Saturday Review of Books: February 10, 2007

Posted by Sherry on 2/10/2007 in General, Saturday Reviews |

Critics sometimes appear to be addressing themselves to works other than those I remember writing.
—Joyce Carol Oates

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. Carrie (Children of Men)
2. Carrie (Happiness Sold Separately)
3. RicMama (Flannery Reprieve)
4. Kevin Stilley (Recovering the Lost Tools of Learning)
5. Kevin Stilley (Monster Blood)
6. Krakovianka (Death at the Dolphin)
7. Krakovianka (potpourri of current reading)
8. Stephen (The Book Thief)
9. Sage (Crossing to Safety)
10. Ruth (Recent Readalouds)
11. Ruth (The Constant Princess)
12. 3M (Silas Marner)
13. Blest (The Man Born To Be King)
14. Cathy (Lizzie\’s War)
15. Heather(Gone Away Lake)
16. Eileen (With Love, Libby)
17. MFS (Piano Lessons)

18. Carrie (Lewis\’s Space Triology & Beyond)
19. Bookfest (Peter Pan in Scarlet)
20. Just One More Book! Podcast (Lights for Gita)
21. Laura (Unprotected)
22. DeputyHEadmistress (Education\’s Smoking Gun)
23. Tom (Class-by Paul Fussel)
24. coffeeteabooksme(Art of Creative Living)
25. Miss Erin (Hattie Big Sky)
26. Shauna (reading with little ones)
27. Alyssa (American Born Chinese)
28. Jennifer, Snapshot (A Chance to Die)
29. Jen Robinson (Bread and Roses, Too)
30. Becky (Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
31. Diana (The Liar\’s Diary)
32. Emily (Twilight)
33. Lars Walker (That Hideous Strength)
34. ChristineMM (Plug Your Book)

35. SFP (The Book of Lost Things)
36. Catez (Living Spirituality)
37. Lisa (The Book Thief)
38. Lisa (Deception)
39. Mindy (Personal History)
40. Joy (Darkly Dreaming Dexter)
41. booklogged (Madame Bovary)
42. Andy (Peace Like a RIver)
43. Bookwormom (Ithaka)
44. Sycorax Pine (The Book Thief)
45. Denny (The Betrothed)
46. Lee Anne (The Gospel of Food)
47. RicMama (How Should We Then Live? Pt. I)
48. RicMama (Credenda Agenda)

Thanks to everyone for reviewing, blogging, and linking.

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13 Comments

Karen/Krakovianka says:

2/10/2007 at 5:42 am

One Ngaio Marsh mystery, one list of wonderful books I’m in the middle of.
3M says:

2/10/2007 at 7:06 am

I really enjoyed Silas Marner. I have started a Friday Foreign Film Review also if anyone is interested. http://3mreviews.blogspot.com
sage says:

2/10/2007 at 7:13 am

thank you for this valuable service, I’ve read about a lot of good books through this site.
Ruth says:

2/10/2007 at 7:42 am

I’ve linked to two this week. The first is about two readalouds I’m just finishing up with my students, and the second is another Philippa Gregory historical novel. This one, The Constant Princess, is about Katherine of Aragon.
Andrea - Just One More Book!! Podcast says:

2/10/2007 at 11:03 am

Sherry,

thanks for rounding us up!

This week, I’m pointing to our discussion of Rachna Gilmore’s book “Lights for Gita”, a touching story about a young girl’s first Divali in sleety, grey Canada.

Enjoy,
Andrea
Laura D. says:

2/10/2007 at 11:12 am

The book I reviewed this week is non-fiction and details how pc attitudes regarding homosexuality, abortion, and premarital sex trap the teens and young adults who buy into them, and make a train wreck of their current *and* future lives. The effects are lasting….
Jen Robinson says:

2/10/2007 at 2:36 pm

I had a bunch of reviews this week, but picked the one that seems most popular – Bread and Roses, Too, by Katherine Paterson. Have a great weekend!
BeckyB says:

2/10/2007 at 2:54 pm

THanks for this weekly review – I look forward to it every Saturday!!!
Diana says:

2/10/2007 at 3:09 pm

I talked about The Liar’s Diary, a book written by a fellow blogger!
Mindy says:

2/10/2007 at 11:13 pm

Katharine Graham’s Personal History was one of my Winter Reading Challenge selections. Finished it in December–so the reading was on time!–but just got around to completing my review.
Catez says:

2/11/2007 at 11:47 am

Thanks for doing this Sherry!
Joy says:

2/11/2007 at 1:00 pm

Thank you for providing this opportunity. I love reading everybody’s reviews.
Joy says:

2/11/2007 at 1:02 pm

Oops! I did it AGAIN. Please delete #40.