Saturday Review of Books: January 20, 2007

Few are there that will leave the secure seclusion of the scholar’s life, the peaceful walks of literature and learning, to stand out a target for the criticism of unkind and hostile minds.
—Felix Adler

Welcome to this week’s Saturday Review of Books. Here’s how it works. Find a review on your blog posted sometime this week of a book you’re reading or a book you’ve read. 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.

Now post a link here 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.

1. Kelly (Mail Order Ninja)
2. Literary Feline (Case Histories)
3. Juanita (feminist critiques)
4. Anne (Jack: A Life of CS Lewis)
5. Krakovianka (Bee Season)
6. MFS (Good Omens)
7. Violet (A Woman\’s Place)
8. Stephen (Black Swan Green)
9. At A Hen\’s Pace (The Thirteenth Tale)
10. Ruth (The Trumpet Major)
11. DominionFamily ( Leaders in Action Series)
12. Carrie (The Deer on a Bicycle: Excursions into the Writing of Humor)
13. Lisa (An Unfinished Season)
14. Brenda N (My Mommy, My Teacher)
15. Carl V. (Live and Let Die)
16. Carol (Robin Hood)
17. Queen of Carrots (The Iliad)
18. JustOneMoreBook (The King\’s Equal)
19. Jen Robinson (Little Lord Fauntleroy)
20. Cathy (The Friendly Shakespeare)
21. Isabella (Bang Crunch)
22. Laura (Fanny\’s Dream)
23. Lazy Cow (Doomsday Book)
24. Jennifer, Snapshot (Mary Poppins)
25. CountryGoalie (Blessed Child)
26. Traveller (Death in the Andes)
27. Melanie (My Antonia)
28. Maureen (A Girl Named Disaster)
29. Kimberly (Breathe)
30. Kevin Stilley (The Secret Hideout)
31. Linda (The Pleasures of God)
32. cloudscome (Now Is Your Time!)
33. Joy (Eat, Pray, Love)
34. Shauna (The Moonstone)
35. Stefanie (Omnivore\’s Dilemma)
36. Imani (Becoming Abigail)
37. Lazygal (Polly)
38. Mary (Case of the Missing Marquess)
39. Literary Acquisitionist (The Quiet American)
40. Emily (Mia\’s Story)

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18 thoughts on “Saturday Review of Books: January 20, 2007

  1. I haven’t been writing book reviews since school started up again, but I’ve linked to my first one of the year, Thomas Hardy’s The Trumpet-Major.

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  3. My son picked up Howard Pyle’s Robin Hood and read it in a day. The giggles and snorts that came from the living room induced me to read it too. I included a section from the preface which is an upside-down Lemony Snicket warning.

    I’m eager to read Ruth’s review – Thomas Hardy is one of those authors I’ve always been meaning to read…

  4. Thanks for the link Sherry. I really don’t think of my posts as reviews, but if you’re happy to have them, I’ll link to them in future! This is such a great service.

  5. Hey Sherry, thanks so much for linking to my review – such a good idea, having a round up of so many reviews. I value what I read on other people’s blogs so much more than anything I find in newspapers!

  6. Hope it’s okay to add my link on Sunday.

    I love seeing everybody’s reviews. Thank you for doing this.

  7. Sorry about the lack of title: it’s “Polly”. My connection died just as I was writing and it apparently saved my name but nothing else…

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