. Even like that, is no guarantee I will remember everything I need to. 

And what about the books? Francoise Dolto - The Difficulty of Living (La difficulte de vivre), she was a French pioneer psychoanalyst specialised in kids and babies. Her most famous theory is that children have a language before the language (with the body). She has also contributed to the question of the unconscious body image. 

I started to read her books almost 10 years ago, when Runa was just born. Now, everytime I see a new one translated into Romanian, I buy it - a new one for me, of course. This one was published by Gallimard in 1995, here in 2010 by Editura Trei.

The other one is one of my Christmas gifts: Joy of Living (Unlocking the Secret and Science of Happiness) by Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche. Is a book about meditation and how to understand it. The author gives practical instructions on the practice of meditation which are at once both profound and accessible, showing how any experience, even painful emotions and everyday problems, can be transformed into a source of happiness and joy. 

And, the one item never missing from my bedside table, the handcream :). From Elmiplant, with honey and macadamia oil. Delicious.