Summary: Our reading plans and goals for 2014, and some of the gifts that we put under our trees this Christmas. Our 2014 reading plans: Michael is not making any reading resolutions for 2014. Instead, he's given himself permission to read whatever he wants, because he's felt too restricted with reading plans and resolutions. My plan for 2014 is less intensive than 2013's Project Short Story (http://booksonthenightstand.com/project-short-story): I am going to focus on literature in translation this year. My goal is to read 10 books of literary fiction that have been translated from another language. I'm not going to put further restrictions on it than that. My first book in this category will be Jose Saramago's Blindness (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2526.Blindness?from_search=true). My other goal this year is to read classics aloud together with my daughters. We've started with Great Expectations, and it's been a lot of fun. If you have any reading plans or challenges for 2014, let us know! (http://booksonthenightstand.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/audiobooks.jpg)Audiobook of the week (09:24) (http://covers.audiobooks.com/images/covers/full/9781619696754.jpg) Parasite (http://www.audiobooks.com/audiobook/parasite/201164) by Mira Grant, narrated by Christine Lakin, is Michael’s pick for this week’s Audiobooks.com Audiobook of the Week. Special thanks to Audiobooks.com for sponsoring this episode of Books on the Nightstand. Audiobooks.com allows you to listen to over 40,000 audiobooks, instantly, wherever you are, and the first one is free. Download or stream any book directly to your Apple or Android device. Sign up for a free 7-day trial and free audiobook download by going to www.audiobooks.com/freebook (http://www.audiobooks.com/freebook) Books we wrapped: (12:12) Jane, the Fox and Me (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17214302-jane-the-fox-and-me?from_search=true), by Fanny Britt and illustrated by Jane Arsenault Ann and Nan are Anagrams (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17785997-ann-and-nan-are-anagrams), the sequel to Mom and Dad are Palindromes, both by Mark Shulman The Complete Sherlock Holmes (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/841597.Complete_Sherlock_Holmes) by Arthur Conan Doyle National Geographic Kids Almanac 2014 (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17190361-everything-i-need-to-know-i-learned-from-a-little-golden-book?from_search=true) 1001 Golf Holes You Must Play Before You Die (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15797940-1001-golf-holes-you-must-play-before-you-die?from_search=true) by Jeff Barr What Does the Fox Say? (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18778917-what-does-the-fox-say?from_search=true) by Ylvis The Rosie Project (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16181775-the-rosie-project?from_search=true) by Graeme Simsion Everything I Need to Know, I Learned From a Little Golden Book (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17190361-everything-i-need-to-know-i-learned-from-a-little-golden-book?from_search=true) by Diana Muldrow Michael and I are taking next week off, so there will be no episode next week. We hope you find time to read a book or two, and maybe listen to an audiobook. Thanks for all of your support this year. We'll be back in January!
