“I wonder,” he said to himself, “what’s in a book while it’s closed. Oh, I know it’s full of letters printed on paper, but all the same, something must be happening, because as soon as I open it, there’s a whole story with people I don’t know yet and all kinds of adventures and deeds and battles. And sometimes there are storms at sea, or it takes you to strange cities and countries. All those things are somehow shut up in a book.” The Never-Ending Story by Michael Ende
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.
Thanks to everyone for reviewing, blogging, and linking.
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This is the second time Mr. Linky has done this to me! I distinctly posted two books, and two links (they looked fine at first), and he has morphed the second into a duplicate of the first. I used to see a “delete” option on my own links, too, but that is gone. So sorry for the trouble–I’ll try to post the second link later.
I have added a link for our Bird Unit Study. Of course it includes lots of picture books. Thanks for the motivation to prepare this and post.
I posted a review of one of the books on my 2007 “to-be-read” list – a diary this time.
Thanks Sherri,
I’ve added our conversation about “Swine Lake” — a hilarious (posthumous) James Marshall and Maurice Sendak spin on the classic ballet.
Enjoy!
Andrea
I posted two reviews this week: The Namesake and The Memory Keeper’s Daughter. I enjoyed both books very much. 🙂
Thanks for doing this, Sherry! I was under the weather last weekend, and sent Jonathan to the library for books I’d found in your previous Saturday Reviews.
Whoops, I reviewed Geraldine McCaughrean’s “The White Darkness” but the poor little title did not make it to my link!A great wintery read, though…
Two books this week – Quaker Summer by Lisa Samson, and Super Mom Saves the World by Melanie Lynne Hauser.
I posted several resources on William Wilberforce in light of the new movie, Amazing Grace.
I’m visiting from the Blog Party, but I wish I’d prepared for this. I’ll definitely be back next week with a book review.
I meant to put my book in parantheses…but hit enter by mistake *blushes* I reviewed Beasts of No Nation.