Saturday Review of Books: October 29, 2011

“I think of all the joy reading has given me. It is not just because it is good for you, but because it is good.” ~Katherine Paterson

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: October 29, 2011

  1. Thanks for hosting. I reviewed a children’s book that everyone else has already read, and my first William Maxwell novel.

  2. Thank you, Sherry, for hosting the Saturday Review week after week. It gives me the extra motivation to accomplish a book review more often than I otherwise might, and the fun of finding out about other book-lovers!

  3. I’ve read My Antonia by Willa Cather – but I need to check the rest of these out. Thanks for hosting, Sherry.

  4. This is the first time I’m here and I’ve already found some books for future reading by looking at some reviews.
    I think my reading list is going to be very long, too!
    Thanks for hosting!

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