“I’d had the idea once, that if I could get the chance before I died I would read all the good books there were. Now I began to see that I wasn’t apt to make it. This disappointed me, for I really wanted to read them all. But it consoled me in a way too, I could see that if I got them all read and had no more surprises in that line I would have been sorry.” ~Wendell Berry, Jayber Crow
Welcome to the Saturday Review of Books at Semicolon. 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 link to your thoughts on a particular book, a few ideas inspired by reading the book, your evaluation, quotations, whatever.
Then on Friday night/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
4/6/2012 at 9:12 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Linked to my review of Cormac McCarthy’s thought-provoking play, The Sunset Limited. Thanks for hosting, Sherry!
Amy
4/6/2012 at 9:15 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
I linked up my review of A Duty to the Dead by Charles Todd, plus a bunch of other kids’ lit links. I hope you’re having a productive bloggy break, Sherry!
Becky
4/6/2012 at 10:35 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
I was having some trouble with Mr. Linky (#7 and #12). Thanks for hosting!
JoAnne @ The Fairytale Nerd
4/6/2012 at 11:18 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Sorry, I accidentally pressed enter for number 18.
Annie Kate
4/7/2012 at 5:17 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Yes, there’s no hope of reading all the good books. But concentrating on some of the best books is almost as good, I think, although it seems to be bad for the eyes.
I reviewed a book about Tyndale and The Wedding Dress, both OK books of their kind.
Josh
4/7/2012 at 6:42 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
I linked to my review of Pete Wilson’s new book, Empty Promises, which has strong echoes of works by two other authors, C. S. Lewis and Tim Keller.
Glynn
4/7/2012 at 7:47 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Thanks for hosting this, Sherry.
Susan @ Reading World
4/7/2012 at 8:33 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Have a great Easter weekend!
Girl Detective
4/7/2012 at 9:08 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Good morning, readers! I read an “oldie” The Shipping News, that book group standby of almost 2 decades (!) ago, and felt it held up nicely. Then I read Ann Patchett’s newest and wished I could have my time back to read something else.
Amber Stults
4/7/2012 at 6:23 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Been a while since I reviewed anything. Glad to share something with everyone!
Lorri
4/11/2012 at 12:26 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Ohh this is my first review (The Kite Runner). Be nice!