“The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.” ~~Jane Austen
Jane Austen’s birthdate is December 16, 1775.
If 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.
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the Ink Slinger
12/9/2011 at 11:00 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Linked to my review of Jon Cardwell’s excellent new book Christ and Him Crucified.
Carrie, Reading to Know
12/9/2011 at 11:48 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Thanks, as always, for hosting!
Glynn
12/10/2011 at 6:33 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Thanks, Sherry. Always a lot of good books here.
Beckie Burnham
12/10/2011 at 9:08 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Thanks so much for hosting this meme every week. I look forward to it.
Stephanie @ The Night Bookmobile
12/10/2011 at 5:51 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Thanks so much for hosting this.