Saturday Review of Books: July 16, 2011

“What I like best is a book that’s at least funny once in a while… What really knocks me out is a book that, when you’re all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and you could call him up on the phone whenever you felt like it. That doesn’t happen much, though.” ~J.D. Salinger

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger was published for the first time by Little, Brown and Company on July 16, 1951. Have you read it? I must admit that I haven’t, and I’ve never been able to work up an interest in reading it, even though I’m rather fond of young adult literature in general.

SatReviewbuttonIf you’re not familiar with and linking to and perusing the Saturday Review of Books here at Semicolon, you’re missing out. Here’s how it usually works. Find a book review on your blog posted sometime during the previous week. The review doesn’t have to be a formal sort of thing. You can just write your thoughts on a particular book, a few ideas inspired by reading the book, your evaluation, quotations, whatever.

Then on Saturday, you post a link here at Semicolon in Mr. Linky to the specific post where you’ve written your book review. Don’t link to your main blog page because this kind of link makes it hard to find the book review, especially when people drop in later after you’ve added new content to your blog. In parentheses after your name, add the title of the book you’re reviewing. This addition will help people to find the reviews they’re most interested in reading.

After linking to your own reviews, you can spend as long as you want reading the reviews of other bloggers for the week and adding to your wishlist of books to read. That’s how my own TBR list has become completely unmanageable and the reason I can’t join any reading challenges. I have my own personal challenge that never ends.

7 thoughts on “Saturday Review of Books: July 16, 2011

  1. Looking forward to catching up on all the reviews of books I have missed! Thanks for hosting the Saturday Review, Sherry!

  2. I have to agree with Salinger–I love a book that can make me laugh once in a while. I have read (and enjoyed) Catcher in the Rye, partially for that reason: it was unique and made me smile.

    Thanks for hosting the Saturday Review!

  3. I like the new look, and it loads much faster on my machine; thanks! I’m behind on my book reviewing, but trying to catch up after a long road trip.

  4. I really like your new theme! Very clean, easy to read, and the photo in the header is adorable. Great job! And thanks for hosting each week. I am both happy and mortified that my stack of books TBR seems to grow every week because of your efforts. 🙂

    JHS
    Colloquium

  5. I read Catcher in the Rye when I was young. I don’t remember it very well, but I remember not liking the protag very much. I think I need to read it again to see if I “get” it better. I might have read it too young. On the other hand, I might be too old to read it now!

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